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".

Advice on how to reach out to supervisors

 
Name Rolesort ascending Faculty Academic Unit
Guenette, Jordan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Rieseberg, Loren Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany
Duong, Franck Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
McGrenere, Joanna Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Chapman, Mary Ann Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Abdi, Ali Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Leyton-Brown, Kevin Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Baumbusch, Jennifer Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Carlson, Murray Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Roosa, John Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Gordon, Michael Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
MacLachlan, Mark Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Seow, Chun Yong Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Cote, Helene Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Hallam, Steven Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Hall, David Geoffrey Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Ellermann, Antje Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Loewen, Philip Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Hodges, Nicola Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Leavitt, Sarah Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Parra Martinez, Julio Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Orell, Julia Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Molina Hutt, Carlos Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
McCracken, Rita Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Cornelis, Jean Thomas Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Ignace, Danielle Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Cardinal-McTeague, Warren Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Finbloom, Joel Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lam, Tzeng Yih Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Catungal, John Paul Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Clifford, Robert Assistant Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Paat, Joseph Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Hirani, Saima Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Velenosi, Thomas Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Briggs, Marlene Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Grenz, Jennifer Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Peck, Alexandra Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Huberman, Isabella Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
Karim, Ehsan Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Sugioka, Kenji Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Robeva, Elina Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Upham, David Chester Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Bochnak, Ryan Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Khmelnitskaya, Ekaterina Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Irani, Anosh Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Huan, Tao Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Germain, Rachel Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Weaver, Michael Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
White, Rachel Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Norris, Samuel Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics

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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.
Attend an information session

G+PS regularly provides virtual sessions that focus on admission requirements and procedures and tips how to improve your application.