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 ascending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Feng | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Ailana Fraser | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Corinne Hohl | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Hsingchi von Bergmann | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Ronaldo Cerri | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Hao Li | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| David Kuhl | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Family Practice |
| Boris Stoeber | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Keith Adams | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Maite Maldonado | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Christine Kim | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Ludovic Van Waerbeke | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Christopher Kam | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Christopher Lyons | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
| Dan Bizzotto | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Ninan Abraham | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Daniel Pauly | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Department of Zoology |
| Paul Hewitt | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Steven Taylor | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Andre Ivanov | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Anming Zhang | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Operations and Logistics |
| David Perrin | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Francois Jean | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Richard Barichello | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Sylvia Berryman | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Adam Frank | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| James Piret | Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Christopher Ryerson | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Fei Zhou | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Ori Simchen | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Christopher Shaw | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
| Dana Grecov | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Daniel Justice | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Department of English Language and Literatures |
| David Dixon | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Kathryn Harrison | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Gaston Gordillo | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Timothy Oberlander | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics, School of Population and Public Health |
| Mieke Koehoorn | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Thomas Andrew Black | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Pilar Riano-Alcala | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice |
| Steven Rogak | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Wan Lam | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Edward Conway | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Hematology |
| Neil Balmforth | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Alireza Nojeh | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Ya Shen | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences |
| Susan Herrington | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Eric Jan | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Todd Woodward | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Deborah Money | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |