Lucy S. Vlietstra, Ph.D.

Education
- Ph.D., University of California – Irvine, 2003
- M.S., State University of New York – Syracuse, 1998
- B.S., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 1994
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Irmisher, I., J. Turk, L.S. Vlietstra, and W. Wright. 2021. Developing future geospatial intelligence professionals through collaboration with mission partners. GEOINT Symposium, St. Louis, MO.
- Morgan, J. N. and L.S. Vlietstra. 2019. Geospatial skill-building through undergraduate research projects at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy: supporting Coast Guard missions with geospatial literacy. Northeast ArcGIS Users Conference, Newry, ME.
- Vlietstra, L.S., K.L. Mrakovcich, V.C. Futch, and B.S. Stutzman. 2016. Anthropogenic climate change in undergraduate marine and environmental science programs in the United States. Journal of College Science Teaching 45(5): 34-43.
- Vlietstra, L.S. 2014. Seasonal abundance of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in relation to water temperature and other zooplankton in the Thames River Estuary, Connecticut. Northeastern Naturalist 21(3): 397-418.
- Burger, J., C. Gordon, L. Niles, J. Newman, G. Forcey, and L. Vlietstra. 2011. Risk evaluation for federally listed (roseate tern, piping plover) or candidate (red knot) bird species in offshore waters: a first step for managing the potential impacts of wind facility development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Renewable Energy 36: 338-351.
- Sinclair, E.H., L.S. Vlietstra, D.S. Johnson, T.K. Zeppelin, G.V. Byrd, A.M. Springer, R.R. Ream, and G.L. Hunt Jr. 2008. Patterns in prey use among fur seals and seabirds in the Pribilof Islands. Deep-Sea Research Part II 55: 1897-1918.
- Jahncke, J., L.S. Vlietstra, M.B. Decker, P. Sullivan, and G.L. Hunt. 2008. At-sea distribution of marine birds around the Pribilof Islands: an interdecadal comparison of spatial and temporal patterns. Deep-Sea Research Part II 55: 1809-1826.
- Vlietstra, L.S., K.O. Coyle, N.B. Kachel, and G.L. Hunt, Jr. 2005. Tidal front affects the size of prey used by a top marine predator, the short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris). Fisheries Oceanography 14(S1): 196-211.
- Vlietstra, L.S., and J.A. Parga. 2002. Long-term changes in the type, but not amount, of ingested plastic particles in short-tailed shearwaters in the southeastern Bering Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44: 935-945.
Professional Memberships
- U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation