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Member Since 1999
Galen A. McKinley
Professor, Columbia University
Galen McKinley is an ocean, carbon cycle and climate scientist. Her research focuses on the physical, chemical and ecological drivers of the global ocean’s uptake of anthropogenic carbon. Regional and global ocean and climate models, and data science techniques applied to large community-compiled datasets are her primary tools. Selected honors include AGU's 2020 Ocean Science Voyager award, 2012-2013 Defense Science Study Group, and the Class of 1955 Teaching Award at UW-Madison in 2011.
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2002
Rice University
Bachelors
1995
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The ASTE‐BGC Data‐Assimilative Regional Ocean Biogeochemical Model
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
02 august 2026
Reconciling ocean carbon uptake estimates: a multi-model assessment of fCO2 reconstruction skill within the SOCOMv2 initiative
SOLAS AND SOCOM: UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS AND FEEDBACKS BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE II ORAL
air-sea interactions | 27 february 2026
SOCOMv2: The impact of near-surface vertical temperature gradients on the ocean carbon sink within the fCO2 product ensemble
SOLAS AND SOCOM: UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS AND FEEDBACKS BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE I POSTER
air-sea interactions | 25 february 2026
Quantifying Background Ocean Carbon Uptake in the Context of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR EVALUATION OF MARINE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL (MCDR) I ORAL
carbon management | 24 february 2026
Sparse Data and Explainable Machine Learning to Evaluate Earth System Models and Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Models
CONFRONTING OCEAN MODELS WITH BIOGEOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS ACROSS TIMESCALES I POSTER
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 24 february 2026
Sensitivity of the ocean carbon sink estimates to rare observations
THE SOUTHERN OCEAN CARBON SINK: PROCESSES, OBSERVATIONS, AND CHANGE II POSTER
high latitude environments | 24 february 2026
Comparing the Representation of fCO2 in GOBMs and Observations Using Statistical Learning
CONFRONTING OCEAN MODELS WITH BIOGEOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS ACROSS TIMESCALES I POSTER
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 24 february 2026
Quantifying the ocean carbon sink by combining models, observations, and machine learning
TOOLS IN HARMONY: INTEGRATING OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS FOR IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF A CHANGING OCEAN I POSTER
ocean technology and observatories | 23 february 2026
Volunteer Experience
2011 - 2014
Associate Editor
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2026
Ocean Sciences Voyager Award
Received December 2020