Background
Cajochen, Christian was born on August 20, 1964 in Chur, Graubuenden, Switzerland.
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Christian Cajochen
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Christian Cajochen, Swiss neuroscientist, biologist. Achievements include research in human basic sleep and chronobiology research. Recipient Research Excellence award, American Sleep Research Society, 1999; fellow, Swiss National Foundation of Science Research for Swiss Talents for Academic Research and Teaching, 2000-2005, 2003-2006. Member scientific committee European Sleep Research Society, 2004, chair scientific committee, 2006.
Education
Master of Science in Behavioral Biology, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, 1993.
Career
Post-doctoral research fellow Psychiatric University Clinic, Chronobiology and Sleep Laboratory, University Basel, Switzerland, 1994—1997, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1997—1998, instructor, 1998—2000. Private lecturer in experimental psychiatry University Basel, 2004, professor, since 2007. Lieutenant Swiss Army.
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Membership
Member scientific committee European Sleep Research Society, 2004, chair scientific committee, 2006.
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Swiss
Education
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1989
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1993
Awards
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Recipient Research Excellence award, American Sleep Research Society, 1999. Fellow, Swiss National Foundation of Science Research for Swiss Talents for Academic Research and Teaching, 2000-2005, 2003-2006.Recipient Research Excellence award, American Sleep Research Society, 1999. Fellow, Swiss National Foundation of Science Research for Swiss Talents for Academic Research and Teaching, 2000-2005, 2003-2006.