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
Tavasoli, Alex Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Enfield, Katey Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Orell, Julia Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Sugioka, Kenji Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Robeva, Elina Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Cohen, Tamara Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Narayan, Priti Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Wang, Ying Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Shwartz, Vered Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Gao, Lucy Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Liao-McPherson, Dominic Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jaccard, Torsten Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Blakney, Anna Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering
Jamieson, Amy Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Caggiano, Holly Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Community and Regional Planning
Karim, Ehsan Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Schiebinger, Geoffrey Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Mehta, Aastha Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Kunimoto, Michelle Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Baylis, Patrick Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Fang, Limin Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Dee, Derek Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Shahriari, Dena Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, School of Biomedical Engineering
Afsahi, Afsoun Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Thompson, Wade Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Grazziotin Soares, Renata Assistant Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
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
Quandt, Jacqueline Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Chakrabarty, Trisha Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Lowe, Matthew Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Bian, Bo Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Arefin, Mohammed Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Beck, Sara Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Bostanci, Gorkem Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Valadares, Desiree Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Oldani, Graziano Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Booker, Thomas Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Khan, Rabia Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Orr, Patrick Scott Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Jessri, Mahsa Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Gibson, Lindsay Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Bouchard, Marie-Eve Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
Loucks, Catrina Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Sari, Elif Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Gutierrez Monroy, Tania Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Boerner, Katelynn Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Ovie, Glory Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Dennis, Jessica Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics

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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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