Researcher
Satchin Panda
Last updated 2026-05-30· 1 min read
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Background
Satchin Panda is Professor of Regulatory Biology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and senior author of the foundational mouse work that introduced time-restricted feeding as a metabolic intervention independent of caloric restriction.
Key contributions
- Showed mice on identical high-fat diets developed obesity, fatty liver, and metabolic dysfunction when fed ad-lib but were protected when feeding was restricted to ~8 hours/day — independent of total calories.
- Subsequent human trials of time-restricted eating in metabolic syndrome.
- Developed the myCircadianClock smartphone app for collecting meal-timing data at population scale.
- Extensive work on peripheral circadian clocks beyond the SCN.
Books and outreach
The Circadian Code (2018) and The Circadian Diabetes Code (2021) brought circadian biology to a popular audience.
- Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte — Researcher.
- Blue Light Exposure — Lifestyle entry.
- Light Exposure & Circadian Alignment — Lifestyle entry.
Related entries
Time-restricted eating, Circadian rhythm, Melatonin, Sleep optimization.
References
- Manoogian, E. N. C., Chow, L. S., Taub, P. R., Laferrère, B. & Panda, S. Time-restricted eating for the prevention and management of metabolic diseases. Endocr. Rev. 43, 405–436 (2022).