Professor Stephen Lewis

Biography

"I am Deputy Head of Department and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physical Sciences at the Open University. I joined the OU in October 2005, having previously held a Lectureship in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, Oxford University, where I remain a Visiting Fellow. I am also a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. My first degree was in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and my doctorate was from the University of Oxford, researching vortices in the atmosphere of Jupiter, such as the Great Red Spot."

Research Interest

My research interests lie in understanding planetary atmospheres and in the use of that knowledge to aid in the design of spacecraft missions and to interpret the data that is returned. This involves comparative modelling studies of dynamical meteorology and climate processes on different planets.