Greg Ayers
Australian atmospheric scientist
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Greg Ayers is an Australian atmospheric scientist and was Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology from March 2009[1] until February 2012, when he resigned due to ill health.[2]
Greg Ayers | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology | |
| In office March 2009 – February 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Occupation | Meteorologist, public servant |
Prior to his working at the Bureau of Meteorology, Ayers was Chief of Marine and Atmospheric Research at the CSIRO, where he had worked since 1975.[3] Ayers is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
He was educated at Monash University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (with honours) and a PhD.[3]
In February 2011 he responded to Cardinal George Pell's scepticism and ignorance about climate change during a Senate Estimates hearing.[4]
He serves as the current Chairman of the advisory board of the Australian National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), appointed in 2020[5]
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