Dr. Ian Frigaard received his B.Sc. from the University of Wales in 1989 and his M.Sc. from the University of Oxford in 1990. He then remained at Oxford to work with Oliver Jacobs on his Ph.D. (1993) in mathematical modeling of an aluminum spray process. He subsequently took a postdoctoral position (1993-1995) in the Industrial Mathematics Department at the Johannes Kepler Universität before joining Schlumberger Oilfield Services from 1995-2000. In 2000, he relocated to Canada to take an academic position at the University of British Columbia where he currently serves as Professor of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering. He serves on the editorial boards of four archival journals, and in 2016, took over as Executive Editor of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (JNNFM).