Maureen Raymo is a distinguished paleoclimatologist and marine geologist, currently serving as the Co-Founding Dean Emerita of the Columbia Climate School and the G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Science at Columbia University. She is recognized as a pioneer in the study of climate change throughout Earth's history.

Her research focuses on documenting and understanding how and why the Earth's oceans, biogeochemical cycles, sea level, and climate have changed in the past.