Climate change is one of the greatest threats to environmental and economic health, forcing the hand of governments, academia and industry to take increasing action towards a globally sustainable future. The dynamics of the atmosphere play a central role in the climate and climate change, and yet, this role is not well understood. A search for a better understanding of the atmosphere’s inherent behaviour and its relation to the climate is at the centre of the research of Greg Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science. His research focuses on the mathematical analysis of geophysical fluid dynamics, the naturally occurring, large-scale flows in the ocean and the atmosphere. Although many factors such as changes in temperature, rotation, topography and the formation of clouds affect the dynamics of atmospheric systems, Dr. Lewis’ research centres on the effects of the primary factors, namely, heating and rotation. In particular, his research aims to determine the flow patterns that are expected as these factors are varied. A better understanding of such atmospheric dynamics may lead to improvements in the global climate models used to predict climate change. Appointed to his current role in 2008, Dr. Lewis joined  2003 as its first Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Since then, he has been rigorously building the university’s Applied and Industrial Mathematics, and Modelling and Computational Science undergraduate and graduate programs and growing the overall department. His early teaching and research influence has helped distinguish unique mathematics-based programs. His inherent desire to understand how things work, initially led Dr. Lewis towards physics, earning his Bachelor of Science in Honours Physics and his Master of Science in Physics from McGill University, before shifting gears and completing his Doctorate in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Subsequently, he was awarded three post-doctoral fellowships with the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies in the Departments of Mathematics and Earth and Ocean Sciences at UBC, as well as NSERC and Jerrold E. Marsden fellowships with The Fields Institute of Research in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto. He has been an invited Distinguished Alumni Lecturer at UBC’s Institute of Applied Mathematics, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University in Toronto. Ontario Tech University in Ontario Tech University's