The following is a partial list of University of Toronto faculty, including current, former, emeritus, and deceased faculty, and administrators at University of Toronto.
To avoid redundancy, alumni who hold or have held faculty positions in the University of Toronto are placed on the list of alumni, and do not appear on this list of faculty.
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (professor of mathematics, 1936–80) – Geometer with major contributions in polytopes, non-Euclidean geometry, group theory and combinatorial theory, for whom the Coxeter group is named
Morton Beiser (professor of cultural pluralism and health, 1991–2009) – psychiatrist and epidemiologist, noted for his research in immigration and resettlement
David MacLennan (professor of medicine, 1974–) – biochemist who made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the mechanism of ion transport by SR calcium pumps
Tak Wah Mak (professor of medical biophysics, 1975–) – immunologist who discovered the T-Cell receptor, and was the first to clone the genes for the receptor
Jack Greenblatt (professor of molecular medicine, 1977–) – pioneer in research on protein-protein interactions and on mechanisms that regulate gene expression
Janet Rossant (professor of medical genetics, 1985–) – developmental biologist known for research in the role of genes in early embryo development
Anthony Pawson (professor of molecular and medical genetics, 1985–) – microbiologist specializing in mechanisms for protein-protein interactions in intracellular signal transduction
Harvey Skinner (former professor and dean of public health sciences) – psychologist; Dean of Health, York University since 2006; one of the first to link behaviour change, organizational improvement and information technology (e-health)
Rachel Tyndale (professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, and Pharmacology and Toxicology), Senior Scientist and Head of Pharmacogenetics in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Gelareh Zadeh (professor in the Department of Surgery)
Physics, chemistry and astronomy
Aaron Wheeler (professor of Chemistry, 2005– ) – Analytical chemis; well-known for developing the Digital Microfluidics and he is the current Editor-in-chief for flagship Journal of Lab on chip[1]
Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon (professor of metallurgy, 1943–69) – chemist who developed the Pidgeon process of magnesium metal production via a silicothermic reduction
John Charles Polanyi (professor of chemistry, 1956–) – physical chemist credited with developing the technique of infraredchemiluminescence to explain energy relationships in chemical reactions
Alan West Brewer (professor of physics, 1962–77) – physicist and climatologist, whose observation of the stratosphere resulted in the Brewer-Dobson circulation model
Ursula Franklin (professor of metallurgy and materials science, 1965–89) – physicist who pioneered use of modern techniques of material analysis in archaeometry; pacifist and humanitarian since retirement
Eduard Prugovecki (professor of physics, 1967–97) – mathematical physicist in geometro-stochastic theory
Robert H. Morris (professor of chemistry) – organometallic chemist.
Douglas Stephan, FRS (professor of chemistry) – organometallic chemist.
Robert K. Logan (professor of physics, 1968–2005) – physicist and media ecologist, best known for his research in media ecology and the evolution of language, The Alphabet Effect
Charles Thomas Bolton (professor of astronomy, 1973–2021) – astronomer who was the first to present evidence of a black hole's existence in Cygnus X-1, later confirmed as the first black hole candidate
John Moffat (professor of physics, retired) – physicist, noted for his work on gravity and cosmology suggesting that the speed of light has varied in the past
Ray Jayawardhana (professor of astronomy, 2005–) – astronomer and Holder of the Canada Research Chair in observational astrophysics who reported the first direct image and spectroscopy of a likely extra-solar planet around a normal star
Roberto Abraham (professor of astronomy) – astronomer best known for his work on high-redshift galaxy morphology
Charles Caccia (professor of forestry, 1955–68) – Politician, member of Parliament for Davenport, 1968–2004
Tak Wah Mak (professor of biophysics and immunology, 1984–) – award-winning biochemist and geneticist, widely known for his pioneering work in the genetics of immunology
Anthony Pawson (professor of molecular genetics, 1985–) – geneticist whose research has revolutionized the understanding of signal transduction
Herbert Kronzucker (Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology)[2] – Canada Research Chair,[3] inaugural director and founder of Canadian Centre for World Hunger Research.[4][5]
Allan Borodin (professor of computer science, 1969–) – mathematician and computational theorist in computational complexity theory and algorithms. Awarded University Professorship: university's top honour
Michael P. Collins (professor of civil engineering, 1969–) – structural engineer; expert on the design and evaluation of reinforced and prestressed concrete under shear stress
Marzyeh Ghassemi (assistant professor of computational medicine, 2018–) – developer of machine-learning algorithms to inform health-care decisions
Joseph C. Paradi (senior professor of chemical engineering, 1983 -) – founder and executive director of the Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship
Thomas Edvard Krogh (professor of geology, 1976–96) – Geochronologist who developed new techniques of radiometric uranium-lead dating for Precambrian rocks
Edmund Snow Carpenter (professor of anthropology, 1948–57) – anthropologist known for his work on tribal art and visual media
Isaac Schapera (visiting professor of anthropology, 1953) – academic from the London School of Economics and leading scholar in the anthropology of South African tribesmen
