Mark R. Abbott

Mark R. Abbott is the current director and president of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). 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.[1][2]

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

References

1. "President and Director". Woods Hole Oceanohraphic Institution. 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
2. "WHOI Names Mark Abbott President and Director". Woods Hole Oceanohraphic Institution. June 30, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2019.