Assistant Professor 

Mauro Silva

Mauro earned his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil) with a CAPES-FIPSE scholarship to perform his internship at Wake Forest University (USA) with  Dr. Mark Chappell and Dr. Sarah Lindsey (Tulane University). He also performed an MSc in physiology with Dr. Adelina dos Reis and Dr. Maristela Poletini (UFMG). Dr. Silva later obtained his PhD in Physiology/Neurosciences from the University of Otago (New Zealand), specializing in neuroendocrinology under the supervision of Dr. Rebecca Campbell. His postdoctoral training included work with Dr. Paolo Giacobini and Dr. Vincent Prevot (INSERM, Lille, France) and with Dr. Victor Navarro (Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA).

Research assistant (Professionnelle de recherche)

Ana Cláudia Andrade

Ana earned her Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and her Master's and PhD in Microbiology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil), under the supervision of Dr. Jonatas Abrahão. During her graduate studies, she focused on virology, working with a range of viruses including poxviruses, arboviruses, and coronaviruses, and gained experience in animal models of infection and cell culture. Ana completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Université Laval (Canada), where she studied pathogenic determinants of severe COVID-19 under the supervision of Dr. Louis Flamand.

PhD Student (Neuroscience Program)

Mona Masoumparast

Mona received her Bachelor of Cellular and Molecular Biology (2014-2018) from the Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Branch, in Tehran, Iran. She proceeded to receive a Master's degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2019-2023) from the University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran. Mona's hobbies include swimming and water polo.

PhD Student (Molecular Medicine Program)

Muhammad Khan

Muhammad earned his BS (Hons) in Zoology from Islamia College University (Pakistan) and completed his MPhil in Zoology with a specialization in Reproductive Neuroendocrinology at Quaid-i-Azam University (Pakistan) under the supervision of Prof. M. Shahab. His MPhil research focused on the neuroendocrine effects of GnIH and Bisphenol A on the HPG axis in non-human primate models. He previously served as a Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at FATA University. Outside the lab, he enjoys watching football and UFC and reading scientific research articles.

Research assistant - Bioinformatics

Andre Moreira Pessoni

André earned his bachelor's degree in Biomedical Informatics and his master's degree in Biochemistry from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil), under the supervision of Dr. Fausto Almeida. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program at Laval University (Canada), under the supervision of Dr. Benoit Labonté and Dr. Arnaud Droit, focusing on transcriptomic and network-level analyses of major depressive disorder and stress, with particular interest in resilience and susceptibility to stress and sex differences. André is also actively involved in science dissemination, but in his free time, he enjoys sewing, cooking, and delving into the 3D printing world.

PhD Student (Neuroscience Program)

Joey Abramovitz

Joey earned his bachelor's degree in Neuroscience at St. Mary's College of Maryland in the USA. He then completed a 2-year post-baccalaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he trained in behavioral neuroscience and chemogenetics under the supervision of Dr. Michelle Antoine to investigate neural circuits underpinning Autism Spectrum Disorder. He proceeded to train at McGill University as a visiting scientist and worked afterwards as a lab technician at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Outside of the lab, he can be found making vegan yogurt and kombucha, lifting at the gym, and ice skating.

International exchange BSc/MSc student 

Laura Sirot

Master's student

Jean-Philippe (JP) Fiset

International exchange BSc/MSc student

Léana Levecq

Exchange summer student

Scheraly Alexis