People
Professor John Remedios
Director of the National Centre for Earth Observation
School/Department: Physics and Astronomy, School of
Email: jjr8@leicester.ac.uk
Address: Space City, 92 Corporation Rd, Leicester LE4 5SP
Profile
Professor John Remedios is Executive Director of the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and Professor of Earth Observational Science at the University of Leicester. A physicist by training, his work spans collaborations across chemistry, geography and biology, with expertise in satellite mission design, atmospheric composition, land surface temperature processes, and the development of mathematical algorithms for Earth observation datasets.
With more than 40 years of leadership in satellite Earth observation, his research has addressed long-term environmental change, ocean and land temperatures, atmospheric trace gases, land–atmosphere exchange, radiative transfer, and trace-gas climatologies. He has played major roles in international missions including Principal Investigator for the Along Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs) and Chair of the TRUTHS mission Mission Advisory Group, alongside contributions to MIPAS, IASI, and the Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring mission.
Professor Remedios works closely with industry and government, serving as Investment Lead for the UK EO Data Hub and a Board member of Space4Climate. As NCEO Director, he supports UK research councils—particularly Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)—and contributes to UKRI strategic groups and infrastructure planning, while advising departments including Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). Internationally, he represents the UK within Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the UK GEO/CEOS Office leadership team, and has held advisory roles with agencies including European Space Agency, EUMETSAT, the UK Space Agency, and the National Physical Laboratory.
https://www.nceo.ac.uk/
With more than 40 years of leadership in satellite Earth observation, his research has addressed long-term environmental change, ocean and land temperatures, atmospheric trace gases, land–atmosphere exchange, radiative transfer, and trace-gas climatologies. He has played major roles in international missions including Principal Investigator for the Along Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs) and Chair of the TRUTHS mission Mission Advisory Group, alongside contributions to MIPAS, IASI, and the Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring mission.
Professor Remedios works closely with industry and government, serving as Investment Lead for the UK EO Data Hub and a Board member of Space4Climate. As NCEO Director, he supports UK research councils—particularly Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)—and contributes to UKRI strategic groups and infrastructure planning, while advising departments including Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). Internationally, he represents the UK within Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the UK GEO/CEOS Office leadership team, and has held advisory roles with agencies including European Space Agency, EUMETSAT, the UK Space Agency, and the National Physical Laboratory.
https://www.nceo.ac.uk/