Our direction team

Director of PROTEO
Steve Bourgault, Ph.D.
Département de Chimie, Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal, H3C 3P8, Canada

Co director of PROTEO
Sabine Elowe, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval
Axe of Reproduction, mother and youth health,
CHU de Quebec research Centre.

Coordinator
Marylou Meyer, M.Sc.
201 Av. du Président-Kennedy,
Montréal, QC H2X 3Y7

Member of the Executive Committee - Head of internal affairs
Nicolas Bisson

Member of the Executive Committee - Head of communications
Sophie Gobeil

Member of the Executive Committee - Head of academic affairs
Laurent Cappadocia

Member of the Executive Committee - Head of scientific affairs
Gregory de Crescenzo

Member of the Executive Committee - Head of external affairs
Denis Leclerc

Student representative
Marie Chasseray

Student representative
Besma Khelaifia

Representative of research professionals
Laurie Doré
Our scientific committee

Axis leader 1: Fundamental discoveries on the function of proteins and interactomes
Élodie Boisselier

Axis leader 1: Fundamental discoveries on the function of proteins and interactomes
Xavier Roucou

Axis leader 2 : Engineering of proteins and innovative biological systems
Joelle Pelletier

Axis leader 2 : Engineering of proteins and innovative biological systems
David Kwan

Axis leader 3 : Biofabrication, bioprocessing and scaling up to enhance discoveries
Gregory De Crescenzo

Axis leader 3 : Biofabrication, bioprocessing and scaling up to enhance discoveries
Patrick Vermette
Our student committee

Marie Chasseray Ph.D. (ULAVAL) Student representative

Besma Khelaifia Ph.D. (UQAM) Student representative

Mehdi Zemouri Master (UdeM) EDI représentative

Pierre Henry Ph.D. (ULAVAL) Scholarship representative 2026-2027
Student Committee Members 2025-2026
Maxence Le Palud, Nolan Maugourd, Roxana Tarabuta, Christophe Dussault, Camille Bédard, Hela Baccouche, Douglas Fansher, Benjamin Lajoie, Marie Del Mar Varela Vasquez, Benjamin Ouellet et Mathilde Aufray
Student Committee Members 2026-2027
Gérardine Feujio Voumo, Tomas St-Pierre, Lilou Gresset Chapelle, Lia Normad, Bohdan Zhuravel, Margot Berquez, Joseph Descarreaux, Roxana Tarabuta, David Tremblay, Cyril Fraser-Laflamme
Interested in getting involved with PROTEO? We’re always looking for student committee members to represent all PROTEO-affiliated institutions! Contact us at proteo@uqam.ca to find out more!