Margaret Delaney
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Margaret Lois Delaney | |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | Foraminiferal trace elements : uptake, diagenesis, and 100 m.y. paleochemical history (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward A. Boyle |
Margaret (Peggy) Delaney is marine geochemist known for her research on trace elements to examine changes in ocean chemistry over time.
Delaney earned her B.S. in chemistry from Yale University in 1973 and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program (1983).[1] Following her Ph.D., Delaney joined the University of California Santa Cruz in 1983, and later became chair of the Ocean Sciences Department.[2] At the time of her retirement in 2020, Delaney was Vice Chancellor for Planning and Budget at the University of California Santa Cruz.[3]
In her service to the community, Delaney was the editor of the journal Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology from 1996 to 1999.[4] In 2005, Delaney started a three-year term as editor of the journal Earth and Planetary Sciences.[5] She was also involved in the leadership and management of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) and the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).[6]
In 2004, Delaney was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the citation noted her:[6]
innovative work defining links between biogeochemically important elements and past changes in climate; and her altruistic and exemplary service to the oceanographic community
