Margaret Leinen

Margaret Leinen
Born	(1946-09-20) September 20, 1946
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Illinois, Oregon State University, University of Rhode Island
Occupation	Director
Employer	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Known for	Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology

Margaret Leinen (born September 20, 1946) is vice chancellor for Marine Sciences, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and dean of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.

Education

Leinen earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Illinois in 1969, a master's in geological oceanography from Oregon State University in 1975, and her doctorate in oceanography in 1980 from the University of Rhode Island, receiving Distinguished Alumni Awards from all three universities.

Career

Leinen's research interests are paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, biogeochemical cycles, and climate change.

She was previously the Vice Provost for Marine and Environmental Programs and Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island; Assistant Director for Geosciences and Coordinator of Environmental Research and Education at the National Science Foundation, President of the Climate Response Fund; and, Vice Provost for Marine and Environmental Initiatives and executive director of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute of Florida Atlantic University.

She is president of the American Geophysical Union Board of Directors; a member of the Board of the National Council for Science and the Environment; a member of the distinguished Leadership Council of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative; and past president of The Oceanography Society

Honors

She has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Geological Society of America. In 2016, she was selected as a U.S. Science Envoy by the United States State Department.