Key:   AL   Appalachian Laboratory     CA  Center Administration   

CBL Chesapeake Biological Laboratory    HPL Horn Point Laboratory

Anderson, Robert S., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1971, University of Delaware, Newark, Immunology
Toxicology of organic pollutants; cellular and immune responses of invertebrates to organic toxins; carcinogenicity of environmental pollutants.
410.326.7247


Boesch, Donald F., Professor, CA
Ph.D. 1971, College of William and Mary, Marine Science
[President of UMCES] Marine and estuarine ecology; benthic communities and sediment dynamics; marine pollution; national and international marine policy.
410.221.2000


Boicourt, William C., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1973, The Johns Hopkins University, Physical Oceanography
Physical oceanographic processes; continental shelf and estuarine circulation.
410.221.8426


Boynton, Walter R., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1975, University of Florida, Environmental and Sanitary Engineering
Systems ecology; nutrient cycling in estuarine systems; food web dynamics.
410.326.7275


Castro, Mark S., Associate Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1991, University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences
Watershed ecology; interaction between forested ecosystems and the atmosphere; effects of environmental disturbances on forests.
301.689.7163


Chao, Shenn-Yu, Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1979, North Carolina State University, Physical Oceanography
Physical oceanography; continental shelf and slope circulation; western boundary currents; numerical modeling of ocean circulation processes.
410.221.8427


Codispoti, Louis A., Research Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1973, University of Washington, Oceanography
Arctic Ocean processes, nutrient and carbon budgets, descriptive physical oceanography, coastal upwelling and chemical oceanographic instrumentation.
410.221.8479


Coles, Victoria J., Research Assistant Professor,HPL
Ph.D. 1998, University of Miami, Physical Oceanography
Observation and modeling of large scale ocean circulation, bio-geo-chemical tracer distributions.
410.221.8248


Cooper, Lee., Research Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1987, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Stable and radioisotope composition of organic materials and natural waters; aquatic plant physiology; high latitude oceanography and hydrology
410.326-7359


Cornwell, Jeffrey C., Research Associate Professor,HPL
Ph.D. 1983, University of Alaska, Chemical Oceanography
Sediment biogeochemistry; nutrient, metal, and sulfur cycling in estuaries and coastal wetlands.
410.221.8445


Crump, Byron., Assistant Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1999, Univ. of Washington, Oceanography
Sediment biogeochemistry; nutrient, metal, and sulfur cycling in estuaries and coastal wetlands.
410.221.8382


Dennison, William C., Professor, CA
Ph.D. 1984, The University of Chicago, Biology
[Vice President for Science Application] Coastal ecosystem ecology; ecophysiology of marine plants; bioindicators in nearshore environments; assessing ecosystem health.
410.221.2004


Engelhardt, Katharina A.M., Assistant Professor, AL
Ph.D. 2000, Utah State University, Ecology
Effects of species richness on wetland ecosystem functioning and services; Community ecology and ecosystem ecology; Wetland ecology; Aquatic botany.
301.689.7140


Elmore, Andrew J., Assistant Professor, AL
Ph.D. 2003, Brown University, Geological Sciences
Environmental Science, Land-use and land-cover change, Ecohydrology, Biogeochemistry, Remote sensing and spatial analysis.
301.689.7124


Eshleman, Keith N., Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Water Resources
Hydrology; watershed ecology; biogeochemistry of freshwater and groundwater; mathematical modeling of runoff and hydrological systems; freshwater wetland hydrology.
301.689.7170


Fisher, Thomas R., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1975, Duke University, Biological Oceanography
Terrestrial and atmospheric nutrient inputs, nutrient cycling and limitation, and primary production of aquatic systems.
410.221.8432


Gardner, Robert H., Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1975, North Carolina State University, Zoology
[Director, Appalachian Laboratory] Landscape ecology; modeling and predicting dynamics of large ecosystems; ecological risk assessment; effects of land use and global change on sustainability of natural systems.
301.689.7125


Gates, J. Edward, Associate Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1976, Michigan State University, Wildlife Ecology
Landscape ecology, particularly the functioning of ecotones and edges; conservation biology; wildlife ecology and management.
301.689.7173


