Institution : University of Maryland |
Department : Anthropology |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Local Community Organization, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Sea Level Rise, Social Sciences, Cultural heritage
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Cultural processes affecting climate change decision making
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Position : Graduate research assistant |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Alternative Energy, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Economics, Graphic Arts, Land Use, Decision-making science and operations research
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Land Conservation, Stewardship |
Research interests : Farm-level decision-making based on sustainability assessment; sustainability assessment criteria across spatial and temporal extents
Institution : US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) |
Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Position : Agricultural Engineer |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Computer Science, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Cost-effective BMP selection and placement for water quality improvement
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Environmental Engineering, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Antibiotic resistance dissemination in natural and engineering environments; environmental implications and applications of nanotechnology
Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) |
Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Economics, Invasive Species, Land Use, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Social Sciences, Socioeconomic Modeling, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : cost-effective environmental policies and restoration strategies
Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Position : Associate Professor |
Expertise : Ecology, Forests, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Land Conservation |
Research interests : Migrant bird ecology along the Eastern Shore
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Alternative Energy, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : stormwater treatment; nutrient removal; bioenergy production; water purification
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Geography |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Ecology, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Wetlands
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Most of my time at Penn State has been spent as a research scientist at Riparia, a center dedicated to providing science that informs policy and practice. My research has centered on ecological responses to human disturbance and climate change in freshwater wetlands, their neighboring headwater streams, and coastal marshes. My experience as both an ecologist and an educator led me down the path of exploring the responsibility of Higher Education in the pursuit of a sustainable world; I served as the founding Director of Penn State’s Sustainability Institute, dedicated to leading and supporting the University’s integration of sustainability into all of its functions, which is closing in on its five year anniversary. I have just returned to my faculty position in the Department of Geography, building an Office of Engaged Scholarship in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and pursuing the vision of humans and aquatic ecosystems bringing out the best in each other. Current research is in carbon sequestration and cycling in Mid-Atlantic freshwater wetlands and in the high altitude peatlands and tropical marshes of Peru; relative vulnerability of freshwater wetlands to climate change impacts via high-resolution hydrologic modelling; assessment of restoration progress in the Everglades; and the role of monitoring and assessment (including ecologic indices) in adaptive management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Seagrass, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : I use the quantitative tools of spatial analysis, mathematical modeling, and statistics to explore ecological questions in four general areas: the factors controlling nutrient discharges from watersheds; the role of wetlands in moderating nutrient transport; the relationships between watershed characteristics and the ecological health of wetlands, streams, and estuaries; and carbon storage in coastal wetlands.
Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) |
Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences |
Expertise : Crabs, Ecology, Fisheries, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries |
Research interests : Blue crab reproduction
