UConn Researchers Deploy Innovative Seafloor Lander in the Arctic
By Cloé Mueller. 20 October 2026. This summer, researchers from the Broadband Acoustic Lab (BAL), led by Dr. Liz Weidner in UConn’s Department of Marine Sciences, successfully deployed a seafloor lander in the Arctic to study changing ocean conditions in a glacial fjord. The lander, a triangular aluminum platform equipped with advanced acoustic instruments, was […]
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CTNERR working on a new marsh monitoring program
By Shelby Larubina. 22 September 2026. This field season, the Research team at the Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve spent over 20 days in the field getting familiar with many of the salt marshes across CT and NY. Working alongside the Maritime Aquarium and UConn’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the CTNERR is collecting […]
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Winter 2026 Departmental Achievements
Awards: Professor Pieter Visscher Prof. Visscher received a Distinguished Career Award from The Geological Society of America. Over a distinguished career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Visscher has led advances in our understanding of the complex interactions between microbial communities, biogeochemical cycles, and the formation of sedimentary structures, bridging microbiology and Earth system science. […]
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