Teaching activities (~1600 h)

2019 - present     Associate Professor at Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc (~1200h)

2017 - 2019        Teaching and Research Associate at Univ. Grenoble Alpes (387h)

2009 - 2011        Temporary Teaching Associate (Lecturer) at Univ. Lyon (75h)

Content

• Neuroanatomy
• Neurophysiology
• Biology in Psychology
• Neuroimagery
• Neuropsychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Sleep, circadian rhythms and dreams
• Informatics
• Methodology of academic work 

Education

2011 Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (supervisor: P. Ruby). The neurophysiological correlates of the dream recall frequency during sleep and wakefulness

2008     Master degree, Physiology and Neuroscience, Lyon University

2006     Bachelor degree, Biology, Lyon University

2005     Bachelor degree, STAPS, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc

Present Positions

2024 - present     Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) - Junior member - class 2024

2019 - present     Associate Professor - Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, LPNC

Previous Positions

2017 - 2019      Teaching and Research Associate, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC

2014 - 2017      Postdoctoral Scholar, Mass. Gen. Hospital - Harvard Medical School, US (advisor: S. Cash). Neural replay at the macro- (LFPs) and micro- (units firing) levels in human sleep

2012 - 2013      Postdoctoral Scholar, Swansea University - Dep. of Psychology, UK (advisor: M. Blagrove). Dreams content as a measure of memory consolidation during sleep

Publications (peer-reviewed)

(30) Bertin C, Jeanne R, Bourgin J, Leoncini-Janin E, Wunderlin M, Züst MA, Hot P & Eichenlaub JB (2026). Age and sex-related changes in the human REM sleep microstructure. SLEEP. doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag209

(29) Williams JM*, Bourgin J*, Varennes J, Pedreni M, Bulinski M, Blagrove M & Eichenlaub JB (2026). Trait and state predictors of the intensity of emotions experienced in everyday dreams: a multilevel approach. Scientific Reports. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48302-y  *co-first authors.

(28) Pepin G, Bortolon C, Chauvin A, Loevenbruck H, & Eichenlaub JB (2026). Investigating the relationship between sleep habits and the frequency and expression of hallucinatory-like experiences in the French general population. Sleep Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108916

(27) Pepin G, Loevenbruck H, Chauvin A, Jacquet C, Eichenlaub JB, & Bortolon C. (2026). Comparing the characteristics of hallucinations and mental imagery: a large cross-sectional study in the general population. Consciousness and Cognition. doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2025.103974

(26) Wong W ♱*, Herzog R ♱*, Andrade KC, Andrillon T *, de Araujo DB, Arnulf I, Ataei S, Avvenuti G, Baird B, Bellesi M, Bergamo D, Bernardi G, Blagrove M, Decat N *, Demirel Ç, Dresler M, Eichenlaub JB, Elce V, Gais S, De Gennaro L, Gott J, Hiramatsu C, Juel BE, Konkoly KR, Kumral D, Lacaux C, LaRocque JJ, Lenggenhager B, Mallett R, Mota-Rolim SA, Motomura Y, Nilsen AS, Noreika V *, Oudiette D, Palhano-Fontes F, Palmieri J, Paller KA, Perogamvros L, Revonsuo A, van Rijn E, Scarpelli S, Schönauer M, Schoch SF, Siclari F, Sikka P, Storm JF, Takeichi H, Valli K *, Wamsley EJ, Windt JM *, Zhang J, Zhao J, & Tsuchiya N * (2025). A Dream EEG and Mentation database. Nature Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61945-1 ♱ These authors contributed equally. * These authors jointly supervised this work.

