MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies

Diego Golombek

Fall 2025 Henry Hart Rice Visiting Professor
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26

Diego Golombek is the Henry Hart Rice Visiting Professor for Fall 2025. He holds a PhD in Biology from the University Buenos Aires and is currently. Plenary Professor (University San Andrés), Full Professor (University of Quilmes) and Superior Investigator at the National Research Council in Argentina. He is the director of the Laboratory for the Interdisciplinary Study of Time and the Chronobiology Lab. He has published over 180 scientific papers in the area of biological rhythms and sleep.

Besides chronobiology, he has been interested in science communication/outreach, publishing about 20 popular science books, hosting TV shows and creating science exhibitions and shows. He was president of the Argentinean Society for Neuroscience, the National Institute for Technological Education and director of the National Science Center. He received the National Science Prize “Bernardo Houssay”, the Guggenheim fellowship, the Konex Prize, the IgNobel award, the “Capital City” award (Mexico), the UNESCO Kalinga Prize and the Order of Academic Palms (France).

 

This exchange will be invaluable once I return to Argentina, where I aim to strengthen our networks and expand opportunities for international collaboration.