Dr. Murray began investigating the interoceptive stimulus properties of drugs of abuse as a graduate student in Prof Rick Bevins' Behavioral Neuropharmacology laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Following earning her PhD in 2009, she joined Prof Barry Everitt as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge in England. There, she used novel models of drug dependence to assess particular theories of addiction. She was also an official fellow of Murray Edwards College and directed studies for their psychology students. In 2016, Dr. Murray returned to North America as a research assistant professor at UNL with Prof Bevins' research group before beginning her post as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph in 2018. 

Addie is an incoming graduate student in the Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science program with a specalization in Neuroscience. She has recently graduated from her undergraduate studies in Neuroscience and minoring in Psychology. Addie has been an active member in the AIM lab since March 2019,  participating in many different projects along with training incoming students. She is interested in investigating sex differences in oxycodone self-administration, the neurological mechanisms behind polysubstance and the pharmacological interactions between benzodiazepine, stimulants, and opioids.      

Davin graduated from the University of Guelph with a BScH in Neuroscience and a minor in Psychology and is starting his first year in the Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science MSc program in the Murray AIM Lab in 2022. He is interested in investigating drug-induced neuroplasticity, neural circuits that mediate drug seeking, and interactions between drugs and hormones using animal models of substance use disorder. 

Donna is a third-year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive (NACS) program at the University of Guelph. She is a former Neuroscience Master’s and Bachelor of Science graduate from the University of Delaware. Donna’s previous research focused on investigating sex differences in behavior among patients with PTSD using the SPS rat model. Her current research aims to investigate how chronic nicotine vs. traditional tobacco use during pregnancy affects hippocampal morphology, protein expression, and cognitive behavior throughout offspring development. Additionally, she is investigating differences in hippocampal development depending on age of chronic exposure (adolescence vs. adult). 

Alyssa is a recent Neuroscience graduate from the University of Guelph. She is currently assisting with the Oral-Morphine Self Administration project which investigates how pre-treatment with morphine, fentanyl, naloxone, and methamphetamine affects oral morphine self-administration in rats. She previously completed a literature review on the concurrent use of Benzodiazepines and Opioids. Her research interests include poly-drug use, sex differences and neural and behavioural mechanisms behind drugs of abuse.

Avery was a fourth year Biomedical Science major at the University of Guelph, minoring in Neuroscience. Her role in the lab involved investigating drug discrimination between cigarette smoke extract and nicotine. Other research interests include neural mechanisms underlying substance use disorders.  

Maddie Peters was a 4th year B.A. Honour's Thesis Psychology student. She is particularly interested in the neurological basis of mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia, as well as potential pharmacological treatments for these illnesses. 

Michael Sharivker was in the BSc Neuroscience program at the University of Guelph. He was a volunteer in the AIM lab since the winter of 2019, the Undergraduate Research Assistant for the summer of 2019, and completed a year of independent research coursework in 2019-2020.