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Mark A. Lewis

Curriculum Vitae

Affiliation:

2001 – present Senior Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Professor
Dept.of Biological Sciences and Dept. of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta
2000 – present Adjunct appointment in Mathematics, University of Utah
1995 – present Adjunct appointment in Biology, University of Utah
1993 – present Affiliate appointment in Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle

Education:

1990: D.Phil. (Mathematical Biology)
Dept. Mathematics, University of Oxford
1987: BSc ( Double Major, Biology and joint Math/Computer Science)
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria

Professional activities (current)

Board of Directors Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Co-organizer for Collaborative Research Group and Period of Concentration in Mathematical Ecology and Evolution
Scientific Advisory Board and Steering Committee Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Past-President Society for Mathematical Biology
Board of Editors: Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Mathematical Medicine and Biology , Journal of Mathematical Biology, Theoretical Ecology Series
Organizer, 2004 workshop on Mathematical Models for Biological Invasions, BIRS
Organizer, 2005 summer school in Mathematical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study/Park City Math Institute

Publications (Last 3 years only)

Holt, R., Keitt, T., Lewis, M.A., Maurer, B., Taper, M. Theoretical models of species' borders: single species approaches Oikos (in press).
Potapov, A., Lewis, M.A. 2004. Climate and competition: the effect of moving range boundaries on habitat invisibility. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 66: 975—1008.
de Camino-Beck, T., McClay, A.S., Lewis M.A.2004. Spatially explicit models for weed-biocontrol agent interactions: Scentless chamomile as a case study. In Cullen, J.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, April 27 - May 2, 2003, pages 500-504, Canberra, Australia. CSIRO 2003. (Nov 27, 2003, 13 pages).
Hadeler, K.P., Lewis, M.A.  2002. (printed 2004) Spatial dynamics of the diffusive logistic equation with sedentary component. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly 10: 473--500 .
Wonham, M.J., de Camino-Beck, T., Lewis, M.A.  2004. An epidemiological model for West Nile Virus: invasion analysis and control applications. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 271:501-507.
Lutscher, F. Lewis, M.A. 2004. "Spatially-explicit matrix models: A mathematical analysis of stage-structured integrodifference equations". Journal of Mathematical Biology 48(3): 293-324.
Lewis, M.A. 2003. "Featured Review: Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives." Second Edition. By Akira Okubo and Simon Levin SIAM Review 45: 127-128.
Clark, J. Lewis, M.A. , McLachlan, J., HilleRisLambers J. 2003. "Estimating population spread: what can we forecast and how well?" Ecology 84(8): 1979-1988.
Leung, B., Lodge, D.M., Finnoff, D., Shogren,J.F., Lewis, M.A. , Lamberti, G. 2003. "An ounce of prevention or a pound of cure: Bioeconomic risk analysis of invasive species." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Taxomony 269: 2407-2413.
HJ MacIsaac, TC Robbins and Lewis, M.A. 2002. "Modeling ships' ballast water as invasion threats to the Great Lakes." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1245-1256.
Fagan, W., Lewis, M.A., Neubert, M.G. and van den Driessche, P. 2002. "Invasion theory and biological control." Ecology Letters 5: 148-157.
Lewis, M.A. , Li, B. and Weinberger, H.F. 2002. "Spreading speed and the linear conjecture for two-species competition models." Journal of Mathematical Biology 45: 219-233.
MacIsaac, H.J., Robbins, T.C. and Lewis, M.A. 2002. "Modeling aquatic species invasions." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1245-1256.
Briscoe, B., Lewis, M.A. and Parrish, S. 2002. "Home range formation in wolves due to scent marking." Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 64: 261-284.
Weinberger, H.F. Lewis, M.A. and Li, B. 2002. "Analysis of the linear conjecture for spread in cooperative models." Journal of Mathematical Biology 45: 183-218.

Invited seminars (Last 3 years only)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Miami, 2002.
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Miami, 2002
SIAM Life-Sciences Conference, Boston, 2002
Bio-X EFF Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Alberta, 2002.
International Conference on Modeling Pattern in Biology, Chubu, Japan, 2002.
Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics, Tilton, New Hampshire, 2002.
5th Americas Conference of Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, University of Alberta, 2002.
Woods Hole Annual Retreat in Mathematical Biology, Nantucket, MA, 2002.
22nd Annual Ostrum lecturer, Washington State University, Seattle, 2003.
Minisymposium speaker at Society for Mathematical Biology, Dundee, 2003.
Topical lecturer at SIAM/CAIMS annual meeting, Montreal, QC, 2003.
Minisymposium speaker at Canadian Mathematical Society Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, 2003.
Banff International Research Station, 2003.
Fields Mathematics Institute workshop on Pattern Formation in Physics, Toronto, 2003.
Plenary speaker, Mathematics in Technology and Complex Systems 5th Annual Conference, Halifax, 2004
Plenary speaker, joint annual meeting of the Canadian Applied Math Society and Canadian Mathematical Society, Halifax, 2004.
Plenary speaker, American Institute for Mathematical Sciences meeting, Pomona CA, 2004.