Appendix I

A. Brief history of the program 2

B. Description of Facilities at MEES Campuses and Laboratories 3

C. MEES Faculty 15

D. Current students 41

E. Alumni 45

F. Featured Alumni 65

G. Courses taught by laboratory or campus 93

H. Courses offered 2005-2008 95

J. Course listings and requirements by AOS 101

K. Directors Report 2002 123

L. Progress Report Forms 135

A Brief History of the MEES program

From its inception in 1978 as a UM system-wide graduate program, the MEES Program was a broad-based, interdisciplinary environmental science graduate program. As part of a1992 reorganization, the current 6 areas of specialization (ecology, environmental chemistry, environmental molecular biology/biotechnology, environmental science, fisheries science, oceanography) were formed to be offered starting with students entering in fall 1993. The program has grown from a very small group of students (30 in 1980) to 160 in 1990, to a high of over 270 in the late 1990s, and is currently at 182.

The number of faculty currently participating in MEES is approximately 200.

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Description of Facilities at MEES Campuses and Laboratories

University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)

The College Park Campus of the University of Maryland System is the largest of the University’s campuses and offers comprehensive programs in the arts, sciences, agriculture, engineering, and education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The campus, a land grant institution, is counted among the major research universities in the United States with support from the Federal, state, and private resources for its research activities. The location of the campus immediately adjacent to Washington, D.C. makes available to students the cultural and intellectual resources of the nation’s capital.

Faculty members affiliated with the MEES Program are located in a number of departments in agriculture, the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and engineering. Their research interests include aquatic biology, soil and water pollution, groundwater contamination, hazardous wastes, environmental toxicology, wildlife biology and management, fisheries biology and management, physical oceanography and coastal resource management. Research facilities and resources in these areas on the campus are excellent. Cooperative arrangements also exist with researchers at U.S. Department of Health, Department of Agriculture’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the National Institutes of Health, the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, and other Federal research centers in the area, as well as with researchers on other University of Maryland campuses.

The libraries at College Park contain nearly 2 million volumes and subscriptions to more than 20,000 periodicals are received. In addition, linkages are maintained with other major libraries and information resources so that students and faculty members can access either on-line or through hard-copy materials not immediately available on campus. The Computer Science Center houses an IBM 9000/500 mainframe computer, and six UNIX DEC station 5000/100 mainframes that support the IBM and Macintosh workstations throughout the campus. There are also a variety of mini- and microcomputers available on the campus for student use. Environmental scanning electron microscopy and sophisticated mass spectrometry can be conducted at the University of Maryland at College Park.  

During the last several years, the University has upgraded the research facilities. There are several state-of the-art shared instrumentation laboratories that enable students and faculty to have access to these sophisticated instruments whose purchase and maintenance costs far exceed the budgets of individual investigators. Two of these shared instrument laboratories center around biological imaging, for both electron and light microscopy, including a brand-new field-emission scanner, a new confocal microscope and an image reconstruction/deconvolution microscope. A newly established shared laboratory augments existing sequencing facilities on campus and serves the molecular geneticists for the large-scale processing and sequencing of nucleic acids, with multiple robotic sequencers and real time PCR.

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Other core facilities on campus provide instrumentation for fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and analysis, NMR, and mass spectrometry. Equipment and analytical instruments are available in both faculty and core laboratories for the maintenance of animal and plant tissue cultures, for the production of monoclonal antibodies, for the synthesis and micro-analysis of proteins, for large-scale fermentation and cultivation of microorganisms, and for computer assisted molecular modeling. Support staff in shared instrumentation facilities is provided by the college of life sciences, and maintenance costs have been subsidized by the college, thereby providing even occasional users with appropriate training and access, and simultaneously, keeping instrument use costs low. This strategy provides exceptional opportunities for research and training, and enables our students to perform experiments with instrumentation that is at the leading edge of technology.

University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES)

The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES) is an 1890 Land Grant institution in the University of Maryland System. The 30-acre academic center is located among 540 acres of farmland, pasture, and woodlands that compose the Eastern Shore campus. Many of the 78 campus buildings conform to the Georgian Colonial style. It is unique in its location midway between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Because of this location, the campus has concentrated in the areas of marine-estuarine-environmental sciences.

UMES is the only institution in Maryland offering and undergraduate degree program in the environmental sciences. UMES, in cooperation with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES), also offers a BS/MS program in marine sciences that allows students to earn the Master of Science degree in five years. The MEES Program at UMES has concentrations in invertebrate behavior and ecology, aquaculture, barrier island ecology, environmental chemistry, toxicology, pollution, and environmental influences on agriculture. UMES has the second largest concentration of MEES students in the University System and sponsors graduate students on its home campus and at the various UMCES laboratories.

UMES is home of several laboratories and institutes involved in research in the marine environment. The Coastal Ecology Research Laboratory (CERL) is headquartered at UMES with a field station at Assateague Island National Seashore on Sinepuxent Bay. Its staff specializes in the ecology of barrier islands and coastal processes in general. CERL maintains a systematic collection of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial mollusks. Present research within the collection centers on Delmarva species and the Gulf of Nicolya, Costa Rica.

The Crustacean Ecology and Mariculture Institute (CREAM), also located at UMES, occupies several laboratories and has facilities to study marine, estuarine, and freshwater organisms. Members of the Institute are involved in both basic and applied research.

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Current research includes behavior, ecology, physiology, and aquaculture of marine invertebrates.

There are several field facilities to study the effects of gaseous air pollutants (including acid rain and global warming) on the biochemical and physiological properties of crops. Research is also being conducted on the toxic effects of water and soil pollution from land disposal of animal wastes, with emphasis on heavy metals.

UMES faculty receive funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Interior, the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation, NASA, Agency for Internal Development (AID), and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

UMES computing facilities include an IBM 4381 with 24 direct connect terminals plus dial-up lines and microcomputer clusters. Marine research centers have the ability to monitor marine organisms by infrared-sensitive video recording equipment and an image processing system connected to a multiuser DEC PDP 11/44 microcomputer. High-speed data lines offer UMES researchers access to computer facilities on the College Park campus, which include IBM and DEC computers, a satellite link to the San Deigo Supercomputing Center, BITNET, and INTERNET.

University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB)

The University of Maryland at Baltimore is located on 36 acres in downtown Baltimore. The University’s campus is one of the country’ first centers for professional education. The founding of the School of Medicine in 1807 provided the nucleus for the campus, which expanded in 1840 to include the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Sharing the campus with these two schools today are the Schools of Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, and Community Planning; an interprofessional Graduate School; and the University of Maryland Medical System.

The predominant emphasis of the UMAB campus is on training of health care professionals. However, opportunities abound for faculty and students to join with other human service professionals in interdisciplinary study, informal exchange of ideas, and interprofessional clinical practice and research. Among the basic science faculty at UMAB can be found members whose research interests also lead toward solving problems inherent in our marine and estuarine environment. Thus, research opportunities and facilities are available for MES students at UMAB.

The Health Sciences Library at UMAB, which houses more than 300,000 bound volumes and has over 3,000 current periodical subscriptions, is ranked as one of the top 15 health sciences libraries in the nation. Its scope encompasses the basic biomedical and healthy related sciences, as well as the social and behavioral sciences, thus providing literature to support the teaching, research, and health care programs on the campus.

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Computers are available on the UMAB campus for use by enrolled students through the facilities of the Academic Computing Unit. An IBM 4341 is available to students and faculty through terminals placed throughout campus. The system supports a full complement of programming languages. Statistical analysis packages SPSS, SPSS-X, SAS, and BMDP, as well as a document processor, are also available for use.

The laboratories of the faculty at UMAB participating in the Membrane Biology Training Program occupy more than 36,000 square feet of laboratory space and 10,000 square feet for commonly held equipment. The facilities include all the basic equipment needed for standard biochemistry, pharmacology, and cell and molecular biology. They also include oligopeptide and oligonucleotide synthesizers and sequenators; a fluorescence-activated cell sorter; electron microscopes for standard ultra structural studies and for x-ray microbe analysis; fluorescence and confocal microscopes for digital imaging studies, especially of intracellular calcium; fully equipped tissue culture facilities; and electrophysiology set-ups for patch and voltage clamp, for intracellular perfusion of single cells, and for the study of single channels reconstituted into black lipid membranes. UMAB provides expert care for laboratory animals, a well-staffed computer center, and a library designated as a regional branch of the National Library of Medicine.

The UMAB Department of Pathology’s Aquatic Pathobiology Center is located at 700 W. Lombard Street. The 3,500 square-foot center houses a central fish culture area, an isolated experiment room, two toxicological bioassay suites, necropsy and tissue preparation rooms, a modern research laboratory, a machine and glass shop, a conference room and library, and student areas and offices.

Ongoing research at the Aquatic Pathobiology Center includes basic and applied aquatic toxicology pathology and developing nonmammalian models for human diseases such as polycystic kidney disease. Investigations are conducted to evaluate the impact of xenobiotics on fish contaminated waterways, while other studies examine the effects of toxicants on experimentally treated animals. Investigators study many different aquatic animals, including locally important species, such as the striped bass of the Chesapeake Bay.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

UMBC is situated on a rolling 500-acre campus 6 miles southwest of downtown Baltimore. It currently enrolls some 10,700 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs. It is a planned university, established in 1966. The facilities available for MEES research are generally new and modern. Because the University is relatively young, the 384-member faculty, including the 13 MEES faculty, are themselves young and productive. UMBC has several outstanding departments in the sciences and technology.

Of special significance to graduate students at UMBC is the large, modern Albin O. Kuhn Library, which has 540,000 volumes and subscriptions to 4,500 current journals, including numerous journals of science. Academic Computing Services maintains a 16-

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processor SGI Challenge-XL, multiple SGI and DEC multi-user systems, and numerous UNIX, MS-DOS, and Macintosh microcomputers are available for student use. The library has an on-line catalog listing of holdings on the entire University of Maryland System, from which any item can be quickly obtained, and interlibrary loan services exists for items outside of the System. The University also has full-service electronics, machine, and glass working shops as well as one of the finest electron microscope facilities in the nation.

Extensive facilities are available at UMBC for modern research. These include a suite housing laser scanning confocal, electron, and light microscopy; equipment for oligonucleotide and peptide synthesis, flow cytometry, protein purification and analysis, and recombinant DNA technology; facilities for neurophysiological studies; and minicomputers, in addition to more common laboratory equipment. Support facilities include greenhouses, animal quarters, excellent electronics and machine shop facilities, and high-speed access to the Internet. Access to the Chesapeake Bay facilities estuarine studies, and woods or open areas located on or near campus provide sites for field biology. UMBC has a fine library complete with the most modern research journals.

Research interests of the MEES faculty at UMBC include population biology of marine/estuarine and terrestrial animals, sensory biology of marine/estuarine animals, environmental monitoring and toxicology, and the ethology of vertebrates.

University of Maryland Center of Environmental Studies (UMCES)

Appalachian Environmental Laboratory (AL/UMCES)

Located in western Maryland, the Appalachian Laboratory (AL) is at the farthest upland reaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed within the state. Lab Director Robert H. Gardner and the AL faculty conduct research on the structure of terrestrial and freshwater systems and the ecology of their component species, contributing to our knowledge of the complete Chesapeake Bay system from upland stream to tidal tributary to the coastal Atlantic Ocean.

AL was founded in 1962, and is located in the mountains of western Maryland, in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. MEES faculty at the Laboratory conduct research in aquatic ecology, landscape and watershed ecology, conservation biology and restoration ecology, behavioral and evolutionary ecology, and study both freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems of Maryland and other locations in the United States and the world. AL is a member of the Association of Ecosystem Research Centers.

Appalachian Laboratory is the headquarters and administrative lead of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CW CESU), a partnership among 11 university/research institutions and 6 federal agencies whose members strive to understand and protect the natural and cultural resources of the region. The CW CESU is part of the CESU national network of 17 similar partnerships. The primary objective of the network is to foster stewardship of the environment through collaborative research,

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technical assistance and education that support integrated ecosystem management.

Environmental education is an important part of the mission of the Appalachian Laboratory, aimed at motivating future generations to be environmentally literate and to understand the importance of an ecologically healthy environment. Through this effort, the Lab educates teachers, MEES students, and other members of our western Maryland community how to be wise stewards of our valuable natural resources.

AL moved into a new, 47,000 square foot building at the end of 1998, designed and constructed specifically to meet the needs of the Laboratory. It is located in a wooded area adjacent to the Frostburg State University campus. The facility provides office space, as well as state-of-the-art laboratories for plant and soil ecology, aquatic chemistry, watershed hydrology, landscape ecology, limnology, wildlife ecology, behavorial ecology, toxicology, and conservation biology. Other support facilities include a computer room, a large greenhouse, a clean room, growth chambers, a small library, a workshop, and walk-in freezers and controlled temperature rooms. Also in the facility are a teaching laboratory and a small conference facility equipped for Interactive Video Networking (IVN). In addition to providing space for expansion of AL's research and education programs, the building allows for increased research collaboration with faculty and MEES students, and with scientists from both state and federal agencies.

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL/UMCES)

UMCES' oldest facility founded in 1925, the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Solomons, Maryland. Lab Director Margaret Palmer and the CBL faculty members have established a distinguished record of major contributions to regional, national, and international environmental research in the marine sciences. CBL features with a visitor's center and seasonal tourist activities, it is also home to the Center's research fleet (i.e., the 65-foot R/V Aquarius). The laboratory has close access to numerous marine habitats, from marshland and tidal creeks to the estuarine complex of the Chesapeake Bay. The facilities include a total of 44,000 square feet in 14 buildings. This includes over 1,400 square feet of culture facilities supplied with 60 gals/min filtered and temperature regulated sea water; environmental chemistry and geochemistry laboratories with atomic absorption and mass spectrometer facilities; radioisotope experimental and counting facilities; analytical service laboratories for nutrient and organic chemistry; transmission and scanning electron microscope facilities; and a variety of scientific and field sampling equipment. The Research Library contains over 44,000 volumes, 5,00 books and 90 subscriptions, with on-line computer research facilities. A Graphic Arts Department, utilizing computer graphics, is available for preparation of journal articles and slide shows. The Computer Center has a DEC MicroVAX II super microcomputer for local processing and a network link to the College Park campus, providing access to IBM and UNIVAC mainframe computers.

At CBL, MEES students are able to take advantage of facilities, equipment, and major instruments available.  They are provided access to resources and excellent facilities with

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broad capabilities in oceanography, environmental science, remote sensing, and all allied fields. CBL has analytical services centers (e.g. CHN analyzers, mass spectrometers, HPLC, Iatroscan, etc.), state-of-the-art chemistry/geochemistry analytical capabilities, transmission and scanning electron microscope facilities, a research library, graphic arts and shop services, computer facilities with dedicated access to the University of Maryland computer network and the Sea Grant computer facility, and docking and support for the UMCES research vessels. CBL has Seabird CTDs for use from small vessels, with capability to measure temperature, salinity, fluorescence, oxygen, irradiance and turbidity. Other equipment includes Sontek Ocean ADV system, a Sontek micro-ADV system, 3 Seabird C/T data loggers, transmissometers and OBS sensors, mooring gear, a laser particle-sizing instrument (LISST 100-C, Sequoia Scientific), a modified Gust microcosm for erosion measurements, a free-falling C/T microstructure profiler (SCAMP, Precision Measurement Engineering), and a 1.2 MHz Broadband ADCP with a dedicated surface buoy for moored deployment. Tucker trawls and midwater trawls for fish and ichthyoplankton/zooplankton sampling. An acoustical profiling system (TAPS, Tracor Acoustical Profiling System) for in situ zooplankton enumeration, and a pumping system for zooplankton sampling.  UMCES has a 62-ft vessel (RV Aquarius) for use in the orientation research cruise. CBL has a Core Molecular Laboratory that includes an Applied Biosystems 3100 Genetic Analyzer for DNA sequencing.

New and well-equipped greenhouses and seawater laboratories are readily available for student projects. UMCES and UMES have aquaculture and restoration ecology facilities with modular experimental space that uses an open assignment policy.   CBL has classrooms, seminar rooms and dormitory facilities for summer students. UMCES maintains a large fleet of small to large research vessels, including the R/V Aquarius and by 2008, a new state-of-the-art 75’ research vessel designed.   High-speed networks of personal computers and workstations are available to science-mentors, students and research technicians at HPL and CBL, for data management, analysis, and modeling.  CBL also has both UNIX-based and NT-based workstations to support analysis and modeling needs. 

The Chesapeake Bay Program supports a 20-year record of monitoring data on environmental variables, collected baywide 18 times annually, that are available to the P.I.s to support environmental data analysis and modeling efforts. The Chesapeake Bay Observing System (www.cbos.org) maintains eight moored, instrumented buoys throughout the Chesapeake Bay, including above and below the upper Bay ETM, which record air temperature, humidity, and wind speed and direction as well as water temperature, salinity, conductivity, and current speed and direction.

Horn Point Laboratory (HPL/UMCES)

Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) is located on the Choptank River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern Shore. HPL faculty members conduct research on the biology, chemistry, physics, and ecology of organisms and ecosystems from wetlands and estuarine waters of the Bay to the continental shelf and open waters of the world's oceans under the guidance of Lab Director Michael Roman. Horn Point is also home to

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the Environmental Education Program, a series of activities aimed at educating K-12 students and their teachers.

HPL is located on the banks of the Choptank River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The laboratory is interdisciplinary with faculty engaged in research on the biology, chemistry, physics, and ecology of organisms and ecosystems from wetlands and estuarine waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the continental shelf and open waters of the world's oceans. Areas of scientific expertise include oceanography, plankton dynamics, marine macrophyte and wetland ecology, systems ecology, nutrient dynamics and eutrophication, physiological ecology of benthic invertebrates, benthic-pelagic interactions, and aquaculture. HPL is a member of the Southern Association of Marine Laboratories (SAML) and the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML). HPL occupies the 850-acre former estate of Francis V. duPont. Faculty offices, laboratories, classrooms, lecture hall, library, analytical services, and state of the art sea water system are housed in the Coastal and Estuarine Science Laboratory and the Ian Morris Marine Science Laboratory. Additional research facilities include a computer center, production scale hatchery, greenhouse, aquaculture ponds, mesocosms, and boat basin and pier for small boat operations. A modern dormitory with a waterfront view provides sleeping accommodations, dining facilities, and meeting rooms for students and teachers from school districts throughout the Eastern Shore, and the HPL Child Care Learning Center provides day care and educational experiences to the children of the HPL faculty staff, and students.

HPL has made a commitment to the study of plankton dynamics of coastal and oceanic ecosystems. Major research areas include the regulation of photosynthesis, respiration, and nutrient uptake by phytoplankton and the nutrition, growth, and reproduction of planktonic protozoa, copepods, and gelatinous zooplankton. Programs that directly target living resources include research on nutrient assimilation and growth of seagrasses, oyster diseases, nutritional requirements of oysters and striped bass, interbreeding among wild and hybrid fish stocks, and the migratory behavior or anadromous fish populations. Research studies still continue on the water quality requirements for successful growth of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), which provides nurseries and protection from predation, food for waterfowl, and enhanced shoreline stability.

Over the past decade, the need for research and restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed has steadily increased. Striving to meet Maryland's growing environmental needs and maintain its reputation as a leader in ecology and estuarine science, UMCES completed construction of the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory (AREL) at Horn Point. The new state-of-the-art AREL building is the nation's only university research facility dedicated to restoration ecology in which aquaculture approaches are integrated with ecosystem science to produce effective and environmentally sustainable strategies to restore coastal environments such as Chesapeake Bay. Supporting science for the sustainable development of living resources, the sophisticated equipment and instrumentation included in the new building will support cutting-edge research on water quality, biochemistry, geochemistry, marsh and submerged aquatic vegetation, nutrient cycling, and finfish and oyster aquaculture. Unique features of this facility include a

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flume for marsh and submerged aquatic vegetation research; experimental temperature, light, and carbon dioxide controls for climate change research; and a quarantine laboratory for the safe study of non-indigenous species, such as the Asian oyster.The new facility will attract increased support of research and foster existing partnerships with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oyster Recovery Partnership, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and others.

The HPL sea water system consists of two 2500 gpm and two 1500 gpm vertical lift pumps that deliver ambient Choptank River water to the existing hatchery complex and the Horn Point campus respectively. Riverwater is drawn from the Choptank River at an intake chamber in dual 8" and 12" glass lined ductile iron pipes. The 8" lines convert to PVC outside of the intake facility and supply four 1/2 acre, eight 1/4 acre, and eight 1/8acre ponds. At the 1/8-acre ponds, the piping reduces to two 6" PVC lines that supply buildings 386 and 387. The 12" lines convert to PVC outside of the intake facility and terminate at the existing Aquaculture Hatchery. Adequate piping and valving has been installed at the intake facility to allow cross connecting of the systems in the event of emergencies.

