Marlon Lewis

Dalhousie University/Satlantic Inc.

Dr. Marlon Lewis is the Chairman, CEO and Chief Scientist of Satlantic Incorporated and a Professor in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Science and Ecology at the University of Maryland, and a Ph. D. in Biology from Dalhousie University in 1984. Dr. Lewis is a recipient of the Lindemann Award from the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, a Special Outstanding Achievement Award from NASA, a Killam Prize from Dalhousie University, and a Poste Rouge from the French Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique. His research interests span a broad range of oceanographic areas from upper ocean physics to biological processes to the ocean's role in global climate. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in the Technology category in Atlantic Canada, and was named as one of the Top 50 CEO's in Atlantic Canada. He holds adjunct appointments at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and the Ocean University of China. Dr. Lewis has published over 90 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and serves on numerous advisory councils to organizations and governments in Canada, the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia.