John Remedios

Professor John Remedios is the Head of the Earth Observation Science group at the University of Leicester and the Director of the National Centre for Earth Observation. He is a visiting Fellow of the Department of Physics in Oxford (Sub-department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics) and Chair of the UK Space Agency Earth Observation Advisory Committee and a member of the NERC Pool of Chairs.  Professor Remedios plays major roles to several satellite missions including Science Manager and Leader of the Principal Investigator team for the ATSRs as well as participating in the ATSR Quality Working Group. He is also a member of the MIPAS Quality Working Group and is a member of the GERB International Science Team. Other missions that Professor Remedios and his team work on include instruments on Metop such as IASI and AVHRR.  He is a former member of the European Space Agency Earth Sciences Advisory Committee and Future Technology Panels. He has worked with the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI), including challenge reports for the UK, the multi-University CEOI training programme, and also CEOI projects.