Institution : University of Maine |
Department : School of Marine Sciences |
Position : Assistant Professor |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Statistics, Fisheries, Marine Life, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Oysters, Sediment, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality |
Research interests : Trend analysis of tidal nutrient concentrations; Phenology of estuarine biogeochemistry
Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) |
Department : Biogeochemistry |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Methane cycling (tree emissions, wetland and upland soils), agricultural impacts on greenhouse gases, nutrient cycling and carbon storage.
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Physical Sciences |
Expertise : Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Marine Microbiology, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : Nitrogen cycling in marine and aquatic systems, polar oceanography, waste water treatment, nitrogen photochemistry
Institution : University of Maryland Extension |
Department : Environment and Natural Resources |
Expertise : Environmental Education, Water Quality, Stormwater BMPs, MS4 Regulations
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship |
Research interests : Efficacy of stormwater BMPs in urban environments
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Biological Sciences |
Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Statistics, Invasive Species, Stream Health
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : community ecology of aquatic systems. Topics include community assembly, invasion biology, symbiotic interactions.
Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) |
Department : Environmental Health and Engineering |
Expertise : Ecology, Forests, Invasive Species, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Paleoecology, paleobotany, palynology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Land Conservation |
Research interests : history of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem based on sediment cores
Institution : Cornell University |
Department : New York Sea Grant |
Expertise : Local Community Organization, Nutrient Pollution, Social Sciences, Water Quality, watershed management, coastal management
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Better understand how local government, communities and individuals make decisions that impact our watersheds and coastal waters as well as their needs for planning for climate resiliency, especially in areas vulnerable to extreme weather and sea level rise.
Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) |
Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Oceanography, Seagrass, Sediment, Trace Metals
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Environmental Literacy |
Research interests : sediment-seagrass interactions and blue carbon burial
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Sediment, Toxicology, Trace Metals, Water Quality, Water Treatment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds |
Research interests : Bioremediation of soil, sediment and groundwater; Biological metal oxidation in coal mine drainage; Biological iron (III) reduction; Biological uranium (VI) reduction; Environmental impacts of shale gas development
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS) |
Department : Physical Sciences |
Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Water Quality, Carbon Cycle
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Influence of human activities and climate on sources and cycling of organic carbon
