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

Full List of Publications

Heidi Dierssen
Contact Information
Emailheidi.dierssen@uconn.edu
Phone860-405-9239
Fax860-405-9153
Mailing Address1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340
CampusAvery Point
Linkhttps://colors.uconn.edu/