MBARI President McNutt To Lead U.S. Geological Survey

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Dr. Marcia McNutt was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the U.S. Geological Survey recently, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) said in a statement. McNutt is leaving her position as president and chief executive officer of MBARI.During her tenure at MBARI, McNutt oversaw a 50 percent increase in the institute's staff, the statement said. During this same period, the institute's flagship research vessel, the Western Flyer, performed groundbreaking research from Canada to Baja California, MBARI representatives continued. Under McNutt's leadership, MBARI also developed a highly successful autonomous underwater vehicle program and constructed the first deepsea cabled observatory in the continental United States, the Monterey Accelerated Research System, the institute said.