Margaret Leinen

Margaret S. Leinen
Born (1946-09-20) September 20, 1946 (age 78)
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)

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] Leinen has also served as the U.S. Department of State science envoy for the oceans to Latin America and the Pacific.[3]

  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.
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  3. ^ "U.S. Science Envoy Program". United States Department of State. Retrieved February 18, 2024.