Dr Matthew Lewis
Research Fellow
Email: m.j.lewis@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 01248 388114
Office: School of Ocean Sciences. Room 324. Nautilus Suite, Westbury Mount. Menai Bridge
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Overview
I am a Research Fellow at Bangor University in physical oceanography, with applications to blue economy industries and coastal flood risk. My research uses computer models to numerically simulate marine processes, including how these processes interact and how they may change in the future. For example, how to downscale climate model information to impact, future changes to hazard in estuaries, or ocean-atmosphere exchange processes (e.g. wave-tide interaction).
Topics: Ocean science; modelling; waves; tides; renewables; flooding; environmental sciences.
Current Research projects:
- NERC UK Climate Resilience: Sensitivity of Estuaries to Climate Hazards (SEARCH).
- NERC. The UK contribution to validating SWOT in the Bristol Channel and River Severn.
- EPSRC. Research Fellowship in Marine Renewable Energy: METRIC
- EPSRC. Supergen ORE flexfund: V-SCORES
- NERC SEAMAP (plastic mapping from source to sink in Philippines)
- ERDF SEEC project: http://seec.bangor.ac.uk/
- EPSRC Supergen cross-hub flexfund: Marine renewable powered hydrogen for Net Zero Futures (with Strathclyde & Cardiff)
- NERC Digital Environment
I have an interest in combining computer models of biological and physical processes to better understand the marine system. I am actively working in a number of research areas: future flood risk, estuaries, bio-geo-chemical modelling including bio-engineering of marine renewables and offshore aquaculture, wave-tide interaction modelling, baroclinlic modelling and larval transport modelling.
I am a member of the EPSRC Associate Peer Review College. I am also part of the Digital Environment Expert Network https://digitalenvironment.org/home/digital-environment-expert-network/#MattLewis and the UKRI ECR network & Researcher Forum.
I have worked with many research partners and hold visiting researcher status through a number of collaborative projects: e.g. UK Met Office, Deltares – Delft, CSIRO Australia, NIWA New Zealand. I am a STEM ambassador and have collaborated with historians (oral history/traditions to inform environmental science), local artists and wild swimming enthusiasts (predicting the movement of water); outreach examples include the CwmniDaTv and BBC 2 "Harnessing the Tide" and school STEM activity https://youtu.be/UaxXupfZSSk
Associate Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science, and Guest editor in VSI for Elsevier's Renewable Energy. Reviewer for Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) and IPCC. Session convenor at the EGU conference for 4 years, Chair of PRIMaRE2021 conference.
Teaching and Supervision
I teach the ocean modelling module at Bangor Unviersity (OSX3016/OSX4012) and am a visiting lecturer at the University of Reading and guest lecturer at University of Rhode Island USA. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), with both stages of the PGCertHE completed. I am happy to be an external PhD examiner, and have been on the subject of wave-tide interaction at The University of Strathclyde, and Indonesian tidal energy resource at Edinburgh University.
I supervise undergraduate and masters level research projects.
PhD students:
Mike Case - Impact of Underwater Noise Propagation on Fish
Bernd Stephan- Optimizing multiple tidal lagoon power plants.
Mike Ridgil - KESS funded. Renewable energy resource assessment using remote sensing.
