Past Visiting Scholars
2023
Dr. Daniel Ibarra
Brown University
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Dr. Phoebe Lam
University of California, Santa Cruz
Chemical Oceanography
2022
Professor LuAnne Thompson
University of Washington
Physical Oceanography
2021
Dr. Stephanie Moore
NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Biological Oceanography
2020-Postponed Due to COVID-19
2019
Professor Christopher Jackson
Imperial College
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Professor Claudia Benitez-Nelson
University of South Carolina
Chemical Oceanography
2018
Professor Leif Thomas
Stanford University
Physical Oceanography
Professor Dawn Wright
Environmental Systems Research Institute and Oregon State Univeristy
At-Large Steinbach Scholar
Dr. Ayana Johnson
New York University and Ocean Collectiv
Biological Oceanography
2017
Professor David Johnston
Duke University
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Professor John Eiler
California Institute of Technology
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Professor Arthur Spivack
University of Rhode Island
Chemical Oceanography
2016
Dr. Eleanor Frajka-Williams
University of Southampton
Physical Oceanography
Professor Naomi Oreskes
Harvard University
At-Large Scholar
Professor Martin Tresguerres
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Biological Oceanography
2015
Professor Zachary Sharp
University of New Mexico
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Professor Bess Ward
Princeton University
Chemical Oceanography
Professor Peter Thorne
National Oceanography Centre
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
2014
Professor David Battisti
University of Washington
Physical Oceanography
Professor Wallace S. Broecker
LDEO, Columbia University
At-Large Scholar
Dr. Rob Knight
University of Colorado, Boulder
Biological Oceanography
2013
Dr. Lihini Aluwihare
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Dr. Robert Dalrymple
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Dr. Patricia Fryer
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Marine Geology and Geophysics
2012
Professor Steve Gaines
University of California Santa Barbara
Biological Oceanography
Professor Sarah T. Gille
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Andrew Dessler
Texas A&M University
At-Large Scholar
2011
Dr. Marcia McNutt
United States Geological Survey
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Dr. James Fleming
Colby College
At-Large Scholar
Dr. Robert Mason
University of Connecticut
Chemical Oceanography
2010
Dr. John P. Craven
Common Heritage Corporation
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Prof. Jochem Marotzke
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Christopher Scholin
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Biological Oceanography
2009
Dr. Ben Halpern
University of California, Santa Barbara
Chemical Oceanography
Dr. Gene Likens
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
At-Large Scholar
Dr. John Eiler
California Institute of Technology
Geology and Geophysics
2008
Dr. Robert Ballard
Institute for Exploration
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Dr. Susan Lozier
Duke University
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Robert Cowen
University of Miami
Biological Oceanography
2007
Dr. Larry Crowder
Duke University
Biological Oceanography
Dr. Don Walsh
International Maritime Inc.
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Dr. Lynne Talley
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Elliott Norse
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
At Large Scholar
Dr. Everett Shock
Arizona State University
Chemical Oceanography
2006
Dr. Miles McPhee
McPhee Research Company
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Bruce Robison
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Biological Oceanography
Mr. Philippe Cousteau
Ms. Kyra Kristof
Earth Echo International
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Dr. Tyrone Hayes
University of California, Berkeley
Chemical Oceanography
2005
Dr. Thomas Crowley
Duke University
Chemical Oceanography
Dr. Parker MacCready
University of Washington
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Margaret Leinen
The National Science Foundation
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Mr. Graham Hawkes
DeepFlight
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Dr. Rita Colwell
University of Maryland College Park and
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
At Large Scholar
Dr. Mimi Koehl
University of California, Berkeley
Biological Oceanography
2004
Prof. Peter Rhines
University of Washington
Physical Oceanography
Prof. Lonnie Thompson
Ohio State University
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc.
At Large Scholar
Mr. Ira Flatow
National Public Radio
Biological Oceanography
Dr. Nicolas Gruber
University of California, Los Angeles
Chemical Oceanography
Dr. James Bellingham
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
2003
Dr. Jeremy Jackson
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Biological Oceanography
Dr. Stephen Wolfram
Wolfram Research, Inc.
