
Dr. Kerri D. Seger is an oceanographer with experience in biological oceanography, bioacoustics, acoustic propagation modeling, and effects of noise on fauna. She has 20 years of experience in field measurements of biological sources and 15 years of experience in combining acoustics with oceanography for soundscape parameterization and effects of noise applications. She has led fieldwork projects including documenting avian urban singing behavior around Columbus, Ohio; biotagging cetaceans in Mexico, Hawai‘i, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia; and measuring the full ship shock trial of the USS Gerald R. Ford. Most of her data collection efforts are geared towards understanding the functionality of acoustic signals and parameterizing the effects of noise on communication. Dr. Seger is currently involved in testing density estimation methods of fin whales using Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) data, comparing noise levels in the Gulf of Tribugá (Colombia) to stress hormone levels in humpback whale blubber, and modeling efforts to examine the potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy devices.
Ph.D., Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 2016
M.Sc., Marine Biology, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 2012
B.Sc., Muzoocology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2006
OSHA Forklift certification for Classes IV/V (2017)
Marine Off-Shore Survival U.S. Coast Guard certification (2012)
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) 2022–present
ISO/ANSI Committee for “Measurement and Modeling of Underwater Sound” (ISO/TC 43/SC 3/WG 5) 2022–2025
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS) 2020–present
United Nations Ocean Decade–Maritime Acoustic Environment (UN OD_MAE) Working Group, 2019
International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE) endorsement, 2018–present
Founding member of NE Arctic Network at University of New Hampshire (NSF project), 2017–2018
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), 2012
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) 2011–present
Animal Behavior Society (ABS), 2007–2008
Frontiers in Marine Science (Editor for special issue on BACI), Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Marine Mammal Science, IEEE
Graduate school:
P.E.O. Scholar Award
NSF GK12 Award
NSF IGERT Award
Post-doctoral:
Fulbright Scholar (Colombia) – Founder of PHySIC Project (Ports, Humpbacks y Sound in Colombia
As principal investigator:
Chair of Public Relations Committee of the Acoustical Society of America
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s H. Burr Steinbach Scholar for 2024
Have advised (and almost graduated all) one doctoral student, three master’s students, and four undergraduate students
Kerri D. Seger, Ph.D. Consultant
Dr. Kerri D. Seger is an oceanographer with experience in biological oceanography, bioacoustics, acoustic propagation modeling, and effects of noise on fauna. She has 20 years of experience in field measurements of biological sources and 15 years of experience in combining acoustics with oceanography for soundscape parameterization and effects of noise applications. She has led fieldwork projects including documenting avian urban singing behavior around Columbus, Ohio; biotagging cetaceans in Mexico, Hawai‘i, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia; and measuring the full ship shock trial of the USS Gerald R. Ford. Most of her data collection efforts are geared towards understandi...
Dr. Kerri D. Seger is an oceanographer with experience in biological oceanography, bioacoustics, acoustic propagation modeling, and effects of noise on fauna. She has 20 years of experience in field measurements of biological sources and 15 years of experience in combining acoustics with oceanography for soundscape parameterization and effects of noise applications. She has led fieldwork projects including documenting avian urban singing behavior around Columbus, Ohio; biotagging cetaceans in Mexico, Hawai‘i, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia; and measuring the full ship shock trial of the USS Gerald R. Ford. Most of her data collection efforts are geared towards understanding the functionality of acoustic signals and parameterizing the effects of noise on communication. Dr. Seger is currently involved in testing density estimation methods of fin whales using Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) data, comparing noise levels in the Gulf of Tribugá (Colombia) to stress hormone levels in humpback whale blubber, and modeling efforts to examine the potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy devices.
- Biomonitoring
- Climate Change
- Ecological Risk Assessment
- Modeling
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Ecological Modeling
- Ocean Modeling
- Water Quality Sampling