Research Supervisors

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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 Rolesort ascending Faculty Academic Unit
Gulati, Sumeet Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Beatty, John Henry Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Wachs, Anthony Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Jaiman, Rajeev Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rojas, Orlando Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Wood Science
Ortner, Christoph Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Kim, Amy Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Heine, Steven Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Haas, Kurt Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
Shen, Ya Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Benard, Francois Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology
Cockcroft, Steven Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Semenoff, Gordon Walter Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Conibear, Elizabeth Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Maillard, Keith Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Cox, Daniel Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Rea, Christopher Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Davis, Henry Thomas Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
van Willigenburg, Stephanie Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Holt, Robert Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Psychiatry
Lister, Alison Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Perrin, David Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Allard, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Stuart, Gavin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Tsai, Tai-Peng Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Nunez, Desmond Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Eng, Janice Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Berlinguette, Curtis Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Shapka, Jennifer Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Guan, Leluo Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Sundstrom, Lisa Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Harris, Leila Professor Faculty of Science Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Murphy, Timothy Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
O'Donoghue, Donal Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Friedman, Jan Marshall Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Abolmaesumi, Purang Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Wang, Yuzhuo Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Schmader, Toni Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Li, Hao Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Vincent, Amanda Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Daniels, Lori Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Bartha, Paul Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Munk, Peter Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology
Fuller, Sylvia Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Ohlin, Alix Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Nunn, Nathan Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Kumpulainen, Kristiina Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Yilmaz, Ozgur Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Cheung, Wai Lung Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Davies, Hugh William Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health

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Reaching Out Tips

Complete these steps before you reach out to a faculty member!

Check requirements
  • Familiarize yourself with program requirements. You want to learn as much as possible from the information available to you before you reach out to a faculty member. Be sure to visit the graduate degree program listing and program-specific websites.
  • Check whether the program requires you to seek commitment from a supervisor prior to submitting an application. For some programs this is an essential step while others match successful applicants with faculty members within the first year of study. This is either indicated in the program profile under "Admission Information & Requirements" - "Prepare Application" - "Supervision" or on the program website.
Focus your search
  • Identify specific faculty members who are conducting research in your specific area of interest.
  • Establish that your research interests align with the faculty member’s research interests.
    • Read up on the faculty members in the program and the research being conducted in the department.
    • Familiarize yourself with their work, read their recent publications and past theses/dissertations that they supervised. Be certain that their research is indeed what you are hoping to study.
Make a good impression
  • Compose an error-free and grammatically correct email addressed to your specifically targeted faculty member, and remember to use their correct titles.
    • Do not send non-specific, mass emails to everyone in the department hoping for a match.
    • Address the faculty members by name. Your contact should be genuine rather than generic.
  • Include a brief outline of your academic background, why you are interested in working with the faculty member, and what experience you could bring to the department. The supervision enquiry form guides you with targeted questions. Ensure to craft compelling answers to these questions.
  • Highlight your achievements and why you are a top student. Faculty members receive dozens of requests from prospective students and you may have less than 30 seconds to pique someone’s interest.
  • Demonstrate that you are familiar with their research:
    • Convey the specific ways you are a good fit for the program.
    • Convey the specific ways the program/lab/faculty member is a good fit for the research you are interested in/already conducting.
  • Be enthusiastic, but don’t overdo it.
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