Speaker — Neptune Forum 2026
Margaret Leinen
Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; co-Chair of the Mission Neptune Scientific Council
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography / University California San Diego
Prof. Margaret Leinen is the Director Emeritus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Marine Science of UC San Diego. She previously served as Assistant Director for Geosciences of the US National Science Foundation. She chairs the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network, a program of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. She has served as the President of the American Geophysical Union and The Oceanography Society, Chair of the US Global Change Research Program, US Dept of State Science Envoy for the Ocean, and Co-chair of the Decade Advisory Board for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts of Science.
On the Neptune Forum 2026 programme
- 11am - 11.45amNeptune in the MakingNew generation of research and voices — Neptune Research Fellows & Academic ChairsDirector Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; co-Chair of the Mission Neptune Scientific CouncilSee in the programme
- 4.10pm - 4.45pmExploration and knowledge as the foundation of cooperation for Planet OceanFrom space to the abyss — the continuity of explorationDirector Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; co-Chair of the Mission Neptune Scientific CouncilSee in the programme
