Thursday, September 13, 2012


Acting Director Named for Scripps Oceanography

Scripps Director on Sabbatical

Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego

Prof. Catherine Constable of Scripps' Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics will serve as the Acting Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the Graduate School of Marine Sciences effective Oct. 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.

A member of the UC San Diego faculty since 1991, Constable's principal research interests focus on Earth's magnetic field and its changes over a wide range of timescales. She is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the European Geophysical Union, and the Royal Astronomical Society of the United Kingdom, which awarded her its Price Medal in 1997. Earlier this year she became a Research Awardee of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Her many service responsibilities to the campus include chairing the recent Scripps research directions strategic planning effort and serving as Associate Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences and Scripps Deputy Director of Research from 2009 to early 2012.

Scripps Director Tony Haymet is taking a sabbatical and will continue his research program, accept an excellence award as Visiting Professor of the Petersen Foundation in Kiel, Germany,
(www.geomar.de/en/) and chair the World Economic Forum's Ocean Council (www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-oceans-2012-0). The World Economic Forum, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

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About Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today in 65 countries. The institution has a staff of about 1,400, and annual expenditures of approximately $170 million from federal, state and private sources. Scripps operates robotic networks, and one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration. Birch Aquarium at Scripps serves as the interpretive center of the institution and showcases Scripps research and a diverse array of marine life through exhibits and programming for more than 415,000 visitors each year. Learn more at scripps.ucsd.edu.


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