Glibert, Patricia M., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1982, Harvard University, Biological Oceanography
Phytoplankton ecology; nitrogen uptake and mineralization by plankton; primary production and photosynthesis.
410.221.8422


Harding, Lawrence W., Research Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1978, Stanford University, Marine Biology
[Joint appointment with Maryland Sea Grant College, University System of Maryland] Biological oceanography; phytoplankton physiology and ecology; marine biochemistry; remote sensing of the environment.
410.221.8247


Harris, Lora, Assistant Professor, CBL
Ph. D. 2006, University of Rhode Island
Systems ecology, theoretical ecology, primary producers from phytoplankton to macrophytes, ecosystem modeling
410.326.7391


Harvey, H. Rodger, Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1985, University of Georgia, Microbiology
Organic geochemistry and biogeochemistry; sources, transformation, and fate of hydrophobic organic compounds in aquatic environments; cycling of lipids through the marine food web.
410.326.7206


Heyes, Andrew, Research Assistant Professor , CBL 
Ph.D. 1996, McGill University, Geography
Trace metal geochemistry, mineral weathering, contaminant transport and hydrology, sedimentology, wetlands and aquatic chemistry
410.326.7439


Hilderbrand, Robert H., Assistant Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1998, Utah State University, Aquatic Ecology
Ecology and conservation biology of running waters; Watershed and stream habitat restoration; Linking landscapes and populations; Dynamic modeling of watersheds.
301.689.7141


Hood, Raleigh R., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1990, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Oceanography
Phytoplankton production and light response; analytical and numerical modeling of primary production and pelagic ecosystems; bio-optical oceanography; phytoplankton physiology; carbon dioxide flux at the air/sea interface.
410.221.8434


Hoogland, John L., Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1977, University of Michigan, Zoology
Evolution of social behavior; wildlife ecology; evolutionary ecology and behavior or prairie dog populations.
301.689.7130


Houde, Edward D., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1968, Cornell University, Fisheries Science, Oceanography
Fisheries science, management, ecology; larval fish ecology; resource assessment.
410.326.7224


Kana, Todd M., Research Associate Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1982, Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Regulation of photosynthesis; phytoplankton and aquatic plant ecophysiology; light respiration; applications of mass spectrometry.
410.221.8481


Kaushal, Sujay, Assistant Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 2003, University of Colorado
Biogeochemistry; limnology fate and transport of pollutants; organic geochemistry and environmental history; stream restoration; microbial ecology
410.326.4281


Kemp, W. Michael, Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1977, University of Florida, Systems Ecology
Systems ecology and analysis; primary production and nutrient cycling; trophic structure and ecosystem energetics; seagrass ecology.
410.221.8436


Kennedy, Victor S., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1970, University of Rhode Island, Biological Science
Reproduction, larval behavior, and ecology of bivalves; crab and fish foraging behavior; climate change; restoration ecology.
410.221.8286


Kimmel, David G., Research Assistant Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 2001, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Environmental Science
Ecology and molecular physiology of zooplankton.
410.221.8477


King, Dennis M., Research Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1977, University of Rhode Island, Natural Resources Economics
Management of environmental and economic research; linkages between ecological and economic systems; economics of resource-dependent industries and markets; market and non-market valuation of natural resources.
410.326.7212


Koch, Evamaria W., Associate Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1993, University of South Florida, Marine Science
Hydrodynamically-mediated processes in marine macrophyte systems, especially seagrasses; global seagrass monitoring (SeagrassNet); the effect of global change on coastal plant communities with a focus on sea-level rise/coastal erosion, increased ultraviolet radiation, and elevated CO²; seagrass tissue culture and micropropagation.
410.221.8418


Lazur, Andrew M., Associate Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1990, Auburn University, Aquaculture
Finfish aqauculture
410.221.8474


Li, Ming, Associate Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1991, Oxford University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, ocean mixing processes, numerical ocean modeling, biological/physical interactions and marine pollution.
410.221.8420


Lookingbill, Todd R.,  Research Assistant Professor , AL
Ph.D., Duke University,
EcologyLandscape ecology, forest dynamics, resource management
301.689.7203


