CV

Link for full academic CV here.

Link for 1 page resume here.

Education Summary

• M.Sc. in Astrophysics, University of Montreal and McGill University, 2023-2025
• B.Sc. in Computer Science and Physics, University of Montreal, 2020-2023

Awards/Grants

• Excellence Scholarship for Graduate Studies - 5000$ CAD
  J.A. DeSève, 2024

• Excellence Scholarship for Artificial Intelligence Research - 10 000$ CAD
  Hydro-Quebec, 2024

• Excellence Scholarship for DIRO graduates - 1000$ CAD
  Department of Computer Sciences and Operations Research (DIRO), University of Montreal, 2023

• Master’s Research Scholarship - 40 000$ CAD
  Fonds de Recherche Du Québec (FRQNT), 2023-2025

• Canada Graduate Scholarships for Master’s - 17 500$ CAD
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2023-2024

• Recipient of the Bursary of Excellence - 1000$ CAD
  Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO), University of Montreal, 2022

• Excellence Scholarship from DIRO Graduates and Professors - 2000$ CAD
  Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO), University of Montreal, 2022

• Supplements of the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards bursary - 1500$ CAD
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2022

• Undergraduate Student Research Awards bursary - 6000$ CAD
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2022

• Laureate of the Undergraduate Introduction to Research Scholarship - 6500$ CAD
  Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO), 2022

• Excellence Mention
  University of Montreal, 2020-2023

Talks/Posters

• E-Poster: “Understanding the link between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies”
  Event: European Astronomical Society
  Date: July 2024

• Talk: “Interpolating Sagittarius A* multi-wavelength data using machine learning”
  Event: Harvard CfA
  Video: Watch here
  Date: June 2024

• Talk: “Understanding the link between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies”
  Event: Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec annual meeting
  Date: May 2024

• Presentation: “AI for understanding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way”
  Event: IVADO Digital Futures event
  Video: Watch here
  Date: March 2024

• Interview: Black Hole Physics and Hawking Radiation
  Publication: Quebec Science magazine, interviewed by Marine Corniou
  Date: December 2023

• Presentation: “First Detection of an Over-Massive Black Hole Galaxy: UHZ1 – Evidence for Heavy Black Hole Seeds From Direct Collapse?”
  Event: Department of Physics, University of Montreal
  Date: October 2023

• Video Presentation: “Applying a new Bayesian statistical model to better understand supermassive black holes”
  Event: Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS)
  Video: Watch here
  Date: May 2023

• Poster Presentation: “Fitting the M-sigma relation with a Bayesian lognormal hurdle model”
  Event: Annual Symposium of Physics for a Future in Research and Industry (SAPHARI)
  Date: March 2023

• Presentation: “Fitting the M-sigma relation with a Bayesian lognormal hurdle model”
  Event: Daryl Haggard’s research group
  Date: September 2022

Additional Trainings

• Machine Learning in Astrophysics Summer School
  Date: June 2024
  Location: Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

• AstroAI Workshop
  Date: June 2024
  Location: Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian, Boston, USA

• Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) Workshop by Yoshua Bengio
  Date: November 2023
  Location: Mila Institute, Montreal, Canada

• Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) Summer School on Cosmology
  Date: June 2022
  Location: McGill University, Canada

• Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Summer School
  Date: June 2022
  Location: Montreal, Canada

• TimeWorld Artificial Intelligence Congress
  Date: May 2022
  Location: University of Montreal, Canada

• Quebec Network for Advanced Materials (RQMP) Summer School on Computing in Materials Science
  Date: August 2021
  Location: Montreal, Canada

• SHARCNET Summer School on Advanced Research Computing
  Date: June 2021
  Location: Montreal, Canada

• Calcul Quebec Summer School on Data Science and Parallel Computing
  Date: May 2021
  Location: Montreal, Canada

Volunteering

• Member of SAPHARI committee
  Role: Organization of a 3-day physics event with conferences from academics and companies
  Dates: September 2023 - Present

• Volunteer at Astronomy on Tap
  Role: Volunteer and astronomy science presenter for the general public
  Dates: September 2023 - Present

• Volunteer at Cafe Planck
  Role: Volunteering at the student cafe
  Dates: January 2023 - Present

• Mentor for the Student Life Mentorship Program
  Role: Mentoring new students at University of Montreal
  Dates: August 2022 - May 2023

• Volunteer at La Place Commune
  Role: Solidarity cooperative cafe aimed at offering a workspace in a low-income neighbourhood
  Dates: September 2022 - January 2023

• Vice President of Annual Physics Games (JDLP) Committee
  Participating Universities:
  • University of Montreal
  • Polytechnique of Montreal
  • McGill University
  • Concordia University
  • Laval University
    Dates: August 2022 - January 2023

• Volunteer for the Orientation Week
  Role: Organize activities to welcome new students in Physics at University of Montreal
  Dates: August 2021 and August 2022

• Volunteer for the Hundredth Anniversary of Physics at University of Montreal event
  Role: Help with the organization of the event, including activities and conferences
  Date: October 2021