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".
Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pouya Rezazadeh-Azar | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Jonathan Proctor | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Erica Lau | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Liang Song | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Benjamin Bloem-Reddy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Kelly McCormick | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Tara Atleo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Mia Raynard | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Clare Ardern | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Mohammad Atiquzzaman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Nephrology |
| C. D. Alison Bailey | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Michael Weaver | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Lucia Nappi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Deepak Sirwani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Melissa Hunte | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Kuni Kamizaki | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Priti Narayan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Ying Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Neal Shahidi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Gastroenterology |
| Hee Yeon Im | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Katherine Wagner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Kate Salters | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Khaled Abdelrahman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Yemin Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Thiviya Selvanathan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Sara Ghebremusse | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Dallas Hunt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Laura Evgin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Afsoun Afsahi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Stephanie Sellers | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Reto Achermann | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Ron Yang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Rodolfo Brandao Macena Lira | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Anna Jurkevics | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Aastha Mehta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Kate Johnson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Kwang Ho Kim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Dominic Alford-Duguid | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Ana Komparic | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Martial Guillaud | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Scott Ramsay | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Anna Blakney | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Catrina Loucks | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Syam Somasekharan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Shaojun Zhang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Tarun Khanna | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Natasha Lane | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Geriatric Medicine |
| Kenji Sugioka | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Matthew Lowe | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Bo Bian | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |