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
• Victoria, Rennie; Psychology Honours student, September 2020-April 2022; now SNL Lab Manager
  
• 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​
• Sarah Smeltz, Psychology URI Undergraduate Research Initiative Stipend student and Honours student, September 2020-April 2022; September 2022 SNL Lab Manager
• Holly Starenchak, B.Sc., North Carolina State University, M.Sc., North Carolina State University; Ph.D. student
• Katharine Stenstrom, B.Sc., University of Illinois, M.Sc. student

Undergraduates

• Inaara Ebrahim, Psychology Honours student, September 2021-present
• Michelle Gao; Psychology NSERC USRA student, May 2022-August 2022
• Jenna Maychos; Psychology 299 student, September 2022-present ​
• Kailyn Nottebrock; Psychology 299 student, January 2022-present ​​​

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
• ​Robert Cook, Tufts University, Department of Psychology; chord perception in birds
• David Gammon, Elon University, Department of Biology; Parid vocal communication
• Lauren Guillette, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology; animal learning and cognition
• 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 Director, 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
• 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
• Neil McMillan, Ph.D., Western University; former Postdoctoral fellow (co-supervised with Marcia Spetch); Research consultant and Sessional Instructor​
• 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
• 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​
• Kathleen Manchak, NSERC USRA; now Speech Language Pathologist, Edmonton Public School Board
• Divya Patel; Psychology individual studies student, September 2020-present
• 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
• 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
• Brenna Schuldhaus; former NSERC USRA student
• Alyshia Skurdal, former NSERC USRA student; former BIOL 499 Student; URI Undergraduate Research Stipend student