Debaleena Majumdar
Debaleena Majumdar, Ph.D
Biography
Dr. Debaleena Majumdar is an Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Majumdar's interests lie in areas of GIS and remote sensing, energy planning, renewable energy, spatial planning, spatial data analysis, land use and land cover analysis, environmental planning and sustainable urban planning. She has published her work in leading academic journals like Landscape and Urban Planning and Renewable Energy. Dr. Majumdar has designed and taught several graduate and undergraduate courses at Arizona State University (ASU) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on GIS, Remote Sensing, Urban Planning and Geography. Over the years she has participated in projects from Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Environmental Conservation (New York), Ministry of Urban Development (New Delhi, India) etc.
Specialty
- GIS
- Remote Sensing
- Spatial Data Analysis
- Urban Planning
- Renewable Energy Planning
Education
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Ph.D. in Urban Planning, 2018
Dissertation: “Planning for the Energy Transition: Solar Photovoltaics in Arizona”
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
Masters in Regional Planning, 2013
Research Paper: “Understanding the renewable energy potential of New York”
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India
Master of Planning, 2009
Dissertation: “Impact of mass rapid transit system on urban form and structure - case study: New Garia, Kolkata”
Scholarly Activities
Majumdar, D., & Pasqualetti, M. J. Analysis of land availability for utility-scale power plants and assessment of solar photovoltaic development in the State of Arizona, USA. Renewable Energy, 134, 1213-1231 - 2019
Majumdar, D., & Pasqualetti, M. J. Dual use of agricultural land: Introducing ‘agrivoltaics’ in Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 170, 150-168. - 2018
Professional Experiences
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Faculty Associate/Teaching Assistant, 2014 - 2019
Designed and taught several graduate and undergraduate courses on GIS, Remote Sensing, Urban Planning and Geography.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Adjunct Faculty, 2013 - 2014
Developed, designed and taught a graduate course on ‘Introduction to Raster GIS’. Supervised several projects on applications of remote sensing.
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant, 2011-2012
Assisted in teaching the courses on ‘Gandhi’ and ‘India Development Debates’. Conducted research on renewable energy potential of New York state.