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
- David Lafrenière, Associate Professor at Université de Montréal
- Eve Lee, Assistant Professor McGill University
Associate members
- Pierre Bastien, Professor at Université de Montréal
- Patrick Dufour, Associate Professor at Université de Montréal
- Gilles Fontaine, Professor at Université de Montréal
- Jason Rowe, Adjunct Professor at Bishop’s University
- Simon Thibault, Professor at Université Laval
Researchers
- Loïc Albert, Researcher at Université de Montréal, JWST NIRISS team
- Étienne Artigau, Project Scientist at Université de Montréal, NIRPS, SPIRou, MOVIES and JWST NIRISS teams
- 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
- Julien Rameau, Post-doctoral researcher at Université de Montréal, GPI team
- Holly Sheets, Trottier post-doctoral fellow at McGill University
- Lauren Weiss, Trottier post-doctoral fellow at Université de Montréal
Direction and Administration
- René Doyon, Director of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets
- Marie-Eve Naud, Scientific and EPO Coordinator
Students
Ph.D.
- Frédérique Baron, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière, Étienne Artigau
- Taylor Bell, McGill University, supervisor: Nick Cowan
- Anne Boucher, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Ryan Cloutier, University of Toronto and Université de Montréal, supervisors: Kristen Menou, René Doyon
- Lisa Dang, McGill University, supervisor: Nick Cowan
- Antoine Darveau-Bernier, Université de Montréal, supervisors: René Doyon, David Lafrenière
- Prashansa Gupta, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- François-René Lachapelle, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
M.Sc.
- Simon-Gabriel Beauvais, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Jonathan Chan, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Dominic Couture, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Marie-Eve Desrochers, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Frédéric Genest, Université de Montréal, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Claire Guimond, McGill University, supervisor: Nick Cowan
- Dylan Keating, McGill University, supervisors: Nick Cowan and René Doyon
- Stefan Pelletier, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Merrin Peterson, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Steven Rogowski, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Björn Benneke
- Olivier Roy-Loubier, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Jonathan St-Antoine, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
Interns
Trottier Excellence Grants 2018
- Mariya Krasteva, from Concordia, supervisors : René Doyon, Loïc Albert et Étienne Artigau
- Emily Pass, from Waterloo, supervisor : Nicolas Cowan
- Caroline Piaulet, from Université de Montréal, supervisor : Björn Benneke
- Maryum Sayeed, from UBC, supervisor : Jason Rowe
- Jessica Speedie, from McMaster, supervisor : David Lafrenière
- Thomas Vandal, from McGill, supervisors : René Doyon, Julien Rameau et Lauren Weiss
Trottier Excellence Grants 2017
- Sabrina Côté-Maldonado, Université de Montréal, supervisors: René Doyon et Julien Rameau
- Frédéric Genest, McGill, supervisor: David Lafrenière
- Laurent Jacob, Université de Montréal, supervisors: Nicolas Cowan et Holly Sheets
- Olivia Lim, Université de Montréal, supervisors: René Doyon, Lison Malo et Pascal Fouque
- Merrin Peterson, McGill, supervisors: Jason Rowe et Lauren Weiss
- Steven Rogowski, University of Calgary, supervisor: Björn Benneke
Marie Curie Intern 2017
Trottier Excellence Grants 2016
- Michelle Kunimoto, McGill University and University of British Columbia, supervisor: Andrew Cumming
- Élie Bouffard, Université McGill, supervisor: Nick Cowan
- Marie-Eve Desrochers, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Étienne Artigau
- Évelyne Lecavalier-Hurtubise, supervisor: René Doyon
Marie Curie Intern 2016
Trottier Excellence Grants 2015
- Marie-Eve Desrochers, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Étienne Artigau
- Diana Jovmir, Université McGill, supervisor: Andrew Cumming
- Gary Tom, Université McGill, supervisor: René Doyon
- Ariane Trudeau, Université de Montréal, supervisor: Pierre Bastien
Former members
- Olivier Hernandez, Founding member, former iREx Coordinator, former Director of operations of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic, now Director at the Planétarium Rio Tinto
- Sandie Bouchard, Université de Montréal, supervisor: René Doyon
- Geneviève Arboit, PhD student, Université du Québec à Rimouski, previously MSc student, Université de Montréal (supervisor: David Lafrenière)
- David Berardo, PhD student, previously MSc student, Université McGill (supervisor: Andrew Cumming)
- Simon Coudé, previously PhD student Université de Montréal, (supervisor: Pierre Bastien)
- Jonathan Gagné, Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Institution for Science, previously PhD student, Université de Montréal (supervisors: David Lafrenière, René Doyon)
- Joel Schwartz, previously postdoctoral researcher, Université McGill