The team

Who writes this site

Three people, named, with their credentials attached. Every review carries a byline and every byline links to the person who slept on the mattress.

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Dana Whitmore

Lead tester and editor

Dana runs the Placemattress test bedroom and has personally slept on every mattress the site scores.

Certified Sleep Science Coach (Spencer Institute) · 43 mattresses tested since 2021

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Sleep science contributor

Marcus translates the sleep-medicine literature into the plain-language guides on this site and reviews every health claim before publication.

MSc Human Physiology · Registered Polysomnographic Technologist

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Materials and durability analyst

Priya takes mattresses apart. She handles the teardown photography, foam density testing and the annual re-check of every bed the site has kept.

BEng Materials Engineering · Former QA lead, upholstered goods