Hongsheng Bi
hbi@umces.edu
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Ocean-climate variability and ecosystem response; zooplankton community and population dynamics; application of satellite techniques in marine fisheries
Neil V. Blough
nb41@umail.umd.edu
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methods for detecting and identifying free radicals in condensed phases; impact of (photo)oxidative reactions on the transformation and fate of organic & inorganic compounds in natural waters and biological systems
William Boicourt
boicourt@umces.edu
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Physical oceanography of shallow waters, estuaries, river plumes; remote sensing and autonomous samplers; physical-biological interactions and food web dynamics
James Carton
carton@umd.edu
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Physical oceanography; ocean circulation; dynamics of the tropical Atlantic as it responds to meteorological forcing on seasonal and longer timescales
Shenn-Yu Chao
chao@umces.edu
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Physical oceanography; continental shelf processes; western boundary currents dynamics; lower atmosphere circulations; estuarine circulations; numerical modelling of mesoscale processes in the ocean
Victoria J. Coles
vcoles@umces.edu
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Physical and biological response and feedbacks to climate variability and change; Observation and modeling of ocean circulation and ventilation, biogeochemical tracer, and ecosystem cycling
Lee Cooper
cooper@umces.edu
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Interdisciplinary aspects of biogeochemistry and ecology, including stable and radioisotope composition of organic materials and natural waters; aquatic plant physiology; high latitude oceanography and hydrology
William Dennison
dennison@umces.edu
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Coastal ecosystem ecology; ecophysiology of marine plants; bioindicators in nearshore environments; assessing ecosystem health
Keith N. Eshleman
keshleman@umces.edu
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Watershed and wetlands hydrology; groundwater/surface water interactions; biogeochemical processes in upland and wetland ecosystems; hydrochemical modeling; ecosystem interactions with land use change
Thomas R. Fisher, Jr.
fisher@umces.edu
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Biogeochemistry and hydrology of watersheds, denitrification, nutrient inputs to estuaries, cycling and primary production of aquatic systems
Patricia M. Glibert
glibert@umces.edu
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Transformations and fate of nitrogen in marine and estuarine systems; ecology of phytoplanktons; effects of eutrophication; growth and physiology of harmful algal bloom species
Jacqueline Grebmeier
jgrebmei@cbl.umces.edu
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Pelagic-benthic coupling on continental shelves, benthic ecology, inverebrate zoology, contaminant distributions, high latitude oceanography
Lora A. Harris
harris@umces.edu
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Systems ecology; theoretical ecology; primary producers from phytoplankton to macrophytes; ecosystem modeling
Raleigh Hood
rhood@umces.edu
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Phytoplankton production and light response, modeling of primary production and pelagic ecosystems, phytoplankton physiology, bio-optical oceanography
Edward D. Houde
ehoude@umces.edu
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Fisheries science and management; recruitment mechanisms; effects of environment on reproductive success of fishes; ecology of marine and estuarine fishes, especially early-life stages
Todd M. Kana (*not currently accepting students)
kana@umces.edu
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Biological oceanography; algal and plant physiological ecology; regulation of photosynthesis and respiration; oxygen cycling in marine systems; application sof mass spectrometry
Michael S. Kearney
mkearne2@umd.edu
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Quaternary geomorphology; processes and rates of marsh loss; barrier island dynamics; applications of remote sensing to the study of coastal processes
W. Michael Kemp
kemp@umces.edu
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Coastal marine ecology; net community production; nutrient cycling; physical-biological coupling; benthic-pelagic interactions; ecosystem analysis; numerical models
Victor S. Kennedy (*No longer advising new students)
kennedy@umces.edu
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Reproduction and larval behavior and ecology of bivalves; crab and fish foraging behavior; ecology and dynamics of littoral and sublittoral benthic communities; global climate change
Ming Li
mingli@umces.edu
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Physical oceanography, estuarine/coastal circulations; upper-ocean dynamics; turbulant mixing processes, biological/physical interactions
Sairah Malkin
smalkin@umces.edu
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Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology, particularly in sediment environments; benthic ecology; coastal and large lakes ecology. Current projects are investigating the ecology of sulfur oxidizing bacteria in coastal marine systems.
Thomas Malone
malone@umces.edu
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Dynamics of marine ecosystems; phytoplankton ecology; coastal eutrophication
Nicholas Nidzieko
nidzieko@umces.edu
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Effect of mixing and circulation on biogeochemical processes and fates in coastal ecosystems
Elizabeth North
enorth@umces.edu
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Biological-physical interactions: hydrodynamic and particle trajectory modeling, ichthyoplankton and zooplankton ecology, estuarine physical oceanography, fisheries recruitement variability
Judith O'Neil
joneil@umces.edu
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Harmful Algal Bloom dynamics; plankton nutrient and trophodynamics; Cyanobacteria ecophysiology
Cindy Palinkas
cpalinkas@umces.edu
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Continental-margin sedimentation; formation and preservation of sedimentary strata in the geological record; deposition and accumulation of fluvial sediment in the coastal ocean
James J. Pierson
jpierson@hpl.umces.edu
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Zooplankton ecology; how individual behaviors affect population dynamics; how zooplankton individuals and groups function within an ecosystem
Karen L. Prestegaard
kpresto@umd.edu
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Sediment transport and depositional processes; mechanisms of streamflow generation and their variations with watershed scale, geology and land use; hydrology of coastal and riparian wetlands
Michael R. Roman
roman@umces.edu
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Biological oceanography; zooplankton ecology
Lawrence P. Sanford
lsanford@umces.edu
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Coastal and esturaine physical oceanography; fine sediment transport mechanics, geophysical boundary layers, turbulence, surface and internal waves
Alyson Santoro
asantoro@umces.edu
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Microbial oceanography; marine archaea; nitrogen cycling; stable isotope geochemistry
Meng Xia
mxia@umes.edu
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Numerical modeling of estuarine and coastal ocean, such as hydrodynamic modeling and plume dynamics; water quality modeling and bio-physical interaction; wave-current coupling and nearshore circulation