(Above) SNL Group 2017 (left to right): Kina Montenegro, Will Service, Annie Porthukaran, Kim Campbell, Jenna Congdon, Shannon Mischler, Brenna Schuldhaus, Erin Scully, Juliana Montoya-Sanchez, Kaumadi Kulatilake, Chris Sturdy, Ron Fernandez

Current SNL Members

Senior SNL Staff
​Principal Investigator: Christopher B. Sturdy, B.A., University of Windsor; M.A., Ph.D., Queen's University; NSERC PDF, Duke University; Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta; member, Neuroscience and Mental Health Insitute, University of Alberta

• Kim Campbell, B.Sc., Dalhousie University; Psychology M.Sc. student University of Alberta (defended 23 September 2015); Ph.D. student
• Jenna Congdon, B.Sc., Algoma University; M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended 25 August 2015); Ph.D. student
• Ron Fernandez,  B.Sc., Universidad de Nariño, Colombia; M.Sc., Universidad Veracruzana, México; Visiting graduate student
• Neil McMillan, Ph.D., Western University; former Postdoctoral fellow (co-supervised with Marcia Spetch); Research consultant and Sessional Instructor
• Shannon Mischler, B.A., (University of Toronto, Mississauga), M.Sc. (Wilfrid Laurier University), Ph.D. (ABD; University of Western Ontario);  Postdoctoral fellow
• Carolina (Kina) Montenegro, B.A., Binghamton University; M.Sc., Central Washington University; Ph.D. student
• Erin Scully, B.Sc., Drake University, M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended 19 September 2016); Ph.D. student​​
• William Service, B.Sc., University of Windsor; M.Sc. student

Undergraduates

• Raphael Gastrock, Independent study student and Research Assistant
• Juliana Montoya Sanchez, former URI Undergraduate Research Stipend student; Honours student
• Annie Porthukaran; former lab volunteer; Honours student​

Volunteers

• Inderpaul Brar, Laboratory Volunteer
• Michael Kelmer, Laboratory volunteer
• Christian Poon, Laboratory volunteer
• ​​Chris Yee, Laboratory volunteer

Current SNL Collaborators

• Erin Bayne, Department of Biological Sciences
• Laurie Bloomfield, Algoma University, Department of Psychology; chickadee communication
• Colleen Cassady St. Clair, Department of Biological Sciences;  anthropogenic noise and habitat impacts on songbird communication and abundance
• Jerome Cohen, University of Windsor, Department of Psychology; pitch perception in birds and mammals
• Robert Cook, Tufts University, Department of Psychology; chord perception in birds
• Michael Dawson, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology; network approaches to understanding natural categories
• Clayton Dickson, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology; Canada Foundation for Innovation New Opportunities Grant co-principle investigator
• David Gammon, Elon University, Department of Biology; Parid vocal communication
• Peter Hurd, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology; coping styles and personalities in birds
• Daniel Mennill, University of Windsor, Department of Biology; dominance in chickadees
• Eduardo Mercado III, SUNY Buffalo, Department of Psychology; network simulations of learning
• Ken Otter, University of Northern British Columbia, Department of Biology; dominance in chickadees
• Darren Proppe, Calvin College, Department of Biology, anthropogenic noise and habitat impacts on songbird communication and abundance
• Marcia Spetch, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology; chickadee spatial memory

​SNL Alumni (selected)

• Marc Avey, B.A., University of Western Ontario;  M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended September 2007); Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 16 August 2011); now OHRI postdoctoral fellow, Ottawa, Ontario
• Craig Anderson, Psychology Intern; now graduate student University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Jill Avis, Psychology Intern; now Director of Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
• Laurie Bloomfield, Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 20 June 2007); now Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology, Algoma University
• Isabelle Charrier, Postdoctoral fellow, now Research Associate, CNRS, France
• Dawson Clary, NSERC USRA, Research assistant, now Psychology graduate student, University of Manitoba
• Tara Farrell, Psychology Honours student, NSERC summer student, Research Assistant; now  education analytics officer, Government of Alberta
• Lauren Guillette, B.A., Ripon College; M.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 28 August 2012); now British Academy and Royal Society Newton Fellow, University of St. Andrews, UK
• Allison Hahn, B.A., M.A., Northern Michigan University;  Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 11 September 2015), now NIH-funded postdoctoral fellow at University of Wisconsin, Madison
• John Hoang, B.Sc., University of Alberta; M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended 1 September 2015), now Psychology graduate student, University of Alberta
• Marisa Hoeschele, B.Sc., University of Guelph; M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended November 2008); Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 30 November 2012); former Banting Postdoctoral Fellow; now Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna, Austria
• ​Stefani Johnson, Research Assistant
• Daniel Lee, B.Sc., Psychology independent study student; now Speech Language Pathology student, Dalhousie University
• Kathleen Manchak, NSERC USRA; now Speech Language Pathologist, Edmonton Public School Board
• Ann-Marie Przyslupski, B.Sc.,  Research assistant; now graduate student, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta
• Darren Proppe, B.Sc., Texas A&M University; M.Sc., Eastern Kentucky University; Psychology/Biology Ph.D. student (co-supervised by Colleen Cassaday St. Clair); now Assistant Professor of Biology, Calvin College
• Alyshia Skurdal, NSERC USRA student; former BIOL 499 Student; URI Undergraduate Research Stipend student