Debra Skene

Professor

Debra Skene

  • Professor of Health and Medical Sciences
  • University of Surrey
  • United Kingdom
  • Year elected: 2024

Types of Fellowship

  • Life Fellow

Areas of expertise

  • Chronome tabolomics; Circadian rhythms; Human chronobiology; Light; Older people; Pineal melatonin; Shift work; Sleep; Chrono-nutrition

BIO

Professor Skene is Section Lead of Chronobiology. She has over 25 years of research experience studying the human circadian timing system and has authored over 190 refereed research publications. Her recent research has been funded by the EU FP6, FP7 and H2020 programmes, UK Cross Research Council New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Programme, BBSRC (UK), MRC Newton, NIH and Vanda Pharmaceuticals. She is a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder.