Margaret Leinen (an haife ta a watan Satumba 20, 1946) yar wasan kwaikwayo ce Ba'amurke kuma masanin burbushin halittu. A cikin 2013, an nada Leinen a matsayin darekta na 11th na Scripps Institution of Oceanography, da kuma shugaban Makarantar Kimiyyar Ruwa a Jami'ar California, San Diego. A cikin 1969 Leinen ta sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya a Geology daga Jami'ar Illinois, digiri na biyu a fannin nazarin yanayin teku daga Jami'ar Oregon State a 1975, da digirinta na uku a fannin ilimin teku a 1980 daga Jami'ar Rhode Island. An zabe ta 'yar'uwar Kungiyar aKsashen Amirka don Ci gaban Kimiyyar Kimiyya da Ƙungiyar Geological Society of America. A cikin 2016, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta zabe ta a matsayin Jakadiyar Kimiyya ta Amurka. A cikin 2020, Leinen an zaɓi shi zuwa Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka kuma an nada shi ɗan'uwan The Oceanography Society. "New Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences Creates Vision for Scripps Oceanography". Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. October 24, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2014. Leinen, Margaret (1976).