Heidi Sosik

lead scientist for the Northeast United States Shelf Long Term Ecological Research program.[2] She is the co-creator of the Imaging FlowCytobot, an automated underwater microscope that has been used to study microscopic (10-150 micron in size) ocean life over time[3] and to prevent shellfish poisoning.[4] Her inventions and research in phytoplankton ecology has revolutionized the ability to track changes in phytoplankton community composition over time, including at the MVCO time series site, as part of the Northeast United States Shelf Long Term Ecological Research program[5] and through research labs that utilize the commercially available Imaging FlowCytobot and expertise provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Plankton Wiki page. Wikipedia