Malone, Thomas C., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1971, Stanford University, Biological Oceanography
Phytoplankton ecology; coastal eutrophication; role of science in formulation of environmental policy.
410.221.8490


Marinelli, Roberta L., Associate Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1991, University of South Carolina, Marine Science Program
Sedimentary ecology; Animal-sediment interactions; Infaunal recruitment; Benthic primary production; Analytical and numerical modelling of benthic and water column dynamics; Continental margin processes.
410.326.7201


McKaye, Kenneth R., Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1975, University of California, Berkeley, Aquatic Ecology
Fisheries biology; behavioral and community ecology of fishes; management of tropical fishes; fish stock assessment and systematics.
301.689.7131


Meritt, Donald W., Senior Agent, HPL
Ph.D. 1992, University of Maryland College Park, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences
Aquaculture; invertebrate ecology; wildlife management; ornithology.
410.221.8475


Miller, Thomas J., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1990, North Carolina State University, Zoology and Oceanography
Fisheries biology; recruitment, population dynamics, and feeding ecology of fish; early life history of fish species.
410.326.7276


Mitchelmore, Carys L., Assistant Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1997, University of Birmingham, UK,Toxicity in Aquatic Organisms
Investigating molecular, biochemical and cellular responses of aquatic organisms to inorganic and organic pollutants. Determining species-specificity; biochemical pathways and toxic effects.
410.326.7283


Morgan, Raymond P., Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1971, University of Maryland, Zoology
Ecology of fish; fishery genetics; aquatic pollution ecology.
301.689.7172


Murray, Laura, Research Associate Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1983, College of William and Mary, Estuarine Ecology
Ecology of marine and estuarine wetland communities; research experiences for environmental education.
410.221.8419


Newell, Roger I.E., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1978, University of London, United Kingdom, Marine Biology
Adaptive physiology of bivalve molluscs; benthic-pelagic coupling; parasitism and nutritive stress; salt marsh trophic dynamics.
410.221.8410


North, Elizabeth W., Assistant Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 2001, University of Maryland, Marine Estuarine Environmental Science
Biological-physical interactions: hydrodynamic and particle trajectory modeling, ichthyoplankton and zooplankton ecology, estuarine physical oceanography, fisheries recruitment variability.
410.221.8497


O'Neil, Judy, Research Assistant Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1995, University of Maryland, Marine Estuarine Environmental Science
Cyanobacteria ecophysiology and plankton trophodynamics.
410.221.8411


Palinkas, Cynthia, Assistant Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 2005, University of Washington
Continental-margin sedimentation; formation and preservation of sedimentary strata in the geological record; deposition and accumulation of fluvial sediment in the coastal ocean.
410.221.8487


Palmer, Margaret A. , Professor, CBL
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 
[Director, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory] Stream community and ecosystem ecology; restoration ecology
410.326.4281


Paynter, Kennedy T., Associate Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1985, Iowa State University, Zoology
Comparative physiology of estuarine organisms; oyster disease biochemistry.
410.326.7404


Pitelka, Louis F., Professor, AL
Ph.D. 1974, Stanford University, Biological Sciences
 Plant ecology, ecosystem dynamics, landscape ecology, vegetation analysis, global carbon cycling.
301.689.7101


Roman, Michael R., Professor, HPL
Ph.D., 1976, Universityof New Hampshire, Zoology
[Director, Horn Point Laboratory] Zooplankton ecology; biological oceanography.
410.221.8425


Rowe, Christopher L., Associate Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1994, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Biology
Relationships between sublethal exposure of individuals to pollution and effects at higher levels of organization ; individual and interactive roles of natural abiotic and biotic variables in structuring communities.
410.326.7227


Sanford, Lawrence P., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1984, MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Oceanographic Engineering
Coastal physical oceanography; boundary layer fluid mechanics and sediment transport; oceanographic instrumentation.
410.221.8429


Secor, David H., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1990, University of South Carolina, Biology
Population ecology of fishes; analytical techniques for determining fish life histories and demographics; fisheries and aquaculture.
410.326.7229


Schijf, Johan, Assistant Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1992, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Aqueous biogeochemistry of trace metals
410.326.7387


