CV
Academic positions
2022-...: Research Fellow, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Education
2018-2022: PhD, Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2017-2018: MSc, Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada [interrupted, fast-track to PhD]
2014-2017: BSc, Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Fellowships
2023-2025: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada [$107,000 CAD, held in the UK]
Scholarships
2019-2022: Doctoral Research Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada [$105,000 CAD]
2018-2019: Doctoral Research Scholarship, Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologie, Canada [$20,000 CAD]
2018-2019: MSc-to-PhD Fast-Track Award, Université de Montréal, Canada [$7,000 CAD]
2017-2018: Master's Research Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada [$17,500 CAD]
2017-2018: Master's Research Scholarship, Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologie, Canada [$15,000 CAD, declined]
2017: Georges-Baril Excellence Scholarship, Université de Montréal, Canada [$4,000 CAD]
2016: Dean's Excellence Scholarship, Université de Montréal, Canada [$2,500 CAD]
2016: Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada [$4,500 CAD]
2015: Dean's Excellence Scholarship, Université de Montréal, Canada [$2,500 CAD]
2015: Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada [$4,500 CAD]
2014: Derome-Hamel-Lyons Excellence Scholarship, Université de Montréal, Canada [$3,000 CAD]
Prizes
2024: Relève Étoile Award, Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies [outstanding publication by an early-career researcher]
2024: J. S. Plaskett Medal, Canadian Astronomical Society [most outstanding PhD thesis in Astronomy and Astrophysics in Canada]
2023: PhD Prize, Division G, International Astronomical Union [most outstanding PhD thesis in Stars and Stellar Physics worldwide]
2017: Silver Academic Medal, Governor General of Canada [outstanding scholastic achievements in undergraduate studies]
2015-2017: Dean's Honour List, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal
Seminars
2024/10: Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
2024/03: University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
2023/12: Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2022/03: Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Invited talks
2024/08: 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, Cape Town, South Africa
2024/06: Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society, Toronto, Canada
2024/03: Current Challenges in the Physics of White Dwarf Stars, Santa Fe, USA
Contributed talks
2024/07: 23rd European Workshop on White Dwarfs, Barcelona, Spain
2022/08: 22nd European Workshop on White Dwarfs, Tübingen, Germany
2021/04: Online Meetings on Evolved Stars and Systems, online
2019/10: 357th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Hilo, USA
2019/06: Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society, Montréal, Canada
2019/05: Annual Meeting of the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Canada
2018/09: Hydrogen Deficient Stars 2018, Armagh, UK
2018/05: Annual Meeting of the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Canada
Outreach
2024/05: Interview with StarDate Magazine
2024/03: Interview with Physics Magazine
2024/03: Press release Astrophysicists unveil new phenomenon challenging textbook definition of white dwarf starsLink opens in a new window
Supervision
2023-2024: Thomas Martin, MPhys final-year project, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
2023-2024: Raúl Cruz, MPhys final-year project, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
2018: Marie-Joëlle Gingras, undergraduate summer project, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Teaching
2020: Teaching Assistant, Advanced Statistical Mechanics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2019: Teaching Assistant, Statistical and Thermal Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2018: Teaching Assistant, Waves and Vibrations, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Peer review
2024-...: Astronomy & Astrophysics
2022-...: Canadian Time Allocation Committee [CFHT and Gemini proposals]
2022-...: The Astrophysical Journal