Our Team

The team at the POP Lab, led by Aparna Nadig, is made up of research assistants, undergraduate research project students, masters and doctoral students, and postdoctoral fellows all passionate about language development, social communication, and social interaction in the neurotypical population as well as those on the autism spectrum, and the social inclusion of people on the autism spectrum.

We support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
📋See our Code of Conduct

If you are a student interested in getting research experience, doing an honours project, or joining the lab please contact Professor Nadig at aparna.nadig@mcgill.ca.

First row: Nimmi V., Lizzie C., Aparna N., Ella V., Bingyi W. Second row: Jordyn D., Aaron G., Ekaterini T., Nida L., Alicia M., Avleen M., Nariman A., Véronique M.

Members

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Aparna Nadig

Lab director/Associate Professor
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Angela MacDonald-Prégent

PhD Student
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Nariman Amantayev

PhD student
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Jovia Wong

Master's thesis student
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Kouro-Maïram Baro

Master's thesis student
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Suki Wang

Undergraduate Research Project student
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Chiara Ciccone

Undergraduate Research Project student
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Genevieve Kam

Undergraduate Research Project student
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George of the Jungle

Postdoctoral Scholar

Collaborators

  • Prof. Kristine Onishi, Department of Psychology, McGill University
  • Prof. Tara Flanagan, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University
  • Prof. Susan Rvachew, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University

  • Alumni (2012-2022)

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    Postdocs

    • Nida Latif, PhD, 2020
    • Megha Sharda, PhD, 2017
    • Melanie Eberhardt, PhD, 2015

    PhD Students

    • Janet Bang, PhD, 2017
    • Ana Maria Gonzalez-Barrero, PhD, 2017
    • Hanadi Bani Hani, PhD, 2015

    Master's Thesis Students

    • Aaron Glick, December 2021
    • Elizabeth Carolan, May 2021
    • Céliane Trudel, 2016
    • Jesse Burns, 2012

    Clinical Master's Research Project Students

    • Nida Latif, 2021
    • Elizabeth Carolan, 2019
    • Felix Li, 2018
    • Huong Hoang, 2016
    • Kayle Towsley, 2012

    Cognitive Science Research Project Students

    • Michelle Sasson, 2015
    • Shivani Seth, 2015

    Undergraduate Research Project Students co-supervised with Prof. Onishi

    • Ella Vezina, May 2022
    • Gabriella Boffice, 2021
    • Katia Kutlesa, 2020
    • Emma Malcomber, 2020
    • Rachel Dufour, 2020
    • Cynthia DiFrancesco, 2019
    • Alexa Livingstone, 2019
    • Fauzia Saiyed, 2019
    • Sabrina Rao, 2019
    • Corentin Monitel, 2015
    • Melissa Ferland, 2015