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
Lab head

Email: sean.drummond@monash.edu

Sleep, sleep deprivation, mental health, cognition, insomnia, PTSD, consumer sleep trackers.

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Postdoctoral Fellows
 

Dr Alix Mellor
Fellow

Email: alix.mellor@monash.edu

Sleep, sleep disorders, psychological conditions, mental health, insomnia, actigraphy

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PhD Students

Dr Eleni Kavaliotis
Clinical Psychologist

Email: eleni.kavaliotis@monash.edu

Learning, conditioning, sleep, sleep disturbance, psychological disorders, mental health, insomnia, eating disorders, addiction, PTSD

 
PhD Students

Vivien Vuong
Clinical Psychology PhD candidate

Email: vivien.vuong@monash.edu

PTSD, trauma, mental health, insomnia, sleep, fear conditioning, extinction, safety learning, sex differences

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Jeryl Lim
PhD candidate

Email: jeryl.lim@monash.edu

Sleep deprivation, cognition, cognitive testing, probabilistic decision-making, risk preference 

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Jessica Ogden
PhD candidate I Clinical Psychologist
Email: jessica.ogden@monash.edu 

Sleep, trauma, sleep disturbance, intrusive memories, PTSD, mental health

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Research Staff
 

Lawra Alkalame
Research Assistant

Email: lawra.alkalame@monash.edu

Sleep, sleep deprivation, trauma, PTSD, intrusive memories

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Hollie Wright
Research Assistant

Email: hollie.wright@monash.edu

Sleep, insomnia, mental health, online interventions

Eliza Costin
Research Assistant & Study Coordinator

Email: eliza.costin@monash.edu

Honours Students
  
Recent Graduates & Alumni

Dr Elliot Brooker
Clinical Neuropsychology PhD candidate

Email: elliot.brooker@monash.edu

Sleep disorders, mental health, Insomnia, CBT-I, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) pathogenesis, actigraphy, bi-directionality of insomnia and OSA

David Litewka
Sleep Technician

Email: david.litewka@monash.edu

Sleep, sleep scoring, sleep disruption, insomnia, circadian misalignment,  CPAP titration, O2 titration

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July Lies
Clinical PhD, 2021
Clinical Psychology Resigstrar

Email: july.lies@monash.edu

Sleep disturbance, PTSD, mental health, pre-sleep arousal, trauma population, refugees.

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Dr Elizabeth Walters
Clinical PhD, 2020
Clinical Psychology Registrar

Sleep, insomnia, improving effectiveness and accessibility of mental health care

Dr Elissa Pasula
DPsych (Neuro), 2020
Clinical Neuropsychologist

Sleep and cognition, healthy and ageing populations, neurodegenerative disorders

Courtney Anthonisz
Industry Based Learning intern, 2019
 

Kellie Hamill
Project Coordinator

Email: kellie.hamill@monash.edu

Sleep, insomnia, mental health, consumer sleep trackers, actigraphy, validation, sleep disruption, nutrition

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Twitter: @Kellie_l_Hamill

 

Michelle Bravo
Project Coordinator

Email: michelle.bravo@monash.edu

Sleep, sleep disruption, cognitive task development, physiological modelling

 

Dr Alexander Wolkow
Fellow

Email: alexander.wolkow@monash.edu

Sleep, sleep disorders, mental health, stress, PTSD, shift work, sleep restriction, occupational settings, physical health, emergency services, burnout

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Twitter: @wolkow_research

Dr Johanna Boardman
Fellow

Email: johanna.boardman@monash.edu

Sleep deprivation, cognition, performance monitoring, error-monitoring

ORCiD

 

Dr Jacob Clark
Fellow

Email: jacob.clark@monash.edu

PTSD, sex differences, circadian disruption, sleep architecture, orexin, hypnotic therapy, fear conditioning, fear extinction, safety learning.

ORCiD

Kiandra Tomlinson
Research Assistant

Email: kiandra.tomlinson@monash.edu

Co-sleeping, sleep deprivation, benzodiazepines, addiction, PTSD, mental health, cognition

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Gabriel Abdelmessih
Honours student, 2023

Email: gabriel.abdelmessih@monash.edu

Insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), cognition, PTSD, mental health

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Janani Rajaram
Intern

Trauma and PTSD, intrusive memories, stress, sleep, CBT-I, palliative psychology

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Marie Leyssens
Intern (Master of Science - Theory & Research, KU Leuven)

Email: marie.leyssens@monash.edu

Sleep, mental health, PTSD, addiction, circadian disruption, physiology and pharmacology, hormonal health, stress reactivity, consciousness, dreams, neural correlates of sleep

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