Featured Alumni
Dr. Cameron Hassall
Dr. Hassall was a long tenured member of the Krigolson Lab. He started in the lab while Dr. Krigolson was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia. Following this, he came with Dr. Krigolson to Dalhousie University and completed his MSc and moved with the lab to the University of Victoria where he completed his PhD. "Cam" then went on to a Postdoctoral Fellow position at Oxford University and is now an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Canada.
Cam has too many accolades to cover here, he has published papers in top journals such as Nature, Cortex, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and he won every award possible.
Check out Cam at his personal website, https://www.cameronhassall.com/
Dr. Hassall was a long tenured member of the Krigolson Lab. He started in the lab while Dr. Krigolson was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia. Following this, he came with Dr. Krigolson to Dalhousie University and completed his MSc and moved with the lab to the University of Victoria where he completed his PhD. "Cam" then went on to a Postdoctoral Fellow position at Oxford University and is now an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Canada.
Cam has too many accolades to cover here, he has published papers in top journals such as Nature, Cortex, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and he won every award possible.
Check out Cam at his personal website, https://www.cameronhassall.com/
Anthony Pluta
After earning his BSc in Psychology from the University of Phoenix, Anthony “AJ” Pluta came to the TAN Lab to do a MSc where he studied the effects of cognition on sports performance. AJ found that beta power recorded before a baseball player went up to bat could predict several qualities of that batter’s swing. His results provided the first quantitative evidence for not overthinking your performance when at the plate, and caught attention from CBC, the Times Colonist, and Quirks and Quarks.
Prior to his time in the TAN Lab, AJ had a successful career in professional baseball. He spent 13 years playing baseball in three countries including playing for six MLB teams in their affiliates. Since his playing days, Anthony has transitioned into a decorated coaching career, working as a coach for the Canadian Women’s National Baseball team and the Team BC Canada Cup team. Recently, Anthony has started his own business where he holds the position of VP of Marketing and Director of Baseball Operations at Speed Mechanics; a multipurpose gym that uses strength and conditioning as well as all sport specific training to train youth athletes.
As noted above, Anthony’s thesis work garnered national media attention some of which is linked to here:
https://www.cheknews.ca/can-brain-waves-predict-batting-performance-359188/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/baseball-brain-waves-muse-performance-predictions-1.4229868
https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/it-s-all-in-your-head-using-brainwaves-to-predict-baseball-performance-1.21660545
https://www.citynews1130.com/2017/08/13/study-shows-brainwaves-predict-baseball-performance/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/august-19-2017-1.4252722/baseball-researcher-finds-the-zone-in-brain-wave-experiment-1.4252802
https://www.uvic.ca/communicationsmarketing/web/news/2017+top-stories+news
- https://www.baseballoutsidethebox.com/2017/03/15/anthony-pluta-joins-coach-caliendo/
After earning his BSc in Psychology from the University of Phoenix, Anthony “AJ” Pluta came to the TAN Lab to do a MSc where he studied the effects of cognition on sports performance. AJ found that beta power recorded before a baseball player went up to bat could predict several qualities of that batter’s swing. His results provided the first quantitative evidence for not overthinking your performance when at the plate, and caught attention from CBC, the Times Colonist, and Quirks and Quarks.
Prior to his time in the TAN Lab, AJ had a successful career in professional baseball. He spent 13 years playing baseball in three countries including playing for six MLB teams in their affiliates. Since his playing days, Anthony has transitioned into a decorated coaching career, working as a coach for the Canadian Women’s National Baseball team and the Team BC Canada Cup team. Recently, Anthony has started his own business where he holds the position of VP of Marketing and Director of Baseball Operations at Speed Mechanics; a multipurpose gym that uses strength and conditioning as well as all sport specific training to train youth athletes.
