Lab members

 

Associate Professor Tracey Sletten
Academic Lab Head
ARC Industry Fellow

Circadian misalignment, shift work, light, alertness, performance, digital health, workplace implementation.

Email: tracey.sletten@monash.edu

Google Scholar: ‪Tracey Sletten - ‪Google Scholar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracey-sletten-7597061/

Monash research profile

 

Dr Prerna Varma
Senior Lecturer

Sleep, circadian rhythms, digital health, personalised interventions, health equity.

Email: prerna.varma@monash.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prerna-varma/
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_sZfqdgAAAAJ&hl=en

Monash research profile

 

Dr Rachael Harris
Research Fellow

Shift work, mental health, sleep, workplace interventions, shift work disorder, shift work tolerance.

Email: rachael.harris@monash.edu

Google Scholar:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xHvtTvEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-harris-442b68127/

 

Yichen Zhong
Project Coordinator (SWITCH, MYSLEEP)
Previous Honours Student (2023)
Previous BPsych Intern (2022)

Sleep and circadian rhythms, mental health, shift work, ageing, intersectionality, personalised interventions, implementation-effectiveness.

Email: yichen.zhong@monash.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yichen-zhong-14b213219

 

Yijun Ji
PhD Candidate

Sleep, light and circadian rhythms, individual variability in circadian timing, personalised interventions, shift work.

Email: yijun.ji@monash.edu

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yijun-ji

 

Yingjie Che
PhD Candidate

Sleep, shift work, time use, behavioural adaptation, personalised interventions, circadian rhythms, performance.

Email: Yingjie.chen@monash.edu

 

Belinda Nehe
2025 Masters Student (Biomedical and Health Science)
2025 Intern
Research Assistant

Sleep, circadian rhythm, and sleep interventions.

Email: belinda.nehe@monash.edu

 

Toby Stewart
Research Assistant
2025 Honours Student
Previous Intern (2023)

Sleep and circadian rhythms, non-visual effects of light, clinical psychology, neurodiversity, mental health.

Email: toby.stewart@monash.edu

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toby-stewart-85259b2b9

 

Nichu Shibu
Research Assistant
2025 Honours Student
Previous Intern (2023)

Sleep and circadian rhythms, shift workers, sleep interventions, body functions, brain changes.

Email: nichu.shibu@monash.edu

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nichu-shibu-7757a0331

 

Sophie Jess
2025 Honours Student

Sleep and circadian rhythms, shift work and circadian misalignment, mental health, clinical psychology.

 

Don Inchiparambil
2025 Honours Student

Sleep and mental health, shift work, intersectionality.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/don-inchiparambil-15616b30b

Kai Scrivener
2025 Honours Student

Sleep and circadian rhythms, shift work, digital health, performance, clinical psychology.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kai-scrivener-561b74321

Arya Narkhede
Research Assistant
Previous Honours Student (2024)
Previous Intern (2023)

Sleep and circadian rhythms, neurodiversity, clinical psychology, mood and mental health.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/arya-narkhede-6ba81a163

 

Alvita Sam
2023 Honours Student
2022 BPsych Intern

Sleep, intersectionality, mental health, neurodivergence, psychedelics, healthcare accessibility.

 

Jack Phillips
Research Assistant
Previous BPsych Intern (2023)

Sleep, circadian rhythms, shift work.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jack-phillips-b495a5300

Recent alumni

 

Liam Nguyen
Project Coordinator

Sleep, physical activity, lifestyle intervention, behaviour change, neuroimaging, mental health.

 

Dr Lin Shen
Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Sleep, adolescent, mental health, chronic sleep deprivation, intra-individual associations, ecological momentary assessment.

 

Matthew Tapley
2024 Honours Student

Sleep and circadian rhythms, mental health, behavioural science, shift work.

LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-tapley

  Kip Gibney
2024 Honours Student

Sleep, mental health, neurotypical support, psychoanalysis and clinical psychology.
 

Yudong Chen
2024 Honours Student

Sleep, shift work, individual variability, sleep disorders, circadian rhythm, mental health, CBT-I.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yudong-chen-192511300

 

Nethya Perera
2024 Honours Student

Clinical psychology, sleep, shift work, circadian rhythms, mental health.

  Robin van Haren
2024 International Intern

HeLu Zhang
2023 Honours Student

Harry Barden
2023 Honours Student

Tara Bajan
2023 Intern

Mahmood Humam
2023 Intern