Education

Ph.D. Information Communication Technology, Erasmus University
M.A. English, Florida International University
B.S. Education, University of Miami

Bio

Dr. Morgan’s research area is the development and operation of high performance international wide-area submarine cable networks that support research and education collaborations between the US and Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.  Her team has implemented a production SDN network of 600G capacity that connects exchange points in Brazil, Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico, and others to the AMPATH International Exchange Point for Research & Education in Miami at the NAP of the Americas.  Morgan works closely with the Center for Internet Augmented Research & Assessment (CIARA) at Florida International University, which she co-founded in 2003.

Heidi is a Co-Principal Investigator (PI) for several NSF funded projects including:

IRNC: Core Improvement: Americas-Africa Lightpaths Express and Protect (AmLight-ExP) (NSF Awards #2029283)

IRNC: Core Improvement: AtlanticWave-SDX: A Distributed Experimental SDX Supporting Research, Experimental Deployments, and Interoperability Testing on Global Scales (NSF Awards #2029278)

Construction of Vera C. Rubin Observatory under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) Account 1202910  Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Subaward for International Networking