The 77-year-old scientist will step down from her post as director of the UC San Diego school next June
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director Margaret Leinen payts visit to Birch Aquarium, became director in October, after heading the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. At right, Leinen, tours the aquarium exhibits with Patrick Helbling, Birchâ??s director of operations and administration.
Research funding has doubled to $307 million since Leinen, a paleo-climatologist, took office in late 2013. Private donations have also doubled, surpassing $30 million in the past year. In 2016, the center added the 238-foot Sally Ride, a newly-built global research vessel named for the first American woman to travel in space. Ride later served on the UCSD faculty for many years.
In 2019, Scripps added the research vessel Bob and Betty Beyster, a 42-foot boat that scientists use to explore near-shore waters to study everything from coastal erosion to weather.
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