Academic background

• Postdoctoral training (Supervisor : Christian Klopfenstein, Centre de développement du porc du Québec, 2013-2015) on Bioexclusion and biocontainment strategies in pig farms to control epidemics resulting from airborne viral and bacterial transmission.
• Postdoctoral training (Supervisor : Stéphane P. Lemay, University of Saskatchewan, 2010-2012) on Airborne bacteria and virus capture by a biotrckling filter developed for animal farms.
• Graduate studies (Ph.D) in microbiology (Supervisor : Caroline Duchaine, co-supervisor : Daniel Massé, Université Laval, 2004-2009) on Impact of production systems on swine confinement buildings bioaerosols.
• Graduate studies (M.Sc) in microbiology (Supervisor : Caroline Duchaine, co-supervisor : Jamila Chakir, Université Laval, 2002-2004) on Biological activities of respirable dust from Eastern Canadian peat moss factories.
• Undergraduate studies in microbiology (Université Laval, 1997-2000)

Relevant trainings

• Training on quantitative PCR (Edward Topp, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, summer 2005)
• Identifying filamentous fungi (Guy St-Germain, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada, November 2006)
• Public Health and the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem (PHARE) training program (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 2002-2009 & 2010-2011) Aerosol and Particle Measurement Short Course (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 2011)

Relevant employment

• Teaching assistant for the laboratory MCB-2001 Isolement et culture des microorganismes, Université Laval, 2009
• Developing a web-based course on aerobiology (Supervisor : Caroline Duchaine, 2009-2010)
• Developing of website