Dr. Lawrence is a Professor of Civil Engineering at UBC and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. He is a world authority in the general area of environmental fluid mechanics, encompassing specific areas of dynamics of stratified flow, physical limnology, thermal discharge considerations, mixing in density-stratified flow, lake dynamics and lake fertilization techniques. His research accomplishments have been globally recognized and applied in real-world in-situ design and analysis. As a consultant, he has been retained by numerous private and government agencies (eg, Netchako hearings in B.C. on water flow and fish passage) here and abroad.