Finding a Supervisor

The Importance of a Supervisor

Choosing a supervisor is one of the most important decisions you'll make in graduate school. They'll be your mentor and adviser, and you'll work together closely throughout your graduate career.

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Researching Potential Supervisors

You should select a supervisor with a strong record of research and publication in your area of interest. When looking into potential supervisors for your program, become familiar with the type of research they do and their working style.

• Read journals or conference papers, and sit in on any presentations.
• Look on their web site and read their CV. Their publications should give you a sense of the type of research you'd be doing.
• Talk to their students to get a sense of how you'd fit together.

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Finding the Perfect Fit

Contact each of your potential supervisors to discuss your research interests, and see if they would be interested and available. Be sure to ask them about their availability during your graduate program, and whether they're planning any extended absences during that time.

When considering potential supervisors you should talk to several professors before asking one to become your supervisor. Be sure you understand what your prospective supervisor would expect of you as a graduate student.

The department's graduate administrator will be familiar with faculty members' expertise, teaching and research schedules. They'll know how many graduates each person is currently supervising, and can often help you create an initial short list of likely candidates.

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Neuroscience Core Faculty
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• Ansari, Daniel - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Number Processing
• Bai, Donglin - Glutametergic/GABA receptor physiology
• Brown, Arthur - Neural development and axonal guidance
• Cain, Donald Peter - Neural Plasticity, Learning and Memory
• Cechetto, David - Forebrain Control of the Autonomic Nervous System & Stroke
• Ciriello, John - Central Mechanisms in the Control of Blood Pressure
• Coolen, Lique - The neurobiology of motivation and reward
• Corneil, Brian - Neural mechanisms of eye-head gaze shifts
• Culham, Jody - fMRI of visuomotor control and perception
• Dekaban, Greg - Anti-inflammatory and Gene Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
• Doherty, Timothy - Human neuromuscular physiology in health and disease
• Everling, Stefan - The role of frontal cortex in decision making.
• Finger, Elizabeth -
• Garland, S. Jayne - Human Motor Control
• Goodale, Melvyn - Neural Substrates of Visually Guided Movements
• Gribble, Paul - Human sensory-motor control; motor learning; computational models
• Hampson, Elizabeth - Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms in Human Cognition
• Han, Victor - Growth Factors in Neural Growth and Differentiation
• Hore, Jonathan - Cerebellar Control of Movement
• Joanisse, Marc - Language acquisition and disorders; connectionist models
• Jog, Mandar - Movement Disorders and Neuronal Ensemble Recordings
• Jones, Douglas - Central Integration of Cardiovascular and Behavioral Regulation
• Kavaliers, Martin - Neuropeptides, Animal Behavior and Environmental Factors
• Kiernan, John - Cellular Mechanisms in Neuronal Degeneration and Regeneration
• Köhler, Stefan - Human memory; cognitive neuroscience; human brain mapping
• Lanius, Ruth - Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Laviolette, Steve - The neurobiology of emotional learning and memory in drug addiction, schizophrenia and autism
• Lehman, Michael - Neuroendocrine control of reproduction; circadian rhythms
• Leung, Stan - Epilepsy, Neural Rhythms and Neural Plasticity
• Lomber, Stephen - Adaptive Neuroplasticity in Visual and Auditory Cortex
• MacDougall-Shackleton, Scott - Integrative animal behaviour; seasonal changes in the brain
• Martin, Ruth - Brain Mechanisms in Swallowing
• McDonald, John -
• McRae, Ken - Language Comprehension in the Mind and Brain
• Meakin, Susan - Mechanisms Regulating Functional Interactions of 'trk' protooncogene
• Menon, Ravi - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Brain
• Mirsattari, Seyed - Clinical/experimental epilepsy and simultaneous EEG-fMRI/MRS
• Mitchell, Derek - Cognitive neuroscience of emotional dysregulation and control
• Morton, Bruce - The Development of Cognitive Control and Frontal Cortex Functioning
• Mymryk, Joe S. - Studies of viral oncogene function using yeast genetics
• Ossenkopp, Peter - Neural Mechanisms of Behavioural Regulatory Processes
• Peters, Terry - Image-Guided Neurosurgery
• Poulter, Michael - Epilepsy and Depression
• Prado, Marco -
• Purcell, David - physiological & perceptual measures of auditory function; auditory feedback in speech maintenance
• Rajakumar, Nagalingam - Dopamine neurotransmission in Basal Ganglia Disorders
• Rushlow, Walter - Signaling mechanisms schizophrenia and antipsychotics
• Rylett, R. Jane - Mechanisms Regulating Cholinergic Neurotransmission
• Schmid, Susanne - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Behaviour and Learning
• Sherry, David - Memory and the Hippocampus of Birds
• Sims, Stephen - Control of Ionic Channels in Cell Membranes
• Singh, Shiva M. - Molecular genetics of schizophrenia and alcoholism
• Strong, Michael - Motor Neuron Disease, Neurofilament Metabolism, AL Neurotoxicity
• Timney, Brian - Aspects of Binocular Vision
• Vilis, Tutis - Transformations for Action. Motor Control of the Eye and Hand
• Williamson, Peter - Functional MRI in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

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