HPL is home to the Multiscale Experimental Ecosystem Research Center (MEERC). This center is organized around program elements that use a combination of physical (experimental ecosystems) and mathematical models to explore scale-dependent ecosystem responses to external forcings: Pelagic-Benthic (P/B) Ecosystem Studies; Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Studies; Marsh Ecosystem Studies; Multicosm Studies (P/B and SAV); Modeling Studies; Ecotoxicological Studies. Ecosystems of the land-sea interface (wetlands to open estuarine waters) have been the subjects of the Center's research. Statistical, simulation and network models have been developed and used to formulate hypotheses, predict ecosystem response across scales of variability, and to develop methods for assessing the health of ecosystem in nature.

HPL’s microscope facilities (stereomicroscopes, epifluorescent microscope) include, scintillation counters, and spectrophotometers. Much of the interdisciplinary research conducted by HPL scientists is concerned with the physical and biological processes which govern exchanges of nutrients and energy across the boundaries of the three major habitats which govern exchanges of nutrients and energy across the boundaries of the three major habitats of the earth; land, oceans, and atmosphere. Research programs in marine ecosystems associated with the ocean-atmosphere interface emphasize plankton dynamics. HPL scientists are playing a lead role in the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), an international effort to explore the role of oceans in the global carbon cycle.

University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) Established in 1985 by the State of Maryland, the UMBI’s four Centers (Center of Marine Biotechnology, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology Center, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Public

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Issues in Biotechnology) conduct research and training by providing a core of expertise to advance the state’s scientific and economic development.

Center of Marine Biotechnology (COMB/UMBI)

The Center of Marine Biotechnology (COMB) of the Univeresity of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) is dedicated to excellence in research and education in marine molecular biology and molecular genetics. The research and training programs carried out by COMB scientists are interdisciplinary and interactive, based on applied and basic research, with service to industry, government, and other institutions. COMB is an internationally recognized research Center devoted to the application of molecular biology and molecular genetics to marine organisms. COMB’s mission is two-fold:

(1) To study the molecular biology and molecular genetics of aquaculture and fisheries biotechnology, marine microbial products and processes, and marine pollution and bioremediation; and

(2) To apply this research to improve methods of seafood productions; develop new marine-based compounds and pharmaceuticals, medical diagnostic test methods, and industrial applications of microbial products; and implement novel techniques for environmental cleanup and biofilm prevention.

COMB is the cornerstone and research component of Columbus Center, an international center for marine biotechnology research, education, and public exhibition on Pier 5 at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. COMB occupies 171,00 square-feet of the $160 million Columbus Center, at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. COMB’s laboratories are furnished with sophisticated equipment for DNA and peptide synthesizing and sequencing, image analysis, monoclonal antibody production, anaerobic systems, and high pressure/high-temperature culture systems and feature a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, 22 environmental rooms, a 200-liter fermentor, Biological Level 3 Suites, and Tissue Culture Facilities. COMB also occupies 9,000 square-feet of the Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) at Fells Point.

The ARC, a fish-holding facility, is an 18,000 square foot, $3 million, state-of-the-art, environmentally sensitive marine facility that has met the requirements for Performance Standards for Safely Conducting Research with Genetically Modified Fish and Shellfish. It is a completely contained, recirculating system with large-scale mechanical and biological life support systems. ARC contains multiple tanks of 4, 6, 8 and 12 foot diameter (ranging in volumes from 1 to 20 cubic meters) specifically designed to maintain broodstock and carry out research with fish of various species, 32 smaller tanks of 90 gallons each for carrying out experiments with multiple groups of fish, as well as a complete hatchery area equipped with larval rearing systems and facilities for culture of a wide range of food chain organisms for larval diets. A computerized system maintains full control over the photoperiod, water temperature, salinity, oxygen and water chemistry in each of the tanks, and water quality and operational parameters are constantly monitored. All environmental parameters can be modified to meet the requirements of specific culture conditions and experiments. The circulation of artificial

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seawater is continuously treated with ozone that maintains a disease-free environment. ARC also includes a 700 square foot quarantine facility, a 500 square foot pathogen room, and a 400 square foot laboratory space designed for manipulating fish experimentally and performing basic bench work. This modern and generic facility is designed to carry out studies on multiple finfish and shellfish species. It is also a prototype of an urban mariculture operation, which can be scaled up for commercial applications.

BioAnalytical Services Laboratory (BASLab) assists researchers by providing state-of-the-art instrumentation and training to conduct routine analytical, synthetic and separation projects. BASLab provides services such as DNA sequencing, Plasmid Preparation and PCR Product Clean Up, genotyping, 7500 FAST Real-Time System, and imaging.

COMB also houses the Extremeophile Scale-Up Facility (ExSUF) that is a fermentation facility capable of large-scale growth of microorganisms that require "extreme" growth conditions. Capabilities include growth at temperatures up to 105 °C, extreme anaerobicity and saline concentrations up to 8 % wt/vol. This fermentation facility is equipped with a New Brunswick pilot-scale 250 liter and BioFlo IV 20 liter fermentors with a two stage heating system providing independent temperature control of up to 60 °C for mesophilic and slightly thermophilic microorganisms and up to 105°C for hyperthermophilc microorganisms. Both fermentors are plumbed with air for growth of aerobes and nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide for growth of fastidious anaerobes. Additional gases may be substituted. The fermentation laboratory is also equipped with an additional BioFlo IV 20 liter fermentor and two 5 liter fermentors capable of supporting aerobes and anaerobes at temperatures up to 60 °C. Fermentation processes are controlled and monitored by a central computer. Control parameters include agitation, temperature, dissolved oxygen, mixture and flow of anaerobic gases, vessel pressure, redox potential, pH, optical density, and anti-foam.

COMB also has several downstream processing fermentors; CEPA Z-41 high capacity (2 liter) continuous centrifuge, a medium capacity CEPA LE (0.5 liter) continuous centrifuge, and a Beckman ZCF continuous flow centrifuge with varying cell paste volume capacities. All centrifuges are refrigerated and they are equipped for harvesting cell paste under anaerobic conditions. Additional downstream processing services are not available at this time.

COMB has several support facilities on site such as a dedicated anaerobic laboratory specially equipped with instruments for conducting both small and large-scale batch and continuous culturing of strict anaerobes. The laboratory is plumbed for the distribution and mixing of anaerobic gasses at several bench stations. The facility also contains a shaker incubator with temperature control from 4 to 80 °C, a high temperature stationery incubator with temperature control up to 110 °C, apparatus for preparing anaerobic media, an anaerobic gassing manifold, two Coy anaerobic chambers, and a 6 foot fume hood. Ultra-low temperature freezers (-70 °C) and liquid nitrogen dewars are available for storage of cell material.

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Education and training programs at COMB include training and supervision of UMS graduate students from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, the University of Maryland at College Park, and the Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Graduate Program; courses taught by COMB faculty at all levels; Morgan State NASA Summer Apprenticeships; participation in the Heroes program of the Baltimore City Life Museum to educate high school students; and joint development of and participation by Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows in training courses with Columbus Center.

Research Achievements of COMB’s faculty include: the development of a hormonal kit to manipulate spawning in cultured fish; discovery of the hormone in the fish brain that is most relevant to spawning; a major breakthrough in oyster disease research through the development of a method for culturing in vitro the parasite known as Dermo, one of two pathogens that has caused mass mortalities of the Chesapeake By oyster since the mid 1980s, the development of sensitive and specific molecular diagnostic methodology for this disease; codevelopment of a rapid, on-site diagnostic test kit for detecting Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera; transference of the growth hormone gene from rainbow trout into carp, creating the first successful transgenic fish in the United States; development of a marine-based adhesive that spawned two companies in Maryland.

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C. MEES Faculty, campus, department, AOS, and research area

NAME CAMPUS DEPT AOS PhD INSTITUTION RESEARCH AREA

Adams Lowell W. UMCP ENSTECOL, ENVSC 1976

The Ohio State University, Zoology

Urban wildlife ecology & management; human-wildlife interactions in the metropolitan environment; biological and cultural carrying capacities of urban environments

Aighewi Isoken T. UMES NATSCHEM, ENVSC 1988

University of Minnesota, Soil Science

Environmental quality/health; soil-water pollution/watershed management; environmental soil chemistry; food safety; GIS applications

Anderson Robert S. CES CBL CHEM 1971University of Delaware, Immunology

Immunology: toxicology of organic pollutants; cellular and immune responses of invertebrates to organic toxins; carcinogenicity of environmental pollutants

Angle J. Scott UMCP AGRO ENMB 1986University of Maryland College Park,

Soil Ecology: application of organic wastes to soil; decomposition of organic compounds in soil; non-point pollution; aflatoxin ecology; applied molecular biology

Baker Joel E. CES CBL CHEM 1988

University of Minnesota, Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering Sciences: environmental chemistry; behavior of organic contaminants in coastal marine and estuarine ecosystems

Baldwin Andrew H. UMCP ENST ECOL 1996Louisiana State University, Botany

Wetland ecology; plant community dynamics of coastal marshes and mangroves; disturbance and regeneration ecology of wetland vegetation; wetland seed banks; influence of sea level rise on coastal wetlands; community and ecosystem processes of created and restored wetlands; nutrient effects on wetland plant communities

Bass Eugene L. UMES NATS ECOL 1970

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Zoology

Physiological responses of organisms to the environmental variables; use of alternatives to vertebrates for toxicity testing

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Bean George UMCP PBIO CHEM 1963 University of MinnesotaSecondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi and vascular plants

Becker Jennifer G. UMCP ENST ECOL,ENMB 1998

Northwestern Univeristy, Environmental Engineering

Ecology and diversity of microbial communities that biodegrade xenobiotics; remediation of graoundwater systems contaminated with organis and/or nitrate; anaerobic biological waste treatment processes

Belas, Jr. M. Robert MBI COMB ENMB 1981

University of Maryland College Park, Microbiology

Sensory transuction and genetic regulation of gram-negative bacteria; molecular biology of bacterial adhesion

Benson Spencer A. UMCP CBMG ENMB 1978 University of Chicago,

Genetic analysis of bacterial surfaces; prokaryotic molecular biology and evolution; bacterial evolution and the biology of traditional herbal medicines

Blough Neil V. UMCP CHEMCHEM, OCEAN 1983

Northwestern University, Biophysical Chemistry

Photochemical and free radicals reactions in the environment including the role of metlas and metal-organic complexes in these processes

Boesch Donald F. CES HPL ECOL 1971

The College of William and Mary, Marine Science

Marine Science: marine and estuarine ecology; benthic communities and sediment dynamics; marine pollution; marine policy

Boicourt William C. CES HPL OCEAN 1973

The Johns Hopkins University, Physical Oceanography

Physical oceanography of shallow waters, estuaries, river plumes; remote sensing and autonomous samplers; physical-biological interactions and food web dynamics

Boucaud Dwayne UMES NATS ENMB  University of Buffalo, Microbiology

Biodiversity of the microbes of the coastal bays of Maryland and northern Virginia; DNA fingerprinting to identify benthic bacterial species of various points within the bay

Boynton Walter R. CES CBL ECOL 1975

University of Florida, Environmental Engineering

Environmental/Sanitary Engineering: systems ecology; nutrient cycling in estuarine systems; food-web studies

Bradley Brian P. UMBC BIOL ENMB 1966University of Wisconsin, Quantitative Genetics

Marine Biology: zooplankton physiology and genetics, environmental molecular biology, temperature/salinity stress.

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Brooks Carolyn B. UMES AGRI ENMB 1977

The Ohio State University, Microbiology

Agriculture: development of microbial insecticides from silver-spotted skipper pathogens; mechanisms of symbiotic nitrogen fixation; effects of nutrition on the immune response

Brown Amy E. UMCP ENTM CHEM 1993

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Effects of pesticides on human health; potential for behavioral effects of organophosphates; policies associated with multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome

Brubaker Kaye L. UMCP ENCE ENVSC 1995

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hydrology and hydroclimatology; computer models; remotely-sensed data (satellite multispectral, airborne LiDAR, ground-based radar); Geographic Information Systems; theory of space-time random fields

Bush C. Allen UMBC CHEM ECOL, ENMB 1965University of California Berkeley, Chemistry

Environmental molecular biology; glycoprotein and polysaccharide structure determination using NMR and three dimensional molecular dynamics

Carton James UMCP METO OCEAN 1983

Princeton University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Physical Oceanography: tropical oceanography, ocean modelling, atmosphere/ocean interactions

Castro Mark S. CES ALECOL, ENVSC 1991

University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences

Atmosphere-Biosphere interactions; greenhouse gas fluxes; global environmental changes, effects of atmospheric deposition and human activities on nutrient dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems and the composition of the atmosphere.

Chao Shenn-Yu CES HPL OCEAN 1979

North Carolina State University, Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography: physical oceanography; continental shelf and slope circulation; western boundary currents; numerical modeling

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Chen Feng UMBI COMB ENMB 1995

University of Texas - Austin, Marine Microbial Ecology

Ecological interaction among marine viruses, bacteria and phytoplankton; phylogenetic diversity and molecular evolution of marine microbes; whole cell or in situ molecular detection; functional genes and microbial genome

Chung J. Sook UMBI COMB ENMB 1991Texas A&M Univeristy, Entomology

Response of crustaceans to the neurotransmitter, neurohormones and pheromones that regulate critical events in the life cycle

Codispoti Louis A. CES HPL OCEAN 1973

University of Washington, Oceanography

Chemical oceanography; oceanic nitrogen and carbon cycling; descriptive physical oceanography; chemical instrumentation; nutrient budgets; the Arctic Ocean; processes that influence the flux of nitrous oxide

Colwell Rita R. UMCP COMB ENMB 1961

University of Washington, Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology: microbial ecology; effects of toxic chemicals on microbial processes; marine biotechnology

Cornwell Jeffrey C. CES HPL ECOL, CHEM 1983Univesrity of Alaska, Chemical Oceanography

Chemical Oceanography: sediment biogeochemistry; nutrient, metal, and sulfur cycling in estuaries and wetlands

Cronin Thomas W. UMBC BIOL ECOL 1979Duke Univesrity, Zoology

Visual physiology of invertebrates, especially marine and estuarine crustaceans

Crump Byron CES HPL

ENMB, OCEAN

1999

University of Washington, Oceanography

Microbial ecology; bacterial & archaeal diversity; organic matter & nutrient cycling; microbial food web structure; composition & development of microbial communities; influence of hydrodymamics & particle cycling on microbial activity

Dadson Robert UMES AGRI ENMB 1969McGill University, Plant Breeding and Genetics

International programs in soybean breeding; insect resistance of soybeans; agronomy and breeding of food enzymes; biological nitrogen fixation

Daly Herman UMCP PUAF ENVSC    Ecological economics; sustainable development; environmental policy

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DasSarma Shiladitya UMBI COMB ENMB 1984

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biochemistry

Halophilic archaeal genomics; structure, function and evolution of genomes; global gene regulation and promoter function; biotechnological applications in medicine and industry

Davis Allen P. UMCP ENCE CHEM 1989

University of Delaware, Environmental Engineering

Environmental Chemistry: aquatic and interfacial environmental chemistry as related to water/wastewater treatment processes and in natural aquatic/soil systems

Dennison William CES HPL OCEAN 1984University of Chicago, Biology

Coastal ecosystem ecology; ecophysiology of marine plants; bioindicators in nearshore environments; assessing ecosystem health

Dietz James UMCP BIOLECOL, ENVSC 1981

Michigan State University, Zoology

Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of neotropical mammals; metapopulation dynamics and management

DiRuggiero Jocelyne UMCP CBMG ENMB 1989University of Lyon, Microbiology

Study of DNA repair mechanisms, genome plasticity and lateral gene transfer in hyperthermophilic Archae using functional genomics

Dively Galen UMCP ENTM ECOL 1974Rutgers University, Entomology

Agricultural pest management; resistance management; development and risk assessment of transgenic crops

Dodoo Joseph UMES NATSCHEM, ENVSC 1979

University of London, Radiophysics

Environmental Sciences; clean coal technology; structure and thermochemical kinetic studies of coal pyrolysis

Du Shao-Jun UMBI COMB ENMB, FISH 1993University of Toronto, Biochemistry

Cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling differentiation of muscle and nerve cells during embryogenesis

Ellis Erle C. UMBC GEOG ECOL,ENVSC 1990Cornell University, Plant Biology

Landscape ecology; biogeochemistry; global change and sustainable ecosystem management

Elmore Andrew CES AL ENVSC 2003Brown University, Geological Sciences

Land use and land cover change; ecohydrology; biogeochemistry; remote sensing and spatial analysis

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Engelhardt Katharina CES AL ECOL 2000Utah State University, Ecology

Effects of species richness on wetland ecosystem functioning and services; community ecology and ecosystem ecology

Eshleman Keith N. CES ALENVSC, OCEAN 1985

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering

Watershed and wetlands hydrology; groundwater/surface water interactions; biogeochemical processes in upland and wetland ecosystems; hydrochemical modeling; ecosystem interactions with land use change

Fagan William UMCP BIOL ECOL 1996University of Washington, Zoology

Meshing field research with theoretical models to address critical questions in community ecology and conservation biology; ecological "edge effects" and spatial dynamics; ecoinformatics, biodiversity databases, and conservation planning

Fisher, Jr. Thomas R. CES HPL OCEAN 1975 Duke University,

Nutrient inputs, cycling and primary production of aquatic systems; plankton-based systems in estuaries and the Amazon river floodplain

Forseth, Jr. Irwin N. UMCP PBIOECOL, ENVSC 1982

University of Utah, Plant Physiological Ecoloogy

Plant physiological and population ecology; heliotropic leaf movement; biodiversity; photosynthesis responses to global climate change

Gardner Robert H. CES AL ECOL 1975North Carolina State University, Zoology

Landscape ecology, ecosystem modeling and quantitative ecology, biodiversity & metapopulation dynamics within heterogeneous landscapes; effects of global change on ecosystem sustainability

Gates J. Edward CES ALECOL, ENVSC 1965

Michigan State University, Wildlife Ecology

Ecology: wildlife ecology, ecology of ecotones or edges between communities (edge effects), functioning of corridors in the landscape, landscape ecology and habitat fragmentation.

