Lab Alumni

Amel Kechad

PhD (2019)

and Research Associate

Hicham Belhaj

MSc (2022)

Sabrya Carim, Ph. D.

Postdoctoral scholar (2017-2021)

Clothilde Berger

MSc (2020)

Silvana Jananji

Research assistant

and PhD student

(2009-2019)

Yvonne Ruella

MSc (2014)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Sabrya Carim — Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017–2021. PhD, University of Manchester, UK. Currently Scientific Editor at Nature Cell Biology.

Denise Wernike — Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015–2019. PhD, Concordia University. Currently Scientific Researcher, Global Medical Information at Novartis, Dublin, Ireland.

Diane D’Allard — Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, 2014–2015. PhD, Institut Cochin / Université Paris V René Descartes, France.

Xavier Pinson — Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012–2013; co-supervised with Vincent Archambault (IRIC / Université de Montréal). PhD, University of Cambridge, UK.

Graduate students

PhD:

Uthara Natarajan — PhD, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2026-present

Silvana Jananji — PhD, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2017–2019; co-supervised with Benjamin Kwok.

Amel Kechad — PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, 2011–2018.

Nour El-Amine — PhD, Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, 2011–2017.

Masters:

Amélie Vanhoecke — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2025–present. BSc, Université Catholique de Lille, France.

Diane Leenhardt — MSc, Immunology and Microbiology, Université de Montréal, 2024–present; co-supervised with Alexandra Cambier. BSc Biology, Concordia University.

Guillaume Chambaud — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2021–2023. BSc, Université Paris Diderot, France.

Hicham Belhaj — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2019–2021.

Clothilde Berger — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2018–2020. BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal.

Miguel Larivière — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2016–2019. BSc Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal.

Mélanie Diaz — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2013–2015. BSc Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III.

Zlatina Dragieva — MSc, Molecular Biology, Université de Montréal, 2013–2016. BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal.

Yvonne Ruella — MSc, Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, 2011–2014.

Graduate interns:

Dayanne Cornelio Parra, graduate intern, 2026.

Erica Seccarreccia — Research trainee between MSc and medical school, 2013.

Raphaëlle Cadenas — Graduate-level international exchange student, Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, 2010.

Undergraduate students

Lisa Kassir — BSc Biomedical Sciences, Honours research, 2026.

Noémie Gilbert — Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2026.

Fatoumata Danioko — BSc Microbiology and Immunology, Université de Montréal, 2025.

Vlad Martin — King’s College London, 2025.

Evelyne Cyr — BSc Biological Sciences, Honours, 2024–2025.

Diane Leenhardt — Biology, Concordia University, 2024.

Alex Nganguene-Ayina — Medical Biology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2024.

Alae Moumou — BSc Biomedical Sciences, 2024.

Chelssy Ingabire — BSc Biomedical Sciences, 2023.

Maxime Verreault — Biology, McGill University, 2023.

Hugo Gélinas — Preparatory Year in Medicine, Université de Montréal, 2023.

Ronit Mohapatra — Biochemistry, McGill University, 2022.

Luis Santiago Ribeiro — Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, 2021.

Alicia Pellerin-Viger — UdeM, BSc Biochemistry, 2020.

Marie Bourotte — DUT Dijon, France, 2019.

Nina Abdou — UdeM, Summer research student, 2018.

Gassia Boyajian — UdeM BSc Biochemistry, 2016.

Élisabeth Roussel — BSc Biomedical Sciences, Université Laval, 2015.

Roberto Diaz — Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, 2015.

Louis-Philippe Picard — Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, 2013–2014.

Nassr Nama — Honours Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, 2012–2013.

Laurie-Anne Ouellet — Biology, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2012.

Naomi Labonté-Truong — Pre-Med, Université de Montréal, 2012.

Myriam Chatti — Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2010.

Juliano Cherix — Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2010.

Yvonne Ruella — Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2010.

CEGEP students

Roxanne Desrosiers — Technologie d’analyses biomédicales, Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 2019.

Pierrick Guérin — Technologie d’analyses biomédicales, Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 2018.

Cindy Grant Thomas — Technologie d’analyses biomédicales, Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 2017.

Johnathan Caldwell — Technologie d’analyses biomédicales, Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 2016.

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