âThe oceans are in trouble, climate is changing rapidly, and the world is in need of solutions,â the new president of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Peter B. de Menocal, told some 500 attendees at a virtual town hall meeting in early October.
âI think we can use this moment to lead ocean science and engineering in the service of a global good; we are the A-team to bring that science to bear,â he told the WHOI community as he hit the ground running after officially beginning his tenure as the 11th president and director of the institution on October 1.
After an in-depth search process, Dr. de Menocal was unanimously chosen from a pool of 50 candidates from diverse backgrounds to be WHOIâs new president and director.