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.
Institution : American Rivers |
Department : Ecosystem Restoration |
Expertise : Chesapeake Bay Advocacy and Fund-Raising, Ecology, Fisheries, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats |
Research interests : River restoration monitoring, especially dam removal
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Crop and Soil Environmental Science (CSES) |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Nutrient Cycling, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : agricultural best management
Institution : Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin |
Department : Water Resources |
Position : Water Resource Planner |
Expertise : Land Use, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation |
Research interests : Renee Thompson, Water Resources Planner ICPRB
Renee T. Worked for the U.S. Geological Survey as a Geographer, based at the Chesapeake Bay Program, in Annapolis, MD prior to joining the ICPRB team. She has a B.S. In Global Environmental Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and holds a Master's of Community Planning (with a focus on Land Use and the Environment) from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland. Renee T. Worked on mapping and modeling land use change in the Chesapeake bay, maintained datasets related to protected lands and federal lands, conducted research related to infill and redevelopment, mapping and modeling healthy watersheds and vulnerability. She served also served as the Coordinator of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Maintain Healthy Watershed Goal Implementation Team. Renee T. is passionate about land preservation and clean water. In her spare time, she enjoys camping, stand up paddleboarding, swimming and spending time with her kids. She resides in Northeast, Washington, D.C.
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Biological Systems Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, stream restoration
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : stream and wetland restoration design; management of urban streams; streambank erosion rate measurement and prediction; interaction between riparian and wetland vegetation and water movement; wetland water budgets; stormwater management
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO), Environment and Natural Resources, Geography |
Expertise : Land Use, GIS, Healthy Watersheds
Chesapeake Management Areas : Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation |
Research interests : Mapping and modeling land use change in the Chesapeake bay, maintains datasets related to protected lands and federal lands, research related to infill and redevelopment, mapping and modeling healthy watersheds and vulnerability.
Institution : University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) |
Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Environmental Engineering, Water Quality, Environmental Education, Persistent Organic Pollutants
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : Fate of POPs in natural and engineered environments
Institution : US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) |
Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) |
Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Genomics/Genetics, Marine Life, Marine Microbiology, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Oysters, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : Trends analysis of Bay water quality response to changes in pollution loading; Bay aquatic life response to changes in pollution loading; linking watershed activities to tidal response; communication of Bay science and research to managers
Institution : Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
Department : Tidewater Ecosystem Assessment |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Long-term and real-time water quality monitoring to facilitate modeling, research and management decisions
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Fisheries Science |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Crabs, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species, Marine Life, Rockfish, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship |
Research interests : Recruitment of fishes to Chesapeake Bay; early life history population dynamics; effects of invasive species on native fishes; population dynamics of American eel; effects of water quality on fish health and recruitment; changes in fish assemblages through time.
