White House nominates Scott Doney to be NOAA chief scientist
DOI: 10.1063/PT.4.1441
Scott Doney is a senior scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). His research focuses on marine ecosystem dynamics and the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle. He returned to WHOI in 2002 following 11 years in the Advanced Study Program and Climate and Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Doney is a Leopold Leadership Program Fellow and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He is the recipient of the James B. Macelwane Medal, and is the W. Van Alan Clark Sr. Chair at WHOI. Dr. Doney received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Revelle College at the University of California, San Diego, in 1986 and a Ph.D. in chemical oceanography in 1991 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/WHOI Joint Graduate Program.