Ghosh Upal UMBC CENG CHEM 1998

State University of New York - Buffalo, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Experimental investigation, design, and modeling of physiochemical and biological processes that affect water quality; fundamental process mechanisms that control organic contaminant bioavailability in soils and sediments

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Glibert Patricia M. CES HPL OCEAN 1982

Harvard University, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology

Biological Oceanography: ecology of phytoplankton in coastal and oceanic environments; cycling of nitrogen in marine microbial food webs; primary productivity and its regulation by enviromental factors; growth and physiology of marine cyanobacteria

Gong Da-Wei UMB MED ENMB 1990

Shanghai Medical University, Neurobiology

Molecular and cell biology of energy metabolism; use of genomic techniques and bioinformatics to identify novel genes responsible for energy and glucose metabolism and insulin signaling

Gupta Gian C. UMES NATSCHEM, ENVSC 1966

Roorkee University, Chemistry

Environmental Chemistry: soil science; water & wastewater recycling; disposal of heavy metal pollutants; acid rain & air pollutants effects on crop growth and productivity; aquatic toxicity of poultry litter; bioremediation of gasoline contaminated soil

Gwo Jack UMBC CENG   1992

Pennsylvania State University, Civil Engineering

Theoretical and computational aspects of subsurface, multispecies solute and microbial transport at multiple scales; mechanistic-based watershed modeling for evaluation of ecosystem conditions; physiochemical models for regional and global climate change studies; environmental and economical risk-based decision-making

Handwerker Thomas UMES AGRI FISH 1979 Cornell University

Innovative agricultural technology of small-scale alternative crops, specialty crops; hydroponic greenhouse production; poultry waste composting

Hansen John D. UMBI COMB ENMB 1995Oregon State University, Genetics  

Hao Oliver J. UMCP ENCE CHEM 1982

University of California Berkeley, Civil Engineering

Wet air oxidation of hazardous wastes; cometabolism of hazardous organics; nutrient removal; biological processes control; biological nitrate; sulfate chromium and selenium reduction

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HardingLawrence W. CES HPL OCEAN 1978

Stanford University, Biology

Biological oceanography; physiology and ecology of marine phytoplankton; seasonal and inter-annual variability of chlorophyll and primary productivity in estuarine and coastal waters; satellite remote sensing

Hare Matthew P. UMCP BIOL ECOL 1996University of Georgia, Genetics

Population and conservation genetics of marine organisms; invasion biology; phylogeography

Harrell Reginal M. UMCP ANSCECOL, ENVSC, FISH 1984

University of South Carolina, Biology

Aquaculture: ecology of aquatic ecosystems; hybridization of fishes; fisheries management; conservation biology

Harter-Dennis Jeannine UMES AGRI ENVSC 1977

University of Illinois, Animal Science and Nutrition

Animal Nutrition: advanced animal nutrition; amino acid and protein metabolism; environmental effects on nutritional requirements and diet formulations

Harvey H. Rodger CES CBLOCEAN, CHEM 1985

University of Georgia, Microbiology

Organic geochemistry and biogeochemistry; sources and fate of organic compounds in aquatic environments; cycling of lipids through the marine food web

Heath George UMES AGRI CHEM 1985University of Minnesota, Veterinary Medicine

Physiology and pharmacology; food safety and drug residues; pharmacokinetics of drugs in the tissue and fluids of food-producing animals; microorganisms in food

Hilderbrand Robert H. CES ALECOL, FISH, ENVSC 1998

Utah State Universit, Aquatic Ecology

Ecology and conservation biology of running waters; watershed and stream habitat restoration; linking landscapes and populations

Hill Robert L. UMCP NSLA ENVSC 1984Iowa State University, Soil Physics

Tillage effect on soil hydraulic properties and agrichemical losses; development of nutrient management planning and environmental risk assessment software

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Hill Russell T. UMBI COMB ENMB 1988University of Cape Town, Microbiology

Marine actinomycete molecular biology and ecology; microbiology of marine natural products; bacterial and cyanobacterial symbionts of marine sponges; marine bacteriophages; metal resistance in actinomycetes and application of bioremediation

Hoff Raymond UMBC PHYS CHEM 1975Simon Fraser University, Physics

Optical properties of aerosols and gases in the atmosphere; pathways and fates of toxic organic and elemental chemicals in the environment

Hood Raleigh CES HPL OCEAN 1990

University of California San Diego, Oceanography

Phytoplankton production and light response; analytical and numerical modeling of primary production and pelagic ecosystems; phytoplankton physiology; bio-optical oceanography

Hoogland John L. CES AL ECOL 1977University of Michigan, Zoology

Behavioral ecology of birds and mammals; demography, mating systems, levels of inbreeding, infanticide and coloniality

Houde Edward D. CES CBLECOL, OCEAN, FISH 1968

Cornell Univ., Fishery Science

Fisheries science and management; recruitment mechanisms; effects of environment on reproductive success of fishes; ecology of marine and estuarine fishes, especially early-life stages

Hungerford Laura L. UMB PREVECOL, ENVSC 1989

University of Illinois, Veterinary Epidemiology

Infectious diseases epidemiology and the application of techniques for Geographic Information Systems; spatial statistical analysis and dynamic modeling in the study of zoonoses and other diseases

Huq Anwarul UMBI COMB ENMB 1984

University of Maryland College Park, Microbioloy

Transmission of aquatic bacterial pathogens, their molecular ecology and direct detection, using remote sensing and aerospace technology; development and optimization of rapid detection of aquatic pathogens, using molecular and immunological methods, and application of these methods in the field

Inouye David W. UMCP BIOLECOL, ENVSC 1976

University of North Carolina, Zoology

Pollination biology; plant demography; climate change biology; flowering phenology; plant-animal interactions

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Ishaque Ali UMES NATS CHEM 1998Free University of Brussels, Ecotoxicology

Marine ecotoxicology; behavior, transport, distribution and fate of chemical stressors in marine environments

Jagus Rosemary MBI COMB ENMB 1976

University College of North Wales, Biochemistry

Translational control of gene expression; regulation of gene activity during early development; host defense against virus infection and viral countermeasures; role of protein synthesis in lactation

Johnson Andrea K. UMES NATS ENVSC, FISH 2004University of Miami, Marine Science

Assessing the health of Atlantic menhaden using several biomarkers of fish health: indicators of tissue damage, nutritional status and exposure to environmental stresors, immune function and disease

Johnson Judith A. UMB PATH ENMB      

Joshi Jagmohan UMES AGRI ENVSC 1972

Ohio State University, Plant Breeding and Genetics

Plant breeding and genetics; host plant and insect resistance in soybeans; sustainable agriculture

Kalvakolanu Dhan UMB MMIC ENMB 1988Indian Institute of Science, Microbiology

Regulation of gene transcription and signal transduction by cytokines; tumor cell growth control; regulation of novel cell death-activating genes

Kana Todd M. CES HPL OCEAN 1982

Harvard University, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology

Biological oceanography; algal and plant physiological ecology; regulation of photosynthesis and respiration; oxygen cycling in marine systems; application sof mass spectrometry

Kananen Gerald E. UMES NATS CHEM 1968Duquesne University, Chemistry Analytical instrumentation; environmental pollutants

Kane Andrew UMB PATH ENMB, FISH      

Kangas Patrick UMCP ENST ENVSC 1983

University of Florida, Environmental Engineering

Environmental Management: systems ecology; modelling and measuring of whole ecosystems with emphasis on resource management and applied ecology

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Kaushal Sujay CES AL ECOL, CHEM 2003University of Colorado, Biology

Biogeochemistry, fate and transport of pollutants, limnology, microbial ecology, organic geochemistry and environmental history

Kearney Michael S. UMCP GEOG OCEAN 1981University of Western Ontario, Geomorphology

Quaternary geomorphology; processes and rates of marsh loss; barrier island dynamics; applications of remote sensing to the study of coastal processes

Kemp W. Michael CES HPLECOL, OCEAN 1977

University of Florida, Systems Ecology

Systems Ecology: ecosystem modelling; ecosystem production and respiration; trophic structure and ecosystem energetics; seagrass ecology; sediment nitrogen cycling

Kennedy Victor S. CES HPLECOL, OCEAN, FISH 1970

University of Rhode Island, Ecology

Marine Ecology: reproduction, physiological ecology, and behavior of aquatic benthic organisms, emphasizing bivalves and their larvae; global change and its effects

Kimmel David G. CES HPL OCEAN 2001

Univesrity of Maryland Baltimore County, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Zooplankton ecology in estuaries and coastal ecosystems, zooplankton physiology, quantitative ecology and climate impacts on ecosystems

King Dennis M. CES CBL ENVSC, FISH 1977

University of Rhode Island, Natural Resource Economics

Integration of environmental and economic research; economics of ecological restoration and mitigation; market and non-market valuation of natural resources

Koch Evamaria CES HPL OCEAN 1993University of South Florida, Marine Science

Hydrodynamically-mediated processes in communities of aquatic plants; impact of global changes on coastal plant communities

Kocher Thomas D. UMCP BIOL FISH    Evolution of cichlid fish; evolution and development of the jaw and feeding behaviors and speciation

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Lamp William O. UMCP ENTM ECOL 1980

University of Nebraska, Entomology and Agronomy

Applied insect ecology; integrated pest management, with emphasis on forage crops; benthic macroinvertebrate ecology in streams impacted by humans

Lazur Andrew M. CES HPL FISH 1990Auburn University, Aquaculture

Food and baitfish culture; integration of aquaculture with agriculture for nutrient reduction; effluent and water quality management; marketing and economic evaluation of alternative aquaculture species; fish restoration

Leips Jeffrey UMBC BIOL ENMB   Florida State University,

Evolution of life history traits, specifically focused on understanding how the genetic architecture underlying these traits guides and constrains their evolutionary responses to natural selection

Lewis Laura R. UMBC GESECOL, ENVSC 2006

University of California Davis,

Biogeography of crop species; domestication and radiation of agricultural species; agro-ecology, germplasm management, genetic resources conservation; applied urban ethnobotany/ethnobiology, specifically in the Washington DC/Baltimore area

Li Ming CES HPL OCEAN 1991

University of Oxford, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Physical oceanography; geophysical fluid dynamics; ocean mixing processes; numerical ocean modeling; biological/physical interactions and marine pollution

Lipton Douglas UMCP AREC ENVSC 1989

University of Maryland College Park, Resource Economics

Fisheries, seafood, marine recreation, non-market valuation

Lookingbill Todd CES ALECOL, ENVSC 2003

Duke University, Ecology

Forest community ecology; climate change; spatial analysis and landscape scaling; ecosystem-based adaptive management; ecohydrological modeling; urban ecology

MacIntyre Hugh CES HPL        

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Malone Thomas CES HPL

ECOL, OCEAN, ENVSC 1971

Stanford University, Biology

Dynamics of marine ecosystems; phytoplankton ecology; coastal eutrophication

Marinelli Roberta CES CBL ECOL 1991

University of South Carolina, Marine Science

Sedimentary ecology; analytical and numerical modeling of benthic and water column dynamics; animal-sediment interactions; infaunal recruitment;benthic primary production; continental margin processes

May Eric B. UMES NATS ECOL, FISH 1982

Oregon State University, Biochemistry and Pathology

Effects of environmental contamination and habitat degradation on aquatic animal health; use of biochemical and metabolic indicators to determine the response of fish to injurious agents of conditions; establishment of clinical methods for non-lethal testing

McIntosh Marla UMCP NSLA

ECOL, CHEM, ENVSC 1978

University of Illinois, Agronomy

Sustainable forestry; genetics of hyperaccumulation of Cd in Thlaspi caerulescens; pytomedicinals; genetic diversity

McKaye Kenneth R. CES AL ECOL, FISH 1975University of California Berkeley, Zoology

Fisheries science and management; behavioral ecology and evolution of cooperative behavior; tropical biology; mechanisms of speciation

Meritt Donald W. CES HPL FISH 1993

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Oyster aquaculture and restoration

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Miller Andrew J. UMBC GES ENVSC 1983

Johns Hopkins University, Geography and Environmental Engineering

Surface-water hydrology and fluvial geomorphology; interaction between flow patterns and boundary conditions imposed by geometry; effects of human activities on watershed hydrology and river channels

Miller Thomas CES CBL ECOL, FISH 1990

North Carolina State University, Zoology and Oceanography

Recruitment and population dynamics of aquatic animals; fish early life history; feeding and bio-physical interactions; aquatic ecology; blue crabs

Mitchelmore Carys CES CBLCHEM, ENMB 1997

University of Birmingham, Toxicology

Investigating molecular, biochemical and cellular responses of aquatic organisms to inorganic and organic pollutants; determining species-specificity; biochemical pathways and toxic effects; applying and developing novel biomarkers to existing and emerging environmental problems

Mitra Madhumi UMES NATSECOL, ENVSC 2002

North Carolina State University, Botany

Paleontology, paleocology and paleoenvironmental studies of cretaceous-quaternary sediments of atlantic coastal plain; factors impacting the decline of submerged aquatic vegetation; phytoplankton dynamics

Mollett Theodore A. UMES AGRI ENMB, ECOL 1980Purdue University, Animal Science

Role of hormones in animal growth, reproduction and lactation

Momen Bahram UMCP NSLAECOL, ENVSC 1993

University of California Berkeley,

Forest ecosystems; air pollution effects on ecosystem processes through plants; tree and crop ecophysiology; applied statistical analysis and experimental design in natural resources

Morgan II Raymond P. CES ALCHEM, FISH, ENVSC 1971

University of Maryland College Park, Zoology

Aquatic pollution ecology, with an emphasis on acid rain and acid mine drainage effects; fishery genetics, especially of Appalachian fishes; conservation biology and recovery ecology

Morris J. Glenn UMB MED ENMB 1977 Tulane University, Emerging pathogens; molecular epidemiology

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Murray Laura CES HPLECOL, ENVSC 1983

College of William and Mary, Wetlands Ecology

Wetlands ecology; seagrass ecology; Chesapeake Bay ecology for teachers; nutrient and pore water chemistry dynamics of SAV; nutrient retention by wetlands; wetland plant ecology

Nagchaudhuri Abhijit UMES ENAEECOL, ENVSC 1992

Duke University, Mechanical Engineering

Integration of advanced technologies of mechatronics in the fields of precision agriculture, environmental, marine and geosciences; remote sensing and image analysis

Nelson Judd O. UMCP ENTM CHEM 1974University of Wisconsin, Entomology

Insecticide toxicology; physiology; environmental toxicology

Newell Roger I. E. CES HPLECOL, OCEAN 1978

Univ. of London, Marine Biology

Marine ecology and physiology; adaptive physiology of aquatic invertebrates

NorthElizabeth W. CES HPL ECOL, FISH 2001

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Biological-physical interactions: hydrodynamic and particle trajectory modeling, ichthyoplankton and zooplankton ecology, estuarine physical oceanography, fisheries recruitement variability

Nyame A. Kwame UMES NATS        

Okoh Joseph M. UMES NATS CHEM 1982Howard University, Inorganic Chemistry

Carbon reaction chemistry; relationship between carbon dioxide and evolution of volatiles implicated in spontaneous combustion; effects of fly ash on mercury oxidation

O'Neil Judith CES HPL OCEAN 1995

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Biological oceanography, cyanobacterial ecophysiology, plankton trophodynamics, harmful algal bloom ecology, nutrient dynamics, marine botany, (sub) tropical coastal marine ecology, coral reef biology

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Ottinger Mary A. UMCP ANSC

ECOL, ENMB, ENVSC 1977

University of Maryland College Park, Zoology

Neuroendocrine regulation of endocrine and behavioral aspects of avian reproduction; effects of environmental factors, such as endocrine disrupting chemicals

Palinkas Cindy M. CES HPL OCEAN 2005

University of Washington, Geological Oceanography

Continental-margin sedimentation; formation and preservation of sedimentary strata in the geological record; deposition and accumulation of fluvial sediment in the coastal ocean

Palmer Margaret UMCP BIOLECOL, ENVSC 1983

University of South Carolina, Marine Science

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

Pancer Zeev UMBI COMB ENMB 1994

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Comparative Immunology

Origin of vertebrate adaptive immunity; rearranging antigen receptors of jawless vertebrates; molecular mechanisms of invertebrate and vertebrate immunity

Paolisso Michael UMCP ANTH ENVSC 1985

University of California Los Angeles, Anthropology

Environmental and economic anthropology; environment and pollution; international and rural development; research methods and gender

Parveen Salina UMES FDST ENMB 1997

University of Florida, Food Science and Human Nutrition

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

Paynter, Jr. Kennedy T. UMCP BIOL ECOL    

Comparative biochemistry and physiology of estuarine animals, especially bivalves; oyster disease biochemistry; biology and ecology of the eastern oyster

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Pineiro Silvia A. UMB MEDT ENMB 1992

National South University of Argentina, Biological Science

Genomics; functional genomics; taxonomy and ecology of the Bdellovidrio and like- roganisms (BALOs)

Pitelka Louis F. CES AL ECOL 1974Stanford University, Biological Science

Plant ecology; global change issues; effects of atmospheric deposition

Pitula Joseph S. UMES NATS ECOL, ENMB 2001

State University of New York - Buffalo, Microbiology

Molecular biology of protozoan parasites; transition metals and metabolism

Place Allen UMBI COMB ENMB 1979Johns Hopkins University, Biochemistry

Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that permit organisms to adapt to unique diets, environments, and interactions (symbiosis); molecular basis of sex determination

Prestegaard Karen L. UMCP GEOL OCEAN 1982University of California Berkeley,

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

Provine Robert UMBC PSYC ECOL 1971Washington University, Psychology

Biological bases of behavior; development of the nervous system and behavior; prenatal behavior

Rabenhorst Martin UMCP NSLA OCEAN 1983Texas A&M University, Pedology

Genesis, morphology, and classification of hydromorphic soils; particularly non-tidal wetlands and coastal marshes

Reaka-Kudla Marjorie UMCP BIOL ECOL 1975University of California Berkeley, Zoology

Marine ecology; coral reef ecology; bioerosion of coral reefs; ecology and behavior of mantis shrimp; evolutionary ecology of life history patterns in crustacea

Reed Brian E. UMBC CENG CHEM 1990

State University of New York - Buffalo, Environmental Engineering

Sorption of organics/inorganics, surface chemistry, seperation processes, water and wastewater treatment, soil and site remediation, pollution prevention/waster minimization, stormwater management

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Robb Frank T. MBI COMB ENMB 1973University of California Riverside, Biology

Archaeal molecular biology and biochemistry; genome sequence, structure and repair in hyperthermophiles; mechanisms of thermal stabilization of proteins

Roman Michael R. CES HPL OCEAN 1976University of New Hampshire, Zoology Biological Oceanography: zooplankton ecology

Rowe Christopher CES CBL ECOL, CHEM 1994Pennsylvania State University, Biology

Physiological ecology of aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates chronically exposed to sublethal concentrations of contaminants

Ruby Douglas E. UMES NATS ECOL 1976University of Michigan, Zoology/Ecology

Population ecology and behavior of reptiles; sexual selection and mating systems of vertebrates; territoriality and agonistic behavior; biogeography; conservation biology of amphibians and reptilesecology

Russek-Cohen Estelle UMCP ANSCECOL, FISH, ENVSC 1979

University of Washington, Biomathematics

Statistics: statistical problems in wildlife management; biomonitoring and sampling

Ruth Matthias UMCP PUAF ENVSC    

Dynamic modeling of natural resource use; industrial and infrastructure systems analysis; environmental policy

Sanford Lawrence P. CES HPLECOL, OCEAN 1984

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oceanographic Engineering

Coastal and esturaine physical oceanography; fine sediment transport mechanics, geophysical boundary layers, turbulence, surface and internal waves

Schijf Johan CES CBL CHEM 1992

University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Marine Geochemistry

Chemical oceanography; physical chemistry; aqueous geochemistry of trace metals; geochemistry of marine anoxic basins; inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry; ion chromatography; sychrotron X-ray spectrometry; deep-water oceanographic sensors and instrumentation

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Schreurs Miranda UMCP GVPT ENVSC 1996 University of Michigan, Comparative environmental and energy politics in northeast Asia and in Europe

Schrieir Harold (Hal) MBI COMB ENMB 1983Pennsylvania State University, Biochemistry

Microbial molecular genetics and physiology; nitrogen metabolism in Bacillus subtilis; control of glutamine synthease operon expression; regulation of gene expression

Secor David CES CBL ECOL, FISH 1990University of South Carolina, Biology

Fish ecology; fish life history and migration studies; fisheries stock enhancement; migration and habitat use as behaviors controlling and regulating population dynamics

Shirmohammadi Adel UMCP ENBECHEM, ENVSC 1982

North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Bioenvironmental and water resources engineering; water quality/transport modeling; nonpoint source pollution assessment using an integrated watershed approach

Singleton Jeurel UMES NATSECOL, ENVSC 1980

University of Ottawa, Entomology

Identification and characterization of arthropod sensory structures; arthropod community population dynamics on host animals, aquatic and crop environments; arthropod disease vectors

Sohn Youngsinn GEOG UMBC ENVSC 1994University of Utah, Geography

Analytical mapping of forests/biotic communities and urban growth; GIS and remote sensing; land use, land cover change

Sowers Kevin R. MBI COMBCHEM, ENMB 1984

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univeristy, Anerobic Microbiology

Biology of methanogenesis; anaerobic bioremediation; regulatory pathways in methanogenic Archaea; bioprocess scale-up of microorganisms from extreme environments

Sparling Lynn UMBC PHYS OCEAN 1987 University of Texas,

Understanding the dynamical, chemical and transport processes in the atmosphere and ocean that contribute to the observed spatiotemporal variability in chemical tracers and dynamical fields

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Stevenson J. Court CES HPLECOL, ENVSC 1972

University of North Carolina, Botany

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

Stoecker Diane CES HPLECOL, OCEAN 1979

State University of New York Stony Brook, Ecology and Evolution

Ecology and physiology of marine ciliates an dinoflagellates; mixotrophy in the plankton; microbial food web interactions

Stylinski Cathlyn D. CES AL ENVSC 2000University of California Davis, Ecology

Environmental science education and scientific inquiry in precollege classrooms; remote sensing and plant ecophysiology

Suzuki Marcelino CES CBL ENMB 1997Oregon 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

Swan Christopher UMBC GEOGECOL, ENVSC 2003

University of Maryland College Park, Biology

Steam community and ecosystem ecology; riparian biodiversity and stream processes; urban riparian-steam ecology

Tamburri Mario N. CES CBL   1996

University of South Carolina, Marine Science

Coastal sensor and sensor platform development; chemical ecology of marine organisms; ecosystem monitoring and marine convervation

Terlizzi Daniel E. UMCP     1981University of Maryland College Park, Botany

Water quality management in aquaculture; algal physiology; ecology and management of aquaculture; naturalresource policy

Tilley David R. UMCP ENSTECOL, ENVSC 1999

University of Florida, Environmental Engineering

Ecological engineering; wetland assessment with hyperspectral radiometry; ecosystem filtration of air pollutants; net energy analysis of bio-fuels; environmental accounting and emergy analysis

Torrents Alba UMCP ENCE CHEM 1992

Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Engineering

Chemical transformations and sorption of organic pollutants; environmental fate of toxic chemicals; applications of spectroscopic techniques to environmental systems

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Trant Jon M. MBI COMB ENMB 1987University of Texas, Zoology

Fish molecular endocrinology; steroid endocrinology with emphasis on reproduction in fish; molecular control of steroidogensis at cellular level; identification and determination of biological function of novel piscine steroids

Ulanowicz Robert E. CES CBL ECOL 1968

Johns Hopkins University, Chemical Engineering

Network analysis of trophic exchanges in ecosystems; information theory applied to ecological systems; thermodynamics of living systems; causality in living systems; modeling subtropical wetland ecosystems

Vasta Gerardo R. MBI COMB ENMB 1990

National University LaPlata Argentina, Zoology/Biochemistry

Molecular aspects and evolution of the acute phase response in vertebrates and invertebrates; structure/function relationships in carbohydrate-binding proteins; role of lectins in development and internal defense; host/parasite interactions; disease prevention, control in fisheries

