Gooley, Joshua J

Associate Professor

joshua.gooley@duke-nus.edu.sg

PhD Harvard University, USA

Dr. Gooley joined Duke-NUS Medical School in 2008 as an Assistant Professor in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program. He is Principal Investigator of the Chronobiology and Sleep Laboratory, located in the SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit at Singapore General Hospital. In 2005, he received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he studied neural pathways that mediate entrainment of circadian rhythms. During his postdoctoral fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA) and HMS, his research focused on effects of light on circadian rhythms and melatonin secretion. His current research program at Duke-NUS focuses on understanding the role of sleep and circadian rhythms in regulating human performance and physiology.

Jordan Ma

PhD Student

B. Sc. (Hons) Life Sciences
National University of Singapore, Singapore

I am interested in analysing large datasets to gleam for useful information. Here, I am using information collected by the Institute for Applied Learning Sciences and Educational Technology (ALSET) to study how university students' activity patterns relate to their sleep and cognitive outcomes. Oh and I play games in my free time.

Teo Kai Qin

MD Student

MEng. (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering
Imperial College London, United Kingdom

We spend a third of our lives sleeping, yet much about sleep remains poorly understood. As an MD student, my interests lie in sleep and chronobiology, with a focus on translating scientific insights into meaningful improvements in patient care and overall wellbeing. Outside of research and medicine, I enjoy the challenge and contemplative nature of film photography.

Tan Mei Yun Merlyn

Research Associate

merlyn.tan@duke-nus.edu.sg

B.Sc. (Hons) Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

M.Sc. Biomedical and Health Sciences
Monash University, Australia

Sleep is a precious commodity for the living yet there is so much that we have yet to understand about it. Given that I have written my previous thesis in Sleep Science (specifically on a novel clinical treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea), seeing actual patients opened up my eyes and I decided to pivot away from neuroscience to sleep science, making this my main area of interest. Hence, I want to investigate how sleep impacts our daily lives from mood to mental health to learning through research under CSL and Joshua Gooley.

Richelle Tham Yuk Ting

Research Assistant

richelle.tham@nus.edu.sg

B.Sc. (Hons) Life Sciences
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Like many people, I've experienced how disrupted sleep and affect mood, focus, and daily performance. This sparked my interest in sleep and chronobiology, particularly the way sleep interacts with mental health and cognitive processes such as attention and learning. Through my work in the lab, I hope to gain hands-on research experience while contributing to studies that advance our understanding of sleep's role in our daily functioning and long-term wellbeing.