(25) Pinelli M, Palluel E, Dessus P, Joet G, Eichenlaub JB, Brugniaux J, & Portrat S (2025). Computerized Attention Measure: A web-based open-source test battery to evaluate students attention. Frontiers in Education. doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1540817

(24) Pinelli M, Portrat S, Dessus P, Joet G, Eichenlaub JB, Brugniaux J, & Palluel E (2025). What a shot! Effect of biathlon on attention of preteens in middle schools: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2025.2477144

(23) Eichenlaub JB, Bouet R, Pinelli M & Portrat S (2025). Dream habits in a large cohort of preteens and their relation to sleep and nocturnal awakenings. Journal of Sleep Research. doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14339

(22) Eichenlaub JB*, Pinelli M*, & Portrat S (2023). Sleep habits and their relation to self-reported attention and class climate in preteens. Sleep Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.11.032. *Co-first authors

(21) Eichenlaub JB*, Jarosiewicz B*, Saab J, Franco B, Kelemen J, Halgren E, Hochberg L & Cash S (2020). Replay of Learned Neural Firing Sequences during Rest in Human Motor Cortex. Cell Reports. doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107581. *Co-first authors

(20) Eichenlaub JB, Biswal S, Peled N, Rivilis N, Golby A, Lee JW, Westover B, Halgren E* & Cash S* (2020). Reactivation of motor-related gamma activity in human NREM sleep. Frontiers in Neuroscience. doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00449. *Contributed equally

(19) Blagrove M, Edwards C, van Rijn E, Reid A, Malinowski J, Bennett P, Carr M, Eichenlaub JB, McGee S, Evans K & Ruby P (2019). Insight from the Consideration of REM dreams, Non-REM Dreams and Daydreams. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice (APA). doi.org/10.1037/cns0000167

(18) Eichenlaub JB, van Rijn E, Phelan M, Ryder L, Gaskell MG, Lewis PA, Walker MP & Blagrove M (2019). The nature of delayed dream incorporation (‘dream-lag effect’): Personally significant events persist, but not major daily activities or concerns. Journal of Sleep Research. doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12697

(17) Naftulin J, Ahmed O, Piantoni G, Eichenlaub JB, Martinet L, Kramer M & Cash S (2018). Ictal and Preictal Power Changes Outside of the Seizure Focus Correlate with Seizure Generalization. Epilepsia. doi.org/10.1111/epi.14449

(16) Eichenlaub JB, van Rijn E, Gaskell MG, Lewis PA, Maby E, Malinowski J, Walker MP, Boy F & Blagrove M (2018). Incorporation of recent waking-life experiences in dreams correlates with frontal theta activity in REM sleep. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy041

(15) van Rijn E, Reid A, Edwards C, Malinowski J, Ruby P, Eichenlaub JB & Blagrove M (2018). Daydreams incorporate recent waking life concerns but do not show delayed (‘dream-lag’) incorporations. Consciousness and Cognition. doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.10.011

(14) Vallat R, Eichenlaub JB, Nicolas A & Ruby P (2018). Dream recall frequency is associated with medial prefrontal cortex white-matter density. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01856

(13) Combrisson E*, Vallat R*, Eichenlaub JB, O'Reilly C, Lajnef T, Guillot A, Ruby P* & Jerbi K* (2017). Sleep: an open-source python software for visualization, analysis and staging of sleep data. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2017.00060. *contributed equally.

(12) Vallat R, Lajnef T, Eichenlaub JB, Berthomier C, Jerbi K, Morlet D & Ruby P (2017). Increased Evoked Potentials to Arousing Auditory Stimuli during Sleep: Implication for the Understanding of Dream Recall. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.  doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00132

(11) Lajnef T, O’Reilly C, Combrisson E, Chaibi S, Eichenlaub JB, Ruby P, Aguera PE, Samet M, Kachouri A, Frenette S, Carrier J & Jerbi K (2017). Meet Spinky: An open-source Spindle and K-complex detection toolbox validated on the open-access Montreal Archive of Sleep Studies (MASS). Frontiers in Neuroinformatics.  doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2017.00015

