Marcia McNutt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marcia McNutt
Occupation	Geophysicist
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1952(1952-02-19)
Age	72
Birthplace	Minneapolis
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Aquarius

Marcia McNutt Biography

Marcia McNutt is one of the most popular and richest Geophysicist who was born on February 19, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Marcia Kemper McNutt, born February 19, 1952, ForMemRS is an American geophysicist. She is also the 22nd President of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. She was previously editor-in-chief for the peer-reviewed journal Science, from 2013 to 2016. McNutt is a Scripps Institution of Oceanography visiting professor. She is a member of both the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine advisory panel for the Division on Earth and Life Studies and Forum on Open Science. McNutt was the chair of the NASEM climate intervention panel, which produced two reports in 2015.

Marcia Kemper McNutt married Marcel Hoffmann first, who later died in 1988. They had three children: Meredith McNutt Hoffmann, and identical twins Dana Hoffmann and Ashley Hoffmann. Ashley Hoffmann was named “Miss Rodeo California 2009” in 2009. Marcia McNutt, a horse enthusiast, enjoys barrel racing with her mare Lulu.

McNutt and Ian Young, an MBARI ship’s captain, were married in 1996.

McNutt was president and CEO of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) from 1997 to 2009. During that time the RV Western Flyer, MBARI’s research vessel, made expeditions from Canada to Baja California and the Hawaiian Islands. MBARI built the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS), the first deep-sea cabled observatory in the continental United States.

McNutt was awarded the Macelwane Medal by the American Geophysical Union in 1988 for outstanding research. In 2007, she received the AGU’s Maurice Ewing Medal in recognition of her contributions to deep-sea science and leadership in ocean sciences. Discover magazine named McNutt among the top 50 women scientists in 2002. The ARCS Foundation named McNutt Scientist of the Year in 2003. McNutt was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the United States Coast Guard for her work during the Deepwater Horizon oil leakage. McNutt is a member the 2012 USA Science & Engineering Festival’s Nifty Fifty. This group includes the most prominent scientists and engineers from the United States and are committed to renewing the interest in science and engineering among young people. McNutt was awarded the 2017 DRI Nevada Medal.

Marcia McNutt Net Worth

Marcia McNutt is one of the richest Geophysicist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marcia McNutt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1970, she was named valedictorian of her class in the Northrop Collegiate School (now The Blake School), in Minneapolis. In 1973, she received a bachelor’s in physics summacum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College. She was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow and studied geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where she received a PhD in Earth Sciences in 1978. Her dissertation was entitled Continental and Oceanic Isostasy. McNutt, a National Association of Underwater Instructors certified scuba diver, trained in underwater demolition (UDT) and explosives handling with UDT of the United States Navy SEALs.

McNutt spent three years at the US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, working on earthquake prediction after a brief stint at the University of Minnesota. In 1982 she was made assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and in 1988, she was named Griswold Professor of Geophysics. Her previous duties included director of the Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. This cooperative effort was between MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

McNutt is one of six women scientists featured in the 1995 PBS (WGBH-TV) series, “Discovering Women.” How she excelled in science with a household of young daughters and the help of housekeeper Ann and her daughter is described by Jocelyn Steinke in “A portrait of a woman as a scientist: breaking down barriers created by gender-role stereotypes”.

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McNutt directed USGS from 2009 until 2013, when she announced her departure to USGS staff members. She said at the time that she would leave after the launch of Landsat 8 and that Suzette Kimball would serve as the acting director.

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Marcia Ranked on the list of most popular Geophysicist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Marcia McNutt celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.

In May 2010, McNutt headed the Flow Rate Technical Group which attempted to measure the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Preliminary reports from the group said that the rate of the oil spill was at least twice and possibly up to five times as much as previously acknowledged. Subsequent estimates, based on six independent methodologies, were four times the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. A refined estimate based on new pressure readings, data, and analysis, released by the United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and McNutt in August, said that 4.9 million barrels (with uncertainty of plus or minus approximately 10 percent) of oil had leaked from the well until it was capped on July 15. The disaster was the largest ever accidental spill of oil into marine waters.

What is Marcia McNutt known for?

Director, U.S. Geological Survey McNutt, is a distinguished scientist and administrator and the first woman director of the USGS in its 130-year history. Dr. McNutt previously served as president and chief executive officer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), in Moss Landing, California.

What is Marcia McNutt doing now?

Marcia McNutt is a geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences.