Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Position : Research Professor |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Crabs, Ecology, Fisheries, Land Use, Marine Life, Oysters, Seagrass, Clams
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency, Fostering Diversity |
Research interests : My research expertise encompasses three primary areas of focus, including (i) effects of environmental stress, such as shoreline development and hypoxia, upon benthic invertebrate diversity, (ii) predator-prey dynamics and top-down versus bottom-up control of benthic systems, and (iii) restoration ecology. My current research projects continue my emphasis on the three research areas noted above, and include the impacts of habitat degradation on faunal communities, restoration of bivalves in Chesapeake Bay, nursery habitat quality for the blue crab in Chesapeake Bay, benthic predator-prey relationships, and food-web dynamics.
Institution : Hood College |
Department : Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies |
Position : Sr. Scholar |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Algae Blooms, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecology, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise, Stream Health, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Zooplankton, Plankton Ecology & Foodweb
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Algal and cyanobacteria blooms (drivers, mitigation); relationships between physics, chemistry, and plankton dynamics; land use, loads, and system responses
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
Department : Physical Sciences |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : the inorganic carbon (CO2) system; distinguishing between natural and anthropogenic variability in coastal systems
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Environmental Resource Management |
Position : Assoc. Professor |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Education, Land Use, Nutrient Pollution, Stream Health, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship |
Research interests : Ag BMP effectiveness, Water quality benefits of natural and constructed wetlands
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Environmental Resource Management |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Engineering, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality, Wetlands
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship |
Research interests : agricultural nutrient fate and transport; wetland biogeochemistry and water quality
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Environmental Statistics, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, watershed modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Development of models for management of nutrients and sediment
Institution : Anacostia Riverkeeper |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Communications, Ecology, Environmental Education, Local Community Organization, Marine Life, Nutrient Pollution, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship |
Research interests : Bacterial sampling and related public outreach, Stormwater runoff BMPs
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Coastal and Marine Geology |
Position : Research Oceanographer |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Oceanography, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Measurements and modeling of coastal and estuarine sediment transport and morphological change
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Aquatic Health Sciences |
Expertise : Crabs, Ecology, Fisheries, Marine Microbiology, Invertebrate Zoology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats |
Research interests : Health issues in blue crabs, disease ecology, transmission of infectious agents in marine systems
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
Department : Environmental Science and Technology, College of Ag. and Natural Resources |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, Field and Watershed Scale Modeling
Research interests : Urban and rural storm water management under current and future climate scenarios using modeling and Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS), Systems level work on the NEXUS of Food, Energy, Water, Farmer-led Climate Change Adaptation for Agro-ecosystems
