Melanie Woodin | |
|---|---|
 Woodin in 2021 | |
| 17th President of the University of Toronto | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2025 | |
| Chancellor | |
| Preceded by | Meric Gertler |
| Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science,University of Toronto | |
| In office July 1,2019 –July 1,2025 | |
| Preceded by | David Cameron [1] |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Wright (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Education | University of Toronto (BSc,MSc) University of Calgary (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | The Role of Trophic Factors in Synapse Formation and Plasticity between Identified Lymnaea Neurons (2001) |
Melanie Woodin is a Canadian neuroscientist and academic administrator who is serving as the 17th president of the University of Toronto. [2] [3] [4] She is the university's first female president. [5] Woodin previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto,a position she began in 2019. [6]
