Mark R. Abbott was the director and president of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) from 2015 to 2020.[1] Prior to joining WHOI, he was a dean at Oregon State University, and conducted research with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His oceanographic researches focuses primarily on upper ocean biological and physical processes.[2][3]

Mark R. Abbott
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)
University of California, Davis (PhD)
TitlePresident and Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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  1. ^ "WHOI president to step down next year". www.whoi.edu/. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ "President and Director". Woods Hole Oceanohraphic Institution. 2019. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "WHOI Names Mark Abbott President and Director". Woods Hole Oceanohraphic Institution. June 30, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2019.