Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) |
Expertise : Alternative Energy, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Genomics/Genetics, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Microbial processes related to nitrogen and phosphorus mobility and retention in the landscape and engineered treatment systems, microbial conversion of organic materials into energy carriers through bioelectrochemical systems and anaerobic digesters.
Institution : University of Maryland, College Park |
Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Position : Assistant Professor |
Expertise : Infrastructure resilience modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Risk assessments primarily related to infrastructure in regions affected by climate change and flooding
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Tidal Marsh Ecology, Citizen Science Programs
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Stewardship |
Research interests : Marsh Restoration Ecology
Institution : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
Department : Economic Research Service |
Expertise : Environmental Economics
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Economic analysis of conservation and environmental policy design
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Air Quality, Alternative Energy, Environmental Engineering, Land Use, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Land Conservation, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Agroecosystem modeling of carbon, nutrients and greenhouse gas emissions to improve cropping system design; strategic locations of perennials on the landscape; markets for perennial crops and winter crops including fuels, materials and chemicals.
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Communications, Ecology, Oysters, Water Quality, Ecological physiology, estuarine and marine invertebrates
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : consequences of global and local stressors for the physiology of marine invertebrates in coastal ecosystems; interdisciplinary approach to testing hypothesis by employing complementary techniques from other disciplines (oceanographic sensor technology, environmental chemistry, biogeochemistry, coastal ecology); mechanisms of stress tolerance over short time scales (acclimatization) and longer time scales (local adaptation); focus on human-caused stressors such as ocean acidification, ocean warming, and hypoxia, as well as natural environmental variability; study systems include oysters and other bivalves in the Chesapeake Bay, tropical reef corals, and mussels in the temperature rocky intertidal.
Institution : University of Maryland, College Park |
Department : Sea Grant Extension (AGNR) |
Position : Watershed Restoration Specialist |
Expertise : Environmental Education, Land Use, Local Community Organization, Nutrient Pollution, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Social Sciences, Water Quality, Stormwater BMPs- Agricultural, Suburban and Urban
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Behavior change as it relates to implementing small scale stormwater BMPs
Institution : Virginia Tech |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Education, Local Community Organization, Seagrass
Chesapeake Management Areas : Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : Higher education outreach and environmental education
Institution : Princeton University |
Department : Atmospheric and Oceanic Science |
Position : Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Computer Science, Dead Zones, Environmental Statistics, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Effect of sea level rise on salinity and tides; subseasonal prediction of temperature, salinity, and water quality; climate model analysis and downscaling
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Ecology, Toxicology, Wildlife Ecology, Herpetology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : Physiological Ecology of Animals; Anthropogenic impacts on wildlife
