Meenakshi Wadhwa
Charles F. Kennel Director; Vice Chancellor and Dean for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences · Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
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Award-winning planetary scientist specializing in formation and evolution of the solar system. She became the 12th director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in October 2025 and also serves as UC San Diego Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences and dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Geographic context: United States / India-born.
Davos status
No verified 2027 attendance claim is available.
Last verified: 11 September 2026
Sources & verification
- https://www.weforum.org/open-forum/sessions/open-forum-the-snow-must-go-on/
- https://scripps.ucsd.edu/about/leadership/directors-biography
- https://scripps.ucsd.edu/about/leadership/profiles
- Recorded research sources. Historical references do not confirm Davos 2027 attendance.
Record last verified: 11 September 2026. Organiser and self-reported pages are labelled as such and are not independent verification.