Rate My Professor Kenneth Wright

Director of the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory, Wright’s research examines the physiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, health and safety impacts of disruptions including metabolic dysregulation, impaired cognition, and performance deficits, and countermeasures to promote public health and safety. With over 25 years of experience, he has led individual and multicenter grants and clinical trials. His honors include the 2022 Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award (Sleep Research Society), 2019 Professor of Distinction, 2018 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence Award for Research, 2013 Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award, 2007 Sleep Research Society Distinguished Service Award, and 2005 J. Christian Gillin Research Award. Influential publications feature “The role of insufficient sleep and circadian misalignment in obesity” (Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023), “Impact of insufficient sleep on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, and weight gain” (PNAS, 2013), “Entrainment of the human circadian clock to the natural light-dark cycle” (Current Biology, 2013), and “Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults” (PLoS Biology, 2022). Wright directs NIH T32 and R25 training programs fostering future sleep and circadian researchers.