CCPO and ICAR
Spring 2024 Virtual Seminar Series
NOTE: There is no seminar on Monday, 17 February because of Presidents’ Day Holiday
MONDAY, 10 February 2025
3:30 p.m.
ZOOM Link
https://odu.zoom.us/j/91998876794?pwd=7lmmAqAju020YfyWahPaGpkMJ3iF4C.1
Meeting ID: 919 9887 6794
Passcode: 869861
The CCPO and Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR) seminar next week will be given by Dr. Laura Lorenzoni who is the Program Scientist for the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry (OBB) Program in the NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate (flyer attached). Dr. Lorenzoni will provide an overview of the OBB program, including new research opportunities.
Information about Dr. Lorenzoni is available at:
https://science.nasa.gov/people/laura-lorenzoni/
Information about the NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program is available at:
https://cce.nasa.gov/ocean_biology_biogeochemistry/index.html
Dr. Eileen Hofmann will host Dr.Lorenzoni’s virtual seminar. There will be an informal discussion with Dr. Lorenzoni prior to the seminar starting at 3pm.
Please join via the seminar Zoom link above to talk with Dr. Lorenzoni and attend the seminar.
Everyone is encouraged to attend the seminar.
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Title: Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry at Nasa: A Perspective from Space
Abstract
This seminar will focus on the power that NASA brings to ocean sciences from the unique perspective of space. A brief overview will be provided on the unique work NASA does for Earth Sciences, the research that the Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry (OBB) program supports, and some of the most exciting new directions we are preparing to explore.
Biography
Laura Lorenzoni is a Program Scientist for the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program (OBB) in the NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate. The OBB program focuses on describing, understanding, and predicting biological and biogeochemical conditions, interactions and changes in the upper ocean, as determined by observation of aquatic optical properties using remote sensing and in situ data. Laura completed her undergraduate in Biology at the Universidad Simon Bolivar (Venezuela), and subsequently earned both her master’s and PhD degrees in Marine Science at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include land-ocean interactions, and the influence of rivers on transport and distribution of dissolved and particulate organic matter in the coastal ocean. For over a decade, she worked with the CARIACO Ocean Time-Series project and has been an advocate of time-series (in situ ship-based and autonomous, as well as satellite remote sensing) as tools to understand natural and anthropogenic changes in the ocean.
Previous seminars are available on CCPO/ICAR Seminar YouTube Playlist