Lab members
We are an interdisciplinary team comprising people with diverse backgrounds in psychology, physics, engineering, medicine, and biology. We work together and learn from each other in our efforts to understand the brain.
![]() | Sean P.A. Drummond Email: sean.drummond@monash.edu Sleep, sleep deprivation, mental health, cognition, insomnia, PTSD, consumer sleep trackers. |
Postdoctoral Fellows | |
![]() | Alexander Wolkow Email: alexander.wolkow@monash.edu Sleep, sleep disorders, mental health, stress, PTSD, shift work, sleep restriction, occupational settings, physical health, emergency services, burnout ORCiD | ResearchGate | Google Scholar Twitter: @wolkow_research |
![]() | Alix Mellor Email: alix.mellor@monash.edu Sleep, sleep disorders, psychological conditions, mental health, insomnia, actigraphy |
![]() | Jacob Clark Email: jacob.clark@monash.edu PTSD, sex differences, circadian disruption, sleep architecture, orexin, hypnotic therapy, fear conditioning, fear extinction, safety learning. |
PhD Students | |
![]() | Johanna Boardman Email: johanna.boardman@monash.edu Sleep deprivation, cognition, performance monitoring, error-monitoring |
![]() | Eleni Kavaliotis Email: eleni.kavaliotis@monash.edu Learning, conditioning, sleep, sleep disturbance, psychological disorders, mental health, insomnia, eating disorders, addiction, PTSD |
Elliot Brooker Email: elliot.brooker@monash.edu Sleep disorders, mental health, Insomnia, CBT-I, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) pathogenesis, actigraphy, bi-directionality of insomnia and OSA | |
Rachael Harris Email: rachael.harris1@monash.edu Sleep, mental health, physical health, shift work, shift work disorder, shift work tolerance | |
![]() | Vivien Vuong Email: vivien.vuong@monash.edu PTSD, trauma, mental health, insomnia, sleep, fear conditioning, extinction, safety learning, sex differences |
![]() | Jeryl Lim |
Research Staff | |
![]() | David Litewka Email: david.litewka@monash.edu Sleep, sleep scoring, sleep disruption, insomnia, circadian misalignment, CPAP titration, O2 titration |
![]() | Lawra Alkalame Email: lawra.alkalame@monash.edu Sleep, sleep deprivation, trauma, PTSD, intrusive memories |
![]() | Eliza Costin Email: eliza.costin@monash.edu |
Honours Students | |
![]() | Kiandra Tomlinson Email: kiandra.tomlinson@monash.edu Co-sleeping, sleep deprivation, sleeping pills (specifically benzodiazepines), addiction, PTSD, mental health, cognition |
Interns | |
![]() | Janani Rajaram |
Recent Graduates | |
July Lies Email: july.lies@monash.edu Sleep disturbance, PTSD, mental health, pre-sleep arousal, trauma population, refugees. | |
Elizabeth Walters Sleep, insomnia, improving effectiveness and accessibility of mental health care | |
Elissa Pasula Sleep and cognition, healthy and ageing populations, neurodegenerative disorders | |
Courtney Anthonisz Industry Based Learning intern, 2019 | |
![]() | Kellie Hamill Email: kellie.hamill@monash.edu Sleep, insomnia, mental health, consumer sleep trackers, actigraphy, validation, sleep disruption, nutrition ORCiD | ResearchGate | LinkedIn Twitter: @Kellie_l_Hamill |
![]() | Michelle Bravo Email: michelle.bravo@monash.edu Sleep, sleep disruption, cognitive task development, physiological modelling |