UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT ... - Marine Sciences

Vlahos, Penny (PhD, University Of Massachusetts)Assistant Research ProfessorRESEARCH FOCUS:Chemical engineering and chemical oceanography with specific interest in: 1) the geochemistry ofcarbon in order to better understand and identify processes that control the global cycling ofcarbon (with an emphasis on organic carbon), 2) the transport and fate of organic contaminantsin the environment and the development of passive chemical samples and 3) the cycling ofnutrients in Long Island Sound.CONTACT:Phone: (860) 405-9269 Email: penny.vlahos@uconn.eduPhysical OceanographyBohlen, W. Frank (PhD, MIT-Woods Hole)ProfessorRESEARCH FOCUS:To increase our understanding of the dynamics governing the transport of fine-grained sedimentsin coastal and estuarine waters and to document the response of the sediment-water interface toboth long-term persistent and short-term aperiodic, storm related factors. Ongoing work seeks toextend and refine observations to permit resolution of the specific factors governing transport nonlinearitiesincluding consideration of biologically mediated variations in sediment fabric,particulate associated alterations in boundary shear stress, and advective effects associated withvariations in the local flow field.CONTACT: Phone: (860) 405-9176 Email: walter.bohlen@uconn.edu Web Site: mysound.uconn.eduFUNDING:Broadwater $471,757 Broadwater Energy Metocean StudyDierssen, Heidi (PhD, University of California)Assistant ProfessorRESEARCH FOCUS:Coastal optics and remote sensing to address questions related to biological and physicalprocesses in the ocean. The research is developing algorithms to use remotely sensing imagery toquantify phytoplankton and CDOM in optically complex waters and benthic habitats in opticallyshallow waters.CONTACT: Phone: (860) 405-9239 Email: heidi.dierssen@uconn.edu Web Site: colors.uconn.eduFUNDING:NASA $281,540 Benthic ecology from space: algorithms for.. Co-PI’s: Zimmerman/ODUDOD $137,548 The backscattering enigma in natural waters Co-PI’s: Sullivan URI/Wet Labs- 11 -