Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Expertise : Crabs, Ecology, Land Use, Marine Life, Seagrass, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : habitat restoration and conservation and understanding the principles and processes governing the persistence, alterations, and dynamics of submersed aquatic vegetation communities
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise, Sediment, Marshes, human impact on sediments
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Sediment transport and deposition in intertidal, fluvial, and estuarine environments; sediment-vegetation feedbacks; tidal marsh response to human and environmental changes; physical impacts of shoreline stabilization structures
Institution : University of Maryland |
Department : Anthropology |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Crabs, Fisheries, Local Community Organization, Oysters, Sea Level Rise, Social Sciences, socio-ecological resilience, cultural environmental research; climate change governance
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Cultural and socio-economic analysis of climate change impacts for coastal communities and developing multi-level networks to reduce socio-ecological vulnerability to climate/environmental change.
Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) |
Expertise : Ecology, Forests, Invasive Species, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Forest ecology and ecosystem function, including in the riparian zone. Wetlands and mangroves. Biological invasions and herbivory. Climate change impacts on species' distributions and interactions.
Institution : University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) |
Department : Environmental Science |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Forests, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality, Green infrastructure, built environment, urban BMPs
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : water balance of urban trees and urban forests; ecological function of green infrastructure designs; climate resilience of watershed-scale BMPs; biogeochemical cycling and nutrient retention of urban forests, urban trees, and green infrastructure; soil ecology of green infrastructure
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Agricultural and Applied Economics |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Alternative Energy, Environmental Economics, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Social Sciences, Socioeconomic Modeling, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Land Conservation |
Research interests : Transfer of poultry litter
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Ecosystem Restoration |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Communications, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Syntheses and communication of technical information. Leading integrated science efforts.
Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) |
Department : Biogeochemistry/Photobiology |
Position : Postdoctoral Ecologist |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : The production, transformation, and export of wetland dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen.
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology |
Position : Professor |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Alternative Energy, Crabs, Genomics/Genetics, Nutrient Pollution, Toxicology, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Development of fishmeal free diets for aquaculture; monitoring and detection of algal toxin in the Chesapeake Bay; environmental genomics
Institution : US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) |
Expertise : Social Sciences, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Stewardship |
Research interests : co-benefits of BMPs beyond water quality improvements; climate resilient BMPs; integrating social science research and findings into CBP decision-making
