Dr Charlotte Gupta is a sleep researcher at the Appleton Institute. Her work explores how the timing of sleep and eating can optimise health, wellbeing, and performance, especially for shiftworkers. Her research on meal timing has helped shape policies and workplace practices across emergency services, mining, transport, and healthcare.

Dr Meagan E Crowther is an Early Career Researcher dedicated to making sleep science accessible, community-informed and data-driven. Meagan's research focuses on the development and implementation of interventions to improve sleep, and where possible, prevent the onset of clinical sleep disorders. I specialise in sleep, wellbeing and health in those who may be vulnerable to inadequate sleep, including new parents and those engaged in shift work. Meagan is the current co-chair of the ASA NEST Council.

Dr Charlotte Gupta is a sleep researcher at the Appleton Institute. Her work explores how the timing of sleep and eating can optimise health, wellbeing, and performance, especially for shiftworkers. Her research on meal timing has helped shape policies and workplace practices across emergency services, mining, transport, and healthcare.

Dr Joanna Beresford holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Queensland teacher registration. Since graduating from Central Queensland University in 2025, her association with the university continues across three distinct roles: Joanna is currently a pre-service teacher educator, a learning designer for their Neurodiversity Project, and a HDR Disability Action Officer (School of Graduate Research). She has taught numerous neurodivergent students and is herself late diagnosed with ADHD and Autism (level 1). With such professional and lived experience lenses, Joanna is pleased to support organisations in their development of authentic neuroinclusive practices.

Dr Luis Mascaro is a research fellow, assistant lecturer, and registered psychologist. Luis’s research is based out of the Facer-Childs ‘Sleep and Performance’ Research Lab at Monash University. His research seeks to answer novel questions about athlete sleep and circadian rhythms, with a particular commitment to supporting athlete mental well-being and advancing research that supports women in sport.

Professor Shona Halson is from ACU’s School of Behavioural and Health Sciences and prior to this was the Head Recovery Physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport for over 15 years and has been a part of three Olympic campaigns with the Australian Olympic Committee. Her research focuses on sleep, recovery and fatigue and she has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles. Shona consults to the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, Nike and numerous national and international professional sporting teams.

Dr Kirk Keh Huat Kee is a sleep and respiratory physician, medical researcher, and the Head of Sleep and Physiology Services at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He holds senior clinical academic appointments at both the University of Melbourne and Monash University as well as clinical appointments at the Royal Melbourne and The Alfred. He is an active member of the Australian Sleep Association.

Prof Jordan completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide in 2002, before completing post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She joined the University of Melbourne in 2009 and is currently the Director of the John Trinder Sleep Laboratory and Deputy Head of School in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences. Her research interests include obstructive sleep apnoea, as well as the relationships between mental health and pain with sleep.