Research Supervisors

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".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Role Sort ascending Faculty Academic Unit(s)
Joerg Gsponer Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories
David Perrin Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Francois Jean Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Richard Barichello Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Sylvia Berryman Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Kurt Huebner Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
M. V. Ramana Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Erik Pioro Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine
Alexander Summers Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Zu-Hua Gao Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Mahesh Nagarajan Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Tina Loo Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Marcel Bertran Bally Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Catherine Johnson Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Timothy Taylor Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Rachel Pottinger Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Dan Cox Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Thalia Field Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Sudip Shekhar Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ehud Ur Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Endocrinology
Lorne Whitehead Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
James Stewart Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Thomas Andrew Black Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Pilar Riano-Alcala Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Keith Adams Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany
Marina von Keyserlingk Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Christopher Loewen Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Debra Parkes Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Bernard Perley Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
John Gill Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Nephrology
Brian MacVicar Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Robert E Hancock Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Christian Schoof Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Kerry Renwick Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Vicky Bungay Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Maureen Ashe Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Shoukat Dedhar Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Joy Marion Richman Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Samuel Aparicio Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Nancy Jane Hermiston Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Catherine Poh Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Alix Ohlin Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Kuo-Shyan Lin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology
Corey Hamm Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Lisa Sundstrom Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Nicholas Swindale Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Erik Eberhardt Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Christopher Harley Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Linda Li Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Karon MacLean Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science

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