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Andrea Pain
apain@umces.edu
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My research links terrestrial and coastal processes by looking at the quantity and quality of water flowing from land to sea, including both stream runoff and groundwater. Streams and groundwater both contribute carbon and nutrients to the coast but vary in composition due to differences in how they flow through the landscape. I am interested in how terrestrial processes impact the quantity and quality of freshwater delivery to the coast and implications for ecological and biogeochemical processes in coastal regions, particularly in the face of climate change and rising sea levels.
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; radioisotope geochronology
Margaret Palmer (*currently not accepting students)
palmer@umces.edu
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Stream community and ecosystems ecology; restoration ecology; stream ecosystem structure and function; influence of land use, hydrology and geomorphology on health of running-water ecosystems
Salina Parveen
sparveen@mail.umes.edu
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Genotypic and phenotypic methods for detecting sources of fecal pollution in aquatic environments; rapid molecular and immunological methods for detection of water and food borne pathogens; improvement of safety and quality characteristics of seafood, poultry, produce
Kennedy Paynter (*currently not accepting students)
paynter@umd.edu
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Comparative biochemistry and physiology of estuarine animals, especially bivalves; oyster disease biochemistry; biology and ecology of the eastern oyster
James J. Pierson (*currently not accepting students)
jpierson@umces.edu
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Zooplankton ecology; how individual behaviors affect population dynamics; how zooplankton individuals and groups function within an ecosystem; microplastic distribution and transport in estuaries; broadening participation in geoscience and ocean science.
Joseph Pitula
jspitula@umes.edu
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PFAS contamination of environmental sites and its biological impacts
Allen Place (*currently not accepting students)
place@umces.edu
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Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that permit organisms to adapt to unique diets, environments, and interactions (symbiosis); genomics of toxic dinoflagellates; and using aragonite to mitigate agricultural nutrient production
Louis V. Plough
lplough@umces.edu
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Population genetics of marine animals, quantitative genetics and experimental breeding of shellfish; oyster biology and aquaculture; ecological genomics of stress adaptation in marine animals; larval biology of marine invertebrates
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
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Martin Rabenhorst
mrabenho@umd.edu
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Genesis, morphology and classification of hydromorphic soils, particularly non-tidal wetlands and coastal marshes; pedogenesis and resource inventory of subaqueous soils; technology development for documenting reducing soil conditions
Marjorie Reaka
mlreaka@umd.edu
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Marine ecology; coral reef ecology; bioerosion of coral reefs; ecology and behavior of mantis shrimp; evolutionary ecology of life history patterns in crustacea
Brian Reed
reedb@umbc.edu
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Sorption of organics/inorganics, surface chemistry, seperation processes, water and wastewater treatment, soil and site remediation, pollution prevention/waster minimization, stormwater management
Allison Reilly (*currently not accepting students)
areilly2@umd.edu
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Dr. Reilly is a civil engineer specializing in risk and resilience of infrastructure systems. She is particularly interested in characterizing the interplay between the resilience of infrastructure and individual decision-making. Recent projects include examination of investment decisions by managers of interdependent infrastructure systems and the movement of hazardous materials under threat of terrorism. Other interests include: hazard risk assessments; decision-making, and infrastructure system performance and protection
Frank T. Robb
FRobb@som.umaryland.edu
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Archaeal molecular biology and biochemistry; genome sequence, structure and repair in hyperthermophiles; mechanisms of thermal stabilization of proteins
Michael R. Roman
roman@umces.edu
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Biological oceanography; zooplankton ecology
Kenneth Rose
krose@umces.edu
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Dr. Rose is the France-Merrick Professor in Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration at Horn Point Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Prior to coming to UMCES, Dr. Rose was a professor at Louisiana State University and a research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research centers on using mathematical and computer simulation modeling to predict and better understand fish population and food web dynamics in estuaries, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans.
Christopher Rowe (*currently not accepting students)
rowe@umces.edu
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Physiological ecology and ecotoxicology of ectothermic animals. Research is focused on bioenergetic and resource-related effects of climate warming and environmental contamination.
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Lawrence P. Sanford (*currently not accepting students)
lsanford@umces.edu
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Coastal and esturaine physical oceanography; fine sediment transport mechanics, geophysical boundary layers, turbulence, surface and internal waves
Amir Sapkota
amirsap@umd.edu
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Exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology; understanding human exposures to chemical agents in the environment and how this exposure may vary across space and time, as well as between different population groups using personal air monitoring as well as urinary and serum based biomarkers of exposure; identification of specific subpopulations that are at increased risk of developing diseases
Amy R. Sapkota
ars@umd.edu
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Microbial environmental exposure assessment, with a focus on evaluating the complex relationships between the environment, food and water production systems, and human infectious diseases
Johan Schijf
schijf@umces.edu
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Aqueous geochemistry of trace metals, especially the rare earth and alkaline earth elements; uptake of trace metals by aquatic plants; trace metal coordination by siderophores and other biogenic organic ligands; using tree cores as archives of environmental metal pollution; environmental impacts of fossil energy production; physical chemistry of seawater; geochemistry of marine anoxic basins; inductively coupled plasma mass and atomic emission spectrometry; electrochemistry and potentiometric titration; ion chromatography
Eric Schott
schott@umces.edu
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The Schott lab research focuses on understanding aquatic health in two main areas: the discovery and tracking of estuarine pathogens in the blue crab and other shellfish and the health of urban estuaries for living resources and people. Dr. Schott collaborates with numerous researchers and stakeholders, applying molecular methods to study the health of fisheries and describe the biodiversity of Baltimore Harbor.
