Our Team

The iREx includes an expanding team of over 50 people (professors, researchers and students) mainly from the Université de Montréal, McGill University, Bishop's University and the Université Laval, all working on various research programs linked to the study of exoplanets and related fields.

Direction, Administration & EPOProfessorsResearchersStudentsStudent Interns

Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy

Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University

Alexandrine L’Heureux

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Charles Lafontaine

2025 Summer Intern, Université de Montréal B.Sc. Student

David Lafrenière

Professor, Université de Montréal

Pierrot Lamontagne

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Matthew Lightheart

MSc student, Bishop's University

Olivia Lim

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Antony Linares

2025 Trottier Summer Intern, Université de Montréal B.Sc. Student

Déreck-Alexandre Lizotte

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Lison Malo

Astronomer and Instrumentation Group Leader, Université de Montréal

Tekaronhiakanere Maracle

2025 Summer Intern, McGill BSc student

Kevin Marimbu

M.Sc. Student, McGill University

Michael Matesic

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Yuri Messias

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Christopher Monaghan

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Leslie Moranta

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Georgia Mraz

Ph.D. Student, McGill

Marie-Eve Naud

Education & Public Outreach Coordinator, Université de Montréal

Giang Nguyen

Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University

Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette

Deputy Director, Université de Montréal (on maternity leave)

Charles-Antoine Parent

2025 Trottier Summer Intern, Université Laval B.Sc. Student

Enola Quenet

2025 Summer Intern, Université de Montréal B.Sc. Student

Alexandra Rochon

2024 & 2023 Summer Intern, McGill University B.Sc. Student

Jason Rowe

Professor, Bishop's University

Pierre-Alexis Roy

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Alexis Roy

2025 Trottier Summer Intern, Université de Sherbrooke B.Sc. Student

Salma Salhi

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Sarah Silverman

MSc student, McGill University

Nolan Smyth

Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Montréal

Jared Splinter

Ph.D. Student, McGill University

Avidaan Srivastava

PhD student, Université de Montréal

François-Pierre St-Jacques

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Shi Lin Sun

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Maya Tatarelli

MSc Student, McGill University

Simon Thibault

Professor, Université Laval

Thomas Vandal

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal