Deen named President of Royal Society’s Science Academy

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Deen, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has published extensively in the areas of micro-, nano- and optoelectronics and is a fellow of nine national academies and societies.

In 2013 he was given the McNaughton Gold Medal – the highest award for engineers in Canada.

That same year, he was also given a McMaster Engineering Research Award and a Vice Chancellor’s Award from the University of the West Indies.

Deen is senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology and director of McMaster’s Mico- and Nano-Systems Laboratory.