Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory

Department of Psychology, BioCognition Unit, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta

Current Lab Members

Back row: Lee Vilinsky, Daniel Lee, Ann-Marie Przyslup, Amanda Ritchie, Lauren Guillette
Front row: Conor Enns, Chris Sturdy, Allison Hahn, Marisa Hoeschele

• Allison Hahn, B.A., M.A., Northern Michigan University;  Psychology Ph.D. student

• John Hoang, B.Sc., University of Alberta; Research assistant

• Daniel Lee, independent study student

• Christopher B. Sturdy, B.A., University of Windsor; M.A., Ph.D., Queen's University; NSERC PDF Duke University; Associate Professor of Psychology, Member, BioCognition Unit and Centre for Neuroscience, Principle Investigator

• Lee Villinsky, B.A., SUNY Binghamton; M.Sc. student

Current Collaborators

• Laurie Bloomfield, Algoma University, Department of Psychology; chickadee communication

• Colleen Cassady St. Clair, Department of Biological Sciences; Darren Proppe, Calvin College, Department of Biology,  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

• Ken Otter, University of Northern British Columbia, Department of Biology; dominance in chickadees

• Daniel Mennill, University of Windsor, Department of Biology; dominance in chickadees

• Eduardo Mercado III, SUNY Buffalo, Department of Psychology; network simulations of learning

• Marcia Spetch, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology; chickadee spatial memory

• Ronald Weisman, Queen's University, Department of Psychology; pitch perception in chickadees

Lab Alumni

• 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 CCAC fellow, Ottawa, ON

• Craig Anderson, Psychology Intern

• Jill Avis, Psychology Intern

• Laurie Bloomfield, Ph.D., University of Alberta, defended 20 June 2007, now Associate Professor 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 Psychology graduate student, University of Western Ontario

• Jerome Foo, Neuroscience honours student, now graduate student in cognitive neuroscience, Japan

• 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

• Marisa Hoeschele, B.Sc., University of Guelph; M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended November 2008); Psychology Ph.D., University of Alberta (defended 30 November 2012), now Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna, Austria

• Kris Kowal, Neuroscience honours student

• Homan Lee, Psychology intern, NSERC USRA, Psychology independent study student

• Tiffany Lee, M.Sc. student, M.Sc. defended November 2004

• Wing Li, Psychology independent study student; now graduate student in Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge

• Kelsey Kalenith, Psychology independent study student

• Kathleen Manchak, NSERC USRA; now Speech Language Pathologist, Edmonton Public School Board

• Kendra Marr, Biology honours student (co-supervised by Cindy Paszkowski)

• Michele Moscicki, B.Sc., University of Windsor;  M.Sc., University of Alberta (defended September 2009)

• Carly Nickerson, Psychology independent study student; Research assistant; now Masters of Speech Language Pathology student

• Milan Njegovan, B.A., University of Windsor; M.A., Ph.D., Queen's University; C.C.C., A.C.A.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor of Psychology

• Kendra Peleshok, Psychology independent study student

• Craig Power, Psychology independent study student; now law student at DAL law school

• 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 Univeristy; Psychology/Biology Ph.D. student (co-supervised by Colleen Cassaday St. Clair); now Assistant Professor of Biology, Calvin College

• Fletcher Quince, Psychology independent study student; now graduate student, University of Toronto

• Scott Robson,Psychology independent study student, NSERC USRA

• Berton Sullivan, Psychology independent study student, NSERC USRA

• Jessica Vlasveld, Psychology independent study student; now law student, University of British Columbia

• Kirsten Williams, Research assistant; now elementary school teacher, Edmonton Public Schools

• Shannon Wowk, Psychology independent study student

Lifetime Lab Members

• Lisa and Meghan Sturdy, senior and junior laboratory volunteers

• Mackenzie Sturdy, junior laboratory volunteer