Waguespack Yan UMES NATS CHEM 1990

Tulane University, Physical/Analytical Chemistry

Sublethal physiological effects of heavy metal on aquatic organisms; heavy metal detection on plants and soil; spectroscopic studies of biological AOT reversed micelles, CdS nanoparticles and novel organo gel systems

Wainger Lisa A. CES CBL ENVSC 1997

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Risk analysis and decision support tools for prioritizing natural resource management options; invasive species risk assessment; wetland restoration prioritization; ecological and economic indicators for communicating relative costs and benefits of natural resource change

Weil Raymond R. UMCP NSLA ENVSC 1977Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Soil Ecology

Soil fertility and ecology; soil quality; improvements in ridge tillage; environmental impacts of management intensive grazing; benefits of Brassica cover crop mixtures in sustainable cropping systems

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Weiner Ronald M. UMCP MICB ENMB 1970 Iowa State University,

Marine microbial ecology; molecular mechanisms of microbial adhesion and biofouling; marine biofilms; complex carbohydrate degradation in the marine environment

Weismiller Richard UMCP NSLACHEM, ENVSC 1969

Michigan State University, Soil Chemistry

Nonpoint source pollution from agricultural systems as related to surface and ground water resources; remote sensing as related to soil resources

Welty Claire UMBC CENG ENVSC 1989

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering

Transport processes in aquifers; mathematical modeling of groundwater flow and transport in porous and fractured media; application of stochastic methods to interpreting groundwater problems; design and analysis of field-scale hydraulic and tracer tests

Wilberg Michael J. CES CBL FISH 2005

Michigan State University, Fisheries and Wildlife

Stock assessment; dynamics of exploited populations; harvest policy development and application; statistical model selection and averaging

Williams Henry N. UMB MICB ECOL 1979University of Maryland Baltimore, Microbiology

Ecology, molecular biology and taxonomy of the bacterial predator Bdellovibrionaceae; biofilms

Wright David A. CES CBLCHEM, ENMB 1973

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Physiology

Ionic regulation in estuarine animals; bioaccumulation of trace metals; risk assessment; effects of UV light on aquatic organisms; physical/chemical anti-fouling strategies

Zohar Yonathan MBI COMBCHEM, ENMB, FISH 1982

University of Pierre & Marie Curie, Comparative Encrinology

Fish physiology, aquaculture and endocrinology; environmental and hormonal regulation of fish reproductive cycles, spawning induction technologies, drug delivery in aquaculture, molecular biotechnology

Affiliate              

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Ahmed Hafiz UMBI COMB ENMB 1986Jadavpur University, Calcutta, Biochemistry

Biological roles of galectins in early embryo development and immune functions; structure-function studies of galectins; biotechnological applications of galectins and other lectins

Alade Ayodele UMES BUSS   1981University of Utah, Economics

Applications of operations management techniques to financial analysis and production management; quantitative methods

Baya Ana M. UMCP   FISH 1975University of Granada, Biological Sciences

Viral and bacterial diseases of fish; necroscopy and diagnosis of diseases of salt and freshwater fish

Birch Dixie L. UMES NATSECOL, ENVSC 1996

Universiy of Arizona, Wildlife & Fisheries Science

Ecology; natural resources; wildlife/resource conservation; behavioral ecology; wildlife and fisheries science; wildlife management

Breitburg Denise UMCP BIOL ECOL 1984University of California Santa Barbara, Biology

Effects of low dissolved oxygen on food webs, fish and fisheries; oyster reef community ecology and restoration; effects of oyster restoration on the bay food web; effects of multiple stressors on coastal ecosystems; effects of eutrophication on fish and fisheries

Coats D. Wayne UMCP MEES ECOL 1977

University of Maryland College Park, Cell Biology

Protistology with emphasis on ciliate and dinoflagellate ecology, structure, function and taxonomy

Cohen James R. UMCP URSP ENVSC 1991Cornell Univeristy, City & Regional Planning Land use; environmental policy and planning

Coles Victoria J. CES HPL OCEAN 1998University of Miami, Physical Oceanography

Observation and modeling of seasonal to climate scale variability in ocean circulation

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Gilmour Cynthia     CHEM 1985

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Biogeochemistry, microbial transformations and fate and transport of trace metals; estuarine and lacustrine microbial ecology

Hines Anson UMCP MEES ECOL 1975University of California Berkeley,

Marine and estuarine invertebrate and fish population biology and community ecology

Kaplan Louis A. UMCP MEES   1980University of Pennsylvania, Biology

Microbial ecology in running water systems, DOM dynamics

LaCourse William R. UMBC CHEM   1987Northeastern Univesrity, Analytical Chemistry

Analytical chemistry; Pulsed electrochemical detection techniques

Love Joseph W. UMES NATS ECOL  Mississippi State University, Ichthyology, advanced ecological methods

Megonigal J. Patrick UMCP     1996 Duke University, Botany Sediment dynamics; biogeochemical cycling

Mulbry Walter UMCP   CHEM 1987

University of Maryland College Park, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Biodegradation; biotechnology; toxicology

Ruiz Gregory UMCP MEES ENVSC 1987University of California Berkeley, Zoology Invasive species in estuaries; ecological parasitology

Schott Eric J. MBI COMB ENMB 1994

Harvard University Medical School, Genetics

Parasites and pathogens of estuarine invertebrates; evolutionary adaptations of protistan parasites to the host and environment; development of tools to study emerging pathogens; community outreach

Sellner Kevin UMCP MEES   1978Dalhousie University, Oceanography

Plankton ecology; cyanobacteria, zooplankton distribution; species composition; release of DOM

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Singh Gurbax UMES NATSOCEAN, CHEM 1971

University of Maryland College Park, Physics

Use of contemporary technologies in physics/science instruction; spectroscopy and lasers to investigate combustion chemistry and byproducts

Sokolove Phillip G. UMBC BIOL CHEM 1969 Harvard UniversityScience education; circadian rhythms; molluscan hormones

Tal Yossi MBI COMB ENMB, FISH 2001The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Microbial nutrient cycles in marine recirculating aquaculture systems with an emphasis on nitrogen and carbon transformation processes such as nitrification, denitrification, anammox and methanogenesis, and their combined utilization for water recovery and solids treatment

Wiley James W. UMES NATS ECOL      

Woods L. Curry UMCP ANSC FISH 1983

North Carolina State University, Zoology/Statistics

Aquaculture; problems related to the domestication of striped bass; cryopreseveration of sperm; physiological responsiveness to stress; selective breeding

               

Harris Lora A. CES CBL   2006

U. of Rhode Island, Biological Oceanography  

Johnson Linda R. UMES NATS   1994Temple U., Anatomy & Cell Biology  

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D. Current students, degree sought, date entered, advisor, location and AOS

Name DegEntr

y Advisor Location AOSGPA

Gender

Ethnicity

Christine Bevacqua M.S. 0708 Torrents ENCE,UMCP CHEM fCaucasian

Katherine E. Davis M.S. 0708 Schijf CBL,CES CHEM fCaucasian

Sarah Downey M.S. 0708 Baker/Schijf CBL,CES CHEM   f foreign

Tamara Newcomer M.S. 0708 Kaushal AL,CES CHEM fCaucasian

Michael S. Owens M.S. 0308 Cornwell HPL,CES CHEM 3.57 mCaucasian

Sunandan Saha M.S. 0508 Waguespack NATS,UMES CHEM 3.91 m foreign

Victoria Taibe M.S. 0408 Waguespack NATS,UMES CHEM 3.77 fCaucasian

Haoran Xu M.S. 0108 Waguespack NATS,UMES CHEM 4.00 fAsian Am

Susana Addo-NtimPh.D. 0708 Dodoo NATS,UMES CHEM f foreign

Bashiru BalogunPh.D. 0108 Waguespack NATS,UMES CHEM 3.78 m Afr Am

Laura L. BelickaPh.D. 0408 Harvey CBL,CES CHEM 4.00 f

Caucasian

Tedra BookerPh.D. 0708 May NATS,UMES CHEM f Afr Am

Chih-Wei ChangPh.D. 0208 Baker CBL,CES CHEM 4.00 m foreign

Yonghui GaoPh.D. 0608

Glibert/Stoecker/Cornwell HPL,CES CHEM 3.00 f foreign

William D. GardnerPh.D. 0408 May/Ishaque NATS,UMES CHEM 3.60 m Afr Am

Rebecca HolyokePh.D. 0208 Cornwell HPL,CES CHEM 3.89 f

Caucasian

Yen-Jung LaiPh.D. 0601 Becker ENST,UMCP CHEM 3.20 m foreign

Msano MandalasiPh.D. 0008 Gupta/Nyame NATS,UMES CHEM 3.81 f foreign

Eli MoorePh.D. 0508 Harvey CBL,CES CHEM 3.75 m

Caucasian

Amelia PotterPh.D. 0008 Kananen NATS,UMES CHEM 3.57 f

Caucasian

Preeti SharmaPh.D. 0608 Okoh NATS,UMES CHEM 4.00 f

Asian Am

Andriy TkachenkoPh.D. 0308 Waguespack NATS,UMES CHEM 3.89 m foreign

Meredith E.Barton Bohannon M.S. 0608 Ottinger ANSC,UMCP ECOL 3.36 f

Caucasian

Lesley Bensinger M.S. 0608 Mitra NATS,UMES ECOL 4.00 fCaucasian

Michael Bonsteel M.S. 0401 Dadson AGRI,UMES ECOL 3.72 m Hisp Am

Jennifer E. Brundage M.S. 0708 Baldwin ENST,UMCP ECOL fCaucasian

Allison R. Chandler M.S. 0708 Houde CBL,CES ECOL fCaucasian

Ryan Corbin M.S. 0608 May NATS,UMES ECOL 3.67 mCaucasian

Benjamin Fertig M.S. 0508 Dennison HPL,CES ECOL 3.48 mCaucasian

Richard T. Gardner M.S. 0508 StraneyCBMG,UMCP ECOL 3.42 m

Caucasian

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Melissa Grant M.S. 0508 Meritt HPL,CES ECOL 4.00 fCaucasian

David Kidwell M.S. 0408 Adams ENST,UMCP ECOL 4.00 mCaucasian

Antti Koskelo M.S. 0408 Fisher HPL,CES ECOL 3.79 mCaucasian

Aaron Lewis M.S. 0708 Tilley ENST,UMCP ECOL mCaucasian

Susan Lombardi M.S. 0608 LampENTM,UMCP ECOL 3.07 f

Caucasian

Jennafer Malek M.S. 0708 Breitburg/Newell HPL,CES ECOL fCaucasian

Michael Malpezzi M.S. 0608 Crump HPL,CES ECOL 3.62 mCaucasian

Leah Menzies M.S. 0708 Baldwin ENST,UMCP ECOL fCaucasian

Jessica Nelson M.S. 0308 DivelyENTM,UMCP ECOL 3.33 f

Caucasian

Adrianna Ortiz M.S. 0708 Singleton NATS,UMES ECOL f Hisp Am

Kristen Rathjen M.S. 0708 Breitburg/Reaka BIOL,UMCP ECOL fCaucasian

William Rodney M.S. 0501 Paynter BIOL,UMCP ECOL 3.48 mCaucasian

Allegra Schafer M.S. 0608 Ottinger ANSC,UMCP ECOL 3.79 fCaucasian

Emily Vlahovich M.S. 0508 Meritt HPL,CES ECOL 3.87 fCaucasian

Kenneth BeltPh.D. 0208 A. Miller GES,UMBC ECOL 4.00 m

Caucasian

Peter J. BlankPh.D. 0501 Dively

ENTM,UMCP ECOL 4.00 m

Caucasian

Jennifer A. BoschPh.D. 0708 Kemp HPL,CES ECOL f

Caucasian

Cara CampbellPh.D. 0601 Hilderbrand AL,CES ECOL 4.00 f

Caucasian

Tsyr-Huei ChiouPh.D. 0108 Cronin BIOL,UMBC ECOL 3.18 m foreign

Jessica L.Davis Nagel

Ph.D. 9908 Kemp HPL,CES ECOL 3.84 f

Caucasian

Katie DelaneyPh.D. 0708 Kaushal AL,CES ECOL f

Caucasian

Susan HagoodPh.D. 9901 Adams ENST,UMCP ECOL 3.56 f

Caucasian

Angela K. HebelPh.D. 0108 Ruby NATS,UMES ECOL 4.00 f

Caucasian

Christopher KellyPh.D. 0508 Newell HPL,CES ECOL 4.00 m

Caucasian

Sara A. LombardiPh.D. 0708 Paynter BIOL,UMCP ECOL f

Caucasian

Matilda MaddenPh.D. 0501 Brooks/Mitra NATS,UMES ECOL 3.85 f

Caucasian

Teresa ManyinPh.D. 9808 Rowe CBL,CES ECOL 3.97 f

Caucasian

David C. RichardsonPh.D. 0208 Palmer/Kaplan BIOL,UMCP ECOL 3.77 m

Caucasian

Peter SharpePh.D. 0508 Baldwin ENST,UMCP ECOL 3.44 m

Caucasian

MarcelaSuarez-Rubio

Ph.D. 0608 Lookingbill AL,CES ECOL 4.00 f foreign

Ryan Utz Ph.D 0608 Hilderbrand AL,CES ECOL 4.00 m Caucasia

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AliciaWells Berlin

Ph.D. 0308 Ottinger ANSC,UMCP ECOL 3.65 f

Caucasian

Bernice Bediako M.S. 0501 Johnson NATS,UMES ENMB 3.86 f foreign

Sarah Bembe M.S. 0608 Chung COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.08 fCaucasian

Michael Foster M.S. 0101 Singleton NATS,UMES ENMB 3.31 m Afr Am

Matthew Rhodes M.S. 0708 Crump HPL,CES ENMB mCaucasian

Eytan AbrahamPh.D. 0408 Zohar COMB,UMBI ENMB 4.00 m foreign

Habibul BakhtPh.D. 0708 Pitula/May NATS,UMES ENMB m foreign

Zhiliang ChenPh.D. 0708 Pitula/Jagus NATS,UMES ENMB m foreign

Nelum DorabawilaPh.D. 0508 Gupta/Nyame NATS,UMES ENMB 3.71 f foreign

Xiaojun FengPh.D. 0208 Place COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.47 f foreign

Soumya GangulyPh.D. 0308 Bush

CHEM,UMBC ENMB 3.46 m foreign

Haifeng GengPh.D. 0508 Belas COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.41 m foreign

Kathleen GillespiePh.D. 0708 Sowers COMB,UMBI ENMB f Afr Am

Lonnie GonsalvesPh.D. 0508 May/Zohar NATS,UMES ENMB 3.50 m Afr Am

Bradd HaleyPh.D. 0708 Colwell/Huq COMB,UMBI ENMB m

Caucasian

Edward J. HilyardPh.D. 0301 Hill COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.47 m

Caucasian

KimberlyHood Anderson

Ph.D. 0308 Sowers COMB,UMBI ENMB 4.00 f

Caucasian

Qiong Jiang TangPh.D. 0108 Place COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.48 f foreign

Huiqing LiPh.D. 0408 Du COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.30 m foreign

Zhuoer LinPh.D. 0508 Vasta COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.74 f foreign

Naglaa MohamedPh.D. 0308 Hill COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.86 f foreign

Verena StarkePh.D. 0608 Robb COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.46 f foreign

Cynthia B. StinePh.D. 0208 Kane UMCP ENMB 3.75 f

Caucasian

Rooge SuvanasuthiPh.D. 0408 Belas COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.04 m

Asian Am

Elisa TavianiPh.D. 0608 Colwell/Huq COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.67 f foreign

Kui WangPh.D. 0101 Chen COMB,UMBI ENMB 3.67 m foreign

Daohong YaoPh.D. 0608 Suzuki CBL,CES ENMB 3.42 f foreign

Denise M. YostPh.D. 0508 Mitchelmore CBL,CES ENMB 3.71 f

Caucasian

Jindong ZanPh.D. 0708 Hill/Chen COMB,UMBI ENMB m foreign

RehabAbass Elfadul M.S. 0408 Okoh NATS,UMES ENVSC 3.38 f foreign

Senorpe Asem- M.S. 0608 Aighewi NATS,UMES ENVSC 3.57 f foreign

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Hiablie

Kristen Beckert M.S. 0608 O'Neil HPL,CES ENVSC 4.00 fCaucasian

Peter Bogush M.S. 0608 Swan GES,UMBC ENVSC 3.11 mCaucasian

A. Rachel Borgatti M.S. 0308 O'Neil HPL,CES ENVSC 3.19 fCaucasian

Christopher Chick M.S. 0408 Cornwell HPL,CES ENVSC 3.04 mCaucasian

Susan A.Chin-Murray M.S. 0108 Brubaker ENCE,UMCP ENVSC 3.16 f foreign

Carrie Depalma M.S. 0608 Swan/Eshleman GES,UMBC ENVSC 3.50 fCaucasian

Annette Elmore M.S. 0208 Engelhardt AL,CES ENVSC 3.55 fCaucasian

Lisa Florkowski M.S. 0608 Dennison HPL,CES ENVSC 3.80 fCaucasian

Renee Gruber M.S. 0708 Kemp HPL,CES ENVSC fCaucasian

Jacklyn C. James M.S. 0708 A. Johnson NATS,UMES ENVSC f Afr Am

Joshua A. Jones M.S. 0508 Swan GES,UMBC ENVSC 3.62 mCaucasian

Terry L. Jordan M.S. 0408 Koch HPL,CES ENVSC 3.79 fCaucasian

Hyun Jin Kim M.S. 0308 Welty ENCE,UMBC ENVSC 3.52 f foreign

Gabriel Ladd M.S. 0508 Mitra/Nagchaudhuri NATS,UMES ENVSC 3.73 mCaucasian

Andrew L. Mason M.S. 0308 Lipton AREC,UMCP ENVSC 3.61 mCaucasian

Amanda Matheny M.S. 0708 BrownENTM,UMCP ENVSC f

Caucasian

Lauren McChesney M.S. 0408 Engelhardt AL,CES ENVSC 3.89 fCaucasian

Katie L. McKone M.S. 0701 Koch HPL,CES ENVSC 3.36 fCaucasian

Osarodian Nosakhare M.S. 0608 Aighewi NATS,UMES ENVSC 4.00 m foreign

Jennifer A. O'Keefe M.S. 0308 Cornwell HPL,CES ENVSC 3.00 fCaucasian

David Riposo M.S. 0408 Kangas ENST,UMCP ENVSC 3.40 mCaucasian

EmilySeldomridge M.S. 0708 Cornwell HPL,CES ENVSC f

Caucasian

Kristen Spoales M.S. 0601 Kangas ENST,UMCP ENVSC 3.40 fCaucasian

Shannon BorgesPh.D. 0208 Gates AL,CES ENVSC 3.71 f

Caucasian

Anish ChaudhuriPh.D. 0601 Waguespack/Mitra NATS,UMES ENVSC 4.00 m foreign

Karen EisenreichPh.D. 0408 Rowe CBL,CES ENVSC 4.00 f

Caucasian

Rebecca FoxPh.D. 0508 Fisher HPL,CES ENVSC 4.00 f

Caucasian

Kevin GormallyPh.D. 0601 McIntosh PSLA,UMCP ENVSC 3.67 m

Caucasian

Evan C. GrantPh.D. 0501 Palmer

ENTM,UMCP ENVSC 3.67 m

Caucasian

Melanie HarrisonPh.D. 0608 A. Miller/Groffman GES,UMBC ENVSC 3.00 f Afr Am

Jose-Luis IzursaPh.D. 0108 Tilley ENST,UMCP ENVSC 3.27 m foreign

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Nikisa JordanPh.D. 0401 Hoff PHYS,UMBC ENVSC 3.23 f Afr Am

