Dr. M. Jamal Deen is Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Micro- and Nano-Systems Laboratory at McMaster University. His current research interests are nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology, data analytics and their emerging applications to health and environmental sciences. As an educator, he won the Ham Education Medal from IEEE Canada, the McMaster University President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, the MSU Macademics’ Lifetime Achievement Award for his exceptional dedication to teaching and significant contribution to student life, academia, and the community at large. Most recently, he was the inaugural winner of the IEEE EDS SM Sze Education award “For impact leadership and global dissemination of biosensor education in underprivileged regions.”
As an undergraduate student at the University of Guyana, Dr. Deen was the top ranked mathematics and physics student and the second ranked student at the university, winning the Chancellor’s gold medal and the Irving Adler prize. As a graduate student, he was a Fulbright-Laspau Scholar and an American Vacuum Society Scholar. His awards and honors include the Callinan Award as well as the Electronics and Photonics Award from the Electrochemical Society; a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Eadie Medal from the Royal Society of Canada; and the McNaughton Gold Medal IEEE Canada. In addition, he was awarded the five honorary doctorate degrees in recognition of his exceptional research, scholarly and education accomplishments, exemplary professionalism and valued services.
Dr. Deen has been elected by his peers as Fellow/Academician of thirteen national academies and professional societies including The Royal Society of Canada - The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences (the highest honor for academics, scholars and artists in Canada), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China’s highest national honor in the area of science and technology and highest academic title), , the National Academy of Sciences India, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, IEEE, APS (American Physical Society) and ECS (Electrochemical Society).. He served as the elected President of the Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Canada in 2015-2017. Most recently (Nov 2022), he was elected the inaugural Vice President (North) of The World Academy of Sciences, representing the developed countries. He was also elected to the Order of Canada, the highest civilian honor awarded by the Government of Canada.
