Biography

I grew up in Shannon, northwest of Québec City. I finished a bachelor’s degree in microbiology in 2019 and a master’s degree in biochemistry in 2023 from Université Laval. My master’s project, completed in Dr. Christopher Keeling’s laboratory at the Laurentian Forestry Centre (Natural Resources Canada), focused on characterizing a carboxylesterase involved in the release of an aggregation pheromone in mountain pine beetle, a forest pest in western Canada. My enzyme of interest was difficult to produce, purify, and solubilize, making its characterization a significant challenge. Fortunately, the optimization processes allowed me to practice a wide range of techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology. I then worked as a biologist in molecular entomology in Dr. Sandrine Picq’s laboratory on projects such as the molecular identification of parasitoids of the spruce budworm (SBW), the study of Btk tolerance genes in the SBW, the development of a molecular diagnostic tool for the brown spruce longhorn beetle, and the monitoring of soil mite species in areas treated with Btk. I joined the Landry lab in April 2026 as a research professional with the aim of broadening my research horizons. I am now excited to delve into more fundamental research to better understand protein functions, their interactions, and how they evolve.