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Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.

Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.

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Professor and Senior Marine Scientist (Emeritus)

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama, USA

Ken Heck is a Professor and Senior Scientist (Emeritus) at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the University of South Alabama. He is a marine ecologist whose research has focused on plant-animal interactions in coastal waters, with an emphasis on seagrass-dominated ecosystems. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles and held long-standing editorial positions at four scientific journals. In addition, he regularly serves on advisory and review panels for government agencies. He is a past President of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), and a co-recipient of CERF’s Odum Award for Lifetime Achievement. Dr. Heck received a BS from the University of West Florida and MS and PhD degrees from Florida State University.

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The Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO), directed by the Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON), is a network of partners researching biodiversity as the heart of healthy, productive, coastal ecosystems, where marine life and people are concentrated and interact most. MarineGEO marshals the Smithsonian’s leadership in discovery and convening power to advance knowledge useful to decision-makers in supporting innovative management and protection of marine life.