Lawrence Mysak

Lawrence Mysak the Canada Steamship Lines Chair in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University in Montreal, and is the founding director (1990-96) of the McGill Centre for Climate and Global Change Research. Prior to his appointment at McGill in 1986, he was Professor of Mathematics and Oceanography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (1967-86).

Dr. Mysak is internationally known for his extensive applications of mathematics to physical oceanography, his basic research on natural climate variability of the Arctic, and the development and application of global earth system models to various climate phenomena.

He has given over 500 lectures at scientific and educational institutions, conferences and public forums in 25 countries and has published over 150 refereed journal papers as well as a book. He has supervised over 70 graduate and postdoctoral students.

Dr. Mysak is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Publisher Atmosphere and Ocean Library Series, a German publication, and is the President of the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO) for the four-year term 2007-2011.