As noted above, Anthony’s thesis work garnered national media attention some of which is linked to here:
https://www.cheknews.ca/can-brain-waves-predict-batting-performance-359188/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/baseball-brain-waves-muse-performance-predictions-1.4229868
https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/it-s-all-in-your-head-using-brainwaves-to-predict-baseball-performance-1.21660545
https://www.citynews1130.com/2017/08/13/study-shows-brainwaves-predict-baseball-performance/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/august-19-2017-1.4252722/baseball-researcher-finds-the-zone-in-brain-wave-experiment-1.4252802
https://www.uvic.ca/communicationsmarketing/web/news/2017+top-stories+news
- https://www.baseballoutsidethebox.com/2017/03/15/anthony-pluta-joins-coach-caliendo/
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Amy Silver
Having completed her BA (Honors) in Psychology at Dalhousie University, Amy is now in the 3rd year of her BSc (Honors) in Neuroscience & Mental Health at Carleton. At Carleton, Amy is a volunteer in Dr. Anisman's Stress & Pathology lab. In between her time at Dalhousie and Carleton, she started a Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology, before deciding to pursue Neuroscience. Amy is also the Secretary for the Rotaract Club of Ottawa South, a PMC Note-taker, an active member of the Carleton Best Buddies Chapter, and starting in the fall she will be a Peer Helper with Co-Op & Career Services and a Peer Mentor with the Science Student Success Centre. Amy is planning to attend medical school after she finishes her current degree. |
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Adam Dmytriw
Adam Dmytriw MD MSc is a resident physician in the Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto. His main area of research is diagnostic and therapeutic neuroradiology. Currently, his diagnostic projects include investigations into diffusion-weighted imaging and its applications in brain and head & neck oncology. His interventional research comprises the study of intracranial aneurysms and vascular malformations of the central nervous system, as well as and percutaneous spine intervention. He is also involved in a series of large-scale research low-dose computed tomography and magnetoencephalography. Adam's investigation at the Neuroeconomics Lab was centred around the implicit visuomotor response, the results of which were presented locally as well as internationally at the meeting of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology. The paper is forthcoming. His goal is to apply his passion for neuroradiology towards novel diagnostic and therapeutic ends, as well as contribute to teaching and the medical humanities. Hayley May Neimy Hayley is a recent graduate from California State University, Northridge with an M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis (Honors), as well as a newly certified Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). However, prior to this she was a key member of the Krigolson Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia where she worked on a number of EEG and fMRI projects. Hayley's work resulted in a second author publication, "Cognitive Load Impacts Error Evaluation Within Medial-Frontal Cortex". Hayley is currently conducting research with Dr. Martha Pelaez investigating a training model to facilitate the acquisition of a variety of early infant social skills, including: social referencing, joint-attention, vocalizations & preverbal language, and eye contact, as a possible preventative intervention for the later development of language and behavior disorders. She is also a clinical Behavior Analyst Supervisor at the Shabani Institute - Center for Behavior Analysis & Language Development, specializing in severe problem behavior, language development, and social skills development for children and adults with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). |
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All Past Students
Postdoctoral Fellows
2019
Dr. Francisco Colino, PhD, Motor Control, University of British Columbia
PhD Students
2022
Chad Williams, PhD, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
2021
Thomas Ferguson, PhD, Psychology, University of Victoria
2019
Cameron Hassall, PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
MSc and MA Students
2023
Patrick Montgomery, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
