(Above) SNL Group 2019 (left to right): Will Service, Emma Reid, Katelyn Fox, Kim Campbell, Jenna Congdon, Kaumadi Kulatilake, ​Erin Scully, Stephanie Ditlof, Shannon Mischler, Kina Montenegro,  Prateek Sahu.

Current SNL Members

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 Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Animal Cognition, Communication, and Neuroethology, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta; member, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta

• Moriah Deimeke, B.A., New College of Florida; M.Sc. student
• Andres Camillo Martinez Rodriguez, B.S.,  National University of Colombia, Visiting Graduate Student, visiting from the National University of Colombia, funded by an Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Scholarship
• Prateek Sahu, B.Sc., M.Sc., Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Kolkata; M.Sc. student
• Erin Scully, B.Sc., Drake University, M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended 19 September 2016); Ph.D. student​​ (defended 18 March 2020); now Research Associate, SNL​
• Holly Starenchak, B.Sc., North Carolina State University, M.Sc., North Carolina State University; Ph.D. student starting September 2021
• Katharine Stenstrom, B.Sc., University of Illinois, M.Sc. student starting September 2021

Undergraduates

• Inaara Ebrahim, Psychology Honours student, September 2021-present
  
• Sarah Smeltz, Psychology URI Undergraduate Research Initiative Stipend student and Honours student, September 2020-present
• Victoria, Rennie; Psychology honours student, September 2020-present ​
  

Volunteers

• Stephanie Ditlof, former Psychology individual studies (398) student
• Emma Reid, former WISEST student​​

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, Research Direcrtor, Wild Basin Creative Research Center, St Edwards University, 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); OHRI postdoctoral fellow, Ottawa, Ontario; now Senior Manager & Lead, Guidance Innovation Hub Global Health and Guidelines Division, Public Health Agency of Canada; Lead Health Scientist, ICF, Fellow at the NIEHS
• Craig Anderson, Psychology Intern; now graduate student University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Jill Avis, Psyhology Intern; now Director of Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
• Thomas Benowitz,; Psychology honours student, April 2018-April 2021; URI Undergraduate Researcher Stipend student, May 2019-August 2019.
• Laurie Bloomfield, Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 20 June 2007); now Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology, Algoma University
• Kim Campbell, B.Sc., Dalhousie University; Psychology M.Sc. student University of Alberta (defended 23 September 2015); Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 19 August 2019); now sessional instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta
• Jenna Congdon, B.Sc., Algoma University; M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended 25 August 2015); Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 16 August 2019); now sessional instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta
• 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

• 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. (University of Western Ontario);  Postdoctoral fellow
• Carolina (Kina) Montenegro, B.A., Binghamton University; M.Sc., Central Washington University; Ph.D. (defended 8 July 2021)
• Lauren Guillette, B.A., Ripon College; M.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 28 August 2012); British Academy and Royal Society Newton Fellow, University of St. Andrews, UK; now Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology

• Allison Hahn, B.A., M.A., Northern Michigan University;  Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 11 September 2015), NIH-funded postdoctoral fellow at University of Wisconsin, Madison; now Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College
• John Hoang, B.Sc., University of Alberta; M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended 1 September 2015)
• 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; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna, Austria; now Group Leader, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Acoustics Research Institute
• ​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
• Divya Patel; Psychology individual studies student, September 2020-present
• 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
• Ashley Ross; Psychology research opportunity student, September 2020-present
• Brenna Schuldhaus; former NSERC USRA student
• Alyshia Skurdal, former NSERC USRA student; former BIOL 499 Student; URI Undergraduate Research Stipend student