At Large Scholar
Prof. Richard Pawlowicz
University of British Columbia
Physical Oceanography
Dr. James Head III
Brown University
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Dr. Jules Jaffe
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Dr. Ellen Druffel
University of California, Irvine
Chemical Oceanography
2002
Dr. Peter Franks
Scripps Institute of Technology
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Dr. Barry Ruddick
Dalhousie University
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Tanya Atwater
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Dr. Chris Chyba
SETI Institute, Stanford University
Biological Oceanography
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg
National Environmental Assessment Institute
University of Aarhus, Denmark
At Large Scholar
Dr. David Karl
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Chemical Oceanography
2001
Dr. Edward Goldberg
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Dr. Stanley Riggs
East Carolina University
Marine Geology & Geophysics
Dr. Lynne Talley
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Joan Roughgarden
Stanford University
Biological Oceanography
Lt. Commander Roland Rogers
Royal Navy
Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Prof. Gilbert Strang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
At Large Scholar
2000
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
At Large Scholar
Prof. Jed Fuhrman
University of Southern California
Biological Oceanography
Prof. Naomi Ehrich Leonard
Princeton University
Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Prof. Michael McIntyre
Cambridge University, England
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Scott Doney
National Center for Atmospheric
Research
Chemical Oceanography
Prof. Francis Albarède
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Marine Geology & Geophysics
1999
Prof. Lester LeBlanc
Florida Atlantic University
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Prof. Michael S. Foster
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Biology
Dr. Sylvia L. Garzoli
Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratory
Physical Oceanography
Mr. James Gleick
At Large Scholar
Prof. Alison Butler
University of California
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
1998
Prof. Hartmut Peters
University of Miami
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Prof. Wallace S. Broecker
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marine Geology & Geophysics
Prof. Ralph Keeling
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Dr. Lynn Margulis
University of Massachusetts
Biology
Prof. H. Thomas Rossby
University of Rhode Island
Physical Oceanography
1997
Prof. Lawrence M. Mayer
University of Maine
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Dr. Richard Peltier
University of Toronto
Marine Geology & Geophysics
Prof. Steven Vogel
Duke University
At Large Scholar
Prof. Patricia L. Wiberg
University of Virginia
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Michael Goulding
Rainforest Alliance
Biology
1996
Prof. Stephen R. Palumbi
University of Hawaii
Biology
Prof. Thomas A. Grigalunas
University of Rhode Island
Marine Geology & Geophysics
Seminar Scholar
Prof. J. Frederick Grassle
Rutgers University
Biology
Seminar Scholar
Dr. Paul D. Boehm
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Seminar Scholar
Prof. Malcolm L. Spaulding
University of Rhode Island
Physical Oceanography
Seminar Scholar
Dr. Robert T. Guza
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Dr. Walter D. Mooney
US Geological Survey
Marine Geology & Geophysics
Prof. Robert A. Berner
Yale University
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Prof. David Farmer
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
1995
Prof. John Hayes
Indiana University
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Dr. Walter Munk
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
At Large Scholar
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Deep Ocean Exploration & Research
Biology
Prof. David Lane
Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Prof. Peter B. Rhines
University of Washington
Physical Oceanography
Prof. Donald L. Anderson
California Institute of Technology
Marine Geology & Geophysics
1994
Dr. Greg Holloway
Institute of Ocean Sciences,
University of Washington
Dr. Yves Desaubies
Institut Français de Recherche pour L'Exploitation de la Mer, France
Prof. John I. Hedges
University of Washington
Dr. Mathilde Cannat
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Dr. Leonard Muscatine
University of California, Los Angeles
1993
Dr. Eric A. D'Asaro
University of Washington
Prof. Martial Hebert
Carnegie Mellon University
Prof. Lawrence A. Mysak
McGill University, Canada
Prof. Eugenie Clarke
University of Maryland
Prof. Jorge Sarmiento
Princeton University
Prof. Michael Bender
University of Rhode Island
Prof. Stephen Gould
Harvard University
1992
Prof. George N. Somero
Oregon State University
Dr. Alexander E. Hay
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Prof. Irv Kornfield
University of Maine, Orono
Prof. Karl Turekian
Yale University
Prof. Frans B.M. de Waal
Emery University
Prof. John H. Martin
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Prof. John S. Allen, Jr.
