Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Agricultural and Applied Economics |
Expertise : Environmental Economics
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Water quality trading, ag nonpoint source incentives, nutrient assimilation services
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Crop and Soil Environmental Science |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, Soil physics
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : pollutant fate and transport; predicting soil hydrological processes; understanding/modeling soil physical controls on nutrient movement and greenhouse gas emissions
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Forests, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : impacts of global change (e.g., climate change, land use intensification and change) on carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes; soil science; subsurface fate and transport; plant-soil interactions
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : We study the movement of water, sediment, and other substances in a broad range of aquatic environments (e.g., rivers, lakes, estuaries, and the ocean). A broad topic of interest for us within this theme is how the interaction between the flow and sediment forms and sculpts our waterways and landscapes. We study such processes at small spatial and temporal scales where turbulent motion and the interaction of individual sediment particles in the bed or water column influence the dynamics at play. We also study these processes at larger scales where drivers such as climate, man-made alterations to rivers, or the installation of infrastructure influence rivers and deltas over time scales of years to centuries. In all of our work, we are interested in understanding basic processes, developing new experimental methods, and creating quantitative tools for forward and backward modeling. Improving our understanding and ability to model natural systems aids responsible management of river and coastal resources, and helps to give a more accurate understanding of earth’s history and its future trajectory.
Institution : University of Maryland |
Department : Plant Science and Landscape Architecture |
Expertise : Ecology, Forests
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Environmental Literacy, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : We study the response of plants and forests to climate change and other environmental stress factors in natural or urban ecosystems.
Institution : University of Maryland |
Department : Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) |
Expertise : Environmental Education, Land Use, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship |
Research interests : Watershed restoration and stewardship activities
Institution : NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) |
Department : NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) |
Expertise : Local Community Organization, Partnership Building Coordination and Evaluation, Environmental Policy, Outreach, Envision the Choptank
Chesapeake Management Areas : Stewardship |
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Dead Zones, Ecology, Water Quality, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Water quality dynamics and ecosystem recovery; status and trends, factors affecting status and trends.
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Position : PhD student |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Using different models and electronic tools to understand fate and transport of both nutrients and emerging contaminants
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Seagrass, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Coastal marine ecology, including eutrophication, nutrient cycling, and dissolved oxygen dynamics. We are especially interested in the interactions between biological, chemical, and physical processes in coastal ecosystems. We use a combination of experimental efforts, historical data analysis, and coupled biogeochemical-hydrodynamic modeling studies to examine these aspects of estuarine and coastal aquatic science.
