Ph.D. in oceanograhy at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, 1977; at the time of her selection assigned at Scripps Institute
of Oceanography, La Jolla, California; semi finalist in
NASA astronaut group 8 selection; 1993 until 1998 she
served as the director of the Arctic Environmental Security Geographic
Information System at the Naval Research Laboratory; later professor at Hunter
College of the City University of New York; currently Program Manager, Arctic
Research Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.