VP Technical Services Delivery, INSPIRE Environmental

Biography

Dr. Vigness-Raposa is a marine scientist with expertise in underwater acoustics, spatial modeling, and impact assessments of anthropogenic activities in the marine environment. She uses innovative techniques to model and predict environmental impacts and co-created the award-winning educational website “Discovery of Sound in the Sea” (dosits.org). Over the course of her career, she has led acoustic monitoring teams on research cruises and taught graduate-level courses at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Vigness-Raposa participated in the acoustics and electromagnetic studies for the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP), as well as the Bureau of Ocean Management studies of the construction and operation of the Block Island Wind facility off the U.S. east coast.