Mark Lewis is Canadian mathematical ecologist who develops new methods to solve problems in ecology and environmental biology, making contributions to applied mathematics and influencing management of global change and natural resources.
Lewis has created and mathematically analyzed models for spread of invasive species (including accelerating invasions), critical flow rates for population persistence in rivers, rates of population shift under climate change, theory for infinite-dimensional spatial systems, processes for stochastic spread, conditions for spontaneous emergence of complex patterns (including territorial patterns), and nonlocal mechanisms for swarming and flocking. His contributions extend to environmental issues, including effects of parasites from farmed salmon on wild salmon stocks, impacts of climate change on vulnerable wildlife populations, and managing biological invasions.
Research prizes include the CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize for Exceptional Research in Mathematics, the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Research Prize and the Okubo Prize. He is a Fellow of the Fields Institute, the Society for Mathematical Biology, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the Canadian Mathematical Society and the Royal Society of Canada.
Professional position
- Professor and Gilbert and Betty Kennedy Chair in Mathematical Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
- Professor and Gilbert and Betty Kennedy Chair in Mathematical Biology, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria
