Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master’s students to join the team (see openings) !

Jump to Principal Investigator, Collaborators, PhD Students, Master Students, Interns Students, Alumni, Administrative support.

Principal Investigator

Pre Nadia Tahiri

Assistant professor, started July 2021

  • 🎓 Postdoc in QSAR/PBPK model prediction in environmental health sciences with Dr. Marc-AndrĂ© Verner, University of Montreal
  • 🎓 PhD in Computer Science with Pr. Vladimir Makarenkov, University of Quebec at Montreal (4.3/4.3 GPA)
  • 🎓 Master in Computer Science with Pr. Vladimir Makarenkov and Pr. Pedro Neto-Peres, University of Quebec at Montreal, Mention excellent (4.3/4.3 GPA)
  • 🎓 DESS in Bioinformatic, University of Quebec at Montreal (4.26/4.3 GPA)
  • 🎓 Bachelor in Cell Biology and Physiology with Dr. Laurent Pichon, University of Burgundy

  • 🏆 FRQS Postdoctoral fellow at University of Montreal (First rang)
  • 🏆 MITACS Accelerate at University of Quebec at Montreal
  • 🏆 FRQNT PhD fellow at University of Quebec at Montreal

PhD Students

Aleksandr Koshkarov

PhD Candidate in Computer Science

  • Comparison of phylogenetic trees defined on different but mutually overlapping sets of taxa

  • 🏆 NSERC Doctoral fellow (CGS-D)
  • 🏆 Bourse d'excellence de la FacultĂ© des sciences de l’UniversitĂ© de Sherbrooke

Master’s Students

Soumia Melek

Master’s student (University of Quebec at Montreal)

  • Un nouvel algorithme pour sĂ©lectionner les descripteurs utilisĂ©s par les modèles prĂ©dictifs des relations quantitatives structure-activitĂ© (RQSA).
  • Collaboration with Pr. Vladimir Makarenkov

Mahsa Farnia

Master’s student (University of Sherbrooke)

  • A novel generalized metric for comparing B cell lineage trees

Caroline Fortier

Master’s student (University of Sherbrooke)

  • Environmental and genetic determinants of caffeine rates in Madagascar coffee plants (Coffea spp.)

Simon Lalonde

Master’s student (University of Sherbrooke)

  • DĂ©veloppement d’un nouvel algorithme de modĂ©lisation de l'influence des paramètres climatiques et gĂ©ographiques sur la structuration gĂ©nĂ©tique de populations de plantes productrices de cafĂ©

Interns Students

Justin Gagnon

Bachelor’s student in Ecology Science (University of Sherbrooke)

  • Ecological and geographic influences on cumacea genetics in the Northern North Atlantic

Alumni

Former visitors, BSc/ MSc students

Visitors / Interns

Sondos Samandi (int., 2015)

Alireza Goodarzi (int., 2015)

Wanlin Li (int., 2021)

Zineb Mohssine (int., 2021)

Md Habibur Rahman Sifat (visitor, 2023)

PhD students

Mouhamadou Moustapha Mbaye (2024)

Master’s students

Nancy Badran (2018)

Laura LĂ©vĂŞque (2021)

Wanlin Li (2023)

Fadi Abu Salem (2024)

Anna Artiges (2024)

Bachelor’s Students

Nadezda Kovalenko (2014)

My-Linh Luu (2023)

Elio Torquet (2024)

Administrative Support

Nadia Tahiri is helping us (and other groups) with administration.