Ignacio Provencio

Ignacio Provencio is the discoverer of Melanopsin [cite journal
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Biography

Provencio graduated from Swarthmore College in 1987. He went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1996 before taking a postdoctoral position at Uniformed Services University. He is now an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. [cite web
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External links

* [http://www.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Provencio.html Home Page at UVA]

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