Meet the team

Mike Carter, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor | Principal Investigator

cartem11 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Jiaqiao Tang, M.Sc.PT

Ph.D. Student

tangj24 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Mikayla Lalli, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Student

lallim1 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Nour Al Afif, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Student

alafin1 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Daniel Deletsu, B.Sc.

M.Sc. Candidate

deletsud [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Michael Croteau

M.Sc. Student

croteaum [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Maria Alex

Undergraduate Research Assistant

McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 2025 Summer Research Fellowship Winner

Duck Bryan

Lab duck

Duck Joy

Lab duck

Duck Norris

Lab duck

Ducky Parton

Lab duck

Lil Quack

Lab duck

Collaborators

The lab maintains active and extensive research collaborations with:
Joshua Cashaback | Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware
Brad Mckay | Milwaukee Brewers
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

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

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 and Data Specialist at Sheridan College
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

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

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

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)