Prof. Russell Foster

Contact

Organisation

University of Oxford

Department

Job title

Professor of Circadian Neuroscience

Based in

United Kingdom

Language

English

Working on daylight in relation to

Why daylight matters in my work

Daylight is essential for human health, it shapes our physical and chemical environment, our ability to sense and respond to our world, and to adjust our physiology and behaviour to the varied demands of a 24 hour world.

Daylight Academy projects I worked on

Interviews ABOUT LIGHT, The role of daylight for humans, Daylight Ambassadors, Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination” (2022)

I could also have worked as

Marine Biology

I would have loved to have a coffee with

Charles Darwin

Most beautiful song of all time

The opera Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

Main discipline

Neuroscience

Other disciplines

Architecture, Art, Biology, Journalism, Media Studies and Communication, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Urban Design

Fields of expertise

Chronobiology, Circadian Neuroscience, Photobiology, Sleep Research, Vision Science