Dr Jon Blower

Jon is the Director for Digital Science, responsible for the strategic evolution of NOC’s digital capabilities in support of marine science. He joined NOC in 2022, firstly as Head of Ocean Informatics, before moving into his current role in 2023.

 

Jon has over 20 years of experience in developing digital technologies to advance the environmental sciences and forge links with partners in government and industry. Before joining NOC, Jon worked at the University of Reading, most recently as CTO of the Institute for Environmental Analytics, where he managed an interdisciplinary team of software engineers, data scientists and environmental scientists to create new capabilities for data-driven decision-making, with a particular focus on the renewable energy sector. Prior to this, Jon worked for several years in the Department of Meteorology, working on a range of projects including MyOcean (which later transitioned into the Copernicus Marine Service), in which he led the development of the data visualisation services.

 

He holds a PhD in physical volcanology from the University of Bristol, and a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. For more details and publications, please see Jon's ORCID profile.