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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Van Raamsdonk | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Sylvia Fuller | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Selena Sagan | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Fei Zhou | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Ori Simchen | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Christopher Shaw | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
| Dana Grecov | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Daniel Justice | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Department of English Language and Literatures |
| David Dixon | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Shubhayan Sanatani | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| 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 | |
| Handel Wright | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Daniel Weary | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Catherine C Pang | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Timothy O'Connor | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Curtis Suttle | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Katherine Ryan | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |