The supervisor is the key person in a thesis-based graduate degree program. The principal role of the supervisor is to help students achieve their scholastic potential and to chair the student’s Supervisory Committee. The Supervisor will provide reasonable commitment, accessibility, professionalism, stimulation, guidance, respect and consistent encouragement to the student. Learn more
Graduate programs have different expectations regarding prospective students contacting faculty members. Some require commitment of a faculty member as thesis supervisor prior to applying while others assign supervisors in the first year. Please review the requirements for each program in the degree listing under the heading "Admission Information & Requirements" in step 3 "Prepare Application" under "Thesis Supervision".
Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Parker | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Tabitha Robin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Amy Jamieson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Thena Tak | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Femke Hoekstra | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Karthik Akkiraju | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| David Harriman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Genelle Lunken | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| James McKendry | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food, Nutrition & Health |
| CJ Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Stephen Wright | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Zhenwei Ma | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Jamie McCasland | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Elif Sari | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| McKenzie Kuhn | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Bavisha Kalyan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Nathan Harms | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Ilija Miskovic | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering |
| Amanda Cheong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Ryan Bochnak | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Julia Harten | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Aynur Kadir | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies |
| Desiree Valadares | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Connor Forbes | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Nguyen Phong Hoang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Han Yan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Pouya Rezazadeh-Azar | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Erica Lau | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| William Bowman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Robert Clifford | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Philip Yoo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |
| Kristen Barnett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Ying Gao | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Elizabeth Shaffer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Tina Liu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Brenda Poon | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Alexis Black | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences |
| Ignacio Barbeito Sanchez | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Amani Hariri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Deepak Sirwani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Daochen Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Melissa Hunte | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Elena Pikulina | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Manon Ranger | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Saima Hirani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Rachel White | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Mohammad Shahrad | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Jemima Baada | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Tara Atleo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |