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)
Sabin Cautis Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
William Lockwood Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Leonid Sigal Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Darryl Knight Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Janice Forsyth Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Rajavel Elango Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, School of Population and Public Health
Leila Harris Professor Faculty of Science Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Mark Jellinek Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Kevin Leyton-Brown Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Colm Ryan Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Darren Irwin Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Peter Cripton Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Biomedical Engineering
Naoko Ellis Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Farid Laroussi Professor Faculty of Arts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
Amori Mikami Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Sandra Robinson Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Susan Baldwin Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Andrew Rechnitzer Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Carl Ollivier-Gooch Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bryan Gick Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Seth Abrutyn Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Yossef Av-Gay Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Michael Underhill Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
David Moore Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
Stefan Taubert Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Edwin H Yen Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Kiran Soma Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
James Vercammen Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Harry Sue Wah Joe Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Alejandro Adem Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Candis Callison Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
Peter Soja Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Elizabeth Hirsh Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Abdul Karim Qayumi Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Tal Jarus Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Rena Sharon Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
William Gibson Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Erica Frank Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Jinhua Chen Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Marianne Sadar Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Kerry Wilbur Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Terri Elizabeth Givens Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Leluo Guan Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Penney Clark Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Mona Berciu Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Elizabeth Dunn Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Saraswathi Vedam Professor Faculty of Medicine Midwifery Program
Gwynn Elfring Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Anthony Phillips Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Roy Purssell Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine

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