George Michael Wickens (professor of Middle Eastern studies, 1957–84) – prolific Iranologist and translator of Persian literature; founding chair of the university's department of Near and Middle Eastern civilizations
Marcel Danesi (professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology) – Italian-Canadian semiotician
David H. Turner (professor of anthropology) – anthropologist who focuses on comparative religion and the role of music in the indigenous societies of Australia, North America, Africa, and India
Dennis Wrong (professor of sociology) – American sociologist, Power: Its Forms, Bases and Uses, annual award for the best graduate paper in sociology at NYU is named after him
Fergus I. M. Craik (professor of psychology, 1971–) – cognitive psychologist known for research on levels of processing in memory
Jordan Peterson (professor of psychology, 1998–) – clinical psychologist known for cultural critiques
Morris Moscovitch (professor of psychology, 1971–) – leading neuropsychologist, Senior Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Paul Garfinkel (professor, 1982 -); psychiatrist, researcher and an academic leader
Blossom Wigdor (professor, 1979–) – clinical psychologist, founded the university's gerontology program (the first of its kind in Canada)[10]
Economics, management and political science
James Mavor (professor of political economy, 1892–1923) – political economist and activist who was instrumental in assisting the emigration of the Doukhobors to Canada, and the establishment of the Royal Ontario Museum
Thomas Pangle (professor of political science, 1979–2004) – political scientist; holder of the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
Joseph Carens (professor of political science, 1985–) – political scientist who focuses on contemporary political theory; Culture, Citizenship and Community, A Contextual Exploration of Justice as Evenhandedness
David Foot (professor of economics) – economist and demographer; author of Boom, Bust & Echo
David Rayside (professor of political science, 1974–present) – academic and activist; member of the Right to Privacy Committee; co-founder of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association
Ramin Jahanbegloo (professor of political science, 1997–2001, 2008–present) – Iranian intellectual and academic; recipient of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association
Timothy Barnes (professor of classics, 1970–2007) – classicist specializing in Christianity in the Later Roman Empire
Allan Bloom (professor of political science, 1970–79) – American philosopher and critic of contemporary higher education, best known for authoring The Closing of the American Mind
James Allen Graff (professor of philosophy and ethics, 1970–2002) – founder of the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada (NECEF), former vice-chair of the North American Co-ordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine
Ronald de Sousa (professor of philosophy, 1971–2005) – scholar in the philosophy of emotions, mind and biology
Peter Ludlow (professor of philosophy) – philosopher, noted for his research in cyberspace, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier and Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias
Colin Howson (professor of philosophy, 2008–) – British philosopher, Scientific Reasoning: the Bayesian Approach
M. Owen Lee (Father Owen Lee) – professor emeritus of classics
Jennifer Whiting – Chancellor Jackman Professor of Philosophy, scholar of ancient philosophy
Robert J. Zydenbos (professor of South Asian studies, philosophy and linguistics) – Dutch-Canadian scholar
Michael Wex (professor of literature) – novelist, playwright, translator and performer, Born to Kvetch
Elizabeth Cowper (professor of linguistics, 2004–) – linguist, specializing in tense and aspect in English and Spanish
History
George MacKinnon Wrong (professor of history, 1894–1927) – historian and Anglican priest, Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire
John Saywell (professor of history, 1954–62) – historian specializing in the fields of politics and constitution
Walter Goffart (professor of history, 1960–99) – historian who specializes in late Roman Empire, early Middle Ages and barbarian kingdoms
Archibald Paton Thornton (professor of history, 1960–87) – academic and historian, author of The Imperial idea and its enemies: a study in British power
Ed Morgan (professor of law), noted international law expert
Caesar Wright (dean of the faculty of law, 1949–67) – prominent figure in the Canadian legal education reform, one of the first law professors to import the Harvard case method into Canadian legal education
Gregory Baum (professor of theology and sociology, 1959–86) – Roman Catholic theologian, Religion and Alienation, Officer of the Order of Canada
Bernard Lonergan (professor of theology, 1965–75) – Jesuit priest, economist, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding
Mary Jo Leddy (professor of theology, Regis College) – writer, theologian, social activist, founder of Catholic New Times
Willard G. Oxtoby (professor of comparative religion, 1971–99) – founding director of the graduate centre for religious studies; author, World Religions: Western Traditions, World Religions: Eastern Traditions
Julia Ching (professor of religion and philosophy, 1978–2001) – expert on the neo-Confucian philosophy of China
Eric Arthur (professor of architecture 1923–66) – architect, member of the "Toronto's Hundred Years" Publication Committee, which published Toronto's 100 Years
Harry Cassidy (professor of social work, 1929–34) – social reformer and civil servant who was influential in the creation of the Canadian welfare state
James Fleck (professor of business-government relations, 1979–) – businessman and philanthropist; former chairman of ATI Technologies, director of AMD and Certicom
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