Mike Reynolds graduated from Australia's Melbourne University with a Master of Science in Meteorology in 1971 and from the University of Washington with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Atmospheric Sciences in 1981.

Reynolds' research interests include air-sea and air-ice-sea interaction, marine boundary-layer structure and dynamics, oceanography and meteorology of the Persian Gulf, instrumentation design and system integration, and telemetry techniques.

In Australia, Reynolds designed and constructed one of the first acoustic sounders for atmospheric boundary-layer research and was involved in boundary-layer research field programs conducted on the Australian Desert, Alaska Southern Coast, Bering and Chucki Seas, and in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

He then began work on the meteorological instrumentation network on the Pacific Islands and station installation on Christmas Island, Nauru, Baker, and Kapingamarangi.

Reynolds created and operated a private company for eight years, making instrumentation for the oceanographic and meteorological community. He was an oceanographer on NOAA's Hazmat first-response team, who provided scientific expertise during oil spills and hazardous chemical accidents.

After Hazmat, Reynolds took a job as chief scientist for physical oceanographer on the NOAA R/V Mt. Mitchell Expedition to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Reynold's expertise led him into his current position as the DOE-ARM project oceanographer developing instrumentation and programs for long-term measurements for the Tropical Western Pacific site.

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