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Nayantara Santhi is a researcher at Northumbria University, specializing in sleep medicine, circadian rhythms, and chronobiology. She holds a PhD in Psychology (2000) and has conducted groundbreaking work on the interplay between light exposure, sleep patterns, and mental health. Her research spans topics such as circadian phase resetting, melatonin regulation, and the impact of sleep deprivation on cognitive functions.
Her key contributions include studies on temperature as a circadian timing cue for visually impaired individuals, light sensitivity in bipolar disorder, and the efficacy of behavioral interventions for insomnia during the pandemic. She supervises PhD students Emily Jensen (sleep and Parkinson’s disease) and Mark Turnbull (circadian disruption and emotional perception).
Her publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, combining neuroscience, endocrinology, and computational modeling. Notable works explore how mistimed sleep disrupts gene expression and how diabetes-related genetic variants influence circadian physiology. She is a prominent figure in sleep research, with over 25 years of contributions to understanding biological rhythms and their clinical applications.
