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Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award Recipients

The Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creativity Activity Award recognizes individual faculty members on an annual basis for outstanding scholarly, research and creative activities (SRC) achievements and impact on their disciplines during the previous academic year.

Award recipient(s) will receive a certificate of recognition and a monetary award of $2,000 as a one-time payment (subject to applicable deductions).

Key criteria: Scholarly, research and creative activity

2023 recipients

Alagan Anpalagan

Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

Dr. Alagan Anpalagan is an internationally recognized researcher in wireless systems engineering. He has made outstanding contributions to modeling, analysis, design, and optimization of joint energy and spectrally-efficient resource management techniques. His work in dynamic spectrum management in cognitive small cell radio networks are innovative and fostered the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge. He has authored over 300 papers that have garnered more than 10,400 Google Scholar citations, and edited six books including the first handbook on green information and communication systems. As an inspiring mentor, he has trained generations of engineers and researchers, providing exemplary service to society.

Samantha Biglieri

School of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Community Services

Dr. Samantha Biglieri is an Assistant Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning, and the Director of the Health, Access + Planning (HAP) Lab. Dr. Biglieri’s SRC contributions in the area of Aging and Experience of People Living with Dementia in North American Communities are internationally recognized. Her works, which focus at the intersection of research and practice, have also been highlighted in professional venues. As an emerging scholar, she has published prolifically, secured several large research grants, and have demonstrated major academic leadership through the publication of a recent book titled “Aging People, Aging Places”.

Miranda Campbell

School of Creative Industries, The Creative School

Dr. Miranda Campbell is an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Industries where she teaches courses in creative collaboration, EDI, and care ethics. Her research focuses on creative employment, youth culture, and small-scale emerging forms of creative practice. In 2022, three of her book projects were published, Reimagining the Creative Industries: Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care, How to Care More: Seven Skills for Personal and Social Change and a she published a co-edited collection, Creative Industries in Canada. On top of her books, Miranda has several peer reviewed publications this past year and leads multiple other projects.

Farhad Ein-Mozaffari

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

Ein-Mozaffari is a renowned researcher in complex mixing operations utilized in chemical/biochemical industry. His publication list includes 143 journal papers, 7 book chapters, and 193 conference papers/presentations. He has had active research collaborations with industry and researchers around the world. Ein-Mozaffari has been awarded various reputable research grants and supervised/co-supervised 20 PhD, 25 MASc students, and 12 postdocs/visiting scholars. He has been the editor/guest-editor and a member of the editorial/advisory boards of many journals. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards. Ein-Mozaffari has been a member of organizing/scientific committees and the chair of technical sessions at numerous national/international conferences.

Hilary Evans Cameron

Lincoln Alexander School of Law

Professor Hilary Evans Cameron is a highly deserving candidate for the Dean’s SRC Activity Award. In addition to being a talented teacher and generous colleague, she is a productive scholar who demonstrates a clear concern that her work has a real impact for students, practitioners, and society alike. Recognized as a leader in the area of refugee law, her cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research—drawing on her past experience representing refugee claimants—offers important insights into the process of refugee status decision-making that have helped reduce legal barriers preventing people without status from accessing courts and achieving fair outcomes.

Alexandra Fiocco

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Dr. Fiocco displays a strong commitment to SRC, evidenced by her ability to secure research grants, her ongoing engagement in knowledge dissemination, her national and international collaborations, and her commitment to the training of HQP. Dr. Fiocco’s 2021-2022 SRC activities included the acquisition of $272,970 in funding, 7 peer-reviewed publications, 3 conference and 3 community presentations, the co-creation of a knowledge translation toolkit, and the supervision of 4 graduate and 6 undergraduate students. She is a scientific member of a National Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, Board Member of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, and Section Editor of two journals.

Mehdi Kargar

School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management

Dr. Mehdi Kargar has made significant contributions to the field of analytics, having published 64 peer-reviewed articles, most of it in top-tier journals and conferences (and 33 papers since he joined TMU in July 2018). Mehdi is the first faculty member at TMU to publish in first-tier Very Large Database Journal (VLDBJ) and is the first leading author from TMU to publish in first-tier IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE). Mehdi has secured over $1M funding to grow his research program. His recent PhD graduate, as well as his postdoc are currently Assistant Professors in Canada.

Linda Rothman

School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services

Dr Rothman has made significant contributions to the field of injury prevention; currently focusing on social inequities in unintentional injuries as related to the COVID-19 pandemic. She provides expertise to researchers and municipalities across Canada in evaluating built environment infrastructure to promote safe active transportation. Dr Rothman was awarded the Early Researcher Award from the provincial government, and secured 2 CIHR grants (as PI, Co-PI ) and a municipal contract, while holding 4 additional grants/contracts (3 CIHR). Her research makes a significant impact on society, as it recently contributed to City Council’s decision to make new ActiveTO cycling infrastructure permanent.

Debashis Sinha

School of Performance, The Creative School

Multi award winning Debashis Sinha has established himself as an adventurous and curious sound explorer, whose creative work has deeply impacted the world of Performance. Since joining TMU in 2021, he has sustained an ambitious practice-based research agenda with exhibitions in galleries, panel presentations at multiple academic conferences, professional awards, and compositions, record releases and sound creation projects. He continues researching radical futures through and with sound, with audio, image and writing projects currently underway (e.g. considering machine learning and its interface with traditional knowledges), participating in dynamic programs of knowledge exchange with a wide range of international collaborators.

