Current positions:
- Member of the Climate Change Authority Board
- Member of the National Data Advisory Council
Expertise:
- Emeritus distinguished professor of oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the world’s foremost centres for global earth, ocean and atmosphere research.
- Researched and taught in Australia and in the United States for many years, including as Established Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Sydney.
- Established MRV Systems LLC in 2010, a company that manufactures ocean robots, with a colleague at the Scripps Institution. These autonomous drones take chemical and physical measurements across the world’s oceans.
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
- Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
Previous roles:
- Board member and Chair of Antarctic Science Foundation (2020-2025)
- Director of Oceans, Minderoo Foundation (2020)
- Vice-Chancellor, Director and Distinguished Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (2006-2012)
- Chief of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart (2002-2006)
- Various board and working group roles, including member and Chair of Oceans Council of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and board member of WorldFish, Penang
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science (Hons 1) in Chemistry, University of Sydney
- PhD in Chemical Physics, University of Chicago
- Company Directors course, Australian Institute of Company Directors