Researchers

Kaitlin Laidlaw

Postdoctoral Fellow (2018—2019)
PhD, Psychology (Cognitive Science) — University of British Columbia

Uncovering the neural representations of the intentions that drive action, and the role of intentional action in social settings

Supervisor(s): Jody Culham, Mel Goodale

Financial Institution/Industry

Liya Ma

Postdoctoral Fellow (2017—2019)
PhD, Neuroscience — University of British Columbia

The Neurobiology of Autobiographical Memory and Emotion Socialization in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ryan Stevenson, Dr. Elizabeth Hayden

Assistant Professor
York University

Craig Allen

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2020)
PhD, Psychology — University of Guelph

Characterization and Treatment of Anxiety Induced Cognitive Impairments with Novel Cannabidiol/Terpene Combinations

Supervisor(s): Dr. Steven Laviolette

Stay-At-Home Parent

Björn Herrmann

Postdoctoral Fellow (2018—2020)
PhD, Psychology — University of Leipzig, Germany

Assessment of neural pathway function for hearing

Supervisor(s): Dr. Tim Bussey, Dr. Ravi Menon

Assistant Professor
Rotman Research Institute (Baycrest)
University of Toronto

Amy Reichelt

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2020)
PhD, Behavioural Neuroscience — Cardiff University

Defining nutritional influences on neural network structure and function across development

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lisa Saksida, Dr. Ravi Menon

Senior Lecturer / Emerging Leadership Fellow
University of Adelaide

David Schaeffer

Postdoctoral Fellow (2018—2020)
PhD, Neuroscience — University of Georgia

Ultra-high field functional mapping of oculomotor networks in NHPs

Supervisor(s): Dr. Stefan Everling, Dr. Ravi Menon

Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh

Stephen Van Hedger

Postdoctoral Fellow (2018—2020)
PhD, Cognitive Psychology — University of Chicago

Facilitating speech intelligibility through auditory perceptual training

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ingrid Johnsrude, Dr. Laura Batterink

Assistant Professor
Huron University College

Jeff Weiler

Began as a Tier I Postdoctoral Fellow in March 2019
Postdoctoral Associate (2017—2019)
PhD, Kinesiology — Western University

Compensatory cortical plasticity following induced spinal dysfunction

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Pruszynski, Dr. Tamar Makin

The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity
Parkwood Institute

Yiming Xiao

Began as a Tier I Postdoctoral Fellow in June 2020
Postdoctoral Associate (2017—2020)
PhD, Biomedical Engineering — McGill University

Investigating the impacts of genetic mutations on disease progression and surgical treatment for Parkinson's disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Terry Peters, Dr. Ali Khan

Assistant Professor
Concordia University

Pan Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2021)
PhD, Communication Sciences & Disorders — McGill University

The effect of attention bias training on adolescent internalizing problems: Neurobehavioral predictors and mechanism

Supervisor(s): Dr. Elizabeth Hayden, Dr. Marc Joanisse

Assistant Professor
North Dakota State University

Daniel Miller

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2021)
PhD, Medical Neurosciences — Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Validation and application of structural markers of auditory cortex to study crossmodal plasticity

Supervisor(s): Dr. Blake Butler, Dr. Ali Khan

Assistant Professor
University of Illinois

Aline Miranda

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2021)
PhD, Neuroscience and Neuroinflammation — Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute

Targeting the epichaperome to improve cognitive deficits in mouse models of synucleinopathies

Supervisor(s): Dr. Marco Prado, Dr. Vania Prado

Assistant Professor
Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil

Justine Cléry

Postdoctoral Associate (2017—2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2022)
PhD, Neurosciences and Cognition — Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France

Ultra-high field functional mapping of the multisensory integration network in NHPs

Supervisor(s): Dr. Stefan Everling, Dr. Ravi Menon, Dr. Stefan Everling, Dr. Andrew Pruszynski

Assistant Professor
McGill University

Cassandra Lowe

Began as a Tier I Postdoctoral Fellow in August 2019
Postdoctoral Associate (2018—2019)
PhD, Public Health and Health Systems — University of Waterloo

Assessment of the neural mechanisms underlying self-regulation, and the factors that influence the development of these mechanisms

Supervisor(s): Dr. J. Bruce Morton

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2022)