Michael LiddelPh.D. 0008 Paynter BIOL,UMCP ENVSC 3.40 m

Caucasian

Peter I. MayPh.D. 9901 Kangas ENST,UMCP ENVSC 3.24 m

Caucasian

Moira McKernanPh.D. 0308 Ottinger ANSC,UMCP ENVSC 3.33 f

Caucasian

Annette MeredithPh.D. 0008 Paolisso

ANTH,UMCP ENVSC 3.84 f

Caucasian

Christopher W. Moore

Ph.D. 0608 Castro AL,CES ENVSC 4.00 m

Caucasian

Erik PowersPh.D. 0608 Hilderbrand AL,CES ENVSC 3.79 m

Caucasian

Diann ProsserPh.D. 0408 Ellis UMCP ENVSC 3.89 f

Caucasian

Ramy K. SerourPh.D. 0501 Tilley ENST,UMCP ENVSC 3.70 m foreign

Marina SilvaPh.D. 0008 Mihursky/Kennedy CBL,CES ENVSC 4.00 f foreign

Gwendolyn StankoPh.D. 0708 Kaushal/Reed GES,UMBC ENVSC f

Caucasian

Olyssa StarryPh.D. 0708 A. Miller/Pouyat GES,UMBC ENVSC f

Caucasian

Lorie StaverPh.D. 0708 Stevenson HPL,CES ENVSC f

Caucasian

Amanda TruettPh.D. 9708 Mihursky CBL,CES ENVSC 3.17 f

Caucasian

Robin Van MeterPh.D. 0608 Swan GES,UMBC ENVSC 4.00 f

Caucasian

Nohemi VoglozinPh.D. 0708 Lewis GES,UMBC ENVSC f foreign

Brett Wood Ph.D. 0108 Bounds/Mollett NATS,UMES ENVSC 3.50 m

Caucasian

Elizabeth K. ZineckerPh.D. 0608 Kangas ENST,UMCP ENVSC 3.25 f

Caucasian

Tunde Adebola M.S. 0708 Waguespack NATS,UMES FISH m Afr Am

Jeffrey Biermann M.S. 0508 Roman/North HPL,CES FISH 3.54 mCaucasian

Daniel W. Cullen M.S. 0701 A. Johnson NATS,UMES FISH 3.39 mCaucasian

Jason Edwards M.S. 0608 T. Miller CBL,CES FISH 3.71 mCaucasian

Kari Fenske M.S. 0708 Secor/Wilberg CBL,CES FISH fCaucasian

Ginger Jahn M.S. 0608 North HPL,CES FISH 3.54 fCaucasian

Terra Lederhouse M.S. 0408 Paynter BIOL,UMCP FISH 3.78 fCaucasian

Carlos Lozano M.S. 0608 Houde CBL,CES FISH 2.80 m Hisp Am

Daniel F. Luers M.S. 0701 May/Love NATS,UMES FISH mCaucasian

Deanna McQuarrie M.S. 0608 Secor CBL,CES FISH 3.47 fCaucasian

Joshua J. Newhard M.S. 0708 May/Love NATS,UMES FISH mCaucasian

Devin Ray M.S. 0008 May NATS,UMES FISH 3.24 m Afr Am

Larry (O.) A. AladePh.D. 0401 May/T. Miller NATS,UMES FISH 3.78 m Afr Am

William J. Connelly Ph.D 0206 Houde CBL,CES FISH 4.00 m Caucasia

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. n

Matthew KendallPh.D. 0108 Miller CBL,CES FISH 3.42 m

Caucasian

Lisa KerrPh.D. 0408 Secor CBL,CES FISH 4.00 f

Caucasian

Edward J. MartinoPh.D. 0108 Houde CBL,CES FISH 4.00 m

Caucasian

Eric NewburgerPh.D. 0608 FISH 4.00 m

Caucasian

Janet NyePh.D. 0208 Miller CBL,CES FISH 4.00 f

Caucasian

Adam PeerPh.D. 0408 Miller CBL,CES FISH 4.00 m

Caucasian

Sara J. PollackPh.D. 9908 Lamp

ENTM,UMCP FISH 3.57 f

Caucasian

Jose J. ReyesPh.D. 0108 Zohar COMB,UMBI FISH 3.47 m Hisp Am

Ryan WoodlandPh.D. 0508 Secor CBL,CES FISH 3.71 m

Caucasian

Sean Cooney M.S. 0408 Stoecker/Coats HPL,CESOCEAN 3.53 m

Caucasian

Nicholas Jabro M.S. 0408 Harvey/Marinelli CBL,CESOCEAN 3.22 m

Caucasian

Dong-Yoon Lee M.S. 0605 Hood HPL,CESOCEAN 3.23 m foreign

Ji Li M.S. 0401 Glibert HPL,CESOCEAN 3.10 m foreign

Karen A. Taylor M.S. 0701 Harvey CBL,CESOCEAN 4.00 f

Caucasian

Shih-Nan ChenPh.D. 0208 Sanford HPL,CES

OCEAN 4.00 m foreign

Caroline FortunatoPh.D. 0708 Crump HPL,CES

OCEAN f

Caucasian

Dorlisa HommelPh.D. 0501 Sparling PHYS,UMBC

OCEAN 3.17 f

Caucasian

Desmond JohnsPh.D. 0508 Glibert HPL,CES

OCEAN 3.79 f

Caucasian

David P. KellerPh.D. 0408 Hood HPL,CES

OCEAN 3.67 m

Caucasian

Yun LiPh.D. 0608 Li HPL,CES

OCEAN 3.59 f foreign

Hailong LiuPh.D. 0208 Carton

METO,UMCP

OCEAN 3.45 m foreign

Margaret SextonPh.D. 0508 Hood HPL,CES

OCEAN 3.52 f

Caucasian

Kristi ShawPh.D. 0708 Crump HPL,CES

OCEAN f

Caucasian

Anne E. ThessenPh.D. 0208 Stoecker HPL,CES

OCEAN 3.54 f

Caucasian

George WaldbusserPh.D. 0208 Marinelli CBL,CES

OCEAN 3.56 m

Caucasian

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E.. Graduates                 Graduate   Mentor            

Last Name First Name Last Name First Name Deg.Entr

y Grad Title of Research Current Position

Abraham Eytan Zohar Yonathan M.S. 0108Aug-

04

“Studies on reproductive biology and endocrinology in a primitive Teleostei, the American shad (Alosa sapidissima)” MEES Ph.D. student

Abrams Arthur Adams Lowell M.S. 9908Dec-

02“The utility of 4-posters in controlling ticks on gray squirrels” ANRI, BARC, USDA

Addo-Ntim Susana Dodoo Joseph M.S. 0401Dec-

06

“Immobilization of metal ions during shell regeneration by the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria and the effects of regeneration on its growth” MEES Ph.D. student

Allman Andrea Place Allen M.S. 0208May-06

“ Fiber digestion in the juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun”  

Auth Toby Houde Edward M.S. 9908May-03

Interannual and regional patterns of abundance, growth, and feeding ecology of larval bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) in Chesapeake Bay

Faculty Research Assistant, CIMRS (Inst/Marine Res), Oregon State Univ.

Badgley Brian D. Sebens Kenneth M.S. 9708May-02

“Nitrate uptake by corals and responses to some environmental variables”

Rookery Bay NERR, Dept. of Env. Prot., State of Florida

Bakht Habibul B. Boucaud Dwayne M.S. 0308May-07

“Effects of probiotic diets on the growth of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and isolation of a bacteriocin-like compound from two Lactobacillus species” MEES Ph.D. student

Barker Jennifer M. McKaye Kenneth M.S. 9908May-02

“Alloparental care in the Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus)”

Research Assistant, WVU Division of Forestry

Bauer Laurie Miller Thomas M.S. 0208May-06

“Winter mortality of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the Chesapeake Bay”

Marine Ecoligist, NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment

Behm Pamela M. Costanza Robert M.S. 9908May-02

Spatial modeling of eelgrass distribution in Great Bay, New Hampshire

Environmental Modeler II, Modeling and TMDL Unit (MTU) Planning Section

Belicka Laura Harvey Rodger M.S. 9908May-02

“Biochemical markers of carbon source and transport in the western Arctic Ocean” MEES Ph.D. student

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BergeronChristine M. Mason Robert M.S. 0208

Aug-05

“The impact of sediment resuspension on mercury cycling and the bioaccumulation of methylmercury into benthic and pelagic organisms”

Ph.D. student, Ecotox, VaTech, Fisheries & Wildlife Dept.

Booker Tedra Nyame A. Kwame M.S. 0201May-06

“Assessing the toxicity of nonylphenol and 17b-estradiol using three aquatic models” MEES Ph.D. student

Borges Shannon Christman Mary M.S. 9901Dec-

02

“Exposure of free-flying birds to anticholinesterase insecticides in two conventionally managed fruit orchards” MEES Ph.D. student

Boyle Pamela R. Prestegaard Karen M.S. 9708Aug-

04“Morphology in urbanized streams of the Puget Sound lowland region”

Watershed Council, Project Coordinator

Brandt Jodi Townsend Philip M.S. 0208Dec-

04

“Assessing and modeling landscape transformation in a sensitive high-elevation region of southeastern Bolivia”

Fullbright fellowship in Tarija, Bolivia

Brooks Maureen Kemp/HoodMichael/Raleigh M.S. 0008

Aug-03

“Trophic complexity, transfer efficiency and microbial interactions in pelagic ecosystems: a modeling study”

Faculty Research Assistant, HPL

Brylawski Bryce Miller Thomas M.S. 9808May-02

The individual based growth modeling of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathburn) Ph.D. student, VIMS

Burton Evans Jessica L. Cornwell Jeffrey M.S. 0208Aug-

05

“Benthic microalgal production and nitrogen fluxes across the sediment-water interface in a shallow, sub-tropical estuary, Florida Bay, Florida”

Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District

Callihan Jody L. Secor David M.S. 0208Dec-

05“Ocean ecology of juvenile bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in Maryland coastal waters”

Ph.D. Student, LSU, Coastal Fisheries Inst.

Campfield Patrick Houde Edward M.S. 0001Aug-

04

“Ichthyoplankton community structure and feeding ecology in the Patuxent River estuarine transition zone”

Fisheries Biologist, Bureau of Fisheries Management & Habitat Protection, Wisconsin Dept. of Nat. Resources

Cardoso-Gendreau Fatima A. Shirmohammadi Adel M.S. 0208

Dec-06

“Effect of initial soil moisture conditions on runoff transport of manure-borne pathogens through vegetated filter strips”

USDA ARS, Environmental Microbial Safety

Chadwell Todd B. Engelhardt Katharina M.S. 0201 Aug-04

“Effects of pre-existing submersed macrophytes on the invasion success of Hydrilla verticillata”

Senior Project Manager, Botanist, Woodlot Alternatives, Inc.

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Chenery Mary Miller Thomas M.S. 9908Dec-

02“Population dynamics of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the Hudson River, New York”  

Clark Lisa Brown Amy M.S. 0208Dec-

04

“Assessment of pesticide residues in farmers’ house dust and educational intervention to improve pesticide handling practices”

Environmental Analyst, SRA International

Coakley Jessica Miller Thomas M.S. 0108May-04

“Growth of Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in Chesapeake Bay”

Midatlantic Fishery Mgmt Council, Fishery Plan Coordinator

Coley Teresa Cornwell Jeffery M.S. 9501May-03

The effects of flow on the fluxes of oxygen, dinitrogen gas, nitrate and ammonium in diffusively controlled sediments using stirred experimental chambers

South FL Water Mngt District

CulbertsonTimothy W. Baldwin Andrew M.S. 0108

Dec-05

Effects of typical concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in agricultural treatment wetlands on polycultures of Typha latifolia L. and Juncus effusus L. and a test of the N:P ratio as a predictive tool

teacher, Env Sci/Comp Sci, The Harker School

Curti Kiersten Miller Thomas M.S. 0108May-05

“Patterns in the distribution, diet and trophic demand of the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus, in the Chesapeake Bay, USA”

PhD Student, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Davis Edgar V. Boicourt William M.S. 0401Dec-

05

“Circulation and transport processed for the Pocomoke River: a tributary to a partially mixed estuary”  

DavisAncilleno O. Mitra Madhumi M.S. 0508

Dec-06

“Epifloral and epifaunal assemblage of Fucus vesiculosus L. (Bladderwrack) in Indian River Inlet, Delaware, USA.  

DeckerChristie-Sue Anderson Robert M.S. 9908

Aug-02

“Chemotaxis of hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) hemocytes to pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes”

Biologist, US FDA, Center for Vet Med., Division of Animal Research (HFV-520)

Dorabawila Nelum Gupta Gian M.S. 0108May-05

Endocrine disrupting chemical - 17B-Estradiol - in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries MEES Ph.D. student

Dulal Kalpana Boucaud Dwayne M.S. 0301 May-05

“Study of benthic bacteria from Maryland and Delaware coastal bays using 16S rDNA”

Ph.D. Student at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Biomedical Science program

49

Dyda Rachael Y. Harvey Rodger M.S. 0108Dec-

05“Linking phylogeny and lipid composition of natural bacterial communities in Arctic waters”

Lab Tech/Manager, Chem Ocean., Stanford U.

Engstrom Steven J. Marinelli Roberta M.S. 0108May-04

“Recruitment responses of benthic infauna to manipulated sediment geochemical properties in natural flows”

Aquarist, Seacoast Science Center

Erwin Amy C. Siefert Ronald M.S. 0308Aug-

05“Vehicular ammonia emissions in Baltimore, Maryland”

PhD Student, UMCP AOSC

Fellows Valerie Bounds Dixie M.S. 9908May-03

Pollution and contaminants contributing to species decline : an analysis of threatened and endangered species recovery plants

US Fish & Wildlife Biologist

Flores Conception Bounds Dixie M.S. 9901May-03

Evaluation of vegetative response to fire exclusion and prescribed fire rotation on Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area U.S. Forest Service

Fraley Lisa A. Miller/Welty Andrew/Claire M.S. 0308May-06

“Interaction between channel morphology and spatial patterns of sediment storage and remobilization in Valley Creek, Valley Forge National Historical Park”  

Gaffney Matthew Hodos William M.S. 9808May-02

“The visual acuity and refractive state of the American kestrel”

Project Associate, Inyo County Yucca Mountain Repository Assessment Office

Gangle Brian J. Colwell Rita M.S. 0208Aug-

05“Sources and occurrence of antibiotic resistance in the environment”  

Ganser Leann Brown Amy M.S. 0408May-06

“Assessing the potential for doormats to reduce pesticide residues in the home”

Staff Scientist @ Dynamic Corporation, Rockville MD

Gardner William D. Gupta Gian M.S. 0008May-04

“Changes in toxicity of poultry litter aqueous leachate with additions of Montmorillonite”

MEES Ph.D. student, Res Grad Asst III

Giffen Cynthia J. Eshleman Keith M.S. 9908Aug-

05“Comparison of base cations in streams and soils in two small western Maryland watersheds”

Asst. Faculty Associate, Zoology, Univ. of Wisconsin

Greene Sarah E. Boynton Walter M.S. 0208Dec-

05“Nutrient removal by tidal fresh and oligohaline marshes in a Chesapeake Bay tributary”  

Hall Sagit Levin Douglas M.S. 0301May-05

“Hydrodynamics of freshwater ponds on a siliciclastic barrier island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland”  

Harris C. Stewart Paynter Kennedy M.S. 9901Dec-

03“Growth, mortality and disease of Crassostrea virginica and the development of epifaunal

Congressional Affairs Specialist, NOAA

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community on oyster bars of varying density in Chesapeake Bay” Off. Of Leg. Affairs

Hassett Brooke Palmer Margaret M.S. 0308May-06

“Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: status and trends of river restoration and an experimental approach to understanding ecosystem function in urban streams”

Associate in Biological Research, c/o Dr. Emily Bernhardt Lab

Heighton Lynne Siefert Ronald M.S. 0308Aug-

05

“Physical and potentiometric constant of ferrous and ferric phytate applied to organic phosphate transport in poorly drained soil”

Ph.D. student, UMCP, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Hengst Angela M. Murray Laura M.S. 0308May-07

“Restoration ecology of Potamogeton perfoliatus in mesohalin Chesapeake Bay: the nursery bed effect”

Environmental Education Temp-Teacher, Horn Point Lab

Herbert Rachel Baldwin Andrew M.S. 0201May-05

“Vegetation and nitrogen and phosphorous dynamics of riparian forested wetlands in nutrient enriched and non-enriched settings”

U.S. EPA, Water Permits Division

Jensen Olaf Miller Thomas M.S. 0008Dec-

04“Spatial ecology of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in Chesapeake Bay”

Ph.D. student, U. Wisconsin, Natural Sci.

Jin Zhenghua Boicourt William M.S. 9901Dec-

04

“Modeling hydrodynamics and sediment transport in Baltimore Harbor: time-varying boundary conditions” MDE

Jordan Nikisa S. Hoff Raymond M.S. 0401Dec-

06

“Estimating smoke emissions over the U.S. Southern Great Plains using moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (Modis) satellite fire radiative energy (Fre) measurements” MEES Ph.D. student

Kulkarni Madhura Currie William M.S. 0008Aug-

03“Multi-factor controls on denitrification in natural and reclaimed mine wetlands”

PhD Student @ Cornell (Advisor: Peter Goffman)

Kuzmick Danika Rowe Christopher M.S. 0208May-06

“Individual and population-level effects of solid coal combustion residue on the estuarine grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio)”  

Lee Carina Birch Dixie M.S. 0308May-05

“Home range and habitat use of conservation buffer strips by black rat snakes and northern black racers on Tudor Farms in Dorchester County, Maryland”

Field Technician, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Levesque Michelle Hughes   M.S. 0008May-03

Delineation of available habitat for anadromous fish in Johnson's Pond, Salisbury, Maryland

NOAA/NODC, Oceanographer

Liebert Daniel P. Baker Joel M.S. 9708 Dec-06

Sources of PCBs to Maryland Fish NOAA

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Lilly Lori A. Wiley James M.S. 0108May-04

Vegetation dynamics on shortleaf pine-dominated sand dunes in Maryland”  

Limpert Dana L. Bounds Dixie M.S. 9801May-03

Summer roost selection of the forest bat community in the Pocomoke River watershed, Maryland

Biodiversity Analyst, MD DNR - Wildlife and Heritage Service, Wye Mills Field Office

Lohr Jayme Hill Russell M.S. 0008Dec-

03

“Genomic analysis and characterization of a marine phage that infects a sponge-associated alpha-proteobacterium”

PhD Student @ Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK

Ma Xiping Kennedy/Miller Victor/Thomas M.S. 9808Dec-

03

“Effects of environmental factors on distribution and asexual reproduction of the invasive hydrozoan, Moerisia lyonsi”

Registered Nurse, MICU, UM Medical Center

MacAuleySheridan R. Sowers Kevin M.S. 0308

Dec-05

“Expression of recombinant proteins in Methanosarcina acetivorans”

NOAA Sea Grant Knauss, NASA HQ Oceanography Program

Melton John Murray Laura M.S. 9908Dec-

02“Environmental quality and restoration of mesohaline submerged aquatic vegetation” FRA, HPL

Mielcarek Kristin Stevenson J. Court M.S. 0308May-06

“Creating marshes with dredged material on a restored island in Chesapeake Bay”

Canaan Valley Institute

Mikita Kimberly Boynton Walter M.S. 0008May-03

An investigation of factors influencing the dynamics of the spring phytoplanktn bloom in the Patuxent River estuary, Maryland

Office of Naval Research

Minegishi Taeko Baker Joel M.S. 0308May-07

“Characterization of PAH composition patterns in diesel emissions”  

Mori Gina Wiley James M.S. 0308May-06

“Physical characteristics, vegetation and habitat selection of Bahama parrots and their association to breeding success”  

Morrison Megan M. Schreier Harold M.S. 0208Aug-

04

“Molecular and physiological characteristics of biofilters associated with a closed marine recirculating aquaculture system”  

Morrison Wendy E. Secor David M.S. 9808May-02

“Demographics, dispersal, and relative abundance of Hudson River yellow-phase American eels”

Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech School of Biology

Mountz Ann C. Anderson Robert M.S. 9808Aug-

03“Analysis of antimicrobial factors in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)”  

MubengaKamonayi Y. Hoff Raymond M.S. 0408

May-07

“GASP and MODIS surface reflectance comparison for the Baltimore, MD/Washington, science teacher

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DC area (2004-2005)”

Muffley Brandon Houde Edward M.S. 9908Aug-

02

“Scale-dependent predatory effects of the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia, and lobate ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, on plankton communities in estuarine mesocosms”

Research Scientist, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife

Murphy Robert F. Secor David M.S. 0008Aug-

05“Fish assemblage structure in Maryland’s coastal lagoon complex”

Director, Ecosystem Solutions, Inc.

Nagel Eric Cornwell Jeffrey M.S. 0108Dec-

04

“Nitrogen fixation in benthic microalgal mats: an important, internal source of “new” nitrogen to benthic communities in Florida Bay”

SeaGrant Fellow, HR Coast Guard and Maritime Trans. Subcom

Negley Timothy Eshleman Keith M.S. 9908May-02

“A comparative hydrologic analysis of surface-mined and forested watersheds in western Maryland”

Syracuse Research Corporation, Environmental Science Center

O'Brien David Houde Edward M.S. 9708May-02

“Scales and patterns of recruitment of bay anchovy in Chesapeake Bay”

Program Coordinator, NOAA, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources

O'Brien Shawn Wiley James M.S. 0408May-05

“Stranding trends of sea turtles in the Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic Coast of Maryland”

GIS Laboratory Technician, UMES

Pavlos Shao Nicole Paynter Kennedy M.S. 0108Dec-

04

“Fertilization success in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica and hydrodynamic influences of oyster shell on larval retention”

EPA, Environmental Protection Specialist

Pednault-Willett Kendra Bounds Dixie M.S. 9901May-02

Population size and habitat use of the Delmarva Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus) following an infestation of the Southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Biologist, J.N. "Ding" Darling NWR

Pendleton Frank N. Baldwin Andrew M.S. 9901Dec-

03“The effects on birds of spraying deltamethrin in the Okavango Delta”

Wildlife Biologist, U.S. FWS

Peterson Jessica Baldwin Andrew/Robert M.S. 0101May-03

Factors regulating expression of seed banks in vegetation of tidal freshwater wetlands

Research Associate, Penn St. Cooperative Wetlands Unit

Piper Taconya Jesien   M.S. 0001May-03

Fecundity of American shad, Alosa sapidissim, in the Delaware and Hudson River, USA

PhD student in Fisheries @ Auburn University

Pizarro Carolina Dzantor E. Kudjo M.S. 0001 Dec-02

“Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus by algal turfs grown on dairy manure”

Faculty Research Asst., Environmental Science & Tech.,

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UMCP

Potthoff Michael Christman Mary M.S. 0108Aug-

03“Growth depensation and social behavior in juvenile hybrid striped bass”

Biologist, NC Division of Marine Fisheries

Puckett Brandon J. Secor David M.S. 0308Aug-

06“Growth and recruitment rates of juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in Chesapeake Bay”

PhD student @ NCSU, Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sci.

