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 descending Faculty Academic Unit(s)
Shaylih Muehlmann Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Gerry Veenstra Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Najib Ayas Professor Faculty of Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Elod Lajos Gyenge Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Bruce Forster Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology
Youwen Zhou Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Dermatology & Skin Science
Thomas Kerr Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Social Medicine
Guy A Dumont Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Franco De Angelis Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Azim Shariff Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Hilary Grocott Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Neeru Gupta Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, School of Population and Public Health
Xiaotao Bi Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Linda Svendsen Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Zinovy Reichstein Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Elizabeth Hodgson Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Kevin Eva Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine
Catherine Dauvergne Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Ljiljana Biukovic Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Matias Salibian-Barrera Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Vinayak Vatsal Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Leslie Van Duzer Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Jessica Dempsey Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Sumeet Gulati Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Stephan Schwarz Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Susan Allen Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Liora Lazarus Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Anthony Peirce Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Douglas Matsell Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Nobuhiko Tokuriki Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tim Inglis Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Niranjan Kissoon Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Barbara Dancygier Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Natalia Nolde Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Angela Devlin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Sam Michael Wiseman Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Tom Scholte Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
A Jon Stoessl Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Peter Dauvergne Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Aly Karsan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Carol McAusland Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Teresa Tsang Professor Faculty of Medicine Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery
Nicola Hodges Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Isla Myers-Smith Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Reinhard Jetter Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany, Department of Chemistry
Ryuko Kubota Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Haishan Zeng Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Dermatology & Skin Science
Anne Phelan Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Jonathon Leipsic Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine
Stan Floresco Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology

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