Research Supervisors

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".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Role Sort descending Faculty Academic Unit(s)
David Anderson Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Barbara Weber Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Liam Watson Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Hilary Grocott Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
David Gramling Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies
Zhen Wang Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Kurt Haas Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
Aaron Boley Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
John Sherman Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Philip Hieter Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics
Gren Patey Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Konstantin Beznosov Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Shuo Tang Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fariborz Taghipour Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Christopher Mole Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Terrance Preston Snutch Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Psychiatry
Guy Faulkner Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Renisa Mawani Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Jingyi Chen Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Joel Conrad Bakan Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Jeffrey Sayer Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Nalo Hopkinson Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Corey Hamm Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Lisa Sundstrom Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Luke Clark Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Anoush Poursartip Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Edwin D Moore Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Michael Cox Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Helen Tremlett Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Heather O'Brien Professor Faculty of Arts School of Information
Joanna Cannon Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Andrew Weng Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Michael Byers Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Daniel Coombs Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Christopher Richard Honey Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Matei Ripeanu Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Guy A Dumont Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Franco De Angelis Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Azim Shariff Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Neeru Gupta Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, School of Population and Public Health
Ozgur Yilmaz Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Benjamin Goold Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Edward Putnins Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Amartya Lahiri Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Patrick Francois Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Dale Griffin Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Reid Holmes Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Poul Sorensen Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Judy Illes Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Carolyn Brown Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics

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