| Greg Ayers | |
| Office1: | Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology |
| Term Start1: | March 2009 |
| Term End1: | February 2012 |
| Occupation: | Meteorologist, public servant |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Alma Mater: | Monash University |
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. 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.
In February 2011 he responded to Cardinal George Pell's scepticism and ignorance about climate change during a Senate Estimates hearing.[3]