Open to international research opportunities
Decoding the biology of time in the brain.
Neuroscientist focused on circadian biology, SCN electrophysiology, molecular clock-gene profiling, sleep-circadian mechanisms, addiction, and translational chronobiology.
SCNElectrophysiology
24hCircadian Biology
qPCRClock Genes
01 · About
From neural rhythms to translational impact.
I am a neuroscientist and academic leader with nearly a decade of focused work in circadian biology. My research connects systems neuroscience, molecular chronobiology, behavioral phenotyping, addiction science, and human circadian studies.
I currently serve as a faculty member at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences. Since 2021, I have led the Neuroscience Department; I also served as the university’s Vice President for Research and Technology from 2023 to 2024.
Based inShahroud, Iran
Primary fieldNeuroscience
Core specialtyChronobiology
Research modeBasic → Translational
02 · Research
Four research lanes. One biological clock.
A cross-scale program spanning neurons, genes, behavior, imaging, and clinical chronotype assessment.
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Systems Neuroscience
Electrophysiological properties of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, circadian entrainment, sleep deprivation, and neural network dynamics.
SCNPatch clampField potential
02
Molecular Chronobiology
Clock-gene expression, 24-hour oscillations, light-induced circadian disruption, Real-Time PCR, and ELISA-based quantification.
PER2BMAL1REV-ERBα
03
Behavior & Reward
Animal behavior paradigms, morphine preference, addiction and reward processing, impulsivity, circadian misalignment, and chronotype.
CPPAddictionBehavior
04
Translational Human Studies
Chronotype assessment, MCTQ validation, human circadian modeling, sleep-circadian disruption, fMRI, and cognitive neuroimaging.
MCTQfMRIChronotype
Selected research program
Circadian biology across molecular, behavioral, and clinical scales
Current work includes core clock-gene oscillations, constant-light disruption, nitric oxide dynamics in the SCN, reward behavior, renal function, cognitive imaging, and cross-cultural psychometric validation.
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Clock-gene oscillations
PER2, BMAL1, REV-ERBα, ARNTL2
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Environment-induced disruption
Light exposure, cognition, hippocampal regulation
03
Circadian-addiction interface
Morphine seeking, reward, impulsivity
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Translational chronobiology
Human chronotype, fMRI, MCTQ
03 · Experience
Academic leadership & training.
2016 — Present
Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
Faculty Member · Director, Neuroscience Department
Director of the Neuroscience Department since 2021. Served as Vice President for Research and Technology from 2023 to 2024.
- Founded and launched the university’s Ph.D. program in Neuroscience in 2020.
- Secured Ministry of Health licensure to establish a Neuroscience Research Center with a dedicated chronobiology focus.
- Principal supervisor for 6 Ph.D. dissertations and 27 MD theses.
- Founder and invited chair of an annual circadian-rhythm panel at the International Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Congress.
2011 — 2016
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Neuroscience
Thesis: Effect of circadian rhythm disruption on morphine preference and clock-gene expression in rats.
2007 — 2010
Tarbiat Modares University
Medical Physiology
Thesis focused on electrophysiology of hippocampal neurons in a seizure model using stereotaxic implantation and field-potential recording.
2003 — 2007
University of Guilan
Biology
Foundational training in biological sciences.
Technical proficiency
From bench to behavior to data.
Stereotaxic neurosurgeryIn-vivo field potentialIn-vitro field potentialPatch clampRNA extractionqPCRELISARodent behaviorCircadian phenotypingACTOJ analyticsfMRI studiesCustom research hardware
04 · Publications
Research output.
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05 · Contact
Let’s work on the biology of time.
I am interested in postdoctoral and collaborative research opportunities in circadian neuroscience, sleep, addiction, systems neuroscience, and translational chronobiology.
Institutional emailgarmabi@shmu.ac.ir
Direct emailbehzad.garmabi@gmail.com
Phone+98 915 384 7946
Work addressSchool of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Haft Tir Sq, Shahroud, Iran