Stevenson, J. Court, Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1972, University of North Carolina, Botany
Ecology of marsh and seagrass systems, including nitrogen cycling and productivity mechanisms; effect of sea level rise on coastal ecosystems.
410.221.8442


Stoecker, Diane B., Professor, HPL
Ph.D. 1979, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Ecology and Evolution
Physiological ecology and feeding biology of protists; role of protozoa in food webs; trace metal-microplankton interactions; sequestration of foreign organelles by protists.
410.221.8407


Stylinski, Cathlyn D, Assistant Professor, AL
Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Davis, Ecology
Environmental science education and scientific inquiry in precollege classrooms, integrating science research and precollege education, remote sensing and plant ecophysiology
301.689.7272


Suzuki, Marcelino, Assistant Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1997, Oregon State University, Oceanography
Marine microbial ecology; application of molecular approaches to the study of aquatic microbes; quantification of gene abundance/expression; molecular phylogenetics; environmental genomics.
410.326.7291


Takacs, Jacqueline, Senior Agent, CBL
[Maryland Cooperative Extension, UMCP] Environmental Science Education and Stewardship; Aquaculture; Pond Management
410-326-7356


Tamburri, Mario N., Research Associate Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1996, University of South Carolina, Biology
Chemical ecology of aquatic organisms; Non-native species; Larval settlement and recruitment; Coastal sensor technologies



Ulanowicz, Robert E., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1968, The Johns Hopkins University, Chemical Engineering
Ecosystems network analysis; food web studies; ecological thermodynamics.
410.326.7266


Wainger, Lisa, Research Associate Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1997, University of Maryland, College Park, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences
Regional-scale ecological and economic modeling; risk assessment of invasive species; environmental economic indicators; GIS-based spatial landscape analysis
410.326.7401


Willberg, Michael J., Assistant Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 2005 , Michigan State University, Fisheries and Wildlife
Stock assessment; dynamics of exploited populations; harvest policy development and application; statistical model selection and averaging

Wright, David A., Professor, CBL
Ph.D. 1973, University of New Castle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Comparative Physiology
Effects of inorganic pollutants on marine and estuarine organisms; biotoxicity assays.
410.326.7240


Research Scientists

Annis, Eric R., Assistant Research Scientist, CBL
Ph.D., 2004, University of Maine, Oceanography
The role of primary productivity in menhaden recruitment
(410) 326-7370


Carruthers, Tim J.B., Assistant Research Scientist, Integration and Application Network
Ph.D. 1998, University of Western Australia, Botany
Science integration and communication, seagrass ecology
410.221.2045


Filoso, Solange, Associate Research Scientist, CBL
1996 Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara - Aquatic Biology
Biogeochemistry and nutrient dynamics in aquatic ecosystems, including lakes, wetlands, rivers and streams; limnology; watershed science; effects of management and land use on the N cycle at the ecosystem, regional, and global scales.
410.326.7348

Ihde, Thomas F., Assistant Research Scientist, CBL
2006 Ph.D. College of William and Mary, Fisheries Science
Fisheries stock assessment in data-limited circumstances, and the long-term consequences of fisheries exploitation on the life-history characteristics of fished species
410.326.7249


Ju, Se-Jong, Assistant Research Scientist, CBL 
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Science
Organic Biogeochemistry
410.326.7307

Kim, Yong Hoon, Assistant Research Scientist, HPL
Ph.D. 2006, University of South Carolina, Geological Sciences
Coastal and estuarine physical oceanography, estuarine circulation, suspended matter transport, lateral circulation and lateral transport of matters in estuarine channels, flocculation in estuarine environments.
410.221.8374

Williams, Michael, Associate Research Scientist,Integration and Application Network
Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Land-use dynamics, hydrology, nutrient biogeochemistry
410.267.5749

Wu, Jing, Assistant Research Scientist,  Chesapeake Bay Program
Ph.D. 2004, University of Virginia, Environmental Engineering
Watershed modeling, software systems
410.267.9871

Zhong, Liejung, Assistant Research Scientist, HPL
Ph.D. 2001, Florida State University, Physical Oceanography
Coastal and estuarine physical oceanography, numerical modeling and biological/physical interactions.
410.221.8232