Institution : West Virginia University |
Department : Plant and Soil Sciences, and Forestry and Natural Resources |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Forests, Land Use, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, Physical Hydrology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : My current research interests include natural and anthropogenic stressors that affect fundamental relationships of climate, soil, water, atmospheric and biogeochemical interactions that lie at the heart of watershed management. I am interested in quantitative predictive characterizations of the outcomes of current, and future management strategies, and climate change scenarios. I am keenly interested in the examination of appropriateness of current ecosystem management practices and policies and in the Eastern United States and elsewhere given ongoing dynamic population growth and development pressures on fresh water resources. Specific research includes: hydrology and climate, runoff processes, biogeochemical transport and loading (nutrients, chemicals, sediment), hydro-geomorphology, forest hydrology, evaporation and transpiration processes, forest canopy interception processes, watershed hydrology, watershed collaborative adaptive management, water use and management.
Institution : Morgan State University |
Department : PEARL (Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory) |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species, Marine Life, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Rockfish
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality |
Research interests : Impact Analysis of Oyster Reef Restoration
Institution : University of Delaware |
Department : Plant and Soil Sciences |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : legacy sediments and water quality, extreme weather events, storms events and watershed runoff, nonpoint source pollution, watershed nutrient loadings
Institution : Shippensburg University |
Department : Geography |
Expertise : Land Use, Socioeconomic Modeling, Land use change modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : land use change analysis, land use change forecast modeling, coupling land change models with ecosystem models, synergistic effects of land use change and climate change
Institution : Green Fin Studio |
Department : Science Communication |
Position : Vice President |
Expertise : Communications, Graphic Arts
Chesapeake Management Areas : Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : Stakeholder engagement and environmental communication
Institution : Chesapeake Environmental Communications |
Expertise : Chesapeake Bay Advocacy and Fund-Raising, Communications, Ecology, Environmental Education, Fisheries, Local Community Organization, Oceanography, Oysters, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Developing effective communication products and programs to enhance science literacy among decision makers at all levels. I focus primarily on coastal and marine ecosystems, with an emphasis on Chesapeake Bay.
Institution : US Department of Energy |
Department : Office of Sustainable Environmental Stewardship |
Expertise : Alternative Energy, Communications, Ecology, Environmental Education, Land Use, Local Community Organization, Marine Life, Nutrient Pollution, Sea Level Rise, Social Sciences, Stream Health, Water Quality, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Stormwater management, partnerships in support of bay restoration, effects of collaborative efforts among agricultural and watermen stakeholders, EO 13508
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Fisheries Science |
Expertise : Ecological Modeling, Environmental Statistics, Fisheries, Marine Life, stock assessment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries |
Research interests : Dynamics and management of marine and estuarine species
Institution : US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) |
Department : Office of Research and Development (ORD) |
Position : Physical Scientist |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Nutrient Pollution, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Watershed hydrology and water quality; climate and land use change impacts and management in agricultural, built and natural ecosystems; stream-riparian interactions; stream and watershed restoration; water infrastructure, resilient designs of urban and agricultural systems; decision support and modeling tools.
Institution : National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
Position : AAAS Postdoctoral Fellow |
Expertise : Local Community Organization, Social Sciences, Climate Change Planning and Resilience
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Ethnographic approaches to understanding social-ecological system vulnerability and resilience to climate change.
