Scripps
Alumni
From sea to the stars, Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumni advance society’s efforts to understand and protect the planet and beyond. Read more about the Scripps alumni currently exploring our universe as NASA Astronauts: Jessica Meir, PhD ‘09 and Megan McArthur, PhD ‘02
Welcome
Alumni of Scripps Institution of Oceanography represent nearly 4,500 academics, scientists, communicators, policymakers, consultants, and entrepreneurs that leverage their diverse backgrounds to advance innovative solutions. Their accomplishments reach far and wide, from education and environment to industry and innovation, and their impact spans the expanse of our planet, from deep oceans to deep space.
If it's been a while since you last connected, this is an ideal place to start. Many in our active alumni community stay connected each year, returning to mentor students, speak at special events, be featured as career spotlights or award nominees, and engage with the vibrant work on campus. The Alumni Director at Scripps Oceanography is here as your gateway to get involved and, however that looks, there's a team ready to support you. Let's chat!
Stay Connected!
The Scripps alumni network is robust and vibrant.
Please share your updates, accomplishments, and ways you'd like to stay active in the Scripps community.
Stay Involved
Reunions & Special Events
Check the event calendar above!
Looking for new reads? Scripps alumni recommend:
- Fresh Banana Leaves
- The Outlaw Ocean
- Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
- Braiding Sweetgrass
- How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
- Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals
Alumni Appreciation Nights with Triton Basketball
Cheer on UC San Diego Men's Basketball in their first season of full eligibility and a chance to advance to the NCAA Tournament. Get the Alumni Promo Pack for just $20 and secure tickets to all three games!
- Jan 11, 2025 - UC San Diego vs. UC Irvine
- Jan 23, 2025 - UC San Diego vs. UC Santa Barbara
- Feb 22, 2025 - UC San Diego vs. Hawai'i
Nationwide Alumni Networks
There are over 245,000 UC San Diego alumni around the world - a powerful resource you can access anytime. Touch base with your regional network in a city near you, find community with cultural groups, or connect with Staff & Faculty alumni.
Scripps Career Support
Scripps alumni secure challenging and satisfying positions across the globe with a wide range of employers. From recorded Scripps alumni career panels to job announcements, we want to support you in your search!
Companies can use the Scripps Corporate Alliance to recruit Scripps talent and share competitive job opportunities.
Industry Job Postings
SIO Job Announcement Listerv
Tritons Connect
Like LinkedIn, Tritons Connect is a helpful tool to find and interact with your fellow alumni. Unlike LinkedIn, everyone is affiliated with UC San Diego and you can use the directory or filter by location, degree, job, industry (and more!) to match with a mentor, connect in groups, and share more advanced job opportunities.
UC San Diego Career Center
Wherever you are on your professional journey, the UC San Diego Career Center is here to support you along the way. As a Triton, you can request personalized resume and cover letter advising for 6 months after graduation, and have lifetime access to free resources including career fairs, job listings, networking tools and events.
Alumni Email for Life
Alumni Email for Life is a permanent @ucsd.edu email address from which Alumni can send and receive emails. It is a forwarding service provided exclusively to our UC San Diego Alumni to help fellow Tritons, friends and family stay in contact with you.
Special Discounts
Your status as a Triton gives you access to a wide variety of valuable campus, career and travel discounts.
Access UC Library System
UC San Diego alumni donors who make an annual gift of any size to any fund may enjoy complimentary access to the UC library system.
Event Highlights
Scripps Environmental Systems Student Symposium 2024
Scripps alumna Jamie Kennedy '09, Senior Planner for the City of San Diego, returned to address the ESYS student researchers and encouraged them to "walk through doors that have been opened for you and always open more for others".
Ocean Sciences Meeting Scripps Alumni & Friends Reception 2023
Over 100 Scripps alumni from 1986-2023 representing impactful agencies such as the Office of Naval Research, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, The Ocean Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, NOAA, NASA and many more reconnected in New Orleans!
2024 Scripps Delegation to COP28 - Dubai, UAE
The Scripps Oceanography delegation to the 28th U.N. Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28) included current students, alumni practitioners from around the world, staff, faculty, and leadership.
San Diego Scripps Alumni Reunion 2024
Local San Diego alumni gathered for an "off campus TG" in North Park to network, share hiring or partnership opportunities, and reconnect with classmates from 1988-2023
Alumni Celebration Weekend
Led by Oriana Poindexter MAS `15, Scripps alumni return to create cyanotypes using photochemistry techniques first developed in the 1840s
Scripps Suite at the Padres!
Scripps alumni and friends cheer on a Padres win (and three-run home run!) at Petco Park
Alumni Celebration Weekend 2023
SCOPE volunteers including Scripps Alumnus Shane Clark `17 led UC San Diego alumni, family members, current students and community members on pier tours to highlight the research, innovation, and strategic location of Scripps.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations to Dr. Alfredo Giron Nava MS `16, PhD `19 for receiving the 2023 Emerging Leader Award – one of UC San Diego’s highest honors.
A humble powerhouse, Dr. Alfredo Giron Nava has co-founded two internationally recognized organizations: dataMares and the UN Early Career Ocean Professionals Programme, has over ten years of specialized experience applying sophisticated data and technology to ocean solutions in 15+ countries, and actively elevates the voices of fellow early career ocean professionals to a global stage.
"This is the perfect moment to be an early career ocean professional," he explains. "There are so many new collaborations popping up, there is so much energy behind supporting early career people to take leadership roles, to innovate with collaboration...it is just a very exciting moment".
Contact
Risa Farrell, M.A. (she/her)
Director, Alumni Engagement
As the Alumni Director at Scripps Oceanography and UC San Diego alumna myself, I believe in continued relationships well after graduation and the power of building connection and practical support in San Diego, across the country, and around the globe.
I love to hear where our alumni are now, connect them with practical career support, celebrate any news, deepen community through reunions & special events, and involve alumni in the vibrant work underway at Scripps.
Let's chat!