Determining the neural circuits underlying excessive food intake in adolescents and young adults

Supervisor(s): Dr. J. Bruce Morton, Dr. Lindsay Bodell

Lecturer
University of Exeter

Jie Mei

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2022)
PhD, Psychology — Vanderbilt University

On neuromodulation-aware deep learning: A multi-level investigation

Supervisor(s): Dr. Yalda Mohsenzadeh, Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo

Assistant Professor
University of Tokyo

Mina Nashed

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020—2022)
PhD, Medical Sciences — McMaster University

Examining the effects of prenatal THC exposure on prefrontal-hippocampal interactions and long-term cognitive development

Supervisor(s): Dr. Steven Laviolette, Dr. Daniel Hardy, Dr. Walter Rushlow

Senior Medical Writer
INVIVO Communications

Nichole Scheerer

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2022)
PhD, Neuroscience — Wilfrid Laurier University

The impact of sensory-motor control of speech on social communication and development in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders across the lifespan

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ryan Stevenson, Dr. Janis Cardy, Dr. David Purcell

Assistant Professor
Wilfrid Laurier University

Eric Wilkey

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2022)
PhD, Neuroscience — Vanderbilt University

Executive functions of numerical information in single-subjects at 7-Tesla

Supervisor(s): Dr. Daniel Ansari, Dr. Ravi Menon

Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University

Marta De Felice

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2023)
PhD in Neuroscience — University of Cagliari (Italy)

Investigating the neurodevelopmental aberrations on hippocampal formation induced by adolescent THC exposure

Supervisor(s): Dr. Steve Laviolette, Dr. Walter Rushlow, Dr. Shawn Whitehead

Research Associate
Western University

Sarah Hayes

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020—2023)
PhD, Neuroscience and AuD, Audiology — University at Buffalo

Neuroinflammatory Regulation of Noise-Induced Auditory and Cognitive Impairment

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Allman, Dr. Shawn Whitehead, Dr. Wataru Inoue

Assistant Professor
University of Rochester Medical Centre

Chenxi He

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020—2023)
PhD, Philosophy — Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

The impact of pediatric hearing loss on mathematics and underlying neural reorganizations

Supervisor(s): Dr. Tim Bussey, Dr. Ravi Menon

Research Associate
Academica Group

Emily Nichols

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2023)
PhD, Psychology - Western University

Functional connectivity in fetal growth restriction: association with delivery times and long-term language outcomes

Supervisor(s): Dr. Emma Duerden, Dr. Sandrine de Ribaupierre

Mojtaba Soltanlou

Began as a Tier I Postdoctoral Fellow in June 2020-2023
Postdoctoral Associate (2019—2020)
PhD, Neuroscience — University of Tübingen

How do we know 'two' but not 'three' means '●●' objects? Neural correlates of symbolic number knowledge in preschoolers

Supervisor(s): Dr. Daniel Ansari, Dr. Marc Joanisse

Assistant Professor
University of Surrey

Kasey Van Hedger

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019—2023)
PhD, Psychology — University of Chicago

Examining striatal-mediated cognitive function in patients with substance use and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Supervisor(s): Dr. Penny MacDonald, Dr. Ali Khan, Dr. Adrian Owen

Research Faculty
Clinical Neurological Sciences (CNS), Western University

Olamide Adebiyi

Postdoctoral Fellow (2022—2024)
PhD, Veterinary Physiology — University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Harnessing Optogenetics to Treat Demyelination and Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

Supervisor(s): Dr. Tim Bussey, Dr. Ravi Menon

Assistant Professor
University of Saskatchewan

Priya Kalra

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2026)
EdD, Human Development and Education - Harvard Graduate School of Education

The role of the medial temporal lobe in implicit learning: mechanisms and representations

Supervisor(s): Dr. Paul Minda, Dr. Laura Batterink, Dr. Marc Joanisse

Ana Luísa Pinho

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2026)
PhD, Biomedical Sciences — University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Novel brain atlasing techniques to reveal cerebellar role in music cognition

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jörn Diedrichsen, Dr. Jessica Grahn

Ashley Schormans

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021—2026)
PhD, Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Western University

The Neural Basis of Audiovisual Temporal Perception: From Cortical Networks to Cellular Mechanisms

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Allman, Dr. Wataru Inoue

Joana Vieira (top-up)

Postdoctoral Associate (2017—2018)
PhD, Neuroscience — University of Porto, Portugal

Does sensitivity to others' fear promote the willingness to help them in threatening situations?

