Degrees

  • M.S. Geology, University of Missouri, Columbia
  • B.S. Geology, Western Illinois University, Macomb

Bio

Before landing at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Rita worked for 11 years as a Senior Project Manager in the Environmental Consulting industry at a variety of firms across the US. At Scripps, she currently provides project coordination support for the International Ocean Discovery Program Science Support Office (http://www.iodp.org), HiSeasNet (http://hiseasnet.ucsd.edu), the Autonomously Deployed Deep Ocean Seismic System (ADDOSS) project, and the Ocean Bottom Seismometer Instrument Pool (http://www.obsip.org).

Projects and programs from her past include the Center for Earth Observations and Applications, and the Ocean Observatories Initiative - CyberInfrastructure Program (http://oceanobservatories.org). Rita resides in the San Diego area with her husband and their two hairless dogs.