Gary J Heald, BA, MPhil, PhD, FIOA, FASA

Gary Heald is an Acoustics Technical Expert in the Naval Systems Department of DSTL Winfrith (England).  His PhD was obtained from the Physics department at the University of Bath for his research on sediment classification using acoustic scattering.  He has worked on underwater acoustics and sonar for over 20 years with a special interest in high frequency underwater acoustic and scattering.  He is a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics and in 2000 he was the recipient of the A B Wood medal. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and has served on the Acoustical Oceanography technical committee since 1998.  In April 2003 he was elected as the chair of the Underwater Acoustics Group within the Institute of Acoustics.  In 2001 he was given an achievement award from NAMRAD (Non-Atomic Research and Development ) for his international collaboration on environmental reconnaissance.  Gary collaborates closely with a number of UK and international laboratories and universities and is a visiting senior lecturer at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton. 

In his spare time Gary is interested in cabinet making, woodturning, photography and ham radio.