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".

Advice on how to reach out to supervisors

 
Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Huemoeller, James Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Sajjadiani, Sima Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Xiao, Robert Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Sutherland, Danica Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Scholes, Rachel Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Purcell, Sarah Assistant Professor Department of Medicine
Tavasoli, Alex Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Enfield, Katey Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Lee, Barbara Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Social Work
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Stickles, Elise Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Besserer, Floyd Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Nakamura, Fuyubi Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Zaiontz, Keren Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
Liao-McPherson, Dominic Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jaccard, Torsten Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Picard, Sebastien Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Nikolakis, William Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Nappi, Lucia Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Caggiano, Holly Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Community and Regional Planning
Roth, Andrew Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Department of Computer Science
Tropini, Carolina Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Biomedical Engineering
Lallous, Nada Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Goetz, Friedrich Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Karimi, Aryan Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Cloth, Allison Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Kunimoto, Michelle Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Vijayaraghavan, Rajesh Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
Victoriano, Ramon Antonio Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
Beswick, Samuel Peter Assistant Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Ojukwu, Emmanuela Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Sellers, Stephanie Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery
Rajagopal, Harini Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Bingham, Brittany Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Social Medicine
Hu, Allen Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Anglesio, Michael Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Hermon, Jonathan Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Laksman, Zachary Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering
Frommel, Andrea Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Shahidi, Neal Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology
Juhasz, Reka Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Johnston, Kirsty Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
Yip, Calvin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fisher, Adlai Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Bohlmann, Joerg Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany
Coughtrie, Michael Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Scott, Ian Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Cox, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Gordillo, Gaston Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Srivastava, Diane Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology

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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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