Meet the team
Mike Carter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Principal Investigator
cartem11 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca
Jiaqiao Tang, M.Sc.PT
Ph.D. Candidate
tangj24 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca
Mikayla Lalli, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate
lallim1 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca
Nour Al Afif, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate
alafin1 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca
Michael Croteau
M.Sc. Student
croteaum [at] mcmaster [dot] ca
Eshaa Tariq
Undergraduate thesis student
Kinesiology
Noor Menhel
Undergraduate thesis student
Kinesiology
Jude Shoukry
Undergraduate thesis student
Kinesiology
Dylan Patel
Undergraduate thesis student
Kinesiology
Ishva Shah
Undergraduate thesis student
Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour
Brody Pesowski
Undergraduate thesis student
Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour
Sydney Cooper
Undergraduate project student
Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour
Emily Hall
Undergraduate practicum student
Kinesiology
Tia Ryan Matthias
Undergraduate practicum student
Kinesiology
Jake Noble Glube
Undergraduate practicum student
Kinesiology
Angelina Lam
Undergraduate practicum student
Kinesiology
Diana Mason
Undergraduate practicum student
Neuroscience
Samar Naz
Undergraduate practicum student
Life Sciences
Duck Bryan
Lab duck
Duck Joy
Lab duck
Duck Norris
Lab duck
Ducky Parton
Lab duck
Collaborators
The lab maintains active research collaborations with:
Joshua Cashaback | Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware
Aimee Nelson | Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University
Jonathan Cannon | Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour, McMaster University
Some of our other collaborators include:
Keith Lohse | Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis
Matthew Miller | School of Kinesiology, Auburn University
Mariane Bacelar | Department of Kinesiology, Boise State University
Juliana Parma | Department of Kinesiology, San Francisco State University
Alumni
Former lab members and what they did after leaving the lab or what they are currently doing (if known).
Post-doctoral fellows
Brad McKay (2021-23); Senior Strategist of Training Design, Milwaukee Brewers
Graduate students
Daniel Deletsu, M.Sc. Kinesiology (2023-25); Medical School at Western University
Mikayla Lalli, M.Sc. Kinesiology (2022-24); Ph.D. student in the lab
Nour Al Afif, M.Sc. Kinesiology (2022-24); Ph.D. student in the lab
Laura St. Germain, Ph.D. Kinesiology (2018-23); Research Ethics Board Coordinator at University of Toronto
Mirette Mounir, M.Sc. Kinesiology (2019-21); Dentistry at Western University
Rajbir Sihu, M.Sc. Kinesiology (2019-21); Dentistry at the University of Toronto
Undergraduate students
Honours thesis
Heerud Seyedian (2025-26); Emilia Shlomit Katz (2025-26); Shiv Peshwa (2025-26); Shiuli Khanna (2024-25); Michael Croteau (2024-25); Enuri Dissanayake (2024-25); Nicole Su (2024-25); Courtney Nguyen (2024-25); Leo Ducharm (2024-25); Andrea Albert Pravin (2024-25); Jacqueline Zhang (2024-25); Lidia Barbera (2023-24); Hibaa Hasan (2023-24); Ola Schwarzenberg (2023-24); Mithun Manivannan (2023-24); Chitrini Tandon (2021-23); Alyssa Skouros (2022-23); Kiana Masoudi (2022-23); Raika Bourmand (2021-22); Armin Sariaslani (2021-22); Katharine (Katie) Douglas (2021-22); Thinzar Soe (2021-22); Julianna Marfisi (2020-21); Matthew Tobis (2020-21); Andrew Poskus (2020-21); Sherry Feldman (2019-20); Olena Leshchyshen (2019-20); Noura Balbaa (2019-20)
Research practicum / project
Emily Hall (2026); Eshaa Tariq (2026); Noor Menhel (2026); Jocelyn Rivett (2025); Sydney Cooper (2025); Tara Esbati (2025); Alpha Liu (2025); Shreya Kapoor (2025); Julia Luong (2025); Eleanore Wu (2025); Vida Sussman (2024-25); Tara Esbati (2024-25); Shiv Peshwa (2025); Linsea Martin (2024-25); Faris Almoni (2025); Gaile Cheng (2025); Aashna Gujral (2024); Dami Alabi Benson (2024); Michael Croteau (2024); Francesca Caputo (2024); Jil Soni (2024); Navishka Brahmbhatt (2024); Aditya Trivedi (2024); Jacqueline Zheng (2023-24); Abby Girouard (2023-24); Michael Croteau (2024); Aditya Trivedi (2024); Navishka Brahmbhatt (2024); Francesca Caputo (2024); Jil Soni (2024); Enuri Dissanayake (2023); Jeswende Seedu (2022-23); Vivian Li (2022); Caroline Jarvi (2022); Gurlal Gill (2021); Anita Chaseendran (2021); Gianna Jeyarajan (2021); Mackenzie (Kenzie) Bell (2021); Ashton Yuen (2021); Charlie Violin (2021); Ammaar Jan (2020); Faran Chaudhry (2020); Yu (Sarah) Fu (2020); Andrew Poskus (2019); Maya El-Zahed (2019); Grant Yang (2019); Olena Leshchyshen (2019); Rita Waseem (2019); Christian Kleiser (2018); Christopher Li (2018); Faryal Zahir (2018)
Research assistants
Ania Mihaila (2025-26); Tia Ryan Matthias (2026); Alpha Liu (2026); Maria Alex (2025); Eshaa Tariq (2024-25); Eleanore Wu (2024-25); Shiv Peshwa (2024); Dana Rugole (2025); Vida Sussman (2022-24); Elizabeth Mitchell (2020-23); Celeste de Faveri (2021-23); Lidia Barbera (2022-23); Hibaa Hasan (2022-23); Faith Adams (2022); Chitrini Tandon (2021-22); Kristen Arnold (2021-22); Alison Williams (2018-20); Andrew Poskus (2019); Kevin Gilotra (2019); Ashton Yuen (2019); Mackenzie (Kenzie) Bell (2019-21); Olena Leshchyshen (2018-19); Yu (Sarah) Fu (2018-19)