Dr Sharpe is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in cognitive science and director of the Human Attention Laboratory at the University of Chichester, UK, and an adjunct fellow at Southern Cross University, AUS. He specialises in sustained attention, vigilance performance, and attention control across diverse populations. Through his adjunct position, Dr Sharpe is collaborating with Dr Dylan Poulus in areas associated with (but not limited too) the psychology of esports, specificially mental health amongst athletes and video game players.