Roxana Suehring

Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science

Dr. Sühring is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biology and an expert in environmental analytical chemistry. Her research has been selected as cover articles for international journals and led to keynote speaker invitations at international meetings. She is an active science communicator who has been featured in written and broadcast interviews.

She is a member of the RSC, the Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, the ACS, and a board member of the International Network for Environmental Forensics (INEF). Dr. Sühring has over 40 publications and has trained more than 20 HQP.

Emily van der Meulen

Department of Criminology, Faculty of Arts

Dr. Emily van der Meulen’s SRC activities in the 2021-2022 academic year included a substantial number of funded projects held or received as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator (six SSHRCs, one TMU research grant, one publication grant). Publications arising from these undertakings comprised two new co-edited books as well as six journal articles, two book chapters, and one non-reviewed article published, accepted, or submitted. Of those, six were co-authored with students. She further engaged in a significant amount of departmental, faculty, and university service, including completing her fourth year as the Department of Criminology’s Undergraduate Program Director.

Isaac Woungang

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Dr. Woungang is a leading researcher in area of 5G and Beyond (B5G) wireless networks, focusing on the development of strong and resilient resource management and security solutions for such networks. In the last 5 years, he has published 55 journals and 50 conference papers, 1 authored
book, 6 edited books, and delivered 4 invited addresses at international conferences. He is highly regarded for the quality and impact of his research, and his role in supervising students and researchers in the aforementioned area. He is IEEE Senior Member, with Google scholar citations > 4950, h- index: 35, i-10 index: 118

Hadis Zarrin

Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

Hadis Zarrin is an Assistant Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department, a Principal Investigator at FIBRE-KITE-UHN and NSERC CREATE Hybrid Thermal Electric Microgrid network, and the Director of Nanoengineering Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Technologies. Her expertise in the design and engineering of multifunctional nanostructures for clean energy storage/conversion, wearable devices, smart coatings, and environmental remediation have resulted in >36 publications with >1514 citations to date. Since 2017, she has secured >$1,280,000 research funds from NSERC, Mitacs, DND, and TMU to conduct research and train >27 HQP that have achieved >28 different awards and landed academic or industry jobs.

Morteza Zihayat Kermani

School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management

Morteza is an associate professor at TRSITM. He published 14 journals (four in 2022) and 20 conference papers since joining TRSITM. He is a ten times recipient of TRSM Outstanding Research Recognition which will be given to faculties who publish in top-tier journals of the field. He has strong ties with the industry where he has been working with large-scale enterprise systems in collaboration with AT&T, IBM, Microsoft Research, Dapasoft Inc., and Globe and Mail Inc. He has secured more than $1.1M in funding to grow his research program. His funding comes from the public sector (e.g., NSERC, MITACS).

Past recipients

  • Sameh Al Natour
    School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Martin Antony
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Anthony Bonato
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Elsayed Elbeshbishy
    Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
  • Kathleen Hammond
    Lincoln Alexander School of Law
  • Stefania Impellizzeri
    Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science
  • Yoontae Jeon
    School of Accounting and Finance, Department of Finance, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Raktim Mitra
    School of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Community Services
  • Farrokh Sharifi
    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science  
  • Hossein Zolfagharinia
    School of Business Management, Department of Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Deborah De Lange
    School of Business Management, Department of Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Eric de Noronha Vaz
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Leila Farah
    Department of Architectural Science, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Niushan Gao
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Carolyn Kane
    School of Professional Communication, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Naimul Mefraz Khan
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Eric Liberda
    School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
  • Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
    School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Mehrab Mehrvar
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Alireza Sadeghian
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
  • Lixia Yang
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Linda Zhang
    School of Interior Design, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Natalie Alvarez
    School of Performance, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Alagan Anpalagan
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Stephanie Cassin
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Konstantinos Georgiou
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Anne Harris
    School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
  • Janet Koprivnikar
    Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science
  • Ali Miri
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
  • Tor Oiamo
    Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Fei Song
    Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Brett Story
    School of Image Arts, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Emily van der Meulen
    Department of Criminology, Faculty of Arts
  • Lu Zhang
    School of Accounting and Finance, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Saman Hassanzadeh Amin
    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Costin Antonescu
    Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science
  • Martin Antony
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Jennifer Burwell
    Department of English, Faculty of Arts
  • Jonathan Farrar
    Accounting, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi
    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Dimitrios Latsis
    School of Image Arts, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Stephanie Melles
    Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science
  • Pawel Pralat
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Thomas Tenkate
    School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
  • Sandra Tullio-Pow
    School of Fashion, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Ian Young
    School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
  • Morteza Zihayat Kermani
    Information and Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Harald Bauder
    Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts
  • Anthony Bonato
    Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
  • Eric Hehman
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Chun-Yip Hon
    School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
  • Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee
    School of Retail Management, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Bruno Lessard
    School of Image Arts, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Mehrab Mehrvar
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Jamin Pelkey
    Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts
  • Janet Yamada
    Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community 
  • Hossein Zolfagharinia
    Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Alagan Anpalagan
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Rupa Banerjee
    Human Resources Management and Organizational Behaviour, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Ben Barry
    School of Fashion, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Nick Bellissimo
    School of Nutrition, Faculty of Community Services
  • Colleen Derkatch
    Department of English, Faculty of Arts
  • Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
  • Carolyn Kane
    School of Professional Communication, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Richard Meldrum
    School of Occupational and Public Health, Faculty of Community Services
  • Andriy Miranskyy
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
  • Ali Miri
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
  • Horatio Morgan
    Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management
  • Nima Naghibi
    Department of English, Faculty of Arts
  • Robert Teigrob
    Department of History, Faculty of Arts