Melanie Woodin

Melanie Woodin
Woodin in 2021
17th President of the University of Toronto
Assumed office
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)
Chancellor
Preceded byMeric Gertler
19th Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science
In office
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) – July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)
Preceded byDavid Cameron
Succeeded byStephen Wright (interim)
Personal details
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationUniversity of Toronto (BSc, MSc)
University of Calgary (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity 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.