Scott is a neuroscientist with 21 years of experience in clinical sleep medicine. He currently holds the position of Manager: Technical Services at UniSA with roles as a researcher and Laboratory Co-ordinator across both The Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and The Behaviour, Brain and Body Research Centre and technical consultant for numerous and diverse projects. His work encompasses a wide range of research and technical fields including the developing and optimising of analysis techniques of electrophysiological data sets (particularly EEG)), machine learning, the neuroscience of sleep and memory, and investigating the interaction of exercise, sleep and health across the lifespan.

Dr Andrea Ricciardiello is a postdoctoral research fellow who leads the neuromodulation research theme within the sleep and circadian group at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Her novel research focuses on adapting stimulation techniques for use in sleep disorders. She recently completed her PhD thesis looking at characterising objective sleep in older adults with depression and identifying links between sleep, memory and emotion processing in this group.

A research coordinator at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Alec completed his Bachelor of Medical Sciences at Macquarie University.

Kathy is a sleep researcher from Neuroscience Research Australia with a background in clinical medicine, genetics research and mental health research.

Georgina is a PhD candidate at Monash University exploring obstructive sleep apnoea as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease with a focus on sleep microarchitecture and hypertension. Prior to commencing her PhD at Monash Georgina was introduced to the world of sleep research at Flinders University, with the wonderful team at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. As a PhD candidate Georgina has been awarded a scholarship for dementia research with Australian Rotary Health, and was the 2023 runner up for the Mellius ECR travel award.

Jack is a PhD candidate from the University of Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. His current focus is the relationship between sleep-wake disturbances and clinical symptomatology in Lewy body disorders. He has a keen interest in qEEG, actigraphy and MRI analysis.