Supervisor(s): Dr. Derek Mitchell

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Christina McDonnell

Postdoctoral Associate (2018—2019)
PhD, Clinical Psychology — University of Notre Dame

The Neurobiology of Autobiographical Memory and Emotion Socialization in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ryan Stevenson, Dr. Elizabeth Hayden

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Clinical Science Area
Faculty Affiliate, VT Center for Autism Research
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States

Félix Desmeules-Trudel (top-up)

Postdoctoral Associate (2019—2020)
PhD, Linguistics — University of Ottawa

Second language learning: From low-level phonetic processing to learning new words

Supervisor(s): Dr. Marc Joanisse

Postdoctoral Fellow
Western University

Chelsea Ekstrand

Postdoctoral Associate (2019—2020)
PhD, Psychology, Cognition and Neuroscience — University of Saskatchewan

Advancing inter-subject correlation approaches to naturalistic cognition using immersive virtual environments

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jody Culham, Dr. Ingrid Johnsrude

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge

Melissa Troyer

Postdoctoral Associate (2019—2020)
PhD, Cognitive Science — University of California, San Diego

Integrating big data and neuroimaging to understand variation in knowledge organization and its influence on language comprehension

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ken McRae, Dr. Marc Joanisse, Dr. Stefan Köhler

Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Illinois

Chris Forgaard

Postdoctoral Associate (2019—2021)
PhD, Human Motor Control — University of British Columbia

Neuroplasticity in sensorimotor feedback driven by visual observation

Supervisor(s): Dr. Paul Gribble, Dr. Andrew Pruszynski

Research Officer
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

Roy Haast

Postdoctoral Associate (2018—2021)
PhD, Neuroimaging — Maastricht University

Hippocampal subregion characterization using vascular ultra-high field MRI

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ali Khan, Dr. Stefan Köhler

Postdoctoral Researcher
Aix-Marseille University

Sasha Reschechtko

Postdoctoral Associate (2017—2021)
PhD, Kinesiology — Pennsylvania State University

Central determinants of recovery from peripheral nerve injury

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Pruszynski, Dr. Jörn Diedrichsen

Assistant Professor
San Diego State University

Swathi Swaminathan

Postdoctoral Associate (2020—2022)
PhD, Psychology — University of Toronto

Travelling through time with music: Assessing the use of music to support autobiographical memory in older adults with and without Alzheimer's disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jessica Grahn, Dr. Stefan Köhler, Dr. Elizabeth Finger

Ahmed Hashad

Postdoctoral Associate (2019—2024)
PhD, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences — University of Calgary

Cortical Microcircuits Underlying Stress-induced Cognitive Impairments

Supervisor(s): Dr. Wataru Inoue, Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Dr. Lisa Saksida, Dr. Tim Bussey

Postdoctoral Fellow
Western University

Marieka DeVuono

Postdoctoral Associate (2021—2026)
PhD, Psychology and Neuroscience — University of Guelph

Investigating sex and dose-dependent cognitive impairments produced by adolescent THC exposure

Supervisor(s): Dr. Steven Laviolette, Dr. Susanne Schmid, Dr. Walter Rushlow

Hiroyuki Igarashi

Postdoctoral Associate (2021—2026)
PhD, Medical Sciences — Tohoku University, Japan

Optogenetic manipulation of intracellular calcium ion dynamics to regulate neural plasticity during stress

Supervisor(s): Dr. Wataru Inoue, Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Dr. Marco Prado

Jonathan Michaels

Postdoctoral Associate (2021—2026)
PhD, Systems Neuroscience — University of Göttingen, Germany

Neural and Computational Basis of Goal-Dependent Feedback Control

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Pruszynski, Dr. Jörn Diedrichsen

Alexandra Busch

Scholar

Multi-scale Characterization of Cortical Connectivity Across Health and Disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lyle Muller, Dr. Ján Mináč

Bahaaldin Helal

Scholar

Predictive phenotyping of Parkinson's disease from multifactor biomarker and neuroimaging data

