Raja Sengupta

Raja Sengupta, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & School of Environment at McGill University. His research focuses on GIScience, agent-based modeling, and spatial decision support systems. He has held roles including Co-Director of the Roger Tomlinson Lab for GIScience and Visiting Faculty positions at institutions in India. His education includes a PhD from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (2000) and degrees from Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai and St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Research Interests:
GIScience, agent-based modeling, smart cities, spatial epidemiology, land-use change, and environmental policy. Current projects include urban heat island monitoring, zoonotic disease transmission modeling, and mobile phone-based epidemic detection.

Grants & Awards:
Recipient of MUGS Mug Teaching Award (2007-2008). Active grants include Canada-India IMPACTS Network (Smart Cities, 2017-2018) and SSHRC funding for interdisciplinary conservation projects (2010-2017).

Teaching:
Courses include ENVR 301: Environmental Research Design and GEOG 201/307: GIS and Socio-Economic Applications.

Labs & Collaborations:
Leads the Roger Tomlinson Lab for GIScience and collaborates with global institutions on projects like the Indian Ocean World research initiative.