Ellis Parsons, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
2020
T. Bryn Grey, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
2019
Taryn Berman, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Jordan Middleton, MSc, Kinesiology, University of Victoria
2018
Robert Trska, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Stephen Luehr, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Chad Williams, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
2017
Steffanie Fisher, MSc Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Ashley "Harvey" Howse, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
Robert McCulloch, MA, Kinesiology, University of Victoria
Anthony "AJ" Pluta, MSc, Kinesiology, University of Victoria
2015
Stephane Maclean, MSc, Experimental Psychology, Dalhousie University
Ralph Redden, MSc, Experimental Psychology, Dalhousie University
2013
Cameron Hassall, MSc, Experimental Psychology, Dalhousie University
Honours Students
2025
Jessica Kraft
2024
Allison Plamadon
Frances Copithore
Francesca Anderson
Declan Sanders
Mckinley Kemp
2023
Isaac Barrs
Olivia Ondrich
Zoe Garlinski-Gonsky
2022
Sarah Keating
Andrew Daniels
Ludwig Pepler
Sierra Hall
Hannah Smith
2021
Alyssa Mousseau
Patrick Montgomery
Juliet Rowe
2020
Brenden Benini
Jill Toppings
Jordan Kokkelink
Marielle Timmins
Fadi Abu-Awwad
Mathew Hammerstrom
2019
Ben Boyd
Evan Carey
Marie-Anne Dussault Gomez
Kelsey Lloyd
2018
Robert McDermit
Lena Walther
Emily Jackson
Marie Schultze
Georgia Powell
Mikaela Chia
2017
Taylor Chestnut
Charlotte Czerwinsk
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Talise Lindenbach
Emma Rigsby
2016
Brianna "Breezy" Beaudry
Rose Leishman
Chad Williams
2015
Marianne Brimmel
Christian Levesque
2014 (at Dalhousie University)
Ashley "Harvey" Howse
2013 (at Dalhousie University)
Shannon Doherty
Amy Silver, BSc
2012 (at Dalhousie University)
Heather Gallant
Katherine Holland
Robert McCulloch
2007 (at the University of Victoria, with Dr. Clay Holroyd)
Kyle Mathewson
Kaivon Pakzad Vaezi
2019
Dr. Francisco Colino, PhD, Motor Control, University of British Columbia
PhD Students
2022
Chad Williams, PhD, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
2021
Thomas Ferguson, PhD, Psychology, University of Victoria
2019
Cameron Hassall, PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
MSc and MA Students
2023
Patrick Montgomery, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
Ellis Parsons, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
2020
T. Bryn Grey, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
2019
Taryn Berman, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Jordan Middleton, MSc, Kinesiology, University of Victoria
2018
Robert Trska, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Stephen Luehr, MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Chad Williams, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
2017
Steffanie Fisher, MSc Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria
Ashley "Harvey" Howse, MSc, Neuroscience, University of Victoria
Robert McCulloch, MA, Kinesiology, University of Victoria
Anthony "AJ" Pluta, MSc, Kinesiology, University of Victoria
2015
Stephane Maclean, MSc, Experimental Psychology, Dalhousie University
Ralph Redden, MSc, Experimental Psychology, Dalhousie University
2013
Cameron Hassall, MSc, Experimental Psychology, Dalhousie University
Honours Students
2025
Jessica Kraft
2024
Allison Plamadon
Frances Copithore
Francesca Anderson
Declan Sanders
Mckinley Kemp
2023
Isaac Barrs
Olivia Ondrich
Zoe Garlinski-Gonsky
2022
Sarah Keating
Andrew Daniels
Ludwig Pepler
Sierra Hall
Hannah Smith
2021
Alyssa Mousseau
Patrick Montgomery
Juliet Rowe
2020
Brenden Benini
Jill Toppings
Jordan Kokkelink
Marielle Timmins
Fadi Abu-Awwad
Mathew Hammerstrom
2019
Ben Boyd
Evan Carey
Marie-Anne Dussault Gomez
Kelsey Lloyd
2018
Robert McDermit
Lena Walther
Emily Jackson
Marie Schultze
Georgia Powell
Mikaela Chia
2017
Taylor Chestnut
Charlotte Czerwinsk
Shannon Fitzpatrick
Talise Lindenbach
Emma Rigsby
2016
Brianna "Breezy" Beaudry
Rose Leishman
Chad Williams
2015
Marianne Brimmel
Christian Levesque
2014 (at Dalhousie University)
Ashley "Harvey" Howse
2013 (at Dalhousie University)
Shannon Doherty
Amy Silver, BSc
2012 (at Dalhousie University)
Heather Gallant
Katherine Holland
Robert McCulloch
2007 (at the University of Victoria, with Dr. Clay Holroyd)
Kyle Mathewson
Kaivon Pakzad Vaezi