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

Raphaël Hardy

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Carrie He

2024 Summer Intern, University of Toronto B.Sc. Student

Mahesh Herath

Ph.D. Student, McGill University

Amalia Karalis

2021 Summer Intern

Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy

Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University

Alexandrine L’Heureux

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

David Lafrenière

Professor, Université de Montréal

Pierrot Lamontagne

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Élise Leclerc

2024 Summer Intern, Université de Montréal B.Sc. Student

Eve Lee

Professor, McGill University

Thomas Lefèvre

2024 Summer Intern, Université Paris Cité B.Sc. Student (science journalism)

Matthew Lightheart

MSc student, Bishop's University

Olivia Lim

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Justin Lipper

2024 Trottier Summer Intern, McGill University B.Sc. Student

Sonya Liu

2024 Trottier Summer Intern, McGill University B.Sc. Student

Déreck-Alexandre Lizotte

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Lison Malo

Astronomer and Instrumentation Group Leader, Université de Montréal

Kevin Marimbu

M.Sc. Student, McGill University

Michael Matesic

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Anthinéa Melot

2024 Summer Intern, Student in France

Yuri Messias

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

Allison Moffatt

2024 Sureau Summer Intern, McMaster University B.Sc. Student

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

Thomas Navarro

Researcher, Space Science institute

Giang Nguyen

Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University

Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette

Deputy Director, Université de Montréal (on maternity leave)

Olivia Pereira

2024 Summer Intern, McGill University B.Sc. Student

Alexandra Rochon

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

Jonathan Roussy

2024 Summer Intern, Université de Montréal B.Sc. Student

Jason Rowe

Professor, Bishop's University

Pierre-Alexis Roy

Ph.D. Student, Université de Montréal

Salma Salhi

MSc student, Université de Montréal

Sarah Silverman

MSc student, McGill University