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Derk-Jan Dijk
Derk-Jan Dijk (born 1958 in Zwollerkerspel, Netherlands) is a researcher of sleep and circadian rhythms. As of 2005 he is a Professor at the University of Surrey and the director of its Sleep Research Centre.
Education and early career.
Dijk attended the Meander College in Zwolle. He obtained a BSc and MSc (Cum Laude) in Biology at the University of Groningen. He received his PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Groningen in 1988, under supervision of
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Dijk was also the Director of Sleep-Wake Research in the University of Surrey's Clinical Research Centre.
Derk-Jan Dijk was from 2009-2016 the Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Sleep Research," the official journal of the European Sleep Research Society. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Biological Rhythms.
Research.
Dijk's research focusses on the regulation and function of sleep and its interaction with the circadian timing system in humans. He examines