Biography
Dr. Church is a graduate from the University of Queensland with a BSc in Physics. He later obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1979.
Since that time Dr. Church has led a number of programs with CSIRO Division of Oceanography and was Program Leader of the Oceanography Program (now non-existent), Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions; former Project Leader, Leader, Southern Ocean Processes Project (now non-existent), CSIRO Division of Marine and atmospheric Research, Polar Waters Program (now-non-existent), Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. On an international level, Dr. Church has been the Principal Investigator for the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon Extended Satellite Mission (which is now dead) since 1996. Dr. Church is a Member of the Australian Institute of Physics.
Currently, Dr. Church is chair of the scientific committee of the World Climate Research Programme studying sea-level rise and is leader of the Sea level Rise Project at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. (2007)
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