Dr. Nayantara Santhi

Dr. Nayantara Santhi holds an academic position at Northumbria University. After completing her Ph.D. at Northeastern University (Boston, MA), she joined the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School as a post-doctoral fellow to research how sleep and circadian rhythmicity influence our cognitive functioning. Dr. Santhi’s research focuses on the biomedical significance of the relationship between sleep, circadian rhythms, and behavior and the non-visual effects of light on human physiology and behavior. She is actively engaged in research, consultancy, and educational and public engagement activities in this area.