Ramsey Molly Currie William M.S. 9908May-02

“Aboveground production and nitrogen availability at a rehabilitated ecosystem: The role of soil moisture and microtopography”  

Rath Mark A. Lazur Andrew M.S. 0208Aug-

04

“Evaluation of off-season spawning techniques and larval diet supplementation of yellow perch (Perca flavescens)” Biologist, NIH

Rearick Michael S. Mason Robert M.S. 0101Aug-

04“In situ measurement of sulfide in natural waters”

Research Chemist, Analytical ChemistryDiv., NIST

Reaugh Matthew Roman Michael M.S. 0108May-05

“The effects of freshwater flow and grazing on the plankton community structure of Chesapeake Bay tributaries”

Faculty Research Assistant, HPL

Reid Carolyn C.Mihursky/Breitburg Joseph/Denise M.S. 9708

Dec-03

The effects of submerged aquatic vegetation as habitat on the survivorship of clams: field surveys in St. Mary's River, Maryland and laboratory predation experiments  

Ribblett Suzanna Palmer Margaret M.S. 9808May-02

The functional significance of protists in the decomposition of stream leaf litter

Biol. Tech., Protistan Ecol. Lab., SERC

Roth Lori Harvey Rodger M.S. 0108Dec-

04“Dissolved protein modification and degradation in natural waters”

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Rusello Kristin C. Baldwin Andrew M.S. 0208Dec-

05

“Wetland restoration in urban settings: studies of vegetation and seed banks in restored and reference tidal freshwater marshes”

I.M. Systems Group,NOAA, Damage Assessment Center

Sakaris Peter Jesien Roman M.S. 9908May-02

Seasonal movement patterns, home ranges and habitat utilization of the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus, in the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C.

Assistant Professor, Biology, Southern Polytechnic State University

Salerno Monica Stoecker Diane M.S. 0208May-06

“Ectocellular enzyme activities in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae)”  

Sawma Jeremiah Eshleman Keith M.S. 0008 Aug-03

“Nitrogen dynamics in a defoliated mid-Atlantic forest”

Peace Corps, Vanauatu

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Schlag Erin McIntosh Marla M.S. 0208Dec-

04

“Genetic diversity and phytochemistry of Maryland-grown America ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.)”

Laboratory Coordinator/Instructor, Swarthmore College, Dept. of Biology

Schulte Kristin Kemp Michael M.S. 0001Aug-

03

“Spatial structure and heterogeneity in beds of the seagrass Ruppia maritima, and comparison to ecological variables”

Wildlife Biologist, Marine Resource Devision, SCDNR

Serour Ramy K. Kangas Patrick M.S. 0108May-04

“An environmental economic assessment of Scuba diving-related damage to coral reef systems in Hurghada, the Red Sea, Egypt” MEES Ph.D. student

Sharma Preeti Okoh Joseph M.S. 0301May-06 “Gaseous phase surface modification of coal” MEES PhD student

Shi Yanmei Suzuki Marcelino M.S. 0308Aug-

05

“Measurement of in situ expression of proteorhodopsin genes at the North Pacific Central Gyre Station ALOHA”

MIT, Civil & Env. Engineering

ShoopJessica Louise May/Love Eric/Joseph M.S. 0108

Dec-06

“The influence of environmental variables and land use on the distribution and abundance of white perch (Morone americana) and Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay watersheds.”

Contractor, Dept. of Homeland Security

Siddiqi Afsheen Cronin Thomas M.S. 0008Aug-

03

“Color signaling in the strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, to conspecifics and a potential predator”

Post-doc in GERMANY; Will need to be updated in 2009

Sloan James M. Eshleman Keith M.S. 0301May-07

"A comparison of the stormflow response of four zero order watersheds in western Maryland."  

Smith Lisa S. Nelson Judd M.S. 0008Aug-

06“Factors influencing glutathione S-transferases in D. magna”  

Sveinsdottir Audur Mason Robert M.S. 9908May-02

“Methylmercury in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) from Maryland reservoirs and factors influencing uptake”

(EIA Specialist) Env. Impact Assessment Spec., National Planning Agency

Swartwood Stacy L. Kangas Patrick M.S. 9901May-04

“Assessment of mangrove and salt marsh mesocosm functional value using periwinkle snails, Littiraria angulifera and Littiraria irrorata, as an indicator”

ECO Assoc., U.S. EPA, Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds

Takata Lynn T. Secor David M.S. 9908 Aug-04

“Habitat use and cohort recruitment dynamics of juvenile bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in diverse Maryland nursery systems”

Staff Environmental Scientist, Sea Grant Fisheries, U of CA, Davis

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Testa Jeremy M. Kemp Michael M.S. 0308Aug-

06

“Factors regulating variability in water quality and net biogeochemical fluxes in the Patuxent River estuary”  

Toaspern Megan L. Baker Joel M.S. 0108Dec-

03“Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in a Delaware River estuary food web”

Water Quality Specialist, Univ. of HI Sea Grant College

Toschik Pamela Ottinger Mary Ann M.S. 0201Dec-

04

“Ospreys breeding on the Delaware River and Bay: Evaluation of contaminant exposure and habitat use”

Environmental Policy Specialist, NSF, Office of Polar Programs

Traband Jason J. Fisher Thomas M.S. 0008Dec-

03“Removal of wasterwater nitrogen and phosphorus by an oligohaline marsh” CAN Engineers?

Wang Qian Belas Robert M.S. 0001May-03

Microorganisms involve in fluctuations of Pfiesteria population and fish health in Pfiesteria fish bioassays  

Wegner Fellows Valerie Bounds Dixie M.S. 9908May-02

Pollution and contaminants contributing to species decline : an analysis of threatened and endangered species recovery plants

US Fish & Wildlife Biologist

Whalin Lindsay Mason Robert M.S. 0301May-05

“The investigation of mercury redox chemistry in natural waters and the development of a new method for incubation experiments”

Environmental Consultant, Larry Walker Associates

Wicks Elinor C. Koch Evamaria M.S. 0308Dec-

05

“The effect of sea level rise on seagrasses: Is the sediment adjacent to retreating marshes suitable for seagrass growth?”

Science Application Coordinator, EcoCheck, Oxford Coop. Lab

Williams Monica R. Bounds Dixie M.S. 9808Dec-

02

“Shorebird habitat use and availability during spring migration through Delaware Bay in relationship to horseshoe crab spawning.”  

Woodland Ryan J. Secor David M.S. 0208Aug-

05“Age, growth and recruitment of Hudson River shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)”

MEES Ph.D. student, CBL

Zickel Michael J. Ulanowicz Robert M.S. 0108Aug-

05“Using ecosystem network analysis to quantify fluid flow”

Marine Scientist, Geo-Marine, Inc.

Ziegler Gregory Paynter Kennedy M.S. 9708May-02

“Matrix metalloproteinase-like activity from hemocytes of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica”

Faculty Research Asst., Wye Research & Education Center

Abdel-Hafez Ahmed Weiner RonaldPh.D

. 9608Aug-

03

“Production and genomics of alginases synthesiezed by Microbulbifur degradans strain 2 -40”

Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University

Adolf Jason Harding LawrencePh.D

. 9608Dec-

02“Photosynthesis and carbon metabolism in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Karlodinium

Assistant Research Scientist, Horn Point

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micrum” Lab

Apple Jude K. Kemp/DelGiorgio Michael/PaulPh.D

. 9908Dec-

05“Regulation of bacterioplankton carbon metabolism in a temperate salt-marsh estuary”

NRC Postdoc Res. Assoc., Mar. Biogeochem, U.S. NRL, Wash DC

BaerNicholas A. Lamp William

Ph.D. 9808

Aug-04

“Macroinvertebrate structure and ecological function in Maryland coastal plain watersheds”

Asst. Professor, Natural Sci., Colby-Sawyer College

Bamford Holly Baker JoelPh.D

. 9901Dec-

02

“Sources and transport of trace organic contaminants in a mid-Atlantic urban atmosphere”

Program Director, NOAA Marine Debris, Office of Response & Restoration

Bartleson Richard Stevenson J. CourtPh.D

. 9401Dec-

04“Interactions of seagrass beds and the water column: effects of bed size and hydrodynamics”

Sr. Environmental Scientist, S. Florida Water Mgmt Dist, Okeechobee Division

Benitez Torrez Jorge Fisher ThomasPh.D

. 9608May-02

“Historical land cover changes (1665-2000) and impact on N and P export from the Choptank watershed”

Researcher-Professor, Centro de Ecologia Pesquerias y Oceanografia del Golfo de Mexico, U Autonoma de Campeche

Bissing Allyson Benson SpencerPh.D

. 9708Dec-

02

“A multicomponent analysis of the effects of excimer-generated unltraviolet radiation (UVB) on bacterial survival”

Post-doc, Dept. of Biol., Center for Biological Defense

Brawley John W. Costanza RobertPh.D

. 9308Dec-

02

"Dynamic modeling of nutrient inputs and ecosystem responses in the Waquoit Bay estuarine system”

Battelle; Coastal Resource and Environmental Management

Burns James Capone DouglasPh.D

. 9108May-03

Molecular diversity of diazotrophs in contrasting shallow marine sediments

Microbiologist, Bionavitas Inc

Chaiyanan Sitthipan Colwell RitaPh.D

. 9701Aug-

02“ Viable but non-culturable state (VBNC) of V. cholerae 01 and 0139”  

Chastain Robert A. Townsend PhilipPh.D

. 9905Aug-

04

“Distribution and dynamics of the evergreen understory layer in central Appalachian highland forests”

Post-doc, Forestry, U. of Missouri

Chen Ying Siefert Ronald Ph.D.

0008 Dec-04

“Sources and fate of atmospheric nutrients over the remote oceans and their role on controlling marine diazotrophic microorganisms”

Post Doc, Dept. of Geol. and Env. Sci., Stanford University

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Chen Yuansha Morris J. GlennPh.D

. 0308Dec-

06

“Genomic variation on Vibrio cholerae, with specific focus on the polysaccharide biogenesis region”

EMP Foodborne & Emerging Pathogens, UMB

CheroskeAlexander G. Cronin Thomas

Ph.D. 9908

May-04

“The ecological and behavioral relevance of color vision in stomatopod crustaceans under varying light environments”

Moorpark College, Faculty, Dept. of Biology

Choopun Nipa Colwell RitaPh.D

. 9708Aug-

04“Population structure of Vibrio cholerae in Chesapeake Bay”  

Crimmins Bernard S. Baker JoelPh.D

. 0008Dec-

06

Characterization of carbonaceous aerosol: improved methods, Isources and size distributions

Analytical Lab Director, CARES, Camp Annex, Clarkson University

Cushman Susan E. Morgan RaymondPh.D

. 0108Aug-

06“Fish movement, habitat selection, and stream habitat complexity in small urban streams”

Lecturer, Hobalt and Wm Smith Colleges

DeedsJonathan R. Place Allen

Ph.D. 9901

Dec-03

“Toxins and toxicity from the cosmopolitan, bloom-forming dinoflagellate Karlodinium micrum”

HFS-717, US FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Office of Seafood

Del Vecchio Rossana Blough NeilPh.D

. 9801May-02

“Chromophoric dissolvved organic matter in natural waters: distribution, dynamics and nature”

Research Associate, Earth System Science Intedisciplinary Cntr

Dowgiallo Michael Reaka-Kudla MarjoriePh.D

. 9108Dec-

04“Patterns in diversity and distribution of benthic molluscs along a depth gradient in the Bahamas”

Oceanographer, NOAA, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Res.

Egnotovich Michael S.Baldwin/Ulanowicz Andrew/Robert

Ph.D. 9608

Aug-06

“Eutrophication and coastal wetlands: linking nutrient enrichment to tidal freshwater marsh ecosystem structure and function”  

Engel-Cox Jill Hoff RaymondPh.D

. 0108Dec-

04“Bridging the science and policy divide: use of satellite monitoring data for air quality policy”

Battelle Memorial Institute, Principal Research Scientist

Fagervold Sonja K. Sowers KevinPh.D

. 0108May-07

“The role of dehalorespiring bacteria in the reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in Baltimore Harbor sediment microcosms” UMBC

Fiscus Daniel A. Gates/Ulanowicz Edward/Robert Ph.D.

0208 May-07

“Comparative ecological modeling for solution of excess nitrogen loading to surface waters and related chronic and systemic human-environment problems”

Assistant Professor, Biology, Frsotburg St.

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Fitzpatrick Kerry Douglass LarryPh.D

. 9501May-03

Effects of mowing on the selection of raptor foraging habitat

Habitat Specialist, Wildlife Division, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources

Frisk Michael Miller ThomasPh.D

. 0101Dec-

04

“Biology, life history and conservation of elasmobranchs with an emphasis on Western Atlantic skates”

Chesapeake Biological Lab

Garcia Roberta J. Kane AndrewPh.D

. 9808Dec-

06“The effects of oxytetracycline on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii”  

Gatumu Evanson May EricPh.D

. 9701May-03

Redescription of the genera nimbochromis and tyranochromis (teleostei: cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa

Professor, Egerton University, Njoro Campus, Department of Zoology, KENYA

Golden Nancy Ottinger Mary AnnPh.D

. 9701May-03

Lead accumulation in feathers of nestling black-crowned night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) experimentally treated in the field

Ecotoxicologist, USFWS/DEQ

Gonzalez Mantilla Jaime F. Kane Andrew

Ph.D. 0108

Dec-06

“Hepatic phase I and II biotransformation kinetics in fishes: a comparative study”

went back to Columbia

Green Bessie M. Dadson RobertPh.D

. 9708Dec-

04

Enhanced symbiotic activity in the rhizosphere of the soybean, Glycine max L. Merr., in the Delmarva Region Lecturer, UMES

GrimChristopher J. Colwell Rita

Ph.D. 9808

Dec-06

“Ecological significance of luminescence in Vibrio cholerae: occurrence, expression and function”

UMCP, Fac Res Asst, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

Hagy, Jr. James D. Boynton WalterPh.D

. 9608May-02 “The effect of hypoxia on food web structure”

Ecologist, U.S. EPA, NHEERL, Gulf Ecology Division

Hand R. Taber Costanza RobertPh.D

. 9208Dec-

03

“System structure, natural history, dynamic modeling and adaptive management of the Mekong watershed’s Tonle Sap-Great Lake, Cambodia”

Leverage Point Strategies, Inc.

Henrikson Davin Vasta GerardoPh.D

. 9508Dec-

04

“Molecular and functional characteristics of a 15 KDA galectin from striped bass (Morone saxatilis)”  

Henry Paula F. Ottinger Mary AnnPh.D

. 9108May-02

“Biomarkers for assessing effects of endocrine-disrupting contaminants on wildlife”

Physiologist, USGS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Huang Shou-Chung

Newell Roger Ph.D.

9308 Aug-02

“Variation of food resources and nutritional demandes of ribbed mussels, Geukensia demissa”

Post-Doc, University in Taiwan, Institute of Zoology, Academia

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Sinica

Jacobs John M. Harrell/Baya Reginal/AnaPh.D

. 9808May-07

“Mycobacteriosis in Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis): the interaction of nutrition and disease”

Research Biologist, NOAA/NOS Oxford Lab

JohnsonMatthew D. Stoecker Diane

Ph.D. 9808

Dec-05

“Physiological and molecular aspects of organelle sequestration in the ciliate Myrionecta rubra”  

Jordan Christina Harding LawrencePh.D

. 9508Aug-

03

“Mesoscale patterns of phytoplankton size, structure, primary productivity and implications for trophic transfer in Chesapeake Bay planktonic communities” Postdoc

Jung Sukgeun Houde EdwardPh.D

. 9508May-02

“Fish community structure and the spatial and temporal variability in recruitment and biomass production in Chesapeake Bay”

National Fisheries Research & Development Institute

Kan Jinjun Chen FengPh.D

. 0101Dec-

06

Bacterioplankton in the Chesapeake Bay: Genetic diversity, population dynamics and community proteomics Post-doc in California

Kanoksilapatham Wirojne Robb Frank

Ph.D. 9708

May-04

“Regulation and distribution of transposons in hyperthermophilic Archaea”

Associate Professor, Silpakorn University (THAILAND)

Kim Eun-Hee Mason RobertPh.D

. 9608Dec-

04

“The importance of physical mixing and sediment chemistry in mercury and methylmercury biogeochemical cycling and bioaccumulation within shallow estuaries”

Div Environ. Sci & Ecol Eng, Korea Univ.

Klenke Ulrike Zohar YonathanPh.D

. 0201Dec-

06

“Gonadal and steroid feedback regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary axis in striped bass (Morone saxatilis)” COMB, UMBI

Klosterhaus Susan L. Baker JoelPh.D

. 0108May-07

“The bioavailability of brominated diphenyl ethers from urban estuarine sediments to deposit-feeding invertebrates”

Environmental Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Kolesar Sarah E. Boynton/Breitburg Walter/DenisePh.D

.  Dec-

06

The effects of low dissolved oxygen on predation interactions between Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores and larval fish in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem  

Kraus Richard Secor DavidPh.D

. 9901Aug-

03“Alternative migratory pathways of white perch in the Patuxent River Estuary, Maryland”

Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Policy Department

Kreger Michael Kuenzel  Ph.D

. 9608May-03

Behavioral profiles of the captive juvenile whooping crane (Grus americana) as an indicator

Wildlife Biologist, Office of Scientific

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of reintroduction behavior and survival Authority, USFWS

Laksanalamai Pongpan Robb FrankPh.D

. 9808Aug-

03“Structural and functional analysis of the Pyrococcus furiosus small heat shock protein”

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Larsen Randolph Baker JoelPh.D

. 9708Aug-

02“Atmospheric exchange of PHAs, PCBs, and ammonia with the Chesapeake Bay”

Asst. Professor, Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Lloyd Scott Roman MichaelPh.D

. 9908May-06

“The ecology of Eurytemora affinis (and other zooplankton) in the Chesapeake Bay estuarine turbidity maximum”  

Louis Valerie R. Colwell RitaPh.D

. 9708Aug-

03“Ecological modeling of the bacterial pathogens Vibrio cholerae and Campylobacter jejuni”

Post-doc, Univ. of Heidelberg

Matanoski Joseph Hood/PurcellRaleigh/Jennifer E.

Ph.D. 9608

Dec-04

“The behavior of the Scyphomedusae Chrysaoara quinquecirrha and Aurelia aurita and its ecological importance”

Assistant Professor of Biotechnology, Villa Julie College

Maurihungirire Moses May EricPh.D

. 9608May-02

Analysis of demersal fishery by catch off the coast of Namibia

Director of Living Marine Resources - Swakopmund, Namibia

Merten Amy A. Mason RobertPh.D

. 9905Dec-

05

“Sublethal narcotic impacts of dietary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the bioenergetics of and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) bioaccumulation in Fundulus heteroclitus”

NOAA Off. Of Response & Restoration, Seattle

Miller Todd R. Belas RobertPh.D

. 9901Dec-

04“Swimming for sulphur: Analysis of the Roseobacter-dinoflagellate interaction”

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Miller Carrie Mason RobertPh.D

. 9908May-06

“The role of organic matter in the dissolved phase speciation and solid phase partitioning of mercury”

Research Assistant Professor, UNCW, Dept of Chemistry

Miller W. David Harding LawrencePh.D

. 9808Aug-

06 “Climate forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in Chesapeake Bay”

US Naval Research Laboratory, NRC Post-doc research associate, Remote Sensing Div.

Mitchell Tia M. Okoh JosephPh.D

. 0308Dec-

06“Studies of spontaneous combustion of low rank coals and lignites”  

Odom Eric W. Vasta Gerardo Ph.D.

