My main research interests are in cognitive neuroscience; however, I have been exposed to many disciplines during my academic career. During the first few weeks of my 1st undergraduate year, I changed majors from engineering to mathematics; however, by the end of my first year, I was confident that psychology was the field for me. Given the choice of a BA or BSc degree stream, I chose the BSc, but for my undergraduate thesis, studied a topic related to both personality and social psychology: gender roles, albiet under the supervision of a professor in animal learning. In 1992, I received a bachelors of science degree in psychology from the University of Western Ontario (in London, ON).

In 1993, worked for a year at a landscaping nursery, both to get out of debt and to gain some perspective on career choices. I decided to pursue graduate training in quantitative psychology at Purdue University. After six months, though, it became clear that quantitative was not the right fit for me. I moved back to London to find a job and was offered a research assistant position in Doreen Kimura's neuropsychology laboratory. Her study of the biological basis of sex differences fit well with my previous interest in gender roles and shortly thereafter (1994) I enrolled in graduate school at UWO as a student Doreen's lab. I received a master of science degree in neuroscience under her supervision in 1996.

Doreen was due to retire one year later and I again found myself at a crossroads. Rather than switching supervisors, I left graduate school and started up a partnership in a landscaping business (again in Sarnia). It was not long before research drew me back to UWO, where I worked as a research assistant in Mel Goodale's action and perception laboratory. I soon decided (1997) to continue my graduate training and pursue my new interest in cognitive neuroscience. In 2001, I received my PhD in neuroscience under Mel's and Keith Humphrey's supervision. During my time at UWO in had several other mentors, including Ravi Menon, Joseph Gati, Tutis Vilis, Ken McRae, Frances Wilkinson and Hugh Wilson.

After receiving my PhD, I decided to stay in the field of cognitive neuroscience. I pursued postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University under the supervision of Isabel Gauthier in her Object Perception laboratory. While at Vanderbilt, I collaborated extensively with Randolph Blake and members of his laboratory. In 2004, I accepted a position as assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University.