Sarah Heavren

Sarah Heavren, standing on the balcony of Rose Island Lighthouse, overlooking green trees and bushes with ocean and blue sky in the background.
  • Research Associate I, NEMO
  • Department of Natural Resources Science
  • Phone: 401.874.5074
  • Email: sarah_heavren@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Coastal Institute, Office #001F

Biography

Sarah graduated with a master’s in environmental science and management, along with graduate certificates in hydrology and GIS/remote sensing, from URI in 2024.  Her coursework involved studying the fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater, and she worked with Dr. Tom Boving on geospatially representing total dissolved solids concentrations in private wells in Little Compton.  She is also proficient in terrestrial LiDAR scanning and GNSS RTK data collection from her time interning with the National Park Service.

Research

Water quality, emerging contaminants, remediation