Roberto Refinetti (/rəfɪˈnɛtɪ/; born November 19, 1957) is a behavioral physiologist and higher-education administrator.

[2] He is the editor-in-chief of the interdisciplinary journals Chronobiology International[3] and Sexuality & Culture,[4] as well as section editor of BMC Physiology[5] and editorial board member of the Journal of Thermal Biology,[6] of Biological Rhythm Research,[7] and of Acta Scientiae Veterinariae.

[8] He has served as consultant for numerous journalists and media producers on a variety of topics related to biological rhythms, as recorded in newspaper articles on seasonal affective disorder,[9] on daylight-saving time,[10] on the pervasiveness of circadian rhythms,[11] and on myths about lunar cycles in human behavior.

[20][21][22] According to Google Scholar,[23] his four most cited articles are: After 20 years in academia administering his own research program as a faculty member and the research programs of others as a journal editor, ad hoc peer reviewer, and review panel member for funding agencies, Refinetti took on the position of academic dean at a satellite campus of the University of South Carolina in 2006.

[24] Refinetti was named a Distinguished Professor by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education in 2004, when he was a finalist in the annual process to identify and honor the South Carolina Governor's Professor of the Year.