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Adelphine Bonneau
Adelphine Bonneau is an archaeologist, geochemist and archaeometer, i.e. a scientist of archaeological materials.
After a postdoctoral fellowship at Université Laval, she was a visiting professor at UQAC while pursuing a 2nd postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, funded by the Canadian Banting program. In September 2021, she joined the University of Sherbrooke as an assistant professor with a bi-faculty affiliation in chemistry and history, highlighting her multidisciplinary profile.
She specializes in the study of dyes, rock art in southern Africa and the Canadian Shield, modern European glass, especially glass beads, and radiocarbon dating of archaeological materials. Her research focuses on two areas: 1) the development of non-invasive and micro-invasive analytical methods for understanding the techniques of object manufacture, for the provenance of raw materials, and for the dating of objects; 2) the study of relationships and exchanges between populations through material culture.
Since July 2022, she is responsible for Axis 1 - Archaeological Heritage: Analysis, Conservation and Restoration of the Scientific Program of the UMR-Capitales et Patrimoines, working on the first attempt of European colonization in Canada, Fort Cartier-Roberval.
Bahare Samadi
Bahare Samadi, R&D researcher and training consultant at Adoc Talent Management.
Bahare holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, a master's, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on human gait biomechanics, pediatric rehabilitation, and artificial intelligence (AI) from the Polytechnic Montreal. After her bachelor's degree, she worked as a civil engineer and project manager for about 10 years, then decided to move into biomedical research to bridge healthcare and technology.
She graduated in December 2020 and joined Shriner's Hospitals for children motion lab as a biomedical scientist. Recognizing the challenges Ph.Ds. face in transitioning from academia to other sectors, she joined Adoc Talent Management in January 2022 to make this journey more efficient for the Ph.D. holders.
Now she is an R&D researcher and training consultant at Adoc Talent Management.
Benoit Laurent
Benoit Laurent is an assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke. After a PhD in France and a post-doctoral fellowship in the United States, he joined the Sherbrooke Research Center on Aging at the end of 2018 to work on the molecular mechanisms of brain aging using animal models and 2D/3D cell cultures.
His research aims to develop new diagnostic and treatment strategies to reduce the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases.
Caroline Morin
Caroline Morin is an immigration and international student advisor at the Université de Sherbrooke and a regulated immigration consultant for Canada and Quebec.
She has professional experience in multicultural work environments, international recruitment and intervention with migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
She holds a Master's degree from the University of Sherbrooke in intercultural mediation, speaks 5 languages and has studied, traveled and lived in various countries.
Ibrahim Diarra
Ibrahim Diarra, Senior Consultant, Talent Acquisition, Mila
Mr. Ibrahim Diarra holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Relations from Laval University and has been a member of the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines du Québec since 2014. He is a Senior Consultant, Talent Acquisition at Mila - Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle. Working in the field of recruitment for almost a decade, Mr. Diarra received a Top Recruiter Canada award in December 2022.
His expertise is focused on the structured evaluation of competencies, on the candidate experience and on talent acquisition strategies.
He founded Excelion Conseils in 2021 with the mission to help talents and organizations achieve their goals in this complex employment market.
Tarek Rouissi
Tarek Rouissi is an assistant professor at INRS, associate professor at Laurentian University and the scientific co-director of the INRS Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory.
Professor Rouissi holds an engineering degree in food technology, a master's degree in industrial engineering, and a doctorate in water sciences. He is a multidisciplinary researcher with more than 10 years of experience in research, and his work has covered topics related to environmental chemistry and biotechnology, bioremediation, biocomposites, and waste reclamation and bioconversion.
He has worked in several institutions at UQAC and UQTR, at INRS, CTRI and CRIBIQ.
He is currently an assistant professor at INRS, an associate professor at Laurentian University and the scientific co-director of the INRS Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory.
Yadira Tejeda-Saldana
Yadira Tejeda-Saldana is New Harvest’s Director of Responsible Research & Innovation in Canada.
She is a co-founder and former Executive Director of Cellular Agriculture Canada (CAC). While at CAC, she co-authored a report highlighting Canada's potential regulatory framework for cultured food products. She is part of several Advisory Boards of international academic cell ag groups.
As part of her role at New Harvest, she leads the efforts in Canada to build a cellular agriculture ecosystem that is sustainable and equitable and delivers safe food products for consumers.
Yadira has over 10 years of experience working in the food, academia and non-profit sectors. She has a PhD in Pathology from Western University in Canada, a MSc. in Food Safety from Wageningen University in The Netherlands, and a BSc. in Food Chemistry from La Salle University in Mexico.
Sébastien Poncet
Sébastien Poncet is a professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Université de Sherbrooke
Sébastien Poncet received his engineering degree and Master 2 in physical oceanography from Seatech (Toulon, France) in 2002 and his PhD in complex systems from the University of Aix-Marseille (IRPHE UMR 7342) in 2005, for a thesis on turbulent flows in interdisk cavity. He was then a postdoctoral fellow for 1 year before obtaining a position as assistant professor at the University of Aix-Marseille in 2006 (M2P2 UMR 7340).
He joined the Université de Sherbrooke in 2014, where he is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He holds the NSERC/Hydro-Québec/Natural Resources Canada/Emerson Chair in Industrial Energy Efficiency (2014-24).
His research interests include the characterization of the thermophysical properties of complex heat transfer fluids (nanofluids, slurries, PCM) and the development of advanced numerical models for any thermal system (supersonic ejector, vortex tube, magnetocaloric refrigeration, heat exchanger, turbomachinery...). He is the co-author of more than 300 scientific publications and is a member of numerous editorial boards of international journals. Visit: https://lmfteus.wordpress.com.
José A. Candanedo
José A. Candanedo is an affiliate professor at the Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke
José A. Candanedo, Ph.D., recently joined the Department of Civil and Building Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, UdeS, as associate professor in March 2023.
In the previous decade, José worked as a research scientist in the Buildings group at CanmetENERGY in Varennes, a research centre of Natural Resources Canada. José has worked as affiliate professor and lecturer at Concordia University.
His research areas include predictive control, modeling of thermal dynamics and mechanical systems of buildings, electric load management, analysis of control system data, building-grid interaction, and energy flexibility. Currently, José is the Canadian representative in the Annex 81 activity "Data-Driven Smart Buildings" of the International Energy Agency. José obtained his Ph.D. in Building Engineering from Concordia University in 2011.
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