The University of Toronto Mississauga is home to a diverse range of exceptional and innovative student and faculty researchers. At UTM, we not only create new knowledge, but consistently strive to share it through established partnerships and connections, and through strong networks with our scholarly colleagues and collaborators from around the world.
The Office of the Vice-Principal Research and Innovation (OVPRI) is committed to fulfilling this mission, and our office works to ensure we provide researchers with the guidance, support, and world-class facilities they need. Learn about our leadership team, meet our staff, and get to know researchers and faculty members across UTM.
Leadership | Administration | Facility Staff | Research Council
Leadership
Name | Title | Contact |
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Kent Moore | Vice Principal, Research and Innovation | vpresearch.utm@utoronto.ca |
Daniel Wright | Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Special Initiatives | daniel.wright@utoronto.ca |
Yuhong He | Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Facilities | yuhong.he@utoronto.ca |
Payam Zahedi | Director | payam.zahedi@utoronto.ca |
Raquel De Souza | Director, Partnerships and Innovation | raquel.desouza@utoronto.ca |
Administration
Name | Title | Contact |
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Stefanie Bernaudo | Partnerships and Awards Specialist | stefanie.bernaudo@utoronto.ca |
Hayley McKay | SpinUp Program Coordinator | hayley.mckay@utoronto.ca |
Rebecca Odionye | Executive Assistant | rebecca.odionye@utoronto.ca |
Anastassia Pogoutse | Research Development Specialist | a.pogoutse@utoronto.ca |
Tanya Rohrmoser | Senior Communications Officer | tanya.rohrmoser@utoronto.ca |
Kate Steinmann | Research Development Specialist | kate.steinmann@utoronto.ca |
Rong Wu | Internal Competitions & Events Coordinator | rong.wu@utoronto.ca |
Shaun Young | Manager of Research Administration and Operations | shaun.young@utoronto.ca |
Facility Staff
Name | Title | Contact |
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Shawn Davis | Veterinary Director, Animal Care Facilities | sm.davis@utoronto.ca |
Peter Duggan | Supervisor, Academic Workshop | peter.duggan@utoronto.ca |
Kristina Han | Site Coordinator, Amgen Biotech Experience at UTM | kristina.han@utoronto.ca |
Katie Harris-Howard | Senior Research Associate, Imaging Facility | kathryn.harris@utoronto.ca |
Tracy McCook | Manager, Animal Care Facilities | tracy.mccook@utoronto.ca |
Ranjith Muhandiram | Temp Facility Coordinator, NMR Centre | ranjith.muhandiram@utoronto.ca |
Mirek Szreder | Microelectronics Specialist, Academic Workshop | mirek.szreder@utoronto.ca |
Elisa Tersigni | Senior Research Associate, Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) | elisa.tersigni@utoronto.ca |
Quang Huy To | NSB Research Facilities Manager | quang.to@utoronto.ca |
Vera Velasco | Senior Research Associate, Growth Facilities | vera.velasco@utoronto.ca |
Xin Zhao | Life Sciences Core Facilities Manager | xin.zhao@utoronto.ca |
Research Council
The U of T Mississauga Research Council is made up of faculty members representing each of the departments on the UTM campus. The Council serves as a forum for information exchange and discussion of issues relevant to the research community at UTM. They also serve as an advisory board that supports the mission of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation (VPRI) to promote and facilitate research, scholarship and creative activity at UTM.
Please see the full Terms of Reference for those serving on the UTM Research Council. You can view membership for the 2024-2025 academic term below.
Department | Name |
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Anthropology (Fall Term) | Madeleine Mant |
Anthropology (Winter Term) | David Samson |
Biology | Adriano Senatore |
Chemical & Physical Sciences | Ulrich Fekl |
Economics | Guerogui Kambourov |
English & Drama | Terry Robinson |
Geography, Geomatics and Environment | Andrea Olive |
Historical Studies (Fall Term) | Julie MacArthur |
Historical Studies (Winter Term) | Elspeth Brown |
Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology | Tero Karppi |
Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy | Wanja Gitari |
Language Studies | Derek Denis |
Management | Dushyantkumar Vyas |
Mathematical and Computational Sciences | Ke Zhang |
Philosophy (Fall Term) | Diana Raffman |
Philosophy (Winter Term) | Phil Clark |
Political Science | Janine Clark |
Psychology | Melissa Holmes |
Sociology | Akwasi Owusu-Bempah |
Visual Studies | Louis Kaplan |
UTM Library | Dany Savard |