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 ascending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Ongchoco | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Souradeep Dutta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Robert Clifford | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Aaron Beedle | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Philip Yoo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |
| Kristen Barnett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Elizabeth Shaffer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Germaine Koh | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Alexis Black | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences |
| Ignacio Barbeito Sanchez | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Amani Hariri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Daochen Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Elena Pikulina | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Manon Ranger | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Karice Mitchell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Arun John Peter | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Saima Hirani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Chadi Saad-Roy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Rachel White | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Mohammad Shahrad | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Jemima Baada | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Brenda Poon | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Xun Liu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Anil Maharaj | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Coralie Salesse-Smith | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Nathan Lack | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Vered Shwartz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Keren Zaiontz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Jian Zhu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Thena Tak | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Femke Hoekstra | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Nika Shakiba | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Karthik Akkiraju | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Danya Fast | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Mi Jung Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Jennifer Grenz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Felix Wiesner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Munir Squires | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| James McKendry | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food, Nutrition & Health |
| Kathryn Isaac | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Stephen Wright | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Zhenwei Ma | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Ethan Greenblatt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Aryan Karimi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Jessica Barudin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Carles Vilarino-Guell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| McKenzie Kuhn | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Bavisha Kalyan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Nathan Harms | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Allison Man | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |