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. Student
deletsud [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Andrea Albert Pravin
Undergraduate thesis student
BIOLOGY 4C12

Faris Almoni
Undergraduate practicum student
LIFESCI 4A03

Gaile Cheng
Undergraduate practicum student
SCIENCE 2RP3

Michael Croteau
Undergraduate thesis student
NEUROSCI 4L12 A/B

Enuri Dissanayake
Undergraduate thesis student
LIFESCI 4C12

Leo Ducharme
Undergraduate thesis student
PNB 4D06

Tara Esbati
Undergraduate project student
PNB 3QQ3

Shiuli Khanna
Undergraduate thesis student
NEUROSCI 4L12 A/B

Linsea Martin
Undergraduate project student
PNB 3QQ3

Courtney Nguyen
Undergraduate thesis student
HTHSCI 4A15

Shiv Peshwa
Undergraduate practicum student
KINESIOL 3RP3

Dana Rugole
Undergraduate research assistant
Volunteer (Biochemistry)

Nicole Su
Undergraduate thesis student
BIOLOGY 4C12

Vida Sussman
Undergraduate project student
PNB 3QQ3

Eshaa Tariq
Undergraduate research assistant
Volunteer (Kinesiology)

Eleanore Wu
Undergraduate research assistant
Volunteer (Kinesiology)

Jacqueline Zheng
Undergraduate thesis student
NEUROSCI 4L09

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
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
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
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)