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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.

Ms. Suzanne Spitzer

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Marine Estuarine Environmental Science | Expertise : Local Community Organization, Water Quality, Environmental Anthropology, Science Communication
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship | Research interests : Citizen science in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, water quality monitoring programs, science communication and engagement, cultural models of the environment

Dr. Shannon Sprague

Institution : NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) | Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) | Expertise : Environmental Education, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Fostering Diversity | Research interests : systemic implementation of environmental literacy in school districts

Dr. Pierre St-Laurent

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Biological Sciences | Expertise : Ecological Modeling, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Atmospheric nitrogen deposition over the Bay's tidal water

Dr. Darius Stanton

Institution : Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC), US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | Department : Biological Sciences, Ecosystem Restoration, Environment and Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Forestry, Natural Resources, Water Resources | Expertise : Alternative Energy, Ecology, Environmental Education, Environmental Education, Community Based Environmental Management
Chesapeake Management Areas : Public Access, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency, Fostering Diversity | Research interests : Green infrastructure policy, international sustainable development, urban planning design, sustainable urban agriculture, renewable energy resources

Dr. Nina Stark

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering | Expertise : Alternative Energy, Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Oceanography, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : subaquatic geotechnics; coastal geotechnics; subaquatic sediment transport processes; scour; ocean and offshore renewable energy

Dr. Ken Staver

Institution : UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Department : Wye Research and Education Center | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality, Ecohydrology, Agro-ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Nutrient flows in agroecosystems; watershed nutrient dynamics; rehabilitation of fine-grained Chesapeake Bay dredge material; watershed restoration; cover crops

Dr. Meredith Steele

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Land Use, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds | Research interests : My current research investigates the consequences of freshwater salinization and the land use dynamics of cities.

Dr. Deborah Steinberg

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Biological Sciences | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Jellyfish, Oceanography, Zooplankton
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Zooplankton ecology and physiology; coastal and deep-sea food webs; zooplankton influence on cycling of nutrients and organic matter; climate affects on zooplankton community structure; jellyfish

Dr. Corinne Stephens

Institution : Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay | Department : Businesses for the Bay | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Environmental Education, Invasive Species, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Stream Health, Water Quality, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : researching the best ways to involve all partners, including businesses, in restoration. I also have experience determining risk factors for turtle road mortality.

Dr. Cathy Stephens

Institution : University of Maryland, College Park | Department : Engineering | Position : Research Coordinator | Expertise : Alternative Energy, Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Communications, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Environmental Literacy, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : global climate change and its overall affects on the environment from agriculture, to policy, to water resources to infrastructure

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