Supervisor(s): Dr. Taylor Schmitz, Dr. Marieke Mur

Mansoure Jahanian

Scholar

Mapping the spatiotemporal neural dynamics of the attentional blink with EEG/fMRI data fusion method and computational modeling

Supervisor(s): Dr. Yalda Mohsenzadeh, Dr. Wang

Charlotte Liang

Scholar

Can cortical gyrification identify subgroups within schizophrenia patients with distinct cognitive and functional outcomes? A cluster analysis on longitudinal data

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lena Palaniyappen, Dr. Lyle Muller, Dr. Marieke Mur

Saba Charmi Motlagh

Scholar

The Role of Brain Recurrent Connections in Object Recognition Under Challenging Visual Conditions

Supervisor(s): Dr. Dr. Yalda Mohsenzadeh, Dr. Wang

Zhaleh Mohammad Alipour

Scholar

Duration and beat perception across modalities

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jessica Grahn, Dr. Blake Butler

Julia Sunstrum

Scholar

A model of stress buffering by social interaction: Role of stress alleviating circuits in the hypothalamus

Supervisor(s): Dr. Wataru Inoue, Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo

Raymond Wong

Scholar

Neuromodulation of cognitive physiology in awake NHP

Supervisor(s): Dr. Stefan Everling, Dr. Wataru Inoue

Shahnaza Hamidullah

MD/PhD Student

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lisa Saksida, Dr. Tim Bussey

Maggie Prenger

MD/PhD Student

Supervisor(s): Dr. Adrian Owen, Dr. Penny MacDonald

Ashini Peiris

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Daniel Ansari

Ashley Li

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Derek Mitchell

Mohamed Yousif

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ali Khan

Ocarina Zheng

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jessica Grahn

Sabrina Yang

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Julie Dumont

Sophie Henke Tarnow

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Julie Dumont

Yoshan Sasiharan

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Natasha Mhatre

Abbey Horner

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Paul Minda

Amy Jing

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jörn Diedrichsen

Andreia Rodrigues

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ingrid Johnsrude

Brooke Gelinas

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu (2022), Dr. Blake Butler (2023)

Daisy Li

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Laura Batterink

Gurwinder Johal

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Susanne Schmid

Janvi Shah

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Paul Sheppard

Kseniya Dybatch

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Olivia Reshmi Gosh-Swaby

Kuralay Zhaksylyk

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Blake Butler

Parinita Arora

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Allman

Samina Panjwani

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): TCN Lab

Sarah Al-Saoud

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jessica Grahn

Alyson Shim

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Corey Baron

Glenda Zhai

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Allman

Grace Kang

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Penny MacDonald

Mohammed Rajab

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ryan Stevenson & Ala Seif

Mouad El Ganga

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Kasey Van Hedger

Rachel Watson

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jeff Brooks

Shveta Suresh

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Laura Batterink

Adam Alnajjar

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jibran Khokhar

Barman Mirakbari

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lisa Saksida

Danelle Czink

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Paul Frewen

Gurleen Badwal

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Kasey Van Hedger

Keligne Mutambayi

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Kasey Van Hedger

Renee Guerville

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ryan Stevenson

Valeria Mendez Diaz

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Marco Prado

Aisha Siddiqui

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jibran Khokhar & Kendra Loedige

Edward Yang

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jessica Grahn

Iqra Devlani

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Filip Kosel

Jennifer Lee

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jessica Grahn & Sarah Park

Joy Zhao

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Johnathan Lau

Julia Xie

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Susanne Schmid

Lillian Zheng

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jibran Khokhar

Mackenzie More

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Allman

Pruthvish Shah

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Corneil

Sierra Balram-Fredricks

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. John Paul Minda

Sarah Bedor

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Rubina Malik

Jeffrey Chen

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ryan Stevenson

Janice Huang

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Marc Joanisse

Kayla-Marie Jones

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu

Kayla Martins

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Jibran Khokhar

Burhan Nizamani

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Susanne Schmid

Mina Sagheb

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Emma Duerden

Jwan Saleem

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Siobhan Schabrun, Dr. David Seminowicz, and Dr. Merna Seliman

William Shlel

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Marco Prado

Nathaniaal Silvester

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Kun Ping Lu

Deandre Williams

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Cadence Opoka

Brian Yu

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ali Khan

Joshua Yu

Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Intern

Supervisor(s): Dr. Aislinn Sandre