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
Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) |
Expertise : Ecology, Forests, Invasive Species, Nutrient Cycling, Wetlands
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : The ecology of plants has been Dennis Whigham’s primary interest and his research has resulted in journeys through forests, fields and wetlands around the world. Explorations have lead to studies of woodland herbs – including orchids, vines, wetland species, invasive species and studies of forests in the tropics, temperate and boreal zones. In recent years, studies of interactions between orchids and fungi have lead in new and exciting directions. Whigham’s current focus is on wetlands, including the role of wetlands associated with juvenile salmon habitat in Alaska; the rarest terrestrial orchid in eastern North America; and invasive species. His current passion is to establish the North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC), an initiative of the Smithsonian and the United States Botanic Garden. NAOCC will be based on continentally focused public-private collaborations that will result in the conservation of the genetic diversity of native orchids, initially in the U.S. and Canada.
Institution : University of Delaware |
Department : Entomology and Wildlife Ecology |
Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Education, Sea Level Rise, Seagrass, Wildlife Ecology, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : I oversee the University of Delaware Waterfowl and Upland Gamebird Program. I research all aspects of waterfowl ecology including habitat use, food preference, population ecology, and bioenergetic modeling. We further study the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance and sea level rise affects habitat and food availability and thus waterfowl population success.
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Geosciences, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute |
Expertise : Geochemistry
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Impacts of energy exploration on water quality; outreach with citizen scientists and high school students
Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) |
Department : Eastern Geographic Science Center |
Expertise : GIS
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Public Access |
Research interests : Data visualization
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Landscape Architecture |
Position : Assistant Professor |
Expertise : Land Use, Stream Health, landscape planning and design
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Innovative stormwater management planning and design
Institution : University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES) |
Department : Environmental Science |
Position : Associate Professor |
Expertise : Oceanography, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Numerical Modeling of Estuarine and Coastal Ocean
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Seepage and drainage in soils; Fundamental mechanisms and processes of surface and subsurface erosion, and erosion control and remediation measures including physical and biological measures; Particle transport and multi-phase flow and distribution in porous media; Microscopic soil and pore fluid behaviors under in-situ and physicochemically and biologically treated conditions.
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Biological Systems Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : biological stressor analyses, statewide modeling of nonpoint source pollutants, development of sediment reduction endpoints
