
Benoit Laurent
Principal Investigator
benoit.laurent[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Favorite book: La dame aux camélias
Favorite hobby: Running
Idea of happiness: Wine, bread & cheese
Motto: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
Birthday: May 7th

Suzanne Gascon
Research assistant
suzanne.gascon[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Red
Favorite movie: Star Wars
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Favorite hobby: Rowing
Idea of happiness: Simplicity, family, friends
Motto: The worst we can say to you is no
Birthday: March 29th

Clara Bergis-Ser
Post-doctoral fellow
clara.bergis.ser[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Blue, emerald green
Favorite movie: Harry Potter
Favorite book: The host
Favorite hobby: Singing, reading
Idea of happiness: A healthy happy family
Motto: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you
Birthday: May 30th

Florent Amiot
Ph.D. student
florent.amiot[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Black
Favorite movie: Cloud Atlas, Jeux d'enfants
Favorite book: Les milles et une nuits
Favorite hobby: Theater, Sport
Idea of happiness: Life without regrets
Motto: Paris is very small for those who love eachother with such great love
Birthday: January 22nd

Olivier Dionne
Ph.D. student
olivier.dionne[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Red
Favorite movie: The longest yard
Favorite book: I don't read book 😅
Favorite hobby: Sport, cooking
Idea of happiness: Simplicity
Motto: A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
Birthday: February 12th

Léa Ferreira
Ph.D. student
lea.ferreira[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Green
Favorite movie: Astérix et Obélix mission Cléopâtre
Favorite book: Kilomètre 0
Favorite hobby: Running, playing music and sleeping
Idea of happiness: Sharing a good meal with good cheese & bread, and good friends
Motto: Marvel at simple things
Birthday: July 19th

Guillaume Provost
Ph.D. student
guillaume.provost[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite movie: The Lord of the Rings
Favorite book: Autre-Monde
Favorite hobby: Board game
Idea of happiness: Chemicals in my brain
Motto: It is what it is
Birthday: November 19th

Antxon Etchebest
Ph.D. student
antxon.etchebest[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Red
Favorite movie: 120 battements par minute
Favorite book: Les mémoires de Zeus
Favorite hobby: Language learning
Idea of happiness: Cerveza, música y país vasco
Motto: Salut everybody tout le monde, ça y est c’est mardi c’est bientôt le week end !
Birthday: March 2nd

Viktoriia Bavykina
M.Sc. student
viktoriia.bavykina[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Pink
Favorite movie: To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Knives Out
Favorite book: Hunger Games, Agatha Christie's novels
Favorite hobby: Languages, DIY, dancing, makeup
Idea of happiness: Adopting a dog
Motto: If the opportunity doesn't knock, build a door
Birthday: July 6th

Colin Poirier
M.Sc. student
colin.poirier[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Red
Favorite movie: Hacksaw Ridge
Favorite book: The Whisperer (Donato Carrisi)
Favorite hobby: Boardgame, kayak, running
Idea of happiness: Simplicity and Discovery
Motto: 👍
Birthday: December 15th

Salomé Sabatié
M.Sc. student
salome.sabatie2[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Black, blue
Favorite movie: Back to the future, The theory of everything
Favorite book: Le papillon des étoiles
Favorite hobby: Listening to music, reading, dancing
Idea of happiness: A road trip in a mint blue Volkswagen Kombi
Motto: Souris à la vie et elle te sourira aussi !
Birthday: November 23rd

Anthony Giguère
M.Sc. student
anthony.giguere[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite movie: Star Wars
Favorite book: L'Unique et sa propriété
Favorite hobby: Playing hockey
Idea of happiness: Enjoy every moment with family and friends
Motto: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Birthday:November 25th

Antonin Paquet
B.Sc. student
antonin.paquet[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Orange, Blue
Favorite movie: The martian
Favorite book: Revelation Space
Favorite hobby: reading, running, DIY
Idea of happiness: Discoveries and friendships
Motto: What beautiful surprises does life have in store for me today?
Birthday: September 28th

Naïm Jos
B.Sc. student
naim.jos[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Green
Favorite movie: Princess Mononoke (Ghibli studios)
Favorite book: Dune
Favorite hobby: Swimming
Idea of happiness: Making the world around me a bit better
Motto: Our capacity to adapt is our greatest strength
Birthday: December 11th

Gabrielle-Lee Gaudreau
B.Sc. student
gabrielle-lee.gaudreau[at]usherbrooke.ca
ABOUT ME
Favorite color: Green
Favorite movie: Harry Potter
Favorite book: Five Feet Apart
Favorite hobby: Knitting, reading
Idea of happiness: Spending good time with friends and family
Motto: Everything happens for a reason
Birthday: March 8th
ALUMNI
Graduate students, Post-doctoral fellows and Research staff

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Louise Lecordier
M.Sc. student Spring 2024

Muhammad Riaz Khan
Post-doc fellow 2020-2024

Dhaval Raghwani
M.Sc. student 2023-2024

Jeru Manoj Manuel
Post-doc fellow 2021-2024

Joannie St-Germain
Research assistant 2019-2022

Nelson Mounguengue
M.Sc. student Summer 2022

Jessica Avila Lopez
M.Sc. student 2020-2022

Mohammed Amir Husain
Post-doc fellow 2020-2022

Inès Khatir
M.Sc. student 2020-2022

Darren Carpentier-Lalancette
M.D.-M.Sc. student 2020-2022

Javier Rocha Ahumada
M.Sc. student 2018-2020
Undergraduate students

José Díaz Maldonado
Intern Fall 2024

Carlos Alves de Lima
Intern Summer 2024

Alexia Côté
Intern Summer 2024

Thomas Papineau-Valex
Intern Winter 2024

Angie Dion
MD Intern Summer 2023

Navya Srivastava
Intern Summer 2023

Philippe Dufour
Intern Summer 2023

Daphnée Levasseur
Intern Summer 2023

Maged Ibrahim
Intern Summer 2022
Intern Winter 2023

Tushar Patel
Intern Summer 2022

Frédérick Comtois
Intern Winter 2022

Anne Castonguay
Intern Winter 2022

Mathia Canepa
Intern Summer 2021

Nina Di Grande
Intern Fall 2020
Intern Summer 2021

Diana Junique
Intern Fall 2019

Micah Scott
Intern Summer 2019