The Team
Dan Blustein
Dr. Blustein is an assistant professor of Psychology at Acadia University. When he isn't conducting research he enjoys adventures with his kid, playing basketball, hiking, building things, and experimenting in the kitchen. More information can be found here: https://www.danblu.com
Aidan Fisk
Aidan is the lab's virtual reality guru and Unity programmer. He is a computer science graduate from Acadia University, with a specialization in game development. When he isn't conducting research or programming, he enjoys playing dungeons and dragons, cooking, and board game nights with his friends.
Jenna Floyd
Jenna is a psychology undergraduate student at Acadia University. When she isn’t conducting research she enjoys playing video games, drawing, listening to music, and skating.
Summer Fox
Summer is a Clinical Psychology Master’s student at Acadia University. In her free time she enjoys hiking with her greyhounds, gardening, and cheering on the Boston Red Sox (editor's note: being a fan of the Red Sox is not something to be proud of)
Amanda MacIntyre
Info coming soon.
Musa Talha Ünal
Musa is Life Science undergraduate at University of Freiburg and a MITACS Globalink Intern working in the lab. When he is not conducting research or programming, he enjoys hiking, travelling, cooking, reading and playing card games with friends.
Collaborators
Dr. Scott Albert - Postdoctoral Research Associate - UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Anne Sophie Champod - Associate Professor of Psychology - Acadia University
Kyla Harris, NP - Nurse Practitioner, Acute Stroke Unit - Valley Regional Hospital
Dr. Jacqueline Hebert - Professor of Medicine - University of Alberta
Dr. Jacqueline Leonard - Professor Emeritus of Elementary and Early Childhood Education - University of Wyoming
Dr. Betsy Sanders - Professor of Computer Science - Rhodes College
Dr. Jon Sensinger - Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering - University of New Brunswick
Dr. Ahmed Shehata - Adjunct Faculty, Research Associate - University of Alberta
Katie Wilson - Project Engineer - University of New Brunswick
Lab alumni
Hannah Clark - Acadia University - 2023 - Directed Study
Ansaar Khadaroo - Acadia University - 2023 - Coop
Logan VanOostrum - Acadia University - 2022 - Coop
Joy Ndirangu - Acadia University - 2022 - Coop - Currently: still at Acadia!
Rachelle Steele - Acadia University - 2022 - Directed Study - Currently: University of Calgary, Master's in Neuroscience
Leif Henrichs - Acadia University - 2022 - Directed Study - Currently: Université de Montréal, Master’s in Vision Science
Thanuka Mabulage Don - Acadia University - 2022 - Coop - Currently: still at Acadia!
Brittney Stone - Acadia University - 2022 - Directed Study - Currently: RCMP, Behavioural Specialist
Oscar Ortiz - MSc in Kinesiology - 2021 - University of New Brunswick [co-supervised] - Currently: UBC, Research assistant
Cierra Stiegelmar - University of Alberta - 2019 -2020 [affiliate] - Currently: University of Calgary, MD program
Emily Blaum - Rhodes College - 2020 - 2022 - Currently: Rhodes College, Health Equity program
Dmitry Vyakhirev - Computer Science - Rhodes College - 2018-19 [co-supervised]
Noah Mesa - Neuroscience - Rhodes College - 2018 - 2020
Erin Kuylenstierna - Neuroscience - Rhodes College - 2019 - 2021
Carolyn Maslanka - Neuroscience - Rhodes College - 2019 - 2021
Parker Hill - Psychology - Rhodes College - 2021
Kelley Parsons - Neuroscience - Rhodes College - 2019-2020
Luis Alfaro - Computer Science - Rhodes College - 2018-19
Dmitry Vyakhirev - Computer Science - Rhodes College - 2018-19 [co-supervised]