Nia Jones - NERC Envision funded DTP. Dispersal of microplastics in the marine environment
Mirko Barada - Cemlyn Jones trust funded. Coastal flooding: using historical records to mitigate future risk
Thomas Clough - KESS-EAST funded. Future of estuaries PhD studentship with Welsh Water
Aaron Furnish: NERC Envision funded DTP (and Met Office CASE): Pathways to Realistic Impact Modelling in Estuarine Areas (PRIMEA)
MRES:
Mike Kennington: Ocean surface currents and novel micro marine renewable energy resources
Eleanor Falch: Spatio-temporal seabird interactions with tidal flow features
Coming soon:
Modelling fish behaviour and response to hydrokinetic turbine presence (in partnership with HRWallingford) James Waggitt lead supervisor
NERC/Cefas INSITE PhD studentship. “Changes in the distribution and abundance of marine top-predators in the North Sea” with James Waggitt and Simon Neill as supervisors.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2021
- PublishedA standardised tidal-stream power curve, optimised for the global resource
Lewis, M., O'Hara Murray, R., Fredriksson, S., Maskell, J., de Fockert, A., Neill, S. & Robins, P., 1 Jun 2021, In : Renewable Energy. 170, p. 1308-1323
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedGlobal riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment
Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In : Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2020
- PublishedA classification system for global wave energy resources based on multivariate clustering
Fairley, I., Lewis, M., Robertson, B., Hermer, M., Masters, I., Horrillo-Caraballo, J., Karunarathna, H. & Reeve, D. E., 15 Mar 2020, In : Applied Energy. 262, 114515.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedSensitivity assessment of bathymetry and choice of tidal constituents on tidal stream energy resource characterisation in the Gulf of California, Mexico
Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 2020, In : Applied Ocean Research.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal range energy resource assessment of the Gulf of California, Mexico
Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Angeloudis, A., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., Aug 2020, In : Renewable Energy. 155, p. 469-483
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2019
- PublishedChanging Hydrology: A UK Perspective
Robins, P. & Lewis, M., 2019, Coasts and estuaries: The future. Wolanski, E., Day, J., Elliott, M. & Ramachandran, R. (eds.). Burlington: Elsevier, p. 611-617 6 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedPower variability of tidal-stream energy and implications for electricity supply
Lewis, M., McNaughton, J., Márquez-Dominguez, C., Todeschini, G., Togneri, M., Masters, I., Allmark, M., Stallard, T., Neill, S., Goward Brown, A. & Robins, P., 15 Sep 2019, In : Energy. 183, p. 1061-1074
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedScience to Policy: The role of marine renewable energy in a low carbon future
Wiik, E., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., O'Doherty, T., Toberman, H., Pan, S., Ebdon, T., Masters, I. & Togneri, M., Mar 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. (Science to Policy)
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report - PublishedWave-tide interaction modulates nearshore wave height
Lewis, M. J., Palmer, T., Hashemi, R., Robins, P., Saulter, A., Brown, J., Lewis, H. & Neill, S., Mar 2019, In : Ocean Dynamics. 69, 3, p. 367-384
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2018
- PublishedImproving estuary models by reducing uncertainties associated with river flows
Robins, P., Lewis, M., Freer, J., Cooper, D., Skinner, C. & Coulthard, T., 31 Jul 2018, In : Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal range energy resource and optimization – past perspectives and future challenges
Neill, S., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Walkington, I., Ward, S., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Piano, M., Avdis, A., Piggott, M., Aggidis, G., Evans, P., Adcock, T., Zidonis, A., Ahmadian, R. & Falconer, R., Nov 2018, In : Renewable Energy. 127, November, p. 763-778
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal stream resource characterisation in progressive versus standing wave systems
Ward, S., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Iglesias, G., Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S., 15 Jun 2018, In : Applied Energy. 220, p. 274-285
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal-stream energy resource characterisation for the Gulf of California, México
Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Wells, N., Coles, D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 1 Aug 2018, In : Energy. 156, p. 481-491
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedWhat can seabirds tell us about the tide?
Cooper, M., Bishop, C. M., Lewis, M., Bowers, D., Bolton, M., Owen, E. & Dodd, S., 29 Nov 2018, In : Ocean Science. 14, 6, p. 1483-1490 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2017
- PublishedCharacteristics of the velocity profile at tidal-stream energy sites
Lewis, M., Neill, S., Robins, P., Hashemi, M. R. & Ward, S., Dec 2017, In : Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 258-272
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedComparison of 4- and 5-beam acoustic Doppler current profiler configurations for measurement of turbulent kinetic energy
Togneri, M., Jones, D., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Ward, S., Piano, M. & Masters, I., 5 Sep 2017, In : Energy Procedia. 125, p. 260-267
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedComparison of ADCP observations and 3D model simulations of turbulence at a tidal energy site
Togneri, M., Lewis, M., Neill, S. & Masters, I., Dec 2017, In : Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 273-282
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInfluence of storm surge on tidal range energy
Lewis, M., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Evans, P. S. & Neill, S., Mar 2017, In : Energy. 122, p. 25-36
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe wave and tidal resource of Scotland
Neill, S., Vogler, A., Goward-Brown, A. J., Baston, S., Lewis, M., Gillibrand, P. A., Waldman, S. & Woolf, D. K., Dec 2017, In : Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 3-17
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal energy extraction in three-dimensional ocean models
Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., Dec 2017, In : Renewable Energy. 114, A, p. 244/257
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue - PublishedTidal stream resource assessment uncertainty due to flow asymmetry and turbine yaw misalignment
Piano, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Hashemi, R., Davies, A., Ward, S. & Roberts, M., Dec 2017, In : Renewable Energy. p. 1363-1375
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2016
- PublishedAn efficient artificial intelligence model for prediction of tropical storm surge
Hashemi, M. R., Spaulding, M. L., Shaw, A., Farhadi, H. & Lewis, M., May 2016, In : Natural Hazards. 82, p. 471-491
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInter-annual variability of headland sandbanks affecting nearshore wave climates and flood risk.
