Hello! I’m Amy, and I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Saitama, Japan.

I completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne, where I won the 2024 Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research.

At RIKEN, I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team. Click here to visit the lab website.

I was the 2021 Media Manager for Students of Brain Research (SOBR) and the 2022 Media Manager on the early career researcher subcommittee of the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS). I was the 2023 Student Representative on the ACNS executive committee.

Prior to graduate school, I held of marketing, communications, and leadership positions at several non-profit organisations in Australia.

You can reach me on amyclairethompson@live.co.uk