Research Supervisors

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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 Faculty Academic Unit
Cresswell, Silke Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Cretu, Edmond Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cripton, Peter Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Biomedical Engineering
Cronk, Quentin Charles Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany
Crook, Juanita Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Crowe, Sean Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Crowston, Clare Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Cui, Wei Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Cundiff, Geoffrey Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Cunliffe, Emma Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Currie, Leanne Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Cutler, Frederick Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Cynader, Max Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Cytrynbaum, Eric Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
D Adduzio, Jenna Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
d'Arcy, Mitch Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Dadugblor, Stephen Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
Dahinten, Susan Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Dahl, Darren Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Dahmen, Joseph Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Dai, Chunping Associate Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Dake, Gregory Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Daley, Denise Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Dalziel, Pamela Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Damascelli, Andrea Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Dancygier, Barbara Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Daniels, Lori Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Daniels, Megan Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Daniels, Michael Associate Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Dao Duc, Khanh Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Darvin, Ron Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Daugaard, Mads Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Dauvergne, Catherine Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Dauvergne, Peter Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Davidoff, Thomas Associate Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Davies, Hugh William Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Davies, Jonathan Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Davis, Henry Thomas Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Davis, Noelle Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Davis, Ryan Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Dawson, Samantha Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
De Angelis, Franco Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
de Boer, Carl Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Biomedical Engineering
De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
de Silva, Clarence Wilfred Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
De Vera, Mary Associate Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
de Villiers, Jessica Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Dechaine, Rose-Marie Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Dedhar, Shoukat Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dee, Derek Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health

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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.
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