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)
Cyril Leung Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Steven Shechter Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Kelly Marshall McNagny Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medical Genetics
Evan Wood Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Social Medicine
Brad Nelson Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Younes Alila Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest Resources Management
Hannah Wittman Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Vinay Ramnath Kamat Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
David Metzer Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Eric Margolis Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Kyungchul Song Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Allan Carroll Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Ujendra Kumar Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Giovanni Gallipoli Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Mona Gleason Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Mark Schaller Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Jasper Wood Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
R Jonathan Fannin Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Pascal Lavoie Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Kimberley Brownlee Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Jemima Pierre Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Matthew Lorincz Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Hugh Davies Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Christopher Wyatt Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Peter Zed Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Simon Peacock Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Murat Aydede Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Gage Averill Professor Faculty of Arts
David Duff Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Kiley Hamlin Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Richard Pawlowicz Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Kai Li Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Shahriar Mirabbasi Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Yue-Xian Li Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Dermot Kelleher Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology
Nicole Fortin Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Andre Mazawi Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
William Bowie Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
Robert Petrella Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Jeff Clune Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Supriya Routh Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Reinhard Krausz Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Margot Young Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Harish Krishnan Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Andre Marziali Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Hasan Cavusoglu Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
Lisa Matthewson Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Courtney Booker Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
John Mancini Professor Faculty of Medicine Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery
Victoria Lemieux Professor Faculty of Arts School of Information

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