We welcome Orie Shafer and Maria de la Paz Fernandez who both have research labs dedicated to advancing understanding of how the brain's internal clock works.
Several factors may disrupt circadian rhythms, which can have both short- and long-term health implications. Orie Shafer and Maria de la Paz Fernandez, married neuroscientists who study these factors, recently arrived at IU Bloomington to expand their research programs and increase understanding of how the brain’s clock works.
The Gill Institute offers Gill Chairs a wonderful opportunity to test new and exciting ideas that may be deemed too risky to get funded initially until we can show their promise. Indiana University, the Gill Institute and the life sciences here have such outstanding reputations, and I am excited to continue to expand my research within this community.
Indiana University is an excellent environment for me to pursue the research that I do, particularly within the world-famous biology department. It is a large department with really accomplished faculty who are also very kind, and I am looking forward to working with IU graduate students in several current and new projects in the lab.
