(note: participating faculty members cannot serve as primary advisors but may co-advise or serve on committees)
Ayodele Alade
ajalade@umes.edu
web site
Industrial economics; planning and decision model applications
Denise Breitburg
breitburgd@si.edu
web site
Relationship between behavior and community ecology; larval fish ecology
Michael Braun
braunm@si.edu
Molecular evolutionary genetics; ornithology; molecular phylogenetics; speciation; dynamics of hybrid zones; conservation genetics; Neotropical biogeography; ancient DNA
James R. Cohen
jimcohen@umd.edu
web site
Urban restoration; land-use policy; smart growth initiatives
Cynthia Gilmour
gilmourc@si.edu
web site
Mercury and sulfur biogeochemistry
Anson Hines (*currently not accepting students)
hinesa@si.edu
web site
Marine and estuarine invertebrate and fish population biology and community ecology
Lou Kaplan
web site
Microbial ecology in running water systems, DOM dynamics
Heath Kelsey (*currently not accepting students)
web site
Socio-environmental report cards, indicator development, sustainability and resilience, oceans and human health, environmental justice
William R. LaCourse
lacourse@umbc.edu
web site
Pulsed electrochemical detection techniques
Melissa McCormick
mccormickm@si.edu
web site
Effects of environmental change on plant-fungal interactions and plant invasions; molecular ecology; mycorrhizal associations; soil fungal communities; wetland invasive species; Phragmites australis
Patrick J. Megonigal
megonigalp@si.edu
web site
Sediment dynamics; biogeochemical cycling
Walter Mulbry
web site
Biodegradation; biotechnology; toxicology (USDA Agricultural Research Center)
Robert Provine
provine@umbc.edu
web site
Biological bases of behavior; development of the nervous system and behavior; prenatal behavior
Gregory Ruiz
ruizg@si.edu
web site
Invasive species in estuaries; ecological parasitology
Kevin Sellner
sellnerk@si.edu
web site
Phytoplankton ecology, algal blooms; HABs
Thomas Serfass
tserfass@frostburg.edu
web site
Ecology and management of wildlife populations; wildlife techniques; wildlife reintroductions; carnivore behavior and ecology.
Gurbax Singh
gsingh@umes.edu
web site
Resonance apparatus; trace detection of nitro-compounds