Dr. Muditha Heenkenda

Assistant Professor

Department: 
Geography & The Environment
Email: 
mheenken@lakeheadu.ca
Phone Number: 
+1 807-343-8010ext. 8746
Office Location: 
RC 2006E
Office Hours: 
Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Academic Qualifications: 
  • PhD (GIS and Remote Sensing) - Charles Darwin University, Australia
  • MSc (Geo-information Science) - Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  • Higher Diploma (Surveying) - Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Sri Lanka
  • BSc (Mathematics & Physics) - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Date joined Lakehead: 
September 2019
Research Interests: 

Remotely sensed image processing; machine learning and deep learning algorithms; GIS and spatial analysis; wildfire mapping and monitoring