Researcher · Advocate · Student Leader · DJ

Rylee Mae

Exploring how people think, remember, heal, and thrive through neuroscience, public policy, student advocacy, and creative work.

Portrait of Rylee Mae in front of the Alberta Legislature
Lethbridge, Alberta
Science. Systems. Sound.
Current work

One person, four connected practices.

01

Neuroscience

Researching memory, naturalistic cognition, aging, and neuroimaging.

02

Advocacy

Representing Alberta students on affordability, access, housing, and mental health.

03

Leadership

Chair of ASEC, ULSU Vice-President External, and Co-Founder of FLARE.

04

Music

Performing as Crimson Mae and building expressive, atmospheric sets.

Research focus

Understanding lived experience through science.

Rylee’s research spans episodic memory, event segmentation, aging, cognitive assessment, fMRI, EEG, and behavioural methods, with a particular interest in clinically meaningful cognitive change.

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The most meaningful questions often live between disciplines.
Selected roles

Leadership with public purpose.

Her work connects research, governance, policy, and knowledge mobilization.

01

Chair, Alberta Students’ Executive Council

Representing more than 130,000 post-secondary students across Alberta.

02

Vice-President External, ULSU

Advocating on affordability, student aid, housing, transit, mental health, and access.

03

Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, FLARE

Expanding undergraduate research, publication, and knowledge mobilization.

04

Two-time NSERC USRA Recipient

Recognized for undergraduate research in cognition and neuroimaging.

Crimson Mae

Research by day.
Rhythm by night.

The DJ project is an extension of Rylee’s creative identity: immersive, expressive, and built around emotional movement.

Creative practice

Sound as atmosphere, memory, and connection.

Upcoming sets, recordings, influences, and booking information will live here as the project develops.

From the blog

Ideas across science, policy, leadership, and culture.

Why memory matters beyond the laboratory

A future essay about the way memory shapes identity, public systems, and everyday life.

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What student advocacy looks like in practice

Notes on representation, coalition-building, and public accountability.

Coming soon →

Building the Crimson Mae sound

A creative journal about performance, atmosphere, and musical identity.

Coming soon →
Let’s connect

Research, policy, media, speaking, or music.