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Department of Geography
McGill University
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805 Sherbrooke Street West,
Montreal, QC H3A 2K6 Canada

Telephone: (514) 398 -5316
Fax: (514) 398 - 7437

Dr. Raja Sengupta

Associate Professor

Geography & McGill School of Environment

Associate Member: School of Computer Science

Research Interests: Theory and Practice of Geographic Information Science (Spatial Decision Support Systems and Agent-Based Modelling)

Applications of GIS to Water Resources Management, Conservation Payments and Payment for Environmental Services (PES), and Spatial Epidemiology.

Education:

Ph.D. (2000) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Geography)

M.S. (1995) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Geology)

M.Sc. (1993) Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India (Applied Geology)

B.Sc. (1991) St. Xaviers College, University of Bombay, Mumbai, India (Geology) 

 

Academic Appointments:

2003-Present   Associate (2009-) and Assistant (2003-2009) Professor, Dept. of Geography and McGill School of Environment, McGill University

2000-2003       Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

1999-2000       Visiting Instructor/Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Iowa.

 

Journal Editorial Board Membership

The Open Environmental Journal (2008-)

Water International (2007-)

 

Professional Positions and Service:

2007-Present  Member, Publications Committee, International Water Resources Association

2007              Member, Program Committee, Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada

2006-2007       Editor, Water International (Journal of the International Water Resources Association)

2007               Invited Participant, Specialists Meeting on Agent-based Modeling of Complex Social Systems (NCGIA)

2005               Member, Program Committee, XIIth World Water Congress 2005 (New Delhi, India)

2004               Invited Reviewer, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Scenarios 09. Ecosystem Services Across Scenarios)

2004-2006       Member, Awards Committee, International Water Resources Association

2003-2005       AAG Representative to the Universities Consortium on Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)

2000-2003      Director, Universities Water Information Network.

 

Granting Agency Reviews: NSERC Discovery Grants Program (2006, 2007), SSHRC Peer Reviewed Research Studies Program (2006).

 

Journal Reviews: Applied Geography (2004), Cartography and GIScience (2002),Computers and Geosciences (2005), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (2007), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (2000), Environment and Planning B (2005), Environmental Modelling and Software (2006), International Journal of Geographical Information Science (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2000, 2001),Journal of Hydrology (2002), Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (2007),Water International (2001, 2002), Water Resources Management (2005).

 

Contact Information

Department of Geography

McGill University

805 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6

phone: (514) 398-4111 fax: (514) 398-7437

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Last updated 13/03/2008