Justin Wan is currently the Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Waterloo. Professor Wan has been a faculty member at the University of Waterloo since 2001. From 2010–15, he was Director of the Centre for Computational Mathematics in Industry and Commerce. From 2015–18, he served as Associate Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science. Professor Wan also led a cross-unit committee to develop a new Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence program. He received his PhD degree from the Applied Math Program in the Department of Mathematics, UCLA. After graduation, he started as his career at Stanford University as a Forsythe Fellow (acting assistant professor) before he joined the University of Waterloo.