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 ascending Faculty Academic Unit(s)
Hannu Larjava Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Jeremy Seamans Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Danielle van Jaarsveld Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Nicholas Charles Coops Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest Resources Management
David Metzer Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Eric Margolis Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Victoria Lemieux Professor Faculty of Arts School of Information
Judy Wong Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Steven Hallam Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Lang Wu Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Thomas Lemieux Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Molly Babel Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Ralph Rothstein Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Srikantha Phani Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Risa Sargent Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Alice Te Punga Somerville Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
Matthew Choptuik Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Allan Bertram Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Charles Shuler Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Philip David Evans Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Wood Science
Maja Krzic Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Ronald Kellett Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Kiley Hamlin Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Richard Pawlowicz Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Kim Zebehazy Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Rosemin Kassam Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Scott Tebbutt Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
David Kitts Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Jeremy Heyl Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Leticia Aviles Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Heather Campbell Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Community and Regional Planning
Richard Hamelin Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Clare Crowston Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Ariel Zhitnitsky Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
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
Courtney Booker Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
John Mancini Professor Faculty of Medicine Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery
Martin Ordonez Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Pamela Hoodless Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Engineering
Bruce Verchere Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Susan Baldwin Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Andrew Rechnitzer Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Ian Mackenzie Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Matthias Militzer Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Yue Qian Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Julie Prytulak Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences

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