Profiles

Brandon has conducted research in the areas of vigilance, mind wandering, learning in the classroom, and media multitasking.

Email Brandon: bcwralph@uwaterloo.ca

Dr.Thomson came to the University of Waterloo as a postdoctoral fellow after completing his PhD at McMaster University under the supervision of Dr. Bruce Milliken. After some time at UW, Dr. Thomson garnered the coveted Banting Fellowship.  Dr. Thomson is now working as a research consultant for BEWorks.

Effie's research focuses on how attention and mind wandering fluctuate in our daily lives. In particular, her work looks at the temporal nature of attention and mind wandering as it ebbs and flows over time to distinguish between trait and state level differences across tasks and contexts. Outside of academia, she's a statistics nerd and an avid baseball fan, and is usually more than happy to chat for hours about either.

Dr. Carriere completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, and then after a brief stint at Research in Motion, came back to complete a postdoctoral fellowship.  Dr. Carriere is now a Assistant Professor at Bishop's University.  He has conducted research on a variety of topics including synesthesia, mind-wandering and attentional errors. 

Email Jon: jon@theoptia.com

Kristin is a post doctoral fellow in the Vision and Attention Lab and Dr. Evan Risko’s Cognition and Natural Behaviour Lab. Broadly speaking Kristin is interested in how attention, motivation and metacognition operate in various learning environments. She is presently exploring how different modes of presenting lecture material online (e.g., video, audio, text, lecture speed, etc.,) impact attention, mind wandering, metacognition, and learning outcomes in online learners.

Martin’s current research focuses on developing techniques for measuring and classifying cognitive states, using psychophysiological techniques such as GSR and Pupillometry, for use in Critical Task Environments including road, rail, maritime, and health applications.  He developed the ‘Automation, Trust and Workload’ collaborative research project with CSIRO, Australia, and the University of Tasmania, and collaborates with Canadian and Australian partners in this emerging research domain.

Noah completed his PhD under joint supervision of Dr. Smilek and Dr. MacLeod. Noah's dissertation examined mind wandering while reading text, focusing primarily on the relation between text difficulty, text interest and mind wandering.  Noah is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow at McMaster University.

Email Noah: nforrin@uwaterloo.ca