Associate Professor John Lesku is the Discipline Lead of Animal Physiology & Health within the School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining La Trobe, Dr Lesku had been based in Canada (BSc), the United States (MS), Germany (PhD), and Western Australia (Postdoctoral Research Fellow). He took up the position of Lecturer at La Trobe University in 2013 and was soon after awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). Dr Lesku heads the Sleep Ecophysiology Group that offers a strong comparative perspective on the evolution of sleep physiology and sleep functions, with studies on birds, mammals, bony and cartilaginous fishes, and invertebrates. Furthermore, his group studies how pollution (light, noise, and environmental antidepressants) influences sleep in terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. Dr Lesku has published over 70 manuscripts, including 10 book chapters, 60 journal articles, and 2 pieces for popular media. For more information, please visit www.leskulab.org.