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
Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) |
Department : Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience |
Position : Professor and Assistant Director for Education |
Expertise : Communications, Local Community Organization, Social Sciences, Human dimensions, Resilience planning, Stakeholder engagement
Chesapeake Management Areas : Stewardship, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Multi-sectoral collaborations for coastal resilience (government, business, nonprofits, civil society); resilience planning at the local level; human-centered approaches to flooding and coastal resilience
Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) |
Department : Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Position : Associate Professor |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding)
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Climatic drivers of water quality variability in the Chesapeake Bay; trends in precipitation and temperature in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; remote sensing of estuary water properties and ecological processes
