Renske Lok

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Design personalized, scalable interventions grounded in sleep and circadian science to enhance daily performance, reduce disease risk, and promote healthy aging.
cLOcK Lab

2009-2012, Bachelor Biomedical sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
2012-2015, Master Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
2015-2021, Ph.D. Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
2020-2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
2024-2025, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

2026-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, 暗网禁区, United States 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

2018, Travel Grant, Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms
2020, Merit Award Winner, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
2020, Best Presentation, Sleep4Performance seminar
2020, Best Open-Access Article, University of Groningen
2021, Dean's Fellowship Finalist, Stanford University
2021, Young Investigators Research Forum Scholarship, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
2021, Dissertation Award (Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences), University of Groningen
2023, Advances in Sleep and Circadian Science Scholar Award, Sleep Research Society Foundation
2024, Calera Research, Greenteg

2024-Present, Vice-President, Society for Light, Rhythms, and Circadian Health
2020-2023, Board Member, Society for Light, Rhythms, and Circadian Health
2023 鈥� Present, Early Career Researcher Advisory Board, Circadian Mental Health Network
2022 - Present, Scientific Advisor, Good Light Group 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
2021 - Present, Board of Advisors and Clinical Advisor, Center for Environmental Therapeutics听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
2021 - 2022, Trainee Education and Advisory Committee, Sleep Research Society听听听听听听听听听

For a complete list of publications, .

O. Walch, F. Tavella, J.M. Zeitzer, R. Lok, Beyond phase shifting: targeting circadian amplitude for light interventions in humans. 听Sleep (2025) 48 (1), zsae247
R. Lok, L. Weed, J. Winer, J.M. Zeitzer. Adverse effects of late sleep on physical health in a large cohort of community-dwelling adults. European Journal of Internal Medicine (2025) 134, 66-74
R. Lok, L. Weed, J. Winer, J.M. Zeitzer. Perils of the nighttime: Impact of behavioral timing and preference on mental health in 73,888 community-dwelling adults.听
Psychiatry research (2025) 337, 115956
R. Lok, J. Qian, S.L. Chellappa. Sex differences in sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolism: Implications for precision medicine, Sleep medicine reviews (2024), 75, 101926
N. Meyer, R. Lok, C. Schmidt, S.D. Kyle, C.A. McClung, C. Cajochen, F. A.J.L. Scheer, M.W. Jones, S.L. Chellappa, The sleep鈥揷ircadian interface: A window into mental disorders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024) 121 (9), e2214756121
R. Lok, S. Ancoli-Israel, K.E. Ensrud, S. Redline, K.L. Stone, J.M. Zeitzer, Timing of outdoor light exposure is associated with sleep-wake consolidation in community-dwelling older men. Frontiers in Sleep (2023) 2, 1268379
M. Spitschan, L. Kervezee, R. Lok, E. McGlashan, R.P. Najja, the ENLIGHT consortium, ENLIGHT: A consensus checklist for reporting laboratory-based studies on the non-visual effects of light in humans. EBioMedicine (2023) 98
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