Institution : University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Department : Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Contaminants of emerging concern
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : Occurrence, fate, and toxicity of contaminants of emerging concern in water, sediment, and biota (e.g., crayfish, mussels, and oysters); nutrient recovery from municipal wastewater and agricultural waste
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Engineering |
Position : Director: Center for Dirt and Gravel Roads |
Expertise : Environmental Education, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation |
Research interests : Sediment pollution and increased landscape to stream connectivity from public roads in Pennsylvania
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Water Resources |
Position : Research Hydrologist, Scientist Emeritus |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : Resolving sources, history, and fate of nitrogen in groundwater and streams; application of environmental tracers and isotopes to determine transport times and reaction rates of dissolved constituents; environmental isotope forensics; water quality effects of agriculture and wastewater disposal in different climatic and hydrogeologic settings.
Institution : The Nature Conservancy |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Restoration Project |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Computer Science, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Statistics, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, Wetlands
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Current efforts include watershed modeling to target bmp's and estimate cumulative benefits of bmp implementation; also to assess natural filter (created, restored, natural wetland) functions
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Agricultural and Applied Economics |
Expertise : Social Sciences, Socioeconomic Modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Costs of meeting water quality goals; barriers and incentives for adoption of conservation practices to protect water quality.
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES) |
Department : Appalachian Laboratory (AL) |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality, Isotope Biogeochemistry
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Watershed nitrogen export during storm events; source identification of nitrate in stream waters using isotopes; quantification of atmospheric nitrate in stream waters
Institution : Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), Virginia Tech (VT), Old Dominion University (ODU) |
Department : Operations/Research/Water Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Position : Director of Water Technology and Research, Adjunct Professor |
Expertise : Alternative Energy, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sea Level Rise, Water Quality, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : water and wastewater treatment, water quality, nutrient removal technology
Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) |
Department : Environmental Health and Engineering |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Trace Metals, Water Quality, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : Dr. Bouwer’s research interests encompasses factors that influence biotransformation of contaminants, bioremediation for control of contaminated soils and groundwaters, biofilm kinetics, biological processes design in wastewater, industrial, and drinking water treatment, anaerobic digestions of wastes to recover energy as methane, algal biofuels, transport and fate of microorganisms in porous media, behavior of metals in contaminated sediments, and defining and managing environmental risks.
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Biogeochemistry, Water Resources |
Expertise : Air Quality, Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Environmental Statistics, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Trace Metals, Water Quality, Environmental Education, Hydrology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : Status and trends of water quality; drivers of nutrient pollution; nitrogen budgets; phosphorous budgets; SPARROW modeling; invasive species; coastal loadings.
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Seagrass, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Land Conservation |
Research interests : sources, effects and fate of nutrients; sediment biogeochemistry
