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)
Donald Garbuz Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics
Ingrid Stairs Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Andrew MacFarlane Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Tamara Munzner Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Jason Barton Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Thomas Oxland Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mark Greenstreet Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Christopher Maxwell Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Kristiina Kumpulainen Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Ludovic Van Waerbeke Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Christopher Kam Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Christopher Lyons Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Jonathan Girard Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Kiran Soma Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
James Vercammen Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Harry Sue Wah Joe Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Alejandro Adem Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Candis Callison Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
Peter Soja Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Elizabeth Hirsh Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Abdul Karim Qayumi Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Tal Jarus Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Rena Sharon Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
William Gibson Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Erica Frank Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Jinhua Chen Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Marianne Sadar Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Kerry Wilbur Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Terri Elizabeth Givens Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Leluo Guan Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Fei Zhou Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Ori Simchen Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Milind Kandlikar Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Michael Brauer Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Laura Moss Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Taraneh Sowlati Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Wood Science
Nemkumar Banthia Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
David Huntsman Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Ivan Robert Nabi Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
Gunilla Oberg Professor Faculty of Science Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Cornelia Laule Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Sean Lauer Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Warren Poole Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Ralph Rothstein Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Srikantha Phani Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Risa Sargent Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Alice Te Punga Somerville Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
Neil Balmforth Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Alireza Nojeh Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ya Shen Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences

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