9708 May-04

“F-type lectins: evolutionary and structural insights of a novel lectin family from the study of teleosts”

Post-doc, NIH/NHLBI, Genetics & Developmental

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Biology Center

O'Leary Nuala Vasta GerardoPh.D

. 9608Aug-

03

“Isolation and characterization of a novel hemocyte-specific galectins form the protochordate, Clavelina picta; its potential role in the innate immune response”

Medical University of South Carolina

Overton Anthony S. May EricPh.D

. 9708May-03

Striped bass predator-prey interactions in Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic Coast

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

Patterson Trista Ruth/Costanza Matthias/RobertPh.D

. 9901May-05

“Differences between the local and global environmental impacts of tourism: a case study of Tuscany”

Ecological Economist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Peraud Olivier Hill RussellPh.D

. 0008Dec-

06

“Isolation and characterization of a sponge-associated Actinomycete that produces manzamines”

Post-doc, University of Utah, SLC

Pereyra Glynis L. Colwell RitaPh.D

. 9208Aug-

02“Isolation and analysis of a virus and bacteria associated with Prorocentrum minimum”

Asst. Professor, Marine Science and Biology, Southampton College

Phillips, II William H. Mulchi CharlesPh.D

. 9908Dec-

05“Production and environmental influences on soybean isoflavone type and concentration”

Agronomist, U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios Bldg 7503C

Portela Rosimeiry Costanza RobertPh.D

. 9808Dec-

04

“Integrated ecological economics modeling of ecosystem services from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest”

Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science

Rawlings Tonya K. Colwell/Ruiz Rita/GregoryPh.D

. 9608Aug-

05“Interactions of epidemic Vibrio cholerae 01 and 0139 in a copepod microhabitat”

Post Doc, Stanford Univ.

Robles-Diaz-De-Leon Luisa F. Kangas Patrick

Ph.D. 9601

Dec-03

“A memetic/participatory approach for changing social behaviors and promoting environmental stewardship in Jalisco, Mexico”  

Rogers Andrew S. Kearney MichaelPh.D

. 9601May-04

“Topological effects on the loss of coastal salt marshes”  

Ruth Lisa M. Bradley BrianPh.D

. 9908Aug-

04

“Relationship between metal uptake and toxicity observed at the protein level in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01”

Aq. Biologist, US Army Center for Health Prom & Prev. Med.

Salierno James Kane Andrew Ph.D.

0008 May-05

“Harmful algal bloom stressors alter behavior and brain activity in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus”

Post Doc Res Fellow, Dept of Epi & Prev Med, UMB

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Scheurer David L. Gardner RobertPh.D

. 9508Aug-

06“A spatially-explicit framework for investigating patchiness effects in aquatic ecosystems”

Program Analyst, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research

Schneider Abby R. Baker JoelPh.D

. 9808Aug-

05“PCB desporption form resuspended Hudson River sediment”

American Chemical Society Congressional Fellow

Smalley Gabriela Stoecker/Coats Diane/WaynePh.D

. 9508May-02

“Mixotrophy in the red-tide dinoflagellate Ceratium furca, with emphasis on feeding biology and ecology”

Post-doc, Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography

Smith Gary F. Newell RogerPh.D

. 9208May-02

Characterization of oyster habitat in mesohaline Chesapeake Bay

Chief of Mapping & Analysis, MDNR, The Sarbanes Cooperative Oxford Lab, Fisheries

Snellman Erick A. Colwell RitaPh.D

. 9801May-02

“The purification and properties of the extracellular lipase, LipA, from Acinetobacter sp. RAG-1”

Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, U.S. Air Force Academy

SolomonCaroline A. Glibert Patricia

Ph.D. 0508

Dec-06

“Regulation of estuarine phytoplankton and bacterial urea uptake and urease activity by environmental factors”

Assistant Professor, Biology, Gallaudet University

Stapleton Heather Baker JoelPh.D

. 9708Aug-

03

“Assimilation and metabolism of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by the common carp”

Asst. Prof., Nicholas Sch of Env & Earth Sci, Duke University

Subramanian Bhaskaran Gupta/Okoh Gian/JosephPh.D

. 0008May-06

“Retention of heavy metals in poultry litter using clay mineral (Montmorillonite) and coal fly ash”

Maryland Eastern Shore RC & D Council, Inc.

Sutton Adrienne Fisher ThomasPh.D

. 0101Dec-

06“Evaluation of agricultural nutrient reductions in restored riparian buffers”

Congressional Affairs Specialist, Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Resarch, NOAA

Taylor Larry E. Weiner RonaldPh.D

. 9908Dec-

05“Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides by Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40”

Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Tjaden Robert Weismiller RichardPh.D

. 9508May-02

“Adoption of riparian buffer technology in a voluntary climate: an analysis of Maryland farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics”

Asst. Dir., Ag. & Nat. Res. Programs, MD Coop. Ext. Serv.

Utz Laura R. P. Small/Coats Eugene/WaynePh.D

. 9808May-04

“Identification, life history, and ecology of peritrich ciliates as epibionts on calenoid Brazil

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copepods in the Chesapeake Bay”

Vemuri Amanda Daly/Costanza Herman/RobertPh.D

. 0008Dec-

04

“The contribution of natural capital to quality of life: a multiscale analysis at the county, region and global scales”

Secnior Associate, ICP Consulting

Walters Steven Gardner RobertPh.D

. 9508Aug-

02

“Landscape simulation modeling of characteristic habitat scales, dispersal, and connectivity from the perspective of the organism”

U.S. EPA, National Health & Env Effects Research Lab, Atlantic Ecology Div

Walton William Kennedy/Ruiz Victor/GregoryPh.D

. 9405Aug-

03

“Mitigation of predation by the European green crab Carcinus maenas on publicly cultured hard shell clams Mercenaria mercenaria”

Aquaculture Specialist, Barnstable Co. Cape Cod Coop Ext. & WHOI

Walz Anita Ottinger/MorganMary Ann/Raymond

Ph.D. 9308

Dec-02

The study of associations between Maryland's amphibian species and habitat parameters at local and landscape scales

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geography, Marshall Univ.

Wong Ten-Tsao Zohar YonathanPh.D

. 9801Aug-

03“Endocrine mechanism regulate sex reversal in a hermaphroditic fish model, Sparus aruata”

Post-doc, Research Associate, Animal Sciences, Purdue Univ.

Woodwell John C. Costanza RobertPh.D

. 9308May-02

“The role of natural capital in ecological-economic systems: applications of simulation modeling”

Teacher, West Potomac High School, Alexandria VA

Xu Jiangtao Hood RaleighPh.D

. 9708May-05

“Modeling the physical, optical and biological properties of Chesapeake Bay”

Assistant Research Scientist

Yonkos Lance Wright DavidPh.D

. 0001May-05

“Poultry litter-induced endocrine disruption: laboratory and field investigations”

(WYE) Research Center

ZoYoung-Gun Colwell Rita

Ph.D. 9708

Dec-05

“Phylogenomic and structural analysis of Vibrio cholerae populations and endemic cholera”  

Zuria Jordan Iriana L. Gates EdwardPh.D

. 9608Dec-

03“Birds and field margins in an agricultural landscape of Guanajuato, Mexico”

Area Academica de Biologia-Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas

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F. Featured Alumni

Master’s Alumni

1980s

Dr. Jay Blundon (MS '81) graduated from the MEES program with a master's in 1981. Jay became a PhD candidate in the Department of Zoology at U of MD College Park, earning his degree in 1986 with a focus in neuroscience. He continued his neuroscience research as a postdoc at the University of Texas in Austin for 7 years. In 1993, Jay became an assistant professor of biology at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. He became associate professor at Rhodes in 1999. Jay and his wife Lettie (married for 26

years) still live in Memphis, where Jay is the chair of the Neuroscience Program at Rhodes College. They have two sons: Brandon, age 19, a sophomore music education major at the State University of New York in Potsdam; and Gaven, age 17, a senior in high school. Details of Jay's research and teaching can be found at his website.

Ms. Penelope Dalton (MS’87) was a teacher on a U.S. Navy base in Rota, Spain, and a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya prior to joining the University of Maryland, MEES Program. After acceptance, Penelope pursued her graduate research and received the 1985 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. In 1987, Ms. Dalton completed her MEES master’s thesis under the supervision of Dr. Mihursky at CBL. From 1987 to 1999, she was a professional staff member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Ms. Dalton played a pivotal role in shaping marine policy at the national level. Reaching the senior level on the committee, she spoke before Congress and federal ocean agencies

on behalf of 83 of the nation's largest oceanographic institutions. Dalton spent two years (1999-2001) at NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service as assistant administrator, managing the 2,500-member scientific and technical staff in more than two-dozen facilities across the nation. She strengthened her career in 2001 by joining the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, or CORE, in Washington, DC, as Vice President. In that position, Dalton helped give its members, which includes the University of Washington (UW) and other major oceanographic institutions, a unified voice on national and international ocean issues. In 2005, Penelope joined the UW as director of the Washington Sea Grant Program. With 20 years of experience in marine and coastal issues, she now leads an organization that funds research on such things as the accidental capture of endangered seabirds, introductions of harmful non-native animals and plants, shellfish farming techniques and new cancer-fighting medicines from the sea. Part of a network of 30 state programs administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Washington Sea Grant Program is one of the oldest and, with a budget of $5 million a year from federal and other funding sources, is the second largest behind California. At the UW, Washington Sea Grant is a part of the

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College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences. Dalton says her initial goal is to better serve Sea Grant's constituents by strengthening existing partnerships with the UW, other academic institutions, federal, state and local government, tribes, and marine-related industries and associations (6/06).

1990s

Mr. Richard Arnold (MS'92) began working at the United States Naval Academy in back in 1987 as an Oceanographic Technician. Upon completing his teacher certification program, he accepted a position as a science teacher at John Hanson Middle School in Waldorf, Maryland. During his tenure, he completed a Masters program while conducting research in biostratigraphy at the Horn Point Environmental Laboratory in Cambridge, Maryland. Upon matriculation, Arnold spent another year working in the Marine Sciences including time at the Cape Cod National Seashore and aboard a sail training/oceanographic vessel headquartered in Woods Hole,

Massachusetts. In 1993, Arnold joined the faculty at the Casablanca American School in Casablanca, Morocco, teaching college preparatory Biology and Marine Environmental Science. During that time, he began presenting workshops at various international education conferences focusing on science teaching methodologies. In 1996, he and his family moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was employed as a middle and high school science teacher at the American International School. In 2001, Arnold was hired by International School Services to teach middle school mathematics and science at the International School of Kuala Kencana in West Papua, Indonesia. In 2003, he accepted a similar teaching position at the American International School of Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania.

NASA selected Mr. Arnold as an Educator Astronaut in May 2004. In February 2006 he completed Astronaut Candidate Training that included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training. Upon completion of his training, Arnold was assigned to the Hardware Integration Team in the Space Station Branch working technical issues with JAXA hardware. He will work various technical assignments until assigned to a spaceflight. NASA Astronaut Corp typically assembles a new astronaut class every one to three years. Mr. Arnold and his classmates were chosen from 2,882 applicants. Married with two kids, Mr. Arnold enjoys with his family hobbies such as running, fishing, reading, kayaking, bicycling, ornithology, paleontology and guitar. Mr. Arnold is a member of the following organizations: National Science Teachers Association, International Technology Education Association, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He has also been the recipient of various grants for extended studies in marine science (4/06).

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Mr. Ernie Clarke (MS’99) has moved on to become manager of the Cano Palmo biological station in a remote area of Costa Rica after a stint at Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary in southern California as Biological Educator (4/06).

Ms. Sara Gottlieb (ENVSC. MS '98) was awarded the Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in 1997 where she worked in the office of Representative Steven LaTourette of Ohio, co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force and in the office of Senator John Glenn. Since completing her fellowship in 1997 and graduating from MEES in 1998, she lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she was a data manager and principle investigator on multiple projects related to monitoring endangered fish species in the Rio Grande and San Juan River. The projects that Sara worked on, coordinating a fantastic field crew, were contracted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service. Sara also worked closely with the New Mexico Department Game and Fish. In 2005, Sara re-located to Atlanta, Georgia where she has been working for the past year at the Center for Geographic Information Systems at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Sara was awarded two contracts here to develop tools for managing coastal resources for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division. After much soul-searching, She enrolled at Georgia Tech to pursue a PhD in Environmental Public Policy and was accepted into the program with a Presidential Fellowship. Sara is also working on an EPA STAR Fellowship proposal to support her planned research on the role of science in effective water quality policy. Her husband, David Bader, is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at GA Tech and they just celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary! Her daughter, Sadie is now four years old, and is attending Pre-Kindergarten at the GA Tech preschool. More information on Sara can be found here.

Mrs. Melissa Ederington Hagy (MS’95) has worked in environments as diverse asLake Onandaga, NY, the Everglades, the San Francisco Bay-Delta, Pensacola Bay and Mobile Bay while working at the Academia of Natural Sciences Benedict Estuarine Research Center, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and most recently part time at the University of West Florida all since graduating from the MEES Program.  Her work in science has built on her research expertise in organic geochemistry developed while a student allowing her to have gained a broader experience in other laboratory and field methods and data management.  Melissa and her husband Jim have three daughters, born in 2000, 2002 and 2006.  Melissa started a

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part time career as a fitness instructor while a student at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and has continued with that to date.  Currently, she is the group fitness director and an instructor at a health club where she lives in Gulf Breeze, FL.  Her active lifestyle helped her place 2nd in her age group in her first triathlon in 2004 (5/06).

Ms. Jennifer (Harman) Fetcho (CHEM, MS’96) received her BS in Chemistry from the College of Charleston, SC in 1993. She entered the MEES Program in 1994 and completed her master’s degree under the guidance of Dr. Joel Baker in 1996. Currently, Jen is a support Chemist for Dr. Cathleen Hapeman where Jen plans and conducts field projects

in collaboration with ARS-Tifton, GA labs, University of Florida in Homestead, FL, and the National Park Service in Biscayne National Park to investigate air and water quality and agrochemical fate and transport in Southern Florida. Jen also manages a large-scale field project at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center where she investigates the environmental impacts of various vegetable production systems on water, air, and soil quality, by examining the fate, transport, and transformation of agro-chemicals within the environment (7/06).

Ms. Julie E. Keister (MEES, MS '96), a Biological Oceanographer and Zooplankton Ecologist with NOAA, is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Biological Oceanography College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. Her research focuses on the physical and biological processes that effect abundances and distributions of zooplankton in coastal ecosystems. Julie is interested in how variability in mesoscale circulation features such as eddies and filaments affect the advection of zooplankton across the continental shelf to the deep sea in the California Current System. One goal of her dissertation research is to understand the relative importance of physical versus biological factors in controlling zooplankton distributions and the potential implications to zooplankton populations, predator populations, and the global carbon cycle. Her research to date has allowed her to study predator/prey dynamics, changes in habitat selection under physical stress, effects of circulation on distributions, seasonal and interannual variability in community composition, topographical effects on distributions, and the link between interannual variability in circulation patterns and cross-shelf advection of zooplankton to the deep sea. In her spare time, Julie enjoys hiking, backpacking, snow boarding, ultimate Frisbee, floor hockey, soccer, watching movies and reading. (8/07)

Mi Ae Kim (MEES, MS '95) Since her graduation in 1995, Mi Ae has worked for The Nature Conservancy in Virginia, Public Affairs Management in San Francisco, Surface Water Resources Inc. in Sacramento, National Ocean Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service in Silver Spring where she has remained for the past 6 years working with the Endangered Species Act. Mi Ae is also currently working to establish a non-profit organization call the “Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group†�. The

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Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group (BCWWG) is a citizen's organization dedicated to the preservation and environmental health of a subwatershed of the Anacostia River. The Beaverdam Creek watershed is located northeast of Washington D.C. near the towns of Greenbelt, Beltsville, and College Park, Maryland. Most of the watershed lies in the boundaries of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. The Anacostia River, a tributary of the Potomac River, flows through Washington, D.C., while the Potomac flows into Chesapeake Bay. To support Mi Ae's fight in locally preserving environmental health, or for more information on BCWWG, click here. When not busy meeting the demands of her career, Mi Ae spends time with her 1-year old daughter while trying to meet the challenges that face a working mom (8/07).

Ms. Jill Stevenson (FISH, MS’97) while still a student in the MEES Program, received the 1997 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Award. During her fellowship year, Stevenson worked for NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, in the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Division of Highly Migratory Species, with several researchers, including Richard Surdie. Stevenson worked as a graduate assistant with CBL scientist David Secor doing research on the Atlantic sturgeon. Stevenson received her bachelor’s degree in 1992 from Columbia University, where she majored in geochemistry. Stevenson first

came to the University of Maryland when she received summer fellowship in Maryland Sea Grant's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the National Science Foundation, and awarded to outstanding students studying marine and environmental science. Stevenson spent her 1991 undergraduate fellowship at Horn Point Laboratory (HPL), working with scientist Jeff Cornwell on sediments and biogeochemistry. After successfully defending her master’s thesis, Jill went on to work for NOAA, becoming the MD DNR Deputy Director of fisheries. In 2003, Jill took maternity leave from MD DNR and remains at home as a stay-at-home mom (6/06).

Mr. Richard Takacs (MS '92) is the Habitat Restoration and Native Oyster Specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center, based at the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. The objective of the Restoration Center is to bring together citizens, organizations, industry, students, landowners, and local, state, and federal agencies to restore habitat around the coastal United States. The program funds projects directly as well as through partnerships with national and regional organizations. Since 1996, this program has funded more than 900 restoration projects, among them living shorelines projects. Rich has worked on living shorelines permitting, design, and implementation, and currently manages the NOAA-Chesapeake Bay living shoreline restoration grant program (7/07).

Ms. Lori Thiele (ECOL, MS’99) In collaboration with The Humane Society of the United States, Lori studied the effectiveness of immunocontraception for controlling urban-suburban white-tailed

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deer populations. Her research as a Masters student in the MEES Program, allowed her to pursue a career as a city animal control officer with the Prince George’s County Animal Shelter (6/06).

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Mr. Art Abrams (ECOL, MS’02) Art, in cooperation with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, studied the role of gray squirrels in maintaining the life cycle of the deer tick, a major player in spreading Lymes Disease while pursuing an MS from the MEES Program. Currently, he is an employee for ANRI, BARC in the USDA (6/06).

Mr. John Adornato, III (ECOL, MS’01) received the 2001 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship and spent his fellowship year with Senator Daniel K. Akaka, a Democrat from Hawaii. His work focused on aquaculture, coral reefs, fisheries and other marine-related issues. John received a B.S. degree in biology with a minor in Russian language from Tufts University in 1996. Following his graduation, he worked in Phoenix, Arizona for the USDA, Agricultural Research Services' New Corp Division and their

Global Climate Change research group using Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment research technologies. From the fall of 1998 to 2001, John was a graduate teaching assistant for genetics and general biology in the College of Life Sciences at UMCP and was honored with a distinguished teaching assistant award. John also helped conduct wetland plant research in the Chesapeake Bay directed by Dr. Andrew Baldwin, a professor in the Biological Resources Engineering Department. In addition to that work, John designed and undertook his master's research investigating the damage from Hurricane Lili and the initial regeneration of forested wetlands on Hummingbird Cay, Great Exuma, Bahamas. Currently, John is now working at the National Parks Conservation Association in southern FL as the Everglades Restoration Program Manager in the Sun Coast Regional Office. He is primarily involved in the restoration of the Everglades National Park by researching strategies that seek to regenerate historic water flow ultimately restoring the salinity and health of the fisheries and fishery habitat (4/06).

Mr. Brian Badgley (ECOL, MS’02) received a 2001 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Brian worked in NOAA's National Ocean Service in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, closely with management issues for the reserves in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. In addition, he was a member of two groups - one that examined how to approach expansion of the reserve system and target

new areas for reserves, and one that focused on the implementation of a system-wide training initiative for coastal resource managers. Brian obtained a B.S. in zoology from the University of Georgia, followed by work as a research assistant at the Key Largo Marine Research Lab in Florida and was an instructor at the Jekyll Island Environmental Education Center in Georgia. During his graduate career in the MEES Program under the

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guidance of Dr. Ken Sebens, he researched nutrient dynamics on coral reefs at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research and was a teaching assistant for a Biological Oceanography class and associated lab. In 2000, he was a research assistant at Maryland Sea Grant College, where he helped prepare for the recent external program assessment and aided with other management and administrative issues. Currently, Brian is the Coordinator of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Institute, in Florida.  Mr. Badgley was recently hired to head up the Coastal Institute, and he explained that the Institute is part of the NERR System Coastal Training Program, and serves as an objective, regional forum for the training of professionals involved in coastal decisions in Southwest Florida (6/06). 

Ms. Laurie Bauer (FISH, MS’06) received a B.A. in biology from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio in 2001. Following graduation, she spent a year as a volunteer with the Student Conservation Association/ Americorps, working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Invasive Plant Research Lab in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She began her M.S. degree in the MEES program at the University of Maryland in 2002. Her research, conducted at the Chesapeake

Biological Lab under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Miller, focused on the over-wintering mortality of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. In 2006, Laurie received the 2006 Knauss Fellowship Award and is spending her fellowship year in NOAA's National Ocean Service Biogeography program. Her work will focus on the assessment of habitat and organisms in the National Marine Sanctuaries (6/06).

Mr. Todd Chadwell (ECOL, MS '04) is a Senior Project Manager and skilled botanist at Woodlot Alternatives, Inc. Todd is responsible for conducting natural resource inventories and botanical surveys, and coordinating large-scale habitat restoration and wetland mitigation projects. He has recently been involved in directing wetland mitigation associated with the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in New England, and conducting wildlife studies associated with wind power and transmission projects throughout the Northeast. Mr. Chadwell is currently coordinating Woodlot's restoration work on the Housatonic River Restoration project in western Massachusetts (7/07).

