Scott Doney is a marine scientist at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

known for his work on biogeochemical modeling. Doney is the Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor in Environmental Change, a fellow of the

American Geophysical Union The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members). AGU's a ...

, the American Association for the Advancement of Science., and the

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), formerly known as the Limnological Society of America and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, is a scientific society established in 1936 with the goal of advan ...

. He is currently serving as the Assistant Director for Ocean Climate Science and Policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Education and career

Doney has a B.A. in chemistry from the

University of California at San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

and earned his Ph.D. in 1991 from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, acronym pronounced ) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering. Established in 1930 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it ...

Joint Program. He moved to the

National Center for Atmospheric Research The US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR ) is a US federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and funded by the National Science Foundatio ...

(NCAR) where he started a postdoctoral fellowship in 1991. In 1993 he joined the science staff at NCAR, and remained there until he moved to the

in 2002. In 2017 he moved to the

where he is the Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor in Environmental Change.

Research

Doney is known for his use of computational methods including modeling, satellite remote sensing, and data science in the field of oceanography. His work centers on how ecosystems respond to natural and human-induced change through examination of coastal and ocean carbon cycles.

Selected publications

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Awards and honors

* James B. Macelwane Medal,

(2000) * Fellow,

(2000) * Fellow, Aldo Leopold Leadership Program (2004) * Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010) *

A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science The A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences was established in 1980 by the Canadian marine science community to recognize excellence of research and outstanding contributions to marine sciences. It is presented by the Royal Socie ...

(2013) * Fellow,

(2021)

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