(10) van Rijn E, Eichenlaub JB, Lewis P, Walker, M, Gaskell M, Malinowski J & Blagrove M (2015). The dream-lag effect: selective processing of personally meaningful events during rapid eye movement sleep, but not during slow wave sleep. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2015.01.009

(9) Lajnef T, Chaibi S, Eichenlaub JB, Ruby P, Aguera PE, Samet M, Kachouri A & Jerbi K (2015). Sleep spindle and K-complex detection using tunable Q-factor wavelet transform and morphological component analysis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.  doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00414

(8) Lajnef T, Chaibi S, Ruby P, Aguera PE, Eichenlaub JB, Samet M, Kachouri A & Jerbi K (2015). Learning machines and sleeping brains: Automatic sleep stage classification using decision-tree-based multi-class support vector machines. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.01.022

(7) Eichenlaub JB, Bertrand O, Morlet D & Ruby P (2014). Brain reactivity differentiates subjects with high and low dream recall frequencies during both sleep and wakefulness. Cerebral Cortex. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhs388

(6) Eichenlaub JB, Nicolas A, Daltrozzo J, Redouté J, Costes N & Ruby P (2014). Resting brain activity varies with dream recall frequency between subjects. Neuropsychopharmacology. doi.org/10.1038/npp.2014.6

(5) Blagrove M, Ruby P & Eichenlaub JB (2013). Dreams are made of memories, but maybe not for memory. Behavioral and brain sciences. doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001222

(4) Ruby P, Blochet C, Eichenlaub JB, Bertrand O, Morlet D & Bidet-Caulet A (2013). Alpha reactivity to first names differs in subjects with high and low dream recall frequency. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00419

(3) Ruby P, Blochet C, Eichenlaub JB, Bertrand O, Morlet D & Bidet-Caulet A (2013). Alpha reactivity to complex sounds differs during REM sleep and Wakefulness. PloSOne. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079989

(2) Eichenlaub JB, Ruby P & Morlet D (2012). What is the specificity of the response to the own first-name when presented as a novel in a passive oddball paradigm? an ERP study. Brain Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.072

(1) Dalal SS, Hamamé C, Eichenlaub JB & Jerbi K (2010). Intrinsic coupling between gamma oscillations, neuronal discharges, and slow cortical oscillations during human slow wave sleep. Journal of Neuroscience. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4275-10.2010

Book chapters

(2) van Rijn E, Eichenlaub JB, Henley J & Blagrove M. The Dream-Lag Effect (2019). In K. Valli, R. Hoss & R. Gongloff (Eds.) Dreams: Biology, Psychology and Culture, ABC-CLIO.

(1) Eichenlaub JB, Cash S & Blagrove M. Daily life experiences in dreams and sleep-dependent memory consolidation (2017). In B. Rasch, & N. Axmacher (Eds.) Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Consolidation, Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45066-7_10

Commentary

(1) Eichenlaub JB (2019). Book review: “The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams” by Patrick McNamara. International Journal of Dream Research. doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2019.2.66607

Other publications

(2) Eichenlaub JB. Est-ce que le cerveau humain réactive les mémoires nouvellement encodées? (2017). Annales de la Fondation Fyssen (numéro 30, 2015).

(1) Eichenlaub JB. Activités cérébrales associées au rêve et à son récit (2015). Journal des Psychologues.

Main administrative and research duties

2026 - present      Resource Development Coordinator for the Lab (LPNC/USMB) 

2025 - present     Head of the CoMMet Team (LPNC, CNRS UMR 5105 ; co-head : N. Faivre) 

2024 - present      Member of the board of the LLSH Training and Research Unit (USMB) 

2023 - present      Member of CER-USMB (Comité d’Ethique pour la Recherche, USMB)

2021 - 2024          Co-head of the Memory Team (LPNC, CNRS UMR 5105 ; head : C. Souchay)

2021 - 2024          Coordinator – 1^st Year bachelor’s degree in Psychology (USMB)