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Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database
CBED allows scientists, managers, research funders, and other interested parties to identify experts at CRC member institutions and other CBP partner institutions through searches by scientific discipline, management area, research interests, or institution. Please choose your search category (Expertise, First Name, Last Name, etc) from the drop-down list, enter your keyword in the text box, and the click search.
To become part of the CBED, simply register your own expertise data here. The application process is form driven and usually takes under 5 minutes. Your application will be processed within 2 weeks.
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Dr. Carys Mitchelmore
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) |
Position : Professor |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Algae Blooms, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Crabs, Dead Zones, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Fisheries, Genomics/Genetics, Invasive Species, Jellyfish, Local Community Organization, Marine Life, Marine Microbiology, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Rockfish, Seagrass, Sediment, Stream Health, Toxicology, Trace Metals, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Wildlife Ecology, Zooplankton, oil spill response and impact, forensics, ballast water, emerging contaminants, human health
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Environmental Health and Toxicology; investigating the fate and effect of chemicals and other stressors on organisms. A focus on understanding the routes of exposure, uptake, metabolism and target site(s) of contaminants, mechanism(s) of action/effect and consumption risks for higher trophic levels. Toxicity testing and application (including risk assessment, regulation and management activities, determining ballast water technique efficacy and risks) and the development and use of various biomarkers at multiple levels in various invertebrate and vertebrate species, including early-life stages.
Dr. Mark Monaco
Institution : NOAA National Ocean Service |
Department : National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Fisheries
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Stewardship |
Research interests : Impact of habitat modifications on species distributions and abundance & marine spatial planning.
Dr. Kenneth Moore
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Position : Professor |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Seagrass, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : My research studies have focused on the ecology of estuarine and coastal shallow water environments, especially those vegetated with marshes, seagrasses and other submersed aquativ vegetation. Specifically, I have studied the relationships between these aquatic macrophyte systems and environmental factors including water quality conditions that limit their growth, survival and restoration. These studies have been hierarchal in nature, ranging from the physiological response of individual organisms, to field studies of seagrass restoration, to ecosystem-level response of seagrass beds to management actions in the Chesapeake Bay. Similarly, tools for investigating these different levels have varied, from measurements of plant photosynthesis both in the field and in the lab, using pulsed modulated fluorescence (PAM) and other techniques, to bay-wide abundance changes using remotely sensed data and satellite imagery. I am very active in coastal resource management at the state, regional and national levels, focusing on shallow water quality issues and SAV restoration.
Dr. Joel Moore
Institution : Towson University |
Department : Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Stream Health, Trace Metals, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Effects of urbanization on stream chemistry (with implications for nutrient cycling); assessment of the effectiveness of stream restoration on nutrient and sediment load reduction
Dr. Barbara Muhling
Institution : University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) |
Department : Institute for Marine Sciences |
Position : Project Scientist |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Statistics, Fisheries, Marine Life, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : (Relevant to Chesapeake Bay): statistical downscaling to project future temperature/salinity conditions in the Bay, impacts of climate change on Vibrios in the Bay
Dr. Andrew Muller
Institution : United States Naval Academy |
Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS) |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Environmental Statistics, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise, Sediment, Water Quality, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Environmental Literacy, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Developing Neural Network models and wavelet analysis for shallow water estuaries.
Dr. Rebecca Murphy
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) |
Position : Assistant Research Scientist |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Dead Zones, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Statistics, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality |
Research interests : tidal water quality data analysis
Mr. Bob Murphy
Institution : Tetra Tech |
Department : Center for Ecological Sciences |
Position : Fish Ecologist |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Environmental Statistics, Fisheries, Marine Life, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Seagrass
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats |
Research interests : Microplastics in coastal waters; response of living resources to habitat restoration; SAV restoration and ecology;
Dr. Raghu Murtugudde
Institution : University of Maryland |
Department : Atmospheric and Oceanic Science |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Communications, Dead Zones, Ecological Modeling, Fisheries, Marine Life, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Regionals Earth System Prediction
Dr. Raymond Najjar
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Meteorology and Atmospheric Science |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources)
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : I'm interested in Chesapeake Bay biogeochemistry (nutrients, oxygen, and carbon, mainly) as well as how climate change affects Chesapeake Bay.