Ralph Rayner

Biography:

Ralph Rayner is a professorial research fellow at the London School of Economics, Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment. In addition, he serves as Industry Liaison at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Integrated Ocean Observing System Program Office.

Ralph has over forty years of experience in commercial ocean science and technology having held leadership positions in a number of ocean science and technology businesses around the world.

Ralph plays an active part in a number of learned societies and professional bodies concerned with ocean science and technology and is a fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST), the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), the Marine Technology Society (MTS), the Royal Meteorological Society, the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the Oceanic Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Royal Institution.

He is a past President of the Society for Underwater Technology and is co-chair of the IMarEST Operational Oceanography Special Interest Group. He serves as Editor in Chief for the Journal of Operational Oceanography and is a member of the editorial boards of International Ocean Systems and the journal of Underwater Technology.