Harold Schreier (*currently not accepting students)
schreier@umbc.edu
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Microbial molecular genetics and physiology; nitrogen metabolism in Bacillus subtilis; control of glutamine synthease operon expression; regulation of gene expression
David Secor (*currently not accepting students)
secor@umces.edu
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Fish ecology; fish life history and migration studies; fisheries stock enhancement; migration and habitat use as behaviors controlling and regulating population dynamics
L. Jen Shaffer (*currently not accepting students)
lshaffe1@umd.edu
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Ethnoecology/Local Environmental Knowledge; social-ecological systems; conservation; livelihoods; food and water security; adaptation to environmental change; resilience; vulnerability; historical ecology; wildlife conflict & co-existence
Adel Shirmohammadi
ashirmo@umd.edu
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Bioenvironmental and water resources engineering; water quality/transport modeling; nonpoint source pollution assessment using an integrated watershed approach
Greg Silsbe
gsilsbe@umces.edu
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Biological oceanography with an emphasis on the role of phytoplankton in the global carbon cycle. Satellite remote sensing; phytoplankton physiology; African Great Lake limnology.
Kevin R. Sowers
sowers@umbc.edu
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Biology of methanogenesis; anaerobic bioremediation; regulatory pathways in methanogenic Archaea; bioprocess scale-up of microorganisms from extreme environments
Lori Staver (*currently not accepting students)
lstaver@umces.edu
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The common denominator in my work has been the role of nitrogen in aquatic plant ecology. I am most interested in how to build resilience into restored coastal habitats, given that most of these sites are impacted to some degree by eutrophication, and are also on the front lines of climate change and sea level rise. I am currently collaborating with others on biogeochemistry, restoration genetics, geomorphology, and the application of facilitation theory to vegetation establishment methods in tidal marsh restoration.
J. Court Stevenson (*currently not accepting students)
court@umces.edu
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Coastal zone resources and water quality management; ecology of marsh and sea grass systems; effects of sea-level rise on wetlands and coastal shorelines; environmental history of Chesapeake Bay and its watershed
Diane Stoecker (*currently not accepting students)
stoecker@umces.edu
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Biological oceanography & plankton ecology, microzooplankton; Mixotrophy (alternate modes of nutrition) in the plankton
Stephanie Stotts
snstotts@umes.edu
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Dr. Stephanie Stotts is Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and faculty lead for UMES' Urban Forestry Program. Dr. Stotts is a dendroecologist with expertise in tree and root response to changing environmental conditions.
Joseph Sullivan
jsull@umd.edu
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The responses of plants to various forms of environmental stress - both natural and anthropogenic; physiological mechanisms that enable plants to exist in a wide range of environmental conditions; how human activities impact plant, agricultural or ecosystem productivity
R. Dwi Susanto
dwisusa@umd.edu
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Quantitative study of oceanography in the tropical Indo-Pacific region using in situ observation and remote sensing approaches, including the Indonesian throughflow (ITF) monitoring; Upper ocean circulation and processes (ocean currents, upwelling, tidal mixing, air-sea interactions, internal waves, marine heat waves) and their impacts on marine primary productivity; Ocean renewable energy
Christopher Swan (*currently not accepting students)
cmswan@umbc.edu
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Steam community and ecosystem ecology; riparian biodiversity and stream processes; urban riparian-steam ecology
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Mario Tamburri
tamburri@umces.edu
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Coastal sensor and sensor platform development; chemical ecology of marine organisms; ecosystem monitoring and marine conservation
Daniel E. Terlizzi
dterlizz@umd.edu
Plant aquaculture; phycology (Sea Grant Extension Service, NOAA)
Jeremy M. Testa (*currently not accepting students)
jtesta@umces.edu
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Coastal marine ecology, including eutrophication, nutrient cycling, and dissolved oxygen dynamics; interactions between biological, chemical, and physical processes in coastal ecosystems using a combination of experimental efforts, historical data analysis, and coupled biogeochemical-hydrodynmaic modeling studies to examine these aspects of estuarine and coastal aquatic science.
David Rogers Tilley
dtilley@umd.edu
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Ecological engineering; wetland assessment with hyperspectral radiometry; ecosystem filtration of air pollutants; net energy analysis of bio-fuels; environmental accounting and emergy analysis
Stephen Tomasetti
sjtomasetti@umes.edu
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Global change ecology with emphasis on warming, deoxygenation, and acidification; Shellfishes and biogenic habitats; Resilience and climate-adapted habitat restoration; Aquaculture and sustainable coastal food systems; Socio-ecological systems
Alba Torrents
alba@eng.umd.edu
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Chemical transformations and sorption of organic pollutants; environmental fate of toxic chemicals; applications of spectroscopic techniques to environmental systems
Allison Tracy
amtracy@umbc.edu
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I am a community ecologist studying the impact of the environment on species interactions. I'm especially interested in the ecology and evolution of disease, spatial ecology, and the role of habitat-forming foundation species in ecosystems.
My research focuses on marine health and disease, with a focus on Chesapeake Bay organisms and ecosystems. I study the ecology of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, including the reef habitat they form, the impact of restoration and management, and species interactions. Chesapeake Bay oysters are a well-studied system for understanding marine disease, which serves as a strong foundation for my work on host-parasite interactions. The other branch of my research focuses on co-infection, immunity, and environmental drivers on corals reefs in Puerto Rico. Understanding and conserving foundation species is a uniting theme of my work.
Kate Tully
kltully@umd.edu
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Research interests: agroecology; nutrient and carbon cycling in plant-soil-water systems; soil health, environmental impacts of agriculture; sustainable agricultural systems; impacts of agriculture on Chesapeake Bay water quality; impacts of sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion on coastal farmlands.