Rulent, J., Lewis, M., Vafeidis, A., Scott, T., Conley, D. & Neill, S., Sep 2016.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster - PublishedResearch priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)
Roche, RC., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, PE., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, TA., Piano, M., Ward, SL., Duce, CE., Waggitt, JJ., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Dec 2016, In : Renewable Energy. 99, December, p. 1327-1341 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal energy leasing and tidal phasing
Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., Jan 2016, In : Renewable Energy. 85, p. 580-587
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2015
- PublishedCharacterising the spatial and temporal variability of the tidal-stream energy resource over the northwest European shelf seas
Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J. & Ward, S. L., 1 Jun 2015, In : Applied Energy. 147, p. 510-522
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCharacterizing the tidal energy resource of the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone (UK), using TELEMAC-2D and field observations
Piano, M., Ward, S. L., Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Davies, A. G., Powell, B. I., Owen, A. W. & Hashemi, R. M., 15 Oct 2015.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedEffect of waves on the tidal energy resource at a planned tidal stream array
Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G. & Lewis, M. J., Mar 2015, In : Renewable Energy. 75, p. 626-639
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedImpact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections
Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Dec 2015, In : Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, p. 119-135
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedResource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays
Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Apr 2015, In : Energy. 83, p. 403-415
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2014
- PublishedAssessing the temporal variability in extreme storm-tide time series for coastal flood risk assessment
Quinn, N., Lewis, M., Wadey, M. P. & Haigh, I. D., 11 Aug 2014, In : Journal of geophysical research:Oceans. 119, 8, p. 4983-4998
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedBay of Bengal cyclone extreme water-level estimate uncertainty
Lewis, M. J., Horsburgh, K. & Bates, P., 21 Jan 2014, In : Natural Hazards. 72, 2, p. 983-996
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedFuture variability of solute transport in a macrotidal estuary
Robins, P. E., Lewis, M. J., Simpson, J. H., Howlett, E. R. & Malham, S. K., 13 Oct 2014, In : Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 151, p. 88-99
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedImpact of tidal-stream arrays in relation to the natural variability of sedimentary processes
Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P. & Lewis, M. J., 8 Aug 2014, In : Renewable Energy. 72, p. 311-321
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInter-annual and inter-seasonal variability of the Orkney wave power resource
Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Hashemi, M. R., Slater, E., Lawrence, J. & Spall, S. A., 1 Aug 2014, In : Applied Energy. 132, p. 339-348
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInter-annual variability of two contrasting offshore sand banks in a region of extreme tidal range
Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 10 Dec 2014, In : Journal of Coastal Research. 31, 2, p. 265-275
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInvestigating River–Surge Interaction in Idealised Estuaries
Maskell, J., Horsburgh, K., Lewis, M. & Bates, P., 1 Feb 2014, In : Journal of Coastal Research. 30, 2, p. 248-259
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedOptimal phasing of the European tidal stream resource using the greedy algorithm with penalty function
Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J. & Hashemi, M. R., 22 Jul 2014, In : Energy. 73, p. 997-1006
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedRealistic wave conditions and their influence on quantifying the tidal stream energy resource
Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, M. R., 8 Oct 2014, In : Applied Energy. 136, p. 495-508
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe role of tidal asymmetry in characterizing the tidal energy resource of Orkney
Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., 4 Mar 2014, In : Renewable Energy. 68, p. 337-350
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2013
- PublishedA storm surge inundation model of the northern Bay of Bengal using publicly available data
Lewis, M. J., Bates, P., Horsburgh, K., Neal, J. & Schumann, G., 1 Jan 2013, In : Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 139, 671, p. 358-369
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe influence of wind gustiness on estimating the wave power resource
Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., 10 Nov 2013, In : International Journal of Marine Energy. 3-4, p. e1-e10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedUnderstanding the variability of an extreme storm tide along a coastline
Lewis, M., Schumann, G., Bates, P. & Horsburgh, K., 20 May 2013, In : Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 123, p. 19-25
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2011
- PublishedQuantifying the Uncertainty in Future Coastal Flood Risk Estimates for the U.K
Lewis, M. J., Horsburgh, K., Bates, P. & Smith, R., 1 Sep 2011, In : Journal of Coastal Research. 27, 5, p. 870-881
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2009
- PublishedPredicting suitability of cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi restoration sites using hydrodynamic models of larval dispersal
Lundquist, C. J., Oldman, J. W. & Lewis, M. J., 6 Mar 2009, In : New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 43, 3, p. 735-748
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects
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01/02/2021 – 28/02/2023 (Active)
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V-SCORES (Validating Surface Currents at Offshore Renewable Energy Sites)
01/01/2021 – 31/01/2022 (Active)
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28/06/2018 – 30/09/2021 (Active)
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01/01/2017 – 31/03/2018 (Finished)
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01/12/2016 – 31/10/2017 (Finished)
Other Grants and Projects
Principle Investigator (PI):
2018-2021. KESS2 PhD studentship ~£54k. Remote Sensing of renewable energy resource. Lewis (PI), Neill and Robins (Co-I)
2019-2020. KESS2 MRes studentship £17,974. Ocean surface currents and novel micro-hydrokinetic resource applications. Lewis (PI), Neill and Robins (Co-I)
2018-2021. EPSRC Postdoctoral fellowship £364,293. Improving Methods of Characterising Resource, Interactions and Conditions for Marine Renewable Energy (METRIC). Lewis (PI)
2016 NRN-LCEE RDF “Future of Estuaries” (£4500)
2016 Met Office Bursary for collaborative research with UKCP18 and flood risk (£1450)
2015 NERC student Research Experience Placement (REP) (£1200)
Co-Investigator (Co-I):
NERC Digital Environment Network (£10,000 to Bangor)
Supergen-cross hub: Marine renewable powered hydrogen (£19329.46 @ 80% FEC)
Bangor-GCRF Award internal fund. A relocatable method to resolve and mitigate marine plastic waste Indonesia. Robins, Hiddink, Neill, Skov, Lewis, Spear. (£39,500)
EPSRC PRIMaRE ECR network and travel grants to Bangor ECRs (£6102)
NERC-ENVISION DTP PhD. Pathways to Realistic Impact Modelling in Estuarine Areas (PRIMEA). Oct 2020 – Oct. 2023.
NERC UK Climate Resilience Programme. Sensitivity of Estuaries to Climate Hazards (SEARCH). NE/V004239/1. £195,737. Aug 2020 – Oct. 2022.
EPSRC Supergen ORE Flexible Funding. V-SCORES (Validating Surface Currents at Offshore Renewable Energy Sites). Williamson B (UHI), et al. £15,696 (to Bangor) Oct. 2020 - Spt. 2021.
NERC. SWOT-UK (NE/V009109/1:NE/V009168/1): The UK contribution to validating SWOT in the Bristol Channel and River Severn, with application to coastal and river management. Gommenginger C (NOC) and Bates P (Bristol), et al. £283,026@FeC (£47,921 to Bangor) Aug. 20 - Jul. 22.
2017 NERC “Envirnmental Risk to Infrastructure Program (ERIP). CHEST: Combination Hazard of Extreme rainfall, Storm surge and high Tide. NE/R009007/1 (£110,967)
2016 Welsh Government/ Welsh Crucible consortia “Redesigning Resilience” (£10,000)