Margaret Leinen

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Margaret S. Leinen
Born (1946-09-20) September 20, 1946 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Rhode Island
OccupationDirector
Known forPaleoceanography, Paleoclimatology
Scientific career
InstitutionsScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
ThesisPaleochemical signatures in Cenozoic Pacific sediments (1979)

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]

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,[2] and her doctorate in oceanography in 1980 from the University of Rhode Island.[3][4]

Honors[]

She has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[5] and of the Geological Society of America.[6] In 2016, she was selected as a U.S. Science Envoy by the United States State Department.[7] In 2020, Leinen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[8][9] and was named a fellow of The Oceanography Society.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "New Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences Creates Vision for Scripps Oceanography". Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. October 24, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Leinen, Margaret (1976). Biogenic silica sedimentation in the central equatorial Pacific during the Cenozoic (Thesis). Corvallis, Or.
  3. ^ "Director's Biography". Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. March 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  4. ^ Leinen, Margaret S (1979). Paleochemical signatures in Cenozoic Pacific sediments (Thesis).
  5. ^ "American Association for the Advancement of Science". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Geological Society of America". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Announcement of U.S. Science Envoys". United States Department of State. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ^ News, Scripps. "Four from UC San Diego Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  9. ^ "Margaret S. Leinen". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  10. ^ "tos-fellows-meet | The Oceanography Society". tos.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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