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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Finbloom | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Shaojun Zhang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Min Hyung Ryu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Simon Oya | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Akshay Ramachandran | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Santiago Izquierdo Tort | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Brian Grunau | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Eric Kim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Kwang Ho Kim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Hyosub Kim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Miffy Cheng | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Eric Lees | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Hilla Weidberg | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Andrea Reid | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Drew Clark | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Anosh Irani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Kaitlyn Gaynor | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology, Department of Botany |
| Brett Hilton | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Isha Agarwal | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Thomas Velenosi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Alexandra Peck | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Michelle Amri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Yuanhao Wei | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Whitney French | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Hila Gonen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Keegan Korthauer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Alexander Weber | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Keun Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Zahra Hayat | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Liv Yoon | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Heather Bruce | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| J. Frank Li | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Nicole Dunn | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Charlie Rafkin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Courtney Pollock | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Tricia Logan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| David Montwe | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Eva Nichols | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Matthew Wiens | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Scott Franks | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Erica Moszkowski | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Joan Ongchoco | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Amanda Slaunwhite | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Calvin Kuo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Georgios Makris | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Anais Orsi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Warren Cardinal-McTeague | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Matthew Tarling | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Melanie Nelson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Jacqueline Quandt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |