Principal Investigator

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Erin J. Wamsley
Principal Investigator
Furman University Department of Psychology
Johns Hall 206K
Greenville, SC 29613
erin.wamsley@furman.edu
Dr. Erin Wamsley joined the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience at Furman University in 2013.  In the Furman Sleep Lab, Dr. Wamsley studies how the brain processes memories during sleep and rest, as well as the relationship of sleep-dependent memory processing to dream experiences. Her current work explores how spatial memories are transformed during sleep, how recent experiences are expressed in dreams. and how sleep and eyes-closed, waking rest affect declarative and procedural memory consolidation.

Laboratory Coordinator

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Lauren Hudachek 
​Lab Coordinator
​Psychology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice, '20
lauren.hudachek@furman.edu
Lauren graduated from Iowa State University in 2020 and become the lab coordinator for the Furman Sleep lab in Fall 2021. She hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology and to continue to study sleep. 

​Student Researchers

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Lauren Omotosho
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience '22

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Kathryn Trost
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '22

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Bridget Scalia
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '23

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Justin Barron
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience '23

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Anna Potash
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience and Philosophy, '22

Lab Alumni

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Megan Collins
​Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience and Japanese Studies, '19
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD in social psychology at the University of Delaware 
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Graelyn Humiston
Lab Coordinator
​Neuroscience, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD at MIT

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Piper Powell
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '19
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing an M.Sc. in Cognitive Science at the ​Universität Osnabrück in Osnabrück, Germany
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Ted Summer
​Lab Coordinator
Neuroscience, '16
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing Computer Science MS at University of Chicago
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Serene Wang
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '20
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD at Cornell
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Sarah Wood
​Undergraduate Researcher
Philosophy, '17
After Sleep Lab: Global Brand Designer at PepsiCo
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Yvette Graveline
​Lab Coordinator
​After Sleep Lab: UX Research Lead at Peapod Digital Labs

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Katherine Nimchuk
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '19
After Sleep Lab: Lab and Research Technician at University of Virginia
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Qinhua Sun
Research Assistant
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of California Irvine

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Michael Tan
Research Assistant
Psychology, '17
After Sleep Lab: Research Program Coordinator at The John Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Matthew Whitmire
​Undergraduate Researcher
Neuroscience, '15
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD at University of Texas Austin
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Jing Zhang
​Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology, '16
After Sleep Lab: Pursuing PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of California Irvine

Collaborators

Matthew Tucker, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Robert Stickgold, Harvard Medical School

Jessica Payne, University of Notre Dame

​Gilles Einstein, Furman University

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