Research

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I am interested in the effects of injury and neurological disease on the brain and spinal cord and the consequent need for rehabilitation. There are many different types of dysfunctions that can result from damage to these two vital systems and further understanding of these dysfunctions can help researchers to achieve more effective and personalized rehabilitation techniques. My current project investigates visual perception and eye movements in wheelchair users in general and patients with spinal cord injury in particular. Preliminary evidence from our lab shows opposite eye-movement asymmetries in these patients as compared to healthy controls, and the goal of my study is to explore whether this is due to the change in situation resulting from the SCI (i.e., wheelchair use).

CV

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B.Sc. in Psychology and Chemistry from UBC (May 2013)

Research experience:

• 09/2011 - 09/2013 - Research assistant in the Personality, Emotion & Behaviour Lab, Dept. Psychology, UBC
• 05/2011 - 08/2012 - Research associate in the Organometallics Chemistry Lab, Dept. Chemistry, UBC

Teaching experience:

• 09/2012 - 05/2013 - TA for CHEM309 and CHEM310 (upper-level inorganic chemistry classes)

Publications

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Journal publications:

• Baillie, R.A., Tran, T., Lalonde, K.M., Tsang, J.Y.K., Thibault, M.E., Patrick, B.O., & Legzdins, P. (2012). Organometallics, 31, 1055.

Conference proceedings:

• Lalonde, K.M. (2012). C-H activations of hydrocarbons initiated by Cp'W(NO)(CH2CMe3)2. Paper given at the American Chemical Society 243rd Meeting, San Diego, CA.