Oregon State University
Dr. Peter D. Killworth
Robert Hooke Institute, Oxford and The Deacon Laboratory of IOS, England
Dr. George H. Sutton
Roundout Associates
1991
Dr. Paul H. LeBlond
University of British Columbia, Canada
Prof. Jonathan Roughgarden
Stanford University
Dr. Ann E. Gargett
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
Prof. Cindy Lee
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Prof. Jef T.F. Zimmerman
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
The Netherlands
Dr. Arnold L. Gordon
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Michael D. Collins
Naval Research Laboratories
Prof. Wallace S. Broecker
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
1990
Prof. Lynn Margulis
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Prof. Steve R. Emerson
University of Washington
Prof. Eric S. Saltzman
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
Prof. Charles B. Officer
Dartmouth College
Dr. Kirk Bryan
Princeton University
Dr. Nan Bray
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Paul Dayton
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. Darrell Jackson
University of Washington
Applied Physics Laboratory
1989
Prof. Mimi A.R. Koehl
University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Joris M. Gieskes
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Mark A. Cane
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Harold M. Merklinger
The Defense Research Establishment Atlantic
Underwater Acoustics Division
Dr. James R. McFarlane
International Submarine Engineering, Ltd.
Prof. John C. Mutter
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Prof. John I. Hedges
University of Washington
Prof. Toshio Yamagata
Kyushu University
1988
Dr. Alan M. Davies
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Prof. Eric L. Mills
Dalhousie University, Canada
Prof. Devendra Lal
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Nicholas J. Shackleton
University of Cambridge, England
Dr. Erik Mollo-Christensen
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Prof. Stephen E. Calvert
University of British Columbia, Canada
Prof. Darrell R. Jackson
University of Washington
Dr. Michele Fieux
University of Paris, France
1987
Prof. Michael F. Land
The University of Sussex, England
Prof. Karel F. Liem
Harvard University
Prof. William Menke
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Prof. Julian P. McCreary, Jr.
Nova University
Prof. Kenneth W. Bruland
University of California, Santa Cruz
Prof. Willard S. Moore
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Prof. Chia-Shun Yih
University of Michigan
University of Florida
Dr. Robin S. Keir
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. D. Van Holliday
Tracor Applied Sciences
Dr. Dean H. Roemmich
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1986
Prof. Nicklas Pisias
Oregon State University
Dr. William R. Holland
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dr. Jean-Francois Minster
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France
Dr. Lynne D. Talley
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. Suzanne T. McDaniel
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Robert H. Stewart
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Prof. Geoffrey Eglinton
University of Bristol, England
1985
Prof. Willard J. Pierson, Jr.
City College of New York
Prof. Michael Bender
University of Rhode Island
Prof. Richard W. Garvine
University of Delaware
Prof. John J. Sepkoski, Jr.
University of Chicago
Dr. Quentin Bone
The Laboratory, Plymouth, England
Dr. Walter H. Munk
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. Herman Medwin
Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. David J. Thomson
Bell Laboratories
Dr. Miriam Kastner
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1984
Dr. Farooq Azam
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Steven Emerson
University of Washington
Dr. John A. DeSanto
Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Ray F. Weiss
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Robert L. Parker
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Peter P. Niiler
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Isaac M. Held
Princeton University
Prof. Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
University of Cambridge, England
1983
Dr. Kenneth J. Hsu
Geologisches Institut, Switzerland
Dr. Owen M. Phillips
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Joris M. Geiskes
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Willard S. Moore
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Dr. Richard Salmon
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Philip England
Harvard University
Dr. Pierre Welander
University of Washington
Dr. Paul G. Richards
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Peter A. Jumars
University of Washington
1982
Prof. Charlotte P. Mangum
College of William and Mary
Dr. Clarence S. Clay
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prof. Henry Elderfield
The University, Leeds, England
Dr. Donald W. Forsyth
Brown University
Dr. Myrl C. Hendershott
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Wallace S. Broecker
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Mark A. Donelan
University of Waterloo, Canada
Dr. David M. Karl
University of Hawaii
Dr. James D. Smith
University of Washington
1981
Prof. D. H. Cushing
Lowestoft, England
Dr. George N. Somero
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Robert W. Clayton
Stanford University
Dr. Francis P. Bretherton
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dr. William R. Holland
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dr. G. Ross Heath
Oregon State University
Prof. Melvin Calvin
University of California, Berkeley
Prof. George L. Mellor
Princeton University
Dr. H. William Menard
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1980
Dr. Daniel E. Morse
University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Kenneth Bruland
University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Russ E. Davis
