Melanie Woodin
Melanie Woodin | |
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Woodin in 2021 | |
| 17th President of the University of Toronto | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2025 | |
| Chancellor | |
| Preceded by | Meric Gertler |
| 19th Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science | |
| In office July 1, 2019 – July 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | David Cameron |
| 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 A. Woodin is a Canadian neuroscientist and academic administrator who is serving as the 17th president of the University of Toronto. She is the first woman to hold the office. Woodin previously served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, a position she began in 2019.