I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Stony Brook University, where I direct the CANAL (Cognition, Auditory Neuroscience, And Language) lab. I am primarily (but not exclusively!) interested in the cognitive and neural mechanisms through which listeners can comprehend spoken language. How does our knowledge of what someone might say in some context influence how we perceive speech? How do we adapt to different accents? You can learn more about my research program here.

I am recruiting PhD students for the 2025-2026 year — please drop me a line if you are interested in joining the CANAL Lab!

Prior to Stony Brook, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. I earned my PhD in Psychology from the University of Connecticut and my BS in Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University.

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Contact me at sahil.luthra@stonybrook.edu.