Tobias de la Garza Eckle
A physician-scientist working at the intersection of circadian biology and critical care — translating discoveries about hypoxia, light, and the body's internal clock into new treatments for cardiac and lung injury, while training the next generation of anesthesiologists and advanced practice providers.
From Tübingen to the Rockies
Once the youngest professor of anesthesiology in Germany, Dr. Eckle has spent close to two decades at the University of Colorado building a research program on hypoxia and circadian rhythm biology — a field recently recognized with a Nobel Prize in Medicine. He now leads faculty and provider development for the Department of Anesthesiology, supervising more than 130 CRNAs and Anesthesia Assistants and directing the department's Grand Rounds program, alongside a clinical practice spanning general, obstetric, transplant, and acute trauma anesthesia.
Light, circadian biology & cardioprotection
The light–Per2–hypoxia pathway, and the areas of research that grew from it.
From Tübingen to Denver
Selected milestones across 25+ years in academic anesthesiology.
Selected bibliography
A curated set of publications from the lab's research.
Funding history
Grant support across two decades of research.
Lab alumni
Former trainees and staff, and where their careers have taken them.
In the news
Media coverage, interviews, and selected honors and awards.