Principal investigator
(she/her)
Dr. Liz Weidner is an acoustical oceanographer who uses broadband acoustic systems to study high-latitude oceans.
Liz is an Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at University of Connecticut, Liz was a postdoctoral fellow at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and received her PhD in oceanography from a joint program between the University of New Hampshire and Stockholm University. She also has her MSc in Ocean Mapping from the University of New Hampshire (2018), her BS in Oceanography from University of Washington (2012), and worked as a geophysicist for C&C Technologies Survey Services Inc and Oceaneering International Inc.
In her free time, she enjoy hiking, distance running (currently running at the Walden Preserve in Salem and training for the Mohawk Mountain Race), and painting large-scale mural installations.
Liz's most recent CV is here.
You can find Liz on Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Twitter.
PhD student
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Cloé will be starting in Fall 2025 as PhD student in Physical Oceanography at the University of Connecticut, where she will study high latitude ocean acoustics.
Cloé received her BA in Environmental Policy and BA/MA in Economics from CUNY Hunter College in 2022. While her studies were focused on climate change policy, she conducted oceanographic research as an undergraduate. This led her to receive the Fulbright Open Study/Research Award during which she completed the first year of a Marine Science Masters at Sorbonne Université in Paris, France. From 2023-2025, Cloé has worked as an ocean model scientist for the Naval Research Laboratory in Stennis Space Center, MS, specializing in data assimilation and ensemble models.
In her free time, Cloé loves to swim, sail, and go for hikes with her two dogs.
Our lab is part of IPAOMG, a group of researchers spanning international boundaries, including in the USA, Poland, and Singapore. We are working to understand glaciers through acoustic measurements.
Interested in joining the lab? Check out the contact page for more information.