Second cohort of the Advanced Materials Academy (AMA)
We are delighted to announce the names of the students selected to participate in the 2025-2026 cohort of the Academy in Advanced Materials (AMA)! These candidates stand out for their academic excellence, research potential, and commitment to innovation in the field of advanced materials:
MSc :
- Audrey Villeneuve (UdeM, Audrey Laventure),
- Émilien Martel (Polytechnique, Ludvik Martinu et Jolenta Ewa Sapieha),
- Juan David Restrepo (UdeS, Mathieu Massicotte),
- Rayane Ressard (UdeM et Polytechnique, Normand Mousseau et Oussama Moutanabbir),
- Isabella Moreno (UdeM, Carlos Silva),
- Samuel Levesque (UdeM, Antonella Badia)
PhD :
- Nicholas Sullivan (McGill, Kirk H. Bevan et Peter Grutter),
- Jeanne Villar (Polytechnique, Frédéric Sirois),
- Alexander Cikanek (UdeM, Jean-François Masson et Carlos Silva),
- Louis-Charles Fortier (UdeM, François Schiettekatte),
- Lya Thibault (UdeS Nadi Braidy),
- Tony Vue (UdeM, Michel Côté),
- Mylana Nye (UdeS, Gwenaelle Hamon),
- Derek Courchesne (UdeS, Ion Garate et Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise)
Congratulations to all the selected participants! We look forward to welcoming you on this rewarding adventure that will help shape tomorrow’s leaders in the advanced materials sector.
Thank you also to all those who submitted their applications and to our partners for their continued support.
We thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for its support.
— The AMA team and the RQMP

