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77
Citations
26207
World Ranking
947
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to mathematical biology and the study of spatial dynamics processes.
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Mark A. Lewis is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, Global and Planetary Change, and Insect Science.

The main topics covered by their work include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Mark A. Lewis has published recent papers on diverse ecological and mathematical topics. Notable publications include:

  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion, 2020, Ecology
  • Learning and Animal Movement, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Local and Global Existence for Nonlocal Multispecies Advection-Diffusion Models, 2022, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems
  • Predicting insect outbreaks using machine learning: A mountain pine beetle case study, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Analysis of Propagation for Impulsive Reaction-Diffusion Models, 2020, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Their frequent co-authors include Pouria Ramazi, Hao Wang, Russell Greiner, Micah Brush, and Jonathan R. Potts. The collaboration with these researchers reflects interdisciplinary work spanning ecology, mathematical modeling, and computational methods.

Mark A. Lewis often publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Movement Ecology. These journals and preprint servers indicate strong engagement with both theoretical and applied ecological research.

Recognition for their contributions includes fellowships from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM Fellow, 2017) for work in mathematical biology and spatial dynamics processes, as well as being a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1994.

Best Publications

  • Dispersal data and the spread of invading organisms.

    Mark Kot;Mark A. Lewis;P. van den Driessche

  • An ounce of prevention or a pound of cure: bioeconomic risk analysis of invasive species

    Brian Leung;David M. Lodge;David Finnoff;Jason F. Shogren

  • Partial Differential Equations in Ecology: Spatial Interactions and Population Dynamics

    E. E. Holmes;M. A. Lewis;J. E. Banks;R. R. Veit

  • Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration Dispersal theory and interpretation of paleoecological records

    James S. Clark;Chris Fastie;George Hurtt;Stephen T. Jackson

  • Allee Dynamics and the Spread of Invading Organisms

    M.A. Lewis;P. Kareiva

  • Spatial memory and animal movement

    William F. Fagan;Mark A. Lewis;Marie Auger-Méthé;Tal Avgar

  • Integrated step selection analysis: bridging the gap between resource selection and animal movement

    Tal Avgar;Jonathan R. Potts;Mark A. Lewis;Mark S. Boyce

  • A nonlocal continuum model for biological aggregation.

    Chad M. Topaz;Andrea L. Bertozzi;Mark A. Lewis

  • Allee effects, invasion pinning, and species' borders.

    Timothy H. Keitt;Mark A. Lewis;Robert D. Holt

  • Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm Salmon

    Martin Krkošek;Jennifer S. Ford;Alexandra Morton;Subhash Lele

  • Invasion by extremes: population spread with variation in dispersal and reproduction.

    James S. Clark;Mark A. Lewis;Lajos Horvath

  • Dispersal, Population Growth, and the Allee Effect: Dynamics of the House Finch Invasion of Eastern North America

    Richard R. Veit;Mark A. Lewis

  • The Effect of Dispersal Patterns on Stream Populations

    Frithjof Lutscher;Elizaveta Pachepsky;Mark A. Lewis

  • Analysis of linear determinacy for spread in cooperative models.

    Hans F. Weinberger;Mark A. Lewis;Bingtuan Li

  • Dispersal and Pattern Formation in a Discrete-Time Predator-Prey Model

    M.G. Neubert;M. Kot;M.A. Lewis

  • Transmission dynamics of parasitic sea lice from farm to wild salmon

    Martin Krkosek;Mark A. Lewis;John P. Volpe

  • Spreading speeds as slowest wave speeds for cooperative systems.

    Bingtuan Li;Hans F. Weinberger;Mark A. Lewis

  • Theoretical models of species' borders: single species approaches

    Robert D. Holt;Timothy H. Keitt;Mark A. Lewis;Mark A. Lewis;Brian A. Maurer

  • An epidemiological model for West Nile virus: invasion analysis and control applications.

    Marjorie J. Wonham;Tomás de-Camino-Beck;Mark A. Lewis

  • Spreading speed and linear determinacy for two-species competition models.

    Mark A. Lewis;Bingtuan Li;Hans F. Weinberger

  • Invasion theory and biological control

    William F. Fagan;Mark A. Lewis;Michael G. Neubert;P. Van Den Driessche

  • ESTIMATING POPULATION SPREAD: WHAT CAN WE FORECAST AND HOW WELL?

    James S. Clark;Mark Lewis;Jason S. McLachlan;Janneke HilleRisLambers

  • Epizootics of wild fish induced by farm fish

    Martin Krkosek;Mark A. Lewis;Alexandra Morton;L. Neil Frazer

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Krkošek
Martin Krkošek University of Toronto
Andrew E. Derocher
Andrew E. Derocher University of Alberta
Sergei Petrovskii
Sergei Petrovskii University of Leicester
James D. Murray
James D. Murray University of Washington
Evelyn H. Merrill
Evelyn H. Merrill University of Alberta
William F. Fagan
William F. Fagan University of Maryland, College Park
Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
P. van den Driessche
P. van den Driessche University of Victoria
James S. Clark
James S. Clark Duke University
Hans F. Weinberger
Hans F. Weinberger University of Minnesota

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