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Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database

CBED allows scientists, managers, research funders, and other interested parties to identify experts at CRC member institutions and other CBP partner institutions through searches by scientific discipline, management area, research interests, or institution. Please choose your search category (Expertise, First Name, Last Name, etc) from the drop-down list, enter your keyword in the text box, and the click search.

To become part of the CBED, simply register your own expertise data here. The application process is form driven and usually takes under 5 minutes. Your application will be processed within 2 weeks.

Dr. Wie Yusuf

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

Dr. Ben Zaitchik

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

Dr. Marjorie Zeff

Institution : AECOM | Department : Environmental Services | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Sea Level Rise, Sediment, sedimetary geology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : sediment erosion, transport, deposition; sedimentary record

Dr. Qian Zhang

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Integration and Application Network (IAN) | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Statistics, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, nutrients, modeling, watershed transport, hydrology, trend analysis
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Trend analysis in watershed loadings of nutrients and sediments and exploration of factors influencing trends

Dr. Joseph Zhang

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) | Expertise : Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Ecological Modeling, Forests, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise, Seagrass, Sediment, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : earth system modeling; model coupling; seamless large unstructured grid modeling; oil spill; natural hazards

Dr. Weixing Zhu

Institution : Binghamton University | Department : Biological Sciences | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : nitrogen biogeochemistry, urban ecology, stream and wetland restoration

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