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Past Visiting Scholars

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

Professor Maarja Kruusmaa
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering

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