Audrey Hasson, PhD

Audrey Hasson holds a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the University of Toulouse (France). She has specialized since 2010 in the remote sensing of Sea Surface Salinity by the first generation of dedicated satellites. She has worked as a post-doctoral researcher for the American, French and European Space Agencies (NASA, CNES and ESA). She has authored and co-authored over 15 peered-reviewed scientific papers and has built a comprehensive expertise in the use of in situ, modelling and satellite borne data. She has also participated in several research seagoing expeditions and has a particular interest for public outreach. Audrey Hasson has received the 2016 Women in Science post-doctoral Prize from the L’Oréal Fondation / UNESCO, honoring her achievements as an early career scientist.

Since November 2020, Audrey Hasson is the EU coordinator for the GEO Blue Planet Initiative, hosted by Mercator Ocean International as part of the EU4OceanObs FPI Action funded by the European Union. The Blue Planet Initiative is the ocean and coastal arm of the international and intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO). The initiative promotes the sustained development and use of ocean observations for the benefit of society. She leads the initiative Marine Litter Working Group.