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".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Klein, Bern Professor Faculty of Applied Science Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Straus, Suzana Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Ashe, Maureen Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Laronde, Denise Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Gyenge, Elod Lajos Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Weary, Daniel Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Gregory-Evans, Kevin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Johnson, Pauline Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Walus, Konrad Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Huebner, Kurt Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Shapka, Jennifer Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Sundstrom, Lisa Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Krishnan, Harish Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Scoates, James Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Dobson, Teresa Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Krassioukov, Andrei Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sumaila, Ussif Rashid Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Nolde, Natalia Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Ahmed, Rumee Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Pakhomov, Yevhenii Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Ur, Ehud Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Endocrinology
Hoodless, Pamela Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Engineering
Levings, Megan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering
Taghipour, Fariborz Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Simpson, Elizabeth Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Glassheim, Eagle Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
El-Kassaby, Yousry Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Loewen, Christopher Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Day, Susan Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
DeLongis, Anita Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Caron, Nadine Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Cheung, Wai Lung Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Benard, Francois Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology
Ogrodniczuk, John Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Taylor, Eric Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Salibian-Barrera, Matias Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Kuus, Merje Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Saewyc, Elizabeth Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Cheung, Karen Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bryan, Stirling Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Biesanz, Jeremy Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Sammis, Glenn Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Takahata, Kenichi Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
McGrail, Kimberlyn Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Kwakkel, Erik Professor Faculty of Arts School of Information
Shmerkin, Pablo Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Peirce, Anthony Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Overall, Christopher Mark Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Li, Shyh-Dar Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kendrick, Maureen Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education

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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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