Heidi M. Dierssen
Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Education
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, Advisor: John Ryan, 2002 – 2003
- Postdoctoral Fellow. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. California State University. Advisor: Richard Zimmerman, 2001 – 2002
- Ph.D., Geography (marine science concentration). Geography Dept. and Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, Advisor: Raymond Smith, 2000
- M.S., Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California, 1989
- B.S., Biological Sciences, 1989
Research Focus
- Remote Sensing of Coastal Habitats: Seagrass, floating vegetation, sediments, macroalgae, and carbon export
- Imaging of organismal color and camouflage
- Southern ocean sources of backscattering: coccolithophores and bubbles
- Long Island sound color and exchange: remote sensing in optical complex water
- Biogeographical distributions of marine organisms
Awards
NASA Group Achievement Award 2014
Publications
| heidi.dierssen@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | 860-405-9239 |
| Fax | 860-405-9153 |
| Mailing Address | 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340 |
| Campus | Avery Point |
| Link | https://colors.uconn.edu/ |