Our team
The Institute for research on exoplanets (Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes, or iREx) consists of about 40 professors, researchers and postdoctoral fellows and students from the Université de Montréal and McGill University. The team also collaborates with many other international organizations for its different projects.
Professors
Regular members
- Björn Benneke, Assistant Professor at Université de Montréal
- Nicolas Cowan, Assistant Professor McGill University
- Andrew Cumming, Professor at McGill University
- René Doyon, Professor at Université de Montréal
- Patrick Dufour, Associate Professor at Université de Montréal
- David Lafrenière, Associate Professor at Université de Montréal
- Eve Lee, Assistant Professor McGill University
Associate members
- Pierre Bastien, Professor at Université de Montréal
- Jonathan Gagné, associate professor at Université de Montréal, Scientific Advisor at Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan, Espace pour la vie
- Jason Rowe, Associate Professor at Bishop’s University
- Simon Thibault, Professor at Université Laval
Researchers
- Loïc Albert, Researcher at Université de Montréal, JWST NIRISS team
- Romain Allart, Trottier Postdoctoral Fellow at Université de Montréal
- Mohamad Ali-Dib, Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Montréal
- Étienne Artigau, Project Scientist at Université de Montréal, NIRPS, SPIRou, MOVIES and JWST NIRISS teams
- Frédérique Baron, Scientific and Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
- Neil Cook, Researcher at Université de Montréal, NIRPS and SPIRou teams
- Lison Malo, Researcher at Université de Montréal, NIRPS team, and resident astronomer at Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic
- Thomas Navarro, Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University
- Nathalie Ouellette, Coordinator of iREx and Canadian Outreach Scientist for the JWST
- James Sikora, Postdoctoral Researcher at Bishop’s University
- Geert Jan Talens, Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Montréal, JWST team
- Daniel Thorngren, Trottier Postdoctoral Fellow at Université de Montréal
Direction and Administration
- René Doyon, Director of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets
- Frédérique Baron, Scientific and Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
- Marie-Eve Naud, Scientific and Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
- Nathalie Ouellette, Coordinator of iREx and Canadian Outreach Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope
Students
Ph.D.
- Taylor Bell, McGill University, supervisor: Nicolas Cowan
- Anne Boucher, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Charles Cadieux, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Dominic Couture, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Lisa Dang, McGill University, supervisor: Nicolas Cowan
- Antoine Darveau-Bernier, Université de Montréal, supervisors: René Doyon, David Lafrenière
- Rafael Fuentes, Université McGill, supervisor : Andrew Cumming
- Frédéric Genest, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Raphaël Hardy, Université de Montréal, supervisors : Paul Charbonneau, Andrew Cumming
- Farbod Jahandar, Université de Montréal,supervisor : René Doyon
- Dylan Keating, McGill University, supervisors: Nicolas Cowan and René Doyon
- François-René Lachapelle, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Olivia Lim, Université de Montréal, supervisor : René Doyon
- Christopher Mann, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Keavin Moore, McGill University, supervisor: Nicolas Cowan
- Caroline Piaulet, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Stefan Pelletier, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Micheal Radica, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
M.Sc.
- Margaret Bruna, McGill University, supervisors: Nicolas Cowan
- Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Simon Delisle, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Ariane Deslières, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Timothy Hallatt, McGill University, supervisor : Eve Lee
- Ben Leblanc, Bishop’s University, supervisor : Jason Rowe
- Pierrot-Baptiste Lemée-Jolicoeur, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Déreck-Alexandre Lizotte, Bishop’s University, supervisor : Jason Rowe
- Melissa Marquette, McGill University, supervisors: Nicolas Cowan, René Doyon
- Myriam Prasow-Émond, Université de Montréal, director : Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo (X-TRA)
- Merrin Peterson, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Pierre-Alexis Roy, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Jonathan St-Antoine, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Thomas Vandal, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon