Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Meteorology and Atmospheric Science |
Position : Assistant Research Professor |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Oceanography, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : net ecosystem production in estuarine environments; air-sea exchange in estuaries; alkalinity trends in Chesapeake tributaries
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) |
Position : Center director |
Expertise : Ecology, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : climate change impacts and adaptation in coastal communities
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Alternative Energy, Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Stream Health, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Stream/river hydraulics, stream/river engineering and restoration, watershed hydrology, contaminant transport, hydropower
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : My research group focuses on how hydrology, hydraulics, and geomorphology interact to influence ecological health and water quality in stream, river, wetland, and groundwater systems. Our goal is to advance process-based knowledge to allow better informed and more sustainable restoration design, pollutant attenuation by natural processes, watershed planning, and energy generation.
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Appalachian Laboratory (AL) |
Expertise : Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Fisheries, Land Use, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Conservation, restoration, and management of headwater streams, stream health using fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, stream microbes, stream monitoring and assessment
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology |
Expertise : Environmental Microbiology, Sponges
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : Bacterial symbionts of marine invertebrates, in particular sponges; micro algae and their associated bacteria
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Water Resources |
Position : Research Hydrologist |
Expertise : Environmental Statistics, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Analysis of watershed nutrient loadings and their trends over time.
Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) |
Department : Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Position : PhD Graduate Student |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Dead Zones, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Statistics, Genomics/Genetics, Marine Microbiology, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Zooplankton
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Modeling physical processes and biogeochemical interactions in Chesapeake Bay
Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) |
Department : Ecological Modeling Lab |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Statistics, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Wetland Ecosystem Services, Soil and Plant Carbon Sequestration Potential, Coastal Resiliency, Remote Sensing, and Synthetic Data Building
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Invasive Species, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Stream Health, Water Quality, Ecosystem Function
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Quantifying effects of environmental change on water quality and freshwater ecosystem function; Linking biological and physical processes with carbon and nutrient sources, cycling, and fate in aquatic networks
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Education, Fisheries, Marine Life, Oceanography, Rockfish
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Stewardship |
Research interests : fisheries recruitment dynamics, stock assessment, forage species ecology and management