Mr. Tim Culbertson (ECOL, MS ’05) studied the effects of ammonia on maintenance of plant diversity and ecosystem functioning in treatment wetlands receiving agricultural wastewater under the guidance of Dr. Baldwin. Currently, Tim is a Population and Environmental Sciences (as well as Computer Sciences) teacher at the Harker School. He is a member and judge for the American Orchid Society, a member of the Strybing Arboretum Society and a member of the UC Berkeley Botanic Garden Society (6/06).

Ms. Ellen DeRico (MS’01) is a general biologist for Johnson Control World Systems at the National Wetlands Research Center located in Lafayette, LA, where she assists Karen McKee, a Principle Investigator with USGS, on research involving underground biomass production of mangrove islands in Belize, Central America. Ms. DeRico’s Masters

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thesis research explored nutrient dynamics and plant community structure of a constructed wetland system for treating dairy milk-house waste (4/06).

Ms. Juliet M. Healy (ECOL, MS’01) In collaboration with Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and the EPA, Juliet studied the use of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) cameras mounted on helicopters for detecting bird carcasses in the field, a new technique for assessing the safety to wildlife of outdoor use of pesticides (6/06). 

Ms. Rachel Herbert (ENVSC, MS’05) studied nutrient dynamics and limitation in riparian forested wetlands in agricultural and non-agricultural settings with her mentors Dr. Baldwin (advisor) & Dr. Gregory McCarty from the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center's Environmental Quality Laboratory as a Graduate Research Assistant. Since matriculation, Rachel is pursuing her career in environmental science with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Permits Division (6/06)

Mr. Olaf P. Jensen (FISH, MS’04) received his B.A. in biology and society at Cornell University in 1998, then worked as a naturalist and educator for the King County parks system in Seattle, Washington. He began a M.S. degree program in the MEES program in 2000. His master’s thesis research, conducted at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, supervised by Dr. Thomas Miller, focused on understanding the distribution patterns and spatial ecology of the blue

crab in Chesapeake Bay (i.e., application of geostatistics to estuarine systems). Olaf was awarded a DAAD Fellowship by the German Federal Government for research in Germany during the winter of 2002-2003. Olaf also received the 2003 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship award that placed him in the biogeography program led by Dr. Mark Monaco in NOAA's National Ocean Service. His work with NOAA focused on biogeographic assessment that included habitat mapping and multi-species modeling, of the National Marine Sanctuaries. Currently, Olaf is pursuing a PhD at the Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin (6/06).

Ms. Sheridan MacAuley (ENMB, MS’05) completed her B.S. in biology/biotechnology at George Mason University in 2000. During and after completing her undergraduate degree, she worked for the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia, researching microbial nutrient cycling and bioremediation in aquatic habitats. She joined the MEES

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program in 2002 and conducted her research under the supervision of microbiologist Kevin Sowers at the University of Maryland Center of Marine Biotechnology. Her research focused on microbial fermentation and the production of recombinant proteins by methane-producing marine microorganisms. After successfully defending her master’s thesis, Sheridan received the 2006 Knauss Fellowship Award. She is working for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Her work will focus on supporting NASA's involvement in the Ocean Action Plan. She will also assist in developing a plan for NASA's ongoing role in the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (6/06).

Ms. Kristin Mielcarek (ECOL, MS '06) earned a Masters degree in Ecology under the supervision of Dr. Court Stevenson at Horn Point Laboratory on the Choptank River. Kristin's research focused on marsh restoration and creation using dredged material from the shipping channels of the Chesapeake Bay. After matriculation, Kristin volunteered for Catoctin Land Trust and Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage performing stream buffer plantings in Washington County, Maryland. Originally, Kristin grew up on a farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore with five other siblings. She now lives in Hagerstown, Maryland, with her husband Jeremy; Taylor, a seven-year old black Lab; and Benjamin, Taylor's younger human brother, who arrived during the summer of 2006. Kristin currently works for the Canaan Valley Institute, in the Stakeholder Services & Assessment Division, on the Outreach Team as a Watershed Circuit Rider (7/07).

Ms. Wendy Morrison (FISH, MS’02) received her B.S. degree in marine science and biology from the University of Miami in 1993, which included one year of study at James Cook University in Australia. After graduation, she spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer working with subsistence fishermen in the Philippines to increase the sustainability of their resources. After returning to the United States, Wendy spent a year teaching high school science in

Miami, Florida before enrolling in the MEES program in 1998. . Her work at Maryland, advised by Dr. David Secor, focused on understanding the biology of American eels with an emphasis on an unfished population in the Hudson River, New York. In 2001, Wendy received the Knauss Fellowship Award. She spent her fellowship year with NOAA's National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Program, where she worked on projects aimed at providing ecosystem-level information on the distributions and ecology of living marine resources that include projects in central California, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Wendy received her master’s degree in fisheries management from the MEES program in 2002. She went on to spend 3 years working with NOAA’s Biogeography Program where she gained valuable experience. Currently, Wendy is pursuing a PhD in Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research involves how different species interact (competition, predation, etc.) and how this interaction influences ecosystem dynamics. Although she values good friends, her family, her dog Suman, she enjoys reading novels, watching fish underwater, investigating nature and trying to identify creatures (birds, insects, ascidians, sponges,

etc.) eating chocolate and laughing (6/06).

Mr. Robert (Bob) F. Murphy (FISH, MS’04) currently serves as the President & Executive Director of Ecosystem Solutions, Inc. (ESI)

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overseeing ESI's marine resources projects which include development of novel methods for large-scale submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) restoration, assessment of biological responses to restoration practices, and oyster reef design. Prior to ESI, Bob was the Senior Project Coordinator with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a regional non-profit, where he specialized in habitat restoration, with particular emphases on submerged vegetation and oyster reef habitats. As a member of the senior staff at the Alliance, Bob served as scientific liaison to the Chesapeake Bay Program and other regional organizations. While a student in the MEES program (w/Dr. David Secor, advisor) Bob’s research focused on the fish assemblage structure of the coastal bays of Maryland. Bob’s continued scientific interests include the interactions of habitat and population dynamics in marine and estuarine systems. Bob and his wife Beth currently reside with their two boys, Ian and Declan, in Edgewater, MD, in the South River watershed (6/06).

Mr. Eric Nagel (ENVSC, MS’04) received his B.S. degree in Biology with a minor in Marine Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. Following graduation, he joined the Peace Corps and worked as an agricultural extension agent to subsistence-level farmers in western Kenya for two years. Advised by Dr. Jeff Cornwell, Eric's master’s thesis research has examined rates, magnitudes and controls of nitrogen fixation in Florida Bay and how this nutrient source compares with external loading. As a

result, in 2004, Eric received the Knauss Fellowship Award, allowing Eric to work within the House of Representatives Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee under the supervision of John Rayfield. His work focused on legislation addressing the problem of invasive species introduction via ballast water as well as other marine and Coast Guard-related issues. Following his fellowship, Eric was able to stay on Capitol Hill permanently, and now he is working as a Professional Staff Member with the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the US House of Representatives. Eric lives with his wife, Dr. Jessica (Davis) Nagel (MEES 2007 alumnae), and two very happy, energetic dogs in Laurel, Maryland (8/06).

Mr. Frank Pendleton (ENVSC, MS’03) conducted his masters research project in the Okavango River delta in Botswana examining the effects of pesticide spraying for tsetse fly control on bird populations. Since completing the MEES Masters Program, he became a fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services working on the Lake Champlain Complex. The Lake

Champlain Ecosystem & Resources Program has a primary objective to promote conservation of fish and wildlife in the watershed through cooperation, conservation education, and implementation (6/06).

Ms. Kelly Neff Phyllaier (MS’ 02) is currently employed at the Maryland Department of the Environmental Wetlands and Waterways Division. She worked on the initial plant colonization of

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a recently reconstructed tidal freshwater marsh at Kingman Lake, Washington, DC. In addition to monitoring the plant composition, the project involved evaluation of seed dynamics, including seed dispersal and seed bank analysis, and determining the environmental factors influencing the plant community. Kelly also earned her B. S. in Agronomy from the University of Maryland (4/06).

Ms. Jessica Peterson (MS’03, ECOL) is a Research Associate at the Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Unit. Prior to this, Jessica was involved in a project at the Nanticoke watershed, looking at plant communities of freshwater tidal marshes and swamps and the environmental factors influencing community dynamics. Her work at this site includes a study of the seed bank. Jessica earned her

Agricultural Engineering B.S. from the University of Georgia (4/06).

Ms. Taconya Piper (FISH, MS’03) became a Minorities in Marine and Environmental Sciences (MIMES) Summer Intern at the South Carolina Marine Resources Division (SCMRD). The following December, Taconya earned a B.S. in environmental science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1999. In 2000, she enrolled in the MEES program under the direction of Dr. Roman Jesien, where she investigated the reproductive potential of American shad in the Delaware and Hudson rivers. She was also a research fishery biologist

in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) through NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, an EPA Graduate Research Fellow that supported her with a stipend, tuition, and research funds. She was also a summer intern with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Previously, she worked with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC). Taconya Piper received the 2003 Knauss Fellowship Award and spent her fellowship year with NOAA's National Ocean Service, in the Office of Ocean Exploration. She organized, coordinated and provided special support to expeditions led by the office. After her arrival in DC, she participated in a three-week research cruise to Puerto Rico Trench to map the seafloor. She also focused on the development of education and outreach programs that promote ocean exploration and stewardship to the public. Her work this year with education and outreach fulfills a personal goal to implement programs that will expose inner city youths to the many opportunities for careers in ocean and environmental science. Taconya won the American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter 1st Place Platform Student Presentation award in the spring of 2004. The following fall, Taconya enrolled at Auburn University in Alabama to pursue a PhD in Fisheries Science and Management and is expected to graduate May 2008. Currently, Taconya won a Presidential Fellowship through Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures in 2004 that continues presently (6/06).

Mr. Michael Rearick (CHEM, MS '04) earned his masters under Dr. Robert Mason in environmental chemistry. Since matriculation, Mike has been active at the Los Alamos

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National Laboratory in New Mexico, as an inorganic analytical chemist specializing in ion chromatography, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy, and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for the Geochemistry and Geomaterials Research Laboratory. Mr. Rearick served as an analytical chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for 9 years prior to working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (8/07).

Ms. Kristin Rusello (ECOL, MS’ 05) studied the ecological development of vegetation, soil, and seed banks at restored tidal freshwater marshes and the assessment of habitat trends to prioritize restoration activities for her master research while a student in the MEES Program. In 2005, Kristin received the 2005 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Rusello spent her fellowship year in NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) in the Office of Response and Restoration under the supervision of

Chief of the Damage Assessment Center, Pat Montanio. Her work focused on implementing the Estuary Restoration Act and updating and refining the National Estuaries Database. Currently, Kristin is support for NOS involvement in the NOAA Habitat Program, which coordinates habitat restoration and protection efforts across NOAA (6/06).

Dr. Peter Sakaris (FISH, MS '02) is now an Assistant Professor of Biology. Peter graduated in 2002 with a Masters degree in fishery science at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. Peter then entered graduate school at Auburn University and has successfully received his Ph.D. degree in fisheries and allied aquacultures in 2006. Peter married Catherine McCracken on December 2, 2006 (7/07).

Ms. Yanmei Shi (MS’05, ECOL) is currently pursuing a PhD in Biological Engineering at MIT. Shi’s Master’s thesis concerned the measurement of in situ expression of Proteorhodopsin genes at the North Pacific central gyre station ALOHA (4/06).

Mr. Thomas A. Shyka (ECOL, MS’00) was awarded the Knauss Marine Policy Award in 1998. He spent his fellowship year working in NOAA's National Ocean Service, in the Office of Coastal Resource Management, in the Marine Sanctuary Program, where he worked on coral reef restoration in the Florida Key's Marine Sanctuary and on other management issues in various sanctuaries around the country. As a

Masters student in the MEES program at the University of Maryland, Shyka worked part-time for the Maryland Sea Grant College where he assisted in grants management. With advisor, Dr. Kenneth P. Sebens, in the Department of Zoology, Shyka focused his graduate work on various aspects of coral feeding and growth. Shyka received his Bachelors degree in Biology, with a concentration in Environmental Science, from Colby College in Maine. Before beginning his graduate studies, he worked at marine laboratories in the U.S. Virgin Islands and in California. In his first year at Maryland, as a NASA/Maryland Sea Grant Summer Fellow in Remote Sensing of the Oceans, he worked with Frank Hoge at NASA's Wallops Island facility. Currently, Tom is the

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program specialist at the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS). In his current position at GoMOOS he works with the various GoMOOS users (fishermen, commercial and recreational mariners, scientists, resource managers, and teachers) to help design information products that are available on the GoMOOS website (6/06).

Ms. Stacy Swartwood (ENVSC, MS’04) was awarded the 2002 Knauss Fellowship. Stacy spent her fellowship year with the EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds in the Wetlands Division. Her work focused on the incorporation of wetland and water issues into smart growth planning and strategies for state wetland programs. Swartwood earned a B.A. in biology from the University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation she worked for a public health consulting firm on a USAID family planning project, then became an independent consultant. She enrolled in the MEES program in 1999 and did her research on mangrove and salt marsh model ecosystems under the direction of Patrick Kangas. Stacy was a graduate assistant in the College of Life Sciences Office of International Programs, then spent 2001 as a research assistant at Maryland Sea Grant College. Currently, Stacy is still with the EPA and gave birth to a little baby girl, Delia Merran Tisa on April 5th, 2006. (6/06)

Ms. Lynn Takata (FISH, MS’04) received the 2002 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Lynn worked in NOAA's National Ocean Service, with the National Marine Sanctuary Program's Scientific Support Team. During her fellowship, she helped design and implement a sanctuary-wide scientific monitoring program and assisted with the Baja to Bering

expedition - a scientific cruise running through west coast sanctuaries. Lynn completed her B.S. in biology at the University of California, San Diego in 1995. She spent a year in the Aerators in Northern California, working on salmon population surveys and environmental education. She moved to Maryland in 1997 to work with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's Marine Invasions group, where she helped with studies on the ecology of invasive marine organisms. In 1999, she entered the MEES program, where Dr. David Secor directed her research on comparing recruitment and growth patterns of young bluefish that use different Maryland nursery habitats. Upon completion of the MEES Program, Lynn was employed by NOAA as an Environmental Scientist in the California State Lands Commission Div – NIS in ballast water and on vessel hulls (6/06).

Ms. Pamela Toschik (ECOL, MS’04) received her B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University in 2001. After graduation, she enrolled in the University of Maryland MEES Program. Her master’s research, conducted with Barnett Ratter of the USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, focused on the effects of contaminants and habitat quality on osprey nest site use and reproductive success in the Delaware Bay. In 2004, Pamela received the 2004 Knauss Fellowship Award. She spent her

fellowship year with the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs. Her

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work will focus on management and policy related to research in Antarctica Currently, Pamela is still with the NSF, Office of Polar Programs as an Environmental Policy Specialist (6/06).

Mrs. Sarah (Hypio) U'Ren (MEES, MS '00) has been working in watershed management in her home state of Michigan. She married her college swe etheart, Randy U'Ren, in May 2001. Sarah worked for two years at the Annis Water Resources Institute of Grand Valley State University as a watershed project coordinator where she authored a watershed management plan for the Muskegon River watershed, one of the largest in the state. In 2002, she and her husband moved to Traverse City in northern

Michigan where she became a Project Coordinator for an environmental nonprofit organization, "The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay". There, Sarah has continued to author yet another watershed management plan, this time for the Grand Traverse Bay watershed and currently, she is heading numerous education and watershed restoration projects. To date, she has applied for and received over $1.5 million in grant funding for watershed projects. You can visit her organization's website at: www.gtbay.org. Sarah's husband, Randy, is an optometrist and coaches a local high school boys' soccer team. They welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Danielle, into their family on April 9, 2005. Since then, they have been enjoying all the ups and downs of parenthood and loving life in beautiful northern Michigan. (8/07)

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Doctorate Alumni

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Dr. Thomas S. Bianchi (PhD’87) is the Director of the Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at Tulane University, LA. Dr. Bianchi’s research interests are organic geochemistry, biogeochemical dynamics of aquatic food chains, carbon cycling in estuarine and coastal ecosystems, and finally, biochemical markers of colloidal and particulate organic carbon. Currently, he conducts his research in the Gulf of Mexico estuaries, the Mississippi River, as well as his collaborative efforts in the Baltic Region (4/06).

Dr. Jason Caplan (PhD’84), founder and CEO of EnSolve Biosystems, a biotechnology company based in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. In business since 1995, the company has won numerous awards and financial support from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for research and development. In addition to the PetroLiminator shipboard oily water separator system, EnSolve also markets bioenzymatic degreasers and oil-spill cleanup products for the marine industry. In December 2005, EnSolve Biosystems was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research contract by the U.S. Navy to develop a prototype Portable Oil Remediation System (PORS) for removal of hydrocarbons, organic contaminants, and trace metals normally found on inactive vessels. (4/06).

Dr. Michael Crosby (PhD '87) has been very busy since matriculation! Now, he has over 20 years of research, teaching, science management and leadership experience and has gained expertise in developing and managing multidisciplinary research through his interactions, involvement and partnerships with numerous universities, national and international science and resource management agencies, programs and committees. His endeavors focus on improving the "synthesis, translation and transfer" of science and technical information between research, public policy and stakeholder communities. On July 27, 2003, Dr. Crosby was appointed to the Senior Executive Service position at the National Science Foundation to serve as both executive officer and office director of the National Science Board (NSB). He came to NSB from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where he was the senior advisor for international science policy in the undersecretary's office of international affairs. His previous positions in NOAA include executive director for the NOAA science advisory board, national research coordinator for ocean and coastal resource management, and chief scientist for sanctuaries and reserves. He also completed a special detail from NOAA at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he served for two years as the senior science advisor for marine and coastal ecosystems. Prior to joining NOAA, Dr. Crosby held numerous faculty positions at various institutions, including the Baruch

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Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research at the University of South Carolina; the department of marine science at Coastal Carolina University; the graduate program at the University of Charleston; Salisbury State University; and in science positions with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Crosby earned a doctorate in marine-estuarine-environmental sciences while studying under Dr. Rodger Newell at Horn Point Laboratory. He has received research grants from many agencies including NSF, NOAA, EPA, DOD and USAID. Dr. Crosby led major national and international, multidiscipline, multi-year research projects like the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program project entitled "Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Alternative Access Management Strategies in Marine and Coastal Protected Areas", and the U.S.-Israeli and Jordanian joint partnership project entitled "The Red Sea Marine Peace Park Cooperative Research, Monitoring and Management Program." He is also a member of the Natural Areas Association, the Coastal Society, the National Shellfisheries Association, the Estuarine Research Federation, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, The Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as a fellow of the Royal Linnean Society of London. Crosby serves as a reviewer and panelist for numerous scientific journals and for national and international science panels and advisory committees. He has published over 40 articles in such publications as Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal of Shellfish Research, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, Marine Biology, Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean and Coastal Management, Natural Areas Journal, Coral Reefs, Oceanography, Aquatic Conservation, and various Technical Memoranda Series, and has edited several books and manuals dealing with marine protected areas and coral reefs. (7/07)

Dr. Carol B. Daniels (CLAS, PhD’87) is an adjunct professor in Marine Geology & Geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami. Carol also spends a tremendous amount of effort and time as the National Parks Services (NPS) Coordinator for the Southern Florida and Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (SFC-CESU). This CESU was established in 2000 and has 4 federal agency partners and 10 private sector partners. The University of Miami in Miami, FL serves as the host and encompasses the southern end of Florida, Puerto Rico and Caribbean islands. “For More Info” link to http://mgg.rsmas.miami.edu/sfcesu/index.asp . (8/06)

Dr. John Dolan (MEES, Ph.D. '88) works at the Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche - a field campus of the Universite de Paris VI which houses 3 research-teaching units, co-administered by the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Universite de Paris VI: Geology, Developmental Biology, and Oceanography. The oceanography laboratory, Laboratoire de Oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV) is composed of 5 research groups or departments. John is the head of the Marine Microbial Ecology Group. His specialty is ciliate microzooplankton, the first link in

aquatic food chains and he began by working on problems of ciliate ontongeny and

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systematics with G. A. Antipa (San Francisco State University) and turned to ecosystem ecology with D.W. Coats (Smithsonian Institution) and E. B. Small (University of Maryland). Since matriculation from the MEES Program, John has studied natural populations of ciliate microzooplankton in the Chesapeake Bay, across the Mediterreanean Sea, and both the SW and SE Pacific Ocean. A particular interest of his is physiology (for example growth and feeding) in typical marine ciliates, freshwater nanoflagellates, as well as mixotrophic ciliates and nanoflagellates. He currently is examining diel patterns, digestion, and selective feeding in micro and nano zooplankton. For more information, or to contact John, click here.

Dