http://beta.oceanexpert.org/expert/aesacco

ORCID : 0000-0002-8664-6085

MS

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Physical Oceanography

I am a Ph.D. student in the Marine Turtle Research Group in the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida. My current research involves the intersection of remote sensing techniques, image analysis algorithms, and environmental modeling to study floating platforms, specifically in the North Atlantic Ocean, as well as the seascape ecology of sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic Ocean. I'm particularly interested in interaction between sea turtles and their surrounding environment, including Sargassum, coral habitats, 3-dimensional seascapes, oceanic currents, and atmospheric conditions (winds, storms, etc.), including building baseline data for the Gulf of Mexico habitats. I am interested in the development of new methodologies of incorporating spatial analysis, remote sensing, machine learning, statistical modeling, and algorithms in computer vision with marine biology. 
I have a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the State University of New York: Empire State College and an M.S. in Sea-ice Geophysics working in the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where I studied seascape habitats of the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) in the Bering Sea and the changes of sea ice during the spring melt. I am also passionate about polar geosciences, traditional knowledge research, science communication, stakeholder outreach, and have presented research to the Eskimo Walrus Commission on research in sea ice and the impact on harvested marine mammals through climate change.

Barentsz Sea
Chukchi Sea
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic Ocean
Bering Sea
South Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean

Machine learning and statistical modeling, CROCO, ROMS_AGRIF, GIS, SAR and electro-optical remote sensing

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