Alumni in Marine Science

Are you interested in pursuing a career related to marine science and conservation? Come join the Scripps College Career Planning and Resources Office for an engaging panel discussion with alumni who have pursued diverse paths in the marine field (open to all 5C students). Alumni will share their career trajectories and advice they have for students interested in pursuing a similar path! Saca’s Mediterranean food will be provided for lunch. Meet the panelists!Tricia Light: I am a marine chemist interested in climate change, the intersection of science with society, and more. I work for Hourglass Climate, a nonprofit organization dedicated to critical, independent science for the responsible development of marine carbon dioxide removal. Before joining Hourglass, I was an Ocean Policy Fellow at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. I received my PhD in Marine Chemistry from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, and I majored in Chemistry at Scripps College.  Caitlin Kenney is a photographer, filmmaker, musician, and environmental educator based in San Diego. She recently completed a master’s in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and is working on finding creative ways of connecting people to issues of conservation. For her final capstone project she created the short film Salacia, on women and representation in marine conservation (combining her double Scripps background!). She’s passionate about building community, environmental justice, the arts, and the outdoors. Rachel Kahn: I’m a systems engineer at CHAOS Industries, and received my PhD in Oceanographic Engineering jointly from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, specializing in ocean acoustics. I was a Physics major/Biology minor at Scripps. I conducted interdisciplinary research at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, applying sound scattering physics to jellyfish and oceanic microbubbles.