We are pleased to welcome the following faculty, instructors and librarians who have been appointed to full-time preliminary or tenure track positions between July 2, 2018 and July 1, 2019.
This appointment recognizes professors whose scholarly activities have been, and continue to be, of outstanding merit with substantial international impact. This designation honours individual professors and increases awareness of the excellent scholarly work undertaken at Carleton.
Prof. Lenore Fahrig joined Carleton’s Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science in 1991.
Fahrig, who has supervised dozens of graduate research projects and mentored many post-doctoral students throughout her career, researches landscape spatial patterning and its effects on wildlife.
Fahrig is a highly respected researcher who has published over 40 papers and has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Current Landscape Ecology Reports journal over the last five years.
In 2016, the Royal Society of Canada named her a Fellow and in 2018 awarded her the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for her contributions towards the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental problems.
“I am incredibly pleased with this honour,” said Fahrig. “It is very rewarding to know that my work is being noticed. Carleton has been a great place to build my research career.”
Prof. Shikharesh Majumdar joined Carleton’s Department of Systems and Computer Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Design in 1989.
Majumdar’s current research centers on resource management in the context of cloud computing, sensor-based smart systems and big data analytics platforms.
His research has had a profound impact on his field. In the last five years, he has published over 45 papers in reputed journals and international conferences and has delivered several keynote addresses and invited presentations around the world. He has also served as the area editor for Elsevier’s Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory journal for eight years.
“I am grateful for this recognition of my research activities and the impact it is making on the outside world,” said Majumdar. “I would like to continue serving the research community and Carleton in making further contributions to the research excellence of the university.”
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This appointment recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments and contributions of a retired full professor during their career at Carleton and their significant ongoing research activities at the University.
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