Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory

Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta

SNL Group 2014 Front row: (left to right) Tonchanok Intaprasert, Erica Cheung, Erin Scully, Neil McMillan, Kim Campbell. Back row: (left to right) Avnit Grewal, Chris Sturdy, Brenna Schuldhaus, Jenna Congdon, Pasan Archchige,  

Current SNL Members

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; member, Neuroscience and Mental Health Insitute

• Pasan Lebunasin Arachchige, Laboratory volunteer

• Parisa Asghari, Independent study student

• 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

• Raphael Gastrock, Independent study student and Research Assistant

• Stefani Johnson, Laboratory volunteer

• Michael Kelmer, Laboratory volunteer

• Neil McMillan, Ph.D., Western University; Research consultant and Sessional Instructor; former Postdoctoral fellow (co-supervised with Marcia Spetch)

• Christian Poon, Laboratory volunteer

• Brenna Schuldhaus, Laboratory volunteer; former NSERC USRA student

• Erin Scully, B.Sc., Drake University, Psychology M.Sc. Student

• Alyshia Skurdal, BIOL 499 Student; former URI Undergraduate Research Stipend student

• Juliana Montoya Sanchez, Laboratory volunteer

• Hillary Warren, Laboratory volunteer

• Chris Yee, Laboratory volunteer

SNL Group 2014 (left to right): John Hoang, Neil McMillan, Allison Hahn, Jenna Congdon, Josh Yong Kim Campbell, Brittany Hope, Asad Qandhari, Chris Sturdy.

SNL Convocation 2014 (left to right): Chris Sturdy, John Hoang, Allison Hahn, Diana Cervantes, Jenna Congdon, Kim Campbell, Neil McMillan.

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

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

Lifetime SNL Members

• Lisa and Meghan Sturdy, senior and junior laboratory volunteers

• Mackenzie Sturdy, junior laboratory volunteer