Université Laval · Advisors: D. Antoniades, F. Bouchard
Appointments
2027–
Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics & Computational BiologyIncoming
American University of Beirut · Department of Biology (FAS)
2025–
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Smithsonian Institution, Chief Data and AI Office, Office of Digital and Innovation
2019–2024
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology · including an appointment at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
2017–2019
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant
Université Laval, Département de géographie & Centre d'études nordiques
2016–2017
GIS Technician & Analyst
Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles (MERN), Québec
Teaching
2024
Guest Lecturer: "Plant Systematics"
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology · Lecture on the evolution of grasses and grasslands
2019–2024
Teaching Assistant: "Evolution" and "Organismal and Evolutionary Biology"
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology · Lectures and laboratory sections
2019
Teaching Assistant: "Éléments scientifiques des changements climatiques" (graduate course)
Université Laval, Département de géographie · Developed and narrated online course modules on paleoecology and global biogeochemical cycles
2018–2019
Teaching Assistant: "Climatologie" and "Environnements naturels"
Université Laval, Département de géographie
Selected awards & honors
2024
Govindjee & Rajni Govindjee Award for Excellence in Biological Research
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology
2024
Award for Outstanding Teaching in Plant Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology
2024
Summer Block Grant Fellowship
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology
2020–2024
List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning · Spring 2020, Fall 2020*, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023*, Spring 2024 (*Outstanding ratings)
2021
Francis M. & Harlie M. Clark Research Support Grant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology
2020
Francis M. & Harlie M. Clark Research Support Grant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Integrative Biology