Margaret Leinen Explained
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. Leinen has also served as the U.S. Department of State science envoy for the oceans to Latin America and the Pacific.[2]
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] [10] and was named a fellow of The Oceanography Society[11] and an Honorary Member of the AMS in 2022.[12]
Service
Dr. Leinen was selected to serve as co-chair of the Decade Advisory Board for UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and is a member of the distinguished Leadership Council of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. She has served as President of the American Geophysical Union, Chair of the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science Section of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, and President of The Oceanography Society. She serves on the boards of the California Ocean Science Trust and Science Counts. She is the Vice Chair of the Research Board of the $500 million Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
Selected Publications
- "The Pelagic clay province of the North Pacific Ocean"
- Blank, M., Leinen, M. & Prospero, J. Major Asian aeolian inputs indicated by the mineralogy of aerosols and sediments in the western North Pacific. Nature 314, 84–86 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/314084a0 [13]
- Schmidt, G., Severinghaus, J., Abe-Ouchi, A. et al. Overestimate of committed warming. Nature 547, E16–E17 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22803 [14]
- Doh, S., King, J., Leinen, M. A rock-magnetic study of giant piston core LL4-GPC3 from the central North Pacific and its paleoceanographic implications Paleoceanography 3 (1): 89-111 [15]
- Rea, David K., Margaret Leinen, and Thomas R. Janecek. "Geologic approach to the long-term history of atmospheric circulation." Science 227.4688 (1985): 721-725. [16]
- Leinen, M., Prospero, J. M., Arnold, E., & Blank, M. (1994). Mineralogy of aeolian dust reaching the North Pacific Ocean: 1. Sampling and analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 99(D10), 21017-21023. [17]
Notes and References
- Web site: New Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences Creates Vision for Scripps Oceanography . Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego . October 24, 2013 . July 1, 2014 . September 10, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014513/https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/13767 . dead .
- Web site: U.S. Science Envoy Program . 2024-02-18 . United States Department of State . en-US.
- Biogenic silica sedimentation in the central equatorial Pacific during the Cenozoic. 1976. Corvallis, Or.. English. Margaret. Leinen. 837589083.
- Web site: Director's Biography . Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego . March 2014 . July 1, 2014 . April 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150427134621/https://scripps.ucsd.edu/about/leadership/director/biography . dead .
- Paleochemical signatures in Cenozoic Pacific sediments. 1979. English. Margaret S. Leinen. 8613242.
- Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://archive.today/20150106233512/http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows?name=leinen. dead. January 6, 2015. January 13, 2015.
- Web site: Geological Society of America. January 13, 2015.
- News: Announcement of U.S. Science Envoys. May 19, 2016. United States Department of State. February 26, 2016.
- Web site: Four from UC San Diego Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. May 18, 2021. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. April 24, 2020 . en.
- Web site: Margaret S. Leinen. May 18, 2021. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. en.
- Web site: tos-fellows-meet The Oceanography Society. June 1, 2021. tos.org.
- Web site: Search Past Award & Honors Recipients .
- Blank . Marsha . Leinen . Margaret . Prospero . Joseph M. . March 1985 . Major Asian aeolian inputs indicated by the mineralogy of aerosols and sediments in the western North Pacific . Nature . en . 314 . 6006 . 84–86 . 10.1038/314084a0 . 1476-4687.
- Schmidt . Gavin A. . Severinghaus . Jeff . Abe-Ouchi . Ayako . Alley . Richard B. . Broecker . Wallace . Brook . Ed . Etheridge . David . Kawamura . Kenji . Keeling . Ralph F. . Leinen . Margaret . Marvel . Kate . Stocker . Thomas F. . July 2017 . Overestimate of committed warming . Nature . en . 547 . 7662 . E16–E17 . 10.1038/nature22803 . 1476-4687 . 5885753 . 28703191.
- Doh . Seong‐Jae . King . John W. . Leinen . Margaret . August 1988 . A rock‐magnetic study of giant piston core LL44‐GPC3 from the central North Pacific and its paleoceanographic implications . Paleoceanography . en . 3 . 1 . 89–111 . 10.1029/PA003i001p00089 . 0883-8305.
- Rea . David K. . Leinen . Margaret . Janecek . Thomas R. . 1985-02-15 . Geologic Approach to the Long-Term History of Atmospheric Circulation . Science . en . 227 . 4688 . 721–725 . 10.1126/science.227.4688.721 . 0036-8075.
- 1994-10-20 . Mineralogy of aeolian dust reaching the North Pacific Ocean: 1. Sampling and analysis . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres . en . 99 . D10 . 21017–21023 . 10.1029/94JD01735 . 0148-0227.
