Rob Gell

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Rob Gell addressing the 2012 U3A Carnival of Learning at Federation Square, Melbourne.

Rob Gell AM (born 25 August 1952) is a geomorphologist and weather presenter, with a degree in meteorology. Gell attended Camberwell Grammar School as a student in the 1960s.

Gell has been a weather presenter for with National Nine News and later Seven News. He was one of the only Australian weather presenters on free-to-air television with a degree in meteorology, along with David Brown and Magdalena Roze.

Career

Gell, who attended Koonung Secondary College, is a trained coastal geomorphologist and geography teacher. He began his television career in 1979, moving from Melbourne University to work with Ten News. Moving to the Nine Network in 1988, Gell was innovative as a designer and producer of television weather presentations for 15 years until 2003, when he was replaced by Livinia Nixon.

In 2004, Gell was approached by the Seven Network to become the weekend weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne.

Gell is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is also a passionate environmental campaigner and supporter of the Melbourne Football Club.

Gell is also the co-founder of the ICES Green College (International College of Environmental Sustainability) headquartered in Melbourne. The ICES delivers many sustainability qualifications, including the Certificate of Sustainable Business Practices.

External links

• ICES Green College homepage
• Short bio on Gell
• Another short bio on Gell

Media offices
Preceded by ?	National Nine News Melbourne Weather Presenter 1988 - 2003	Succeeded by Livinia Nixon
Preceded by Jennifer Keyte	Seven News Melbourne Weekend Weather Presenter 2004 - 2009	Succeeded by Jennifer Keyte