Greg Ayers

For the voice actor, see Greg Ayres.

Greg Ayers
Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
In office
March 2009 – February 2012
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Alma materMonash University
OccupationMeteorologist, public servant

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Dr Greg Ayers to head Bureau of Meteorology - media release 30 March 2009". www.environment.gov.au. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Farrell, Don (20 February 2012). "Government thanks outgoing Bureau of Meteorology director, Dr Greg Ayers" (Press release). Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b Dr Greg Ayers, Monash University, archived from the original on 24 November 2011
  4. ^ "BoM chief lashes Pell over climate stance". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. AAP. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.