Friedrich Stephan

German politician (1915-1997)
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IntroGerman politician (1915-1997)
PlacesGermany
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth24 November 1915, Rheinau
Death14 May 1997Offenburg (aged 81 years)
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Biography

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").

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