Friedrich Stephan
German politician (1915-1997)
Intro | German politician (1915-1997) | |
Places | Germany | |
was | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 24 November 1915, Rheinau | |
Death | 14 May 1997Offenburg (aged 81 years) |
Dr. Friedrich Stephan is an American academic who is a circadian physiologist. He is the Curt P. Richter Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Florida State University. His research focuses on localization and function of biological clocks in vertebrates, light and food as entraining signals for circadian rhythms, obesity, sleep, and reproduction. He is credited as the discoverer of the suprachiasmatic nucleus ("body clock").