PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Marc D. Pell, PhD
Distinguished James McGill Professor
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University
marc.pell [at] mcgill.ca
Current PhD students
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Name | Years | Currently |
|---|---|---|
| Haining Cui | 2022-2025 | Assistant Professor, Tohoku University |
| Jonathan Caballero Meneses | 2017-2021 | — |
| Pauline Larrouy-Maestri | 2016 | Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics |
| Nikos Vergis | 2015-2017 | Teaching staff, Hellenic Open University |
| Xiaoming Jiang | 2013-2017 | Professor, Shanghai International Studies University |
| Kathrin Rothermich | 2012-2016 | Associate Professor, East Carolina University |
| Simon Rigoulot | 2010-2012 | Professor, UQ Trois-Rivières |
| Silke Paulmann | 2007-2009 | Executive Dean & Professor, University of Essex |
| Laura Monetta | 2004-2007 | Full Professor, Université Laval |
PhD Graduates
| Name | Program | Years | Currently |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Dominguez Arriola | CSD | 2021-2026 | — |
| Luisa Hernandez Melo | IPN | 2019-2026 | — |
| Maël Mauchand | IPN | 2019-2023 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Geneva |
| Shuyi Zhang | CSD | 2017-2025 | — |
| Yondu Mori | CSD | 2015-2023 | Consumer Research Manager, Canadian Tire Corporation |
| Rachel Schwartz | CSD | 2010-2015 | Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF |
| Pan Liu | CSD | 2009-2014 | Assistant Professor, University of Alberta |
| Patricia Schmidt | Co-supervised, MPI Leipzig | 2007-2011 | Research Associate, University of Giessen |
| Chinar Dara | CSD | 2004-2010 | — |
| Henry Cheang | CSD | 2001-2008 | — |
| Areej Alasseri | CSD | 2001-2007 | Adjunct Professor, Dar Al-Hekma University |
CSD = Communication Sciences and Disorders · IPN = Integrated Program in Neuroscience
MSc Graduates
| Name | Program | Years | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maël Mauchand | IPN | 2017-2019 | Continued to PhD in our lab |
| Henry Cheang | CSD | 1999-2001 | Continued to PhD in our lab |
Visiting Trainees
| Name | Role | Year(s) | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Han Hu | PhD intern | 2024-2025 | Nanjing Normal University, China |
| Emilio Ruiz Alanis | MSc intern | 2024 | UNAM, Mexico |
| Luca Bazzi Otero | PhD intern | 2022 | Nebrija University, Spain |
| Jonathan Caballero Meneses | PhD intern | 2016 | UNAM, Mexico |
M.Sc. Research Bursary Students
| Name | Department | Year(s) | Award / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Osei | CSD | 2017 | Summer bursary |
| Jamie Russell | CSD | 2016 | Summer bursary |
| Kelly Hennegan | Pharmacology | 2015 | NSERC USRA |
| Nabitha Kanagaratnam | Biology | 2013 | NSERC USRA |
| Lauren de la Parra | Psychology | 2011 | NSERC USRA |
| Eugen Wassiliwisky | Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Germany) | 2010 | — |
| Alla Sorokin | CSD | 2008 | Summer bursary |
| Vera Skorup | CSD | 2004-2005 | Summer + winter bursary |
| Alana Pearlman | CSD | 2004 | Summer bursary |
| Nicole Skelton | CSD | 2003 | Summer bursary |
| Tamara Long | CSD | 2001-2002 | Summer + fall bursary |
Undergraduate Honours Students
| Name | Program | Year(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanran Mou | Cognitive Sciences | 2023 | Winter term |
| Lucy Ferneyhough | Cognitive Sciences | 2022-2023 | — |
| Meri Arushanyan | Cognitive Sciences | 2019-2020 | — |
| Erica Bossard | Cognitive Sciences | 2018-2019 | — |
| Maël Mauchand | Cognitive Sciences | 2016-2017 | Continued to MSc + PhD in our lab |
| Renuka Giles | Cognitive Sciences | 2015-2016 | — |
| Ella Zetler | Cognitive Sciences | 2015 | Winter term |
| Kyra Parker | Cognitive Sciences | 2013-2014 | — |
| Kira Gossack-Keenan | Cognitive Sciences | 2013-2014 | — |
| Zachary Shulman | IPN | 2013-2014 | — |
| Sameer Sethi | Biology/Computer Sciences (BIOL 396) | 2012 | — |
| Susana Lee | Cognitive Sciences | 2010-2011 | — |
| Jessica Robin | Cognitive Sciences | 2009 | — |
| Abhishek Jaywant | Psychology | 2008-2009 | — |
| Shoshana Gal | Psychology | 2002-2003 | — |
Research Lab Trainees
| Name | Program | Level | Year(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie-Jeanne Bourbonnier | Speech-Language Pathology | Graduate | 2023-2024 | — |
| Yanran Mou | Cognitive Science | Undergraduate | 2022 | — |
| Emmanuelle Lacasse-Beauvais | Cognitive Science | Undergraduate | 2019-2020 | — |
| Erica Bossard | Cognitive Science | Undergraduate | 2019 | Summer |
| Therese Koch | Cognitive Science | Undergraduate | 2016 | Summer |
| Ryan Sanford | Biomedical Engineering (PhD) | Graduate | 2015-2019 | — |
| Julia Hamill | Cognitive Science | Undergraduate | 2015-2016 | — |
| Joanna Liu | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2015-2017 | — |
| Lila Weintraub | IPN | Undergraduate | 2014-2015 | — |
| Joshua McCall | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2014 | — |
| Francois Anderson-de Serres | Linguistics (UQAM) | Graduate | 2013-2016 | — |
| Mary Giffen | Counselling Psychology | Graduate | 2013-2014 | — |
| Lorraine Chuen | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2013 | — |
| Sonia Krol | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2013 | — |
| Melissa Stern | Educational and Counselling Psychology | Graduate | 2011-2015 | — |
| Lucas Dangler | Cognitive Science | Undergraduate | 2011-2012 | — |
| Hope Valeriote | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2011 | — |
| Junhui Zhang | Information Sciences | Graduate | 2010 | — |
| Basia Radlinska | IPN | Graduate | 2009-2012 | — |
| Catherine Knowles | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2008-2010 | — |
| Stephen Hopkins | Engineering | Undergraduate | 2008 | — |
| Ellen Stevenson | School of Nursing | Graduate | 2007-2008 | — |
| Margaret Webb | Linguistics | Undergraduate | 2007-2008 | — |
| Marie Desmarteau | Musical Theory | Graduate | 2006-2007 | — |
| Nicole Price | Counselling Psychology | Graduate | 2005-2007 | — |
| Lisa Spinney | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Graduate | 2005 | — |
| Joshua Simmonds | Counselling Psychology | Graduate | 2004-2005 | — |
| Sarah Crowder | Drama | Undergraduate | 2004-2005 | — |
| Elmira Chan | Counselling Psychology | Graduate | 2003-2005 | — |
| Marta Fundamenski | Psychology | Undergraduate | 2001-2003 | — |
| Nazma Mohammed | Psychology | Undergraduate | 1999-2001 | — |