Biography

I completed my undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at Université Laval (2011–2014), where I first joined the laboratory of Dr. Rong Shi as a summer intern. I continued my graduate studies in the same lab, earning both my Master’s and PhD degrees in Biochemistry co-directed with Dr. Michel Cusson (National Resources Canada). My doctoral research focused on the structural biology of insect enzymes involved in the juvenile hormone biosynthesis pathway, a process important for insect development and reproduction, with the spruce budworm as the primary species studied. I first became involved with the Landry Lab through a project exploring how gene duplication and compensatory mutations can enable constructive neutral evolution. As part of this work, protein structures were determined by X-ray crystallography to understand how deleterious mutations in homodimers could be buffered through heteromer formation.

Research interests

I am interested in understanding how antimicrobial resistance evolves at the molecular level, with a particular focus on protein structure and function, and how mutations in resistance proteins affect their activity and drug susceptibility across species.