Margaret Leinen

Margaret Leinen (born September 20, 1946) is an American paleoceanographer and paleoclimatologist. In 2013, Leinen was appointed the 11th director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, as well as the dean of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.[1] She founded the Climate Response Fund, a non-profit focused on enabling better understanding, regulation and responsible use of climate engineering research, and served as its president for a time. For two years, Leinen also worked as chief science officer for a startup company in green technology and climate change mitigation.[2]

Margaret S. Leinen
Born (1946-09-20) September 20, 1946
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Rhode Island
OccupationDirector
Known forPaleoceanography, Paleoclimatology
Scientific career
InstitutionsScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, University of Rhode Island
ThesisPaleochemical signatures in Cenozoic Pacific sediments (1979)

Education

In 1969 Leinen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Illinois, a master's in geological oceanography from Oregon State University in 1975,[3] and her doctorate in oceanography in 1980 from the University of Rhode Island.[4][5]

Honors

She has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[6] and of the Geological Society of America.[7] In 2016, she was selected as a U.S. Science Envoy by the United States State Department.[8] In 2020, Leinen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[9][2] and was named a fellow of The Oceanography Society.[10]

  • Honorary Member of the AMS (2022)[11]

References
  1. "New Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences Creates Vision for Scripps Oceanography". Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. October 24, 2013. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  2. "Margaret S. Leinen". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  3. Leinen, Margaret (1976). Biogenic silica sedimentation in the central equatorial Pacific during the Cenozoic (Thesis). Corvallis, Or. OCLC 837589083.
  4. "Director's Biography". Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. March 2014. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  5. Leinen, Margaret S (1979). Paleochemical signatures in Cenozoic Pacific sediments (Thesis). OCLC 8613242.
  6. "American Association for the Advancement of Science". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  7. "Geological Society of America". Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  8. "Announcement of U.S. Science Envoys". United States Department of State. February 26, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  9. News, Scripps. "Four from UC San Diego Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Retrieved May 18, 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. "tos-fellows-meet | The Oceanography Society". tos.org. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  11. "Search Past Award & Honors Recipients".
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