Sonya Legg

Sonya Allayne Legg
in 2016
Alma mater	University of Oxford Imperial College London
Scientific career
Institutions	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution University of California, Los Angeles Princeton University
Thesis	Open ocean deep convection : the spreading phase. (1993)

Sonya Legg is a British oceanographer who is Director of the Center for Ocean Leadership. She studies the physical and dynamical processes of ocean circulation. Legg is involved with various initiatives to improve the representation of women in geoscience. She was Chair of the Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention (MPOWIR) and is the co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group that directs the work of CLIVAR.