People

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

NameTitleContact
Kent MooreVice Principal, Research and Innovation vpresearch.utm@utoronto.ca
Daniel WrightAssociate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Special Initiativesdaniel.wright@utoronto.ca
Yuhong HeAssociate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Facilitiesyuhong.he@utoronto.ca
Payam ZahediDirectorpayam.zahedi@utoronto.ca
Raquel De SouzaDirector, Partnerships and Innovationraquel.desouza@utoronto.ca

 

 

Administration

NameTitleContact
Stefanie BernaudoPartnerships and Awards Specialiststefanie.bernaudo@utoronto.ca
Hayley McKaySpinUp Program Coordinatorhayley.mckay@utoronto.ca
Rebecca OdionyeExecutive Assistantrebecca.odionye@utoronto.ca
Anastassia PogoutseResearch Development Specialista.pogoutse@utoronto.ca
Tanya RohrmoserSenior Communications Officertanya.rohrmoser@utoronto.ca
Kate SteinmannResearch Development Specialistkate.steinmann@utoronto.ca
Rong WuInternal Competitions & Events Coordinatorrong.wu@utoronto.ca
Shaun YoungManager of Research Administration and Operations shaun.young@utoronto.ca

 

 

Facility Staff

NameTitleContact
Shawn DavisVeterinary Director, Animal Care Facilitiessm.davis@utoronto.ca
Peter DugganSupervisor, Academic Workshoppeter.duggan@utoronto.ca
Kristina HanSite Coordinator, Amgen Biotech Experience at UTMkristina.han@utoronto.ca
Katie Harris-HowardSenior Research Associate, Imaging Facilitykathryn.harris@utoronto.ca
Tracy McCookManager, Animal Care Facilitiestracy.mccook@utoronto.ca
Ranjith MuhandiramTemp Facility Coordinator, NMR Centreranjith.muhandiram@utoronto.ca
Mirek SzrederMicroelectronics Specialist, Academic Workshopmirek.szreder@utoronto.ca
Elisa TersigniSenior Research Associate, Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS)elisa.tersigni@utoronto.ca
Quang Huy ToNSB Research Facilities Managerquang.to@utoronto.ca
Vera VelascoSenior Research Associate, Growth Facilitiesvera.velasco@utoronto.ca
Xin ZhaoLife Sciences Core Facilities Managerxin.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.

DepartmentName
Anthropology (Fall Term)Madeleine Mant
Anthropology (Winter Term)David Samson
BiologyAdriano Senatore
Chemical & Physical Sciences Ulrich Fekl
EconomicsGuerogui Kambourov
English & Drama Terry Robinson
Geography, Geomatics and EnvironmentAndrea Olive
Historical Studies (Fall Term)Julie MacArthur
Historical Studies (Winter Term)Elspeth Brown
Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and TechnologyTero Karppi
Institute for the Study of University PedagogyWanja Gitari
Language StudiesDerek Denis
ManagementDushyantkumar Vyas
Mathematical and Computational SciencesKe Zhang
Philosophy (Fall Term)Diana Raffman
Philosophy (Winter Term)Phil Clark
Political ScienceJanine Clark
Psychology Melissa Holmes
SociologyAkwasi Owusu-Bempah
Visual StudiesLouis Kaplan 
UTM LibraryDany Savard