Our 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 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
France GagnonVice Principal, Research and Innovation vpri.utm@utoronto.ca
Daniel WrightAssociate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Humanities and Social Sciencesdaniel.wright@utoronto.ca
Yuhong HeAssociate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Facilitiesyuhong.he@utoronto.ca
Shaun YoungDirector shaun.young@utoronto.ca
Sherif El TawilDirector, Partnerships & Innovationsherif.eltawil@utoronto.ca 
Kathleen MaVeterinary Directorkathleen.ma@utoronto.ca 

 

 

Administration

NameTitleContact
Michael ManleyManager, Finance and Research and Innovation Operationsmichael.manley@utoronto.ca
Rebecca OdionyeExecutive Assistant (on leave)vpri.utm@utoronto.ca
Inna PetrennicExecutive Assistant (interim)vpri.utm@utoronto.ca 
Anastassia PogoutseStrategic Research Development Officer (on leave)a.pogoutse@utoronto.ca
Tanya RohrmoserSenior Communications Officertanya.rohrmoser@utoronto.ca
Sabrina SgandurraStrategic Research Development Officersabrina.sgandurra@utoronto.ca 
Kate SteinmannStrategic Research Development Officer (SSHRC, CIHR, NSERC)kate.steinmann@utoronto.ca
Rong WuInternal Competitions & Events Coordinatorrong.wu@utoronto.ca

 

 

Facility Staff

NameTitleContact
Lubna Abu-JazarResearch Facilities Manager, New Science Buildinglubna.abujazar@utoronto.ca
Peter DugganSupervisor, Academic Workshoppeter.duggan@utoronto.ca
Ferenc EvanicsFacility Manager, NMR Centreferenc.evanics@utoronto.ca
Katie Harris-HowardSenior Research Associate, Imaging Facilitykathryn.harris@utoronto.ca
Tracy McCookManager, Animal Care Facilitiestracy.mccook@utoronto.ca
Mirek SzrederMicroelectronics Specialist, Academic Workshopmirek.szreder@utoronto.ca
Quang Huy ToManager, Research and Commercialization Facilitiesquang.to@utoronto.ca
Vera VelascoSenior Research Associate, Growth Facilitiesvera.velasco@utoronto.ca
Xin ZhaoLife Sciences Core Facilities Manager, Life Sciences Core Facilitiesxin.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 2026-2027 academic term below.

DepartmentName
AnthropologyEsteban Parra
BiologyJohn Ratcliffe
Chemical & Physical Sciences Sarah Rauscher
EconomicsGueorgui Kambourov
English & Drama Larry Switzky
Forensic ScienceChristina Lamparter
Geography, Geomatics and EnvironmentTenley Conway
Historical StudiesKaren Ruffle
Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and TechnologyTero Karppi
Institute for the Study of University PedagogyMark Blaauw-Hara
Institute for Management & InnovationNingyuan Chen
Language StudiesMihaela Pirvulescu
ManagementEl Hadi Caoui
Mathematical and Computational SciencesKe Zhang
PhilosophyPhil Clark
Political ScienceEd Schatz
Psychology Melissa Holmes
SociologyAkwasi Owusu-Bempah
Visual StudiesElizabeth Wijaya
UTM LibraryYayo Umetsubo