Institution : Virginia Tech |
Department : Biological Systems Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Air Quality, Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : climate and nutrient cycling
Institution : University of Wyoming |
Department : Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources |
Position : Visiting Assistant Professor |
Expertise : Social Sciences
Chesapeake Management Areas : Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship, Fostering Diversity |
Research interests : Weston M. Eaton is a visiting assistant professor with the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. He conducts research and teaches courses on collaborative and community stakeholder driven approaches to managing complex environmental problems including water resource challenges and energy transitions. Wes applies mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods to address both practical and scholarly problems. He pursues opportunity to support knowledge co-production, social learning, and relationship building among scientists, practitioners, students, and communities.
Before joining the University of Wyoming, Wes was Assistant Research Professor with The Pennsylvania State University, where he led a multi-state team conducting research on and with stakeholder engagement to address water quality and quantity challenges in Arizona, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania.
Wes also leads the Advancing Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes project that convenes a diverse and international network consisting of scholars and practitioners invested in learning about and bettering the knowledge and practice of stakeholder engagement.
Institution : Penn State University (PSU) |
Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Biosolids
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality |
Research interests : Phosphorus Delivery from Application of Manures and Biosolids
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Geography |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding)
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : water supply sustainability; climate change; drought
Institution : Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc. |
Department : Management |
Position : President |
Expertise : Establishing native vegetation & bioenergy crops; custom mixes for wetland mitigation, restoration and wildlife habitat and soil bioengineering materials
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality |
Research interests : Successful grower of approximately 400 native species of seeds and plants for commercial utilization in wetland restoration, meadow establishment, bioretention and wildlife habitat
Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) |
Department : Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences |
Expertise : Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Trace Metals, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Byproduct management
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants |
Research interests : Chemistry, availability, fate and transport of N, P, C, and heavy metals in land-applied by-products
Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) |
Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences |
Expertise : Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Oceanography, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency |
Research interests : Global and regional climate change, sea level rise and associated flooding
Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
Department : Fisheries Science |
Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Fisheries
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats |
Research interests : Habitat use and movement ecology of marine & estuarine fishes; recruitment dynamics of Chesapeake Bay fishes; fish population dynamics; invasive species ecology (particularly blue catfish)
Institution : University of Maryland |
Department : National Center for Smart Growth/College of Information Studies |
Position : Community Outreach and Engagement Manager |
Expertise : Chesapeake Bay Advocacy and Fund-Raising, Local Community Organization, Social Sciences, Stream Health, Water Quality, Local Government
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship |
Research interests : Local Collaborative Engagement in Watershed Protection and Restoration
Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) |
Department : Environmental Health and Engineering (EH&E) |
Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Forests, Social Sciences, Water Quality, Behavioral Science
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship |
Research interests : Human behavior change; empirical evaluation (causal inference) of environmental program impacts on humans and the environment