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. Leopold Felsen
Polytechnic Institute of New York
Dr. Kevin C. Burke
State University of New York, Albany
Dr. Bruce Frost
University of Washington
Dr. John A. Orcutt
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. William F. Ruddiman
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Ray B. Krone
University of California, Davis
1979
Dr. Ivan Tolstoy
Knockvennie, Castle Douglas, Scotland
Dr. Heinrich D. Holland
Harvard University
Dr. Leon Borgman
University of Wyoming
Dr. Paul Komar
Oregon State University
Dr. John Imbrie
Brown University
Dr. Seiya Uyeda
University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. S. Keith Runcorn
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Dr. Richard W. Eppley
Institute of Marine Resources
University of California, San Diego
1978
Dr. Michael M. Mullin
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Wolfgang H. Berger
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. William M. Sackett
Texas A&M University
Dr. Joseph L. Reid, Jr.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Walter Pitman, III
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Ralph R. Goodman
Naval Oceanographic Research and Development Administration
Dr. J. Dungan Smith
University of Washington
Dr. Geoffrey Eglinton
University of Bristol, England
Dr. Myrl C. Hendershott
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Paul K. Dayton
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1977
Dr. John Swallow
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, England
Prof. Klaus Wyrtki
University of Hawaii
Prof. Donald Forsyth
Brown University
Dr. Francis P. Shepard
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. Karl Turekian
Yale University
Dr. David Young
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
1976
Dr. Paul J. Fox
State University of New York, Albany
Dr. Jerome Namias
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Robert M. Garrels
Northwestern University
Dr. Samuel A. Goudsmit
University of Nevada
Dr. Peter Rich
University of Connecticut
Mr. Willard Bascom
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Dr. Edward D. Goldberg
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Daniel Karig
Cornell University
Dr. David W. Menzel
Skidaway Institute
Dr. Bruce Taft
University of Washington
1975
Mr. Edwin Link
Harbor Branch Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Pierre E. Biscaye
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Michael R. Reeve
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Harvard University
Dr. Robert Coleman
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park
Dr. Charles O'Melia
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dr. Christopher Garrett
Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr. Alan Berman
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Gordon A. Riley
Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr. Heinz A. Lowenstam
California Institute of Technology
1974
Dr. Seiya Uyeda
University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. James J. Morgan
California Institute of Technology
Dr. William C. Heronemus
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Dr. E.R. Oxburgh
Oxford University, England
Dr. John Isaacs
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Robert A. Berner
Yale University
Dr. Stanley Corrsin
The Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Kenneth S. Norris
University of California, Santa Cruz
1973
Dr. Hans Albert Einstein
University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Dan McKenzie
University of Cambridge, England
Dr. Peter Hochachka
University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Andrew McIntyre
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Kenneth S. Deffeys
Princeton University
Dr. Frank Millero
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
Dr. Joanne Simpson
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
1972
Prof. Cesare Emiliani
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
Prof. Robert Hessler
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Prof. J. Tuzo Wilson
University of Toronto, Canada
Prof. Harold E. Edgerton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Karl Turekian
Yale University
Dr. John Apel
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories
Prof. Werner Stumm
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Prof. William M. Hamner
University of California, Davis
1971
Dr. John Steele
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland
Dr. P. Kilho Park
National Science Foundation
Dr. Manik Talwani
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Jack E. Oliver
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Prof. Evelyn C. Pielou
Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr. Arnold Gordon
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Dr. Tjeerd Hendrik "Jerry" Van Andel
Oregon State University
Dr. Robert M. Garrels
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Athelstan F. Spilhaus, Sr.
Smithsonian Institute
1970
Dr. D. James Baker
Harvard University
Dr. Charles A. Lundquist
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Dr. Lynn R. Sykes
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Mr. George C. Weiffenbach
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Dr. David Hoult
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sir Edward Bullard
Cambridge University, England
1969
Dr. Claes Rooth
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
Dr. Edward Goldberg
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Myrl C. Hendershott
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Walter Starck
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
Dr. Richard Cooper
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Boothbay Harbor
Dr. John H. Todd
San Diego State College
Dr. Jelle Atema
University of Michigan
Dr. John E. Bardach
University of Michigan
Mr. John I. Ewing
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory