Robert Gurney

Robert Gurney is the Chairman of the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action on e-Infrastructure and Data Management. 

He is Professor of Earth Observation Science in the School of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences at the University of Reading, UK, and spent 18 years as Director of the NERC Environmental Systems Science Centre. 

He is a hydrologist, particularly interested in the use of Earth observation for understanding land surface processes. 

He is a member of the NASA SMAP Science Team, and is involved with several other satellite missions. 

He was previously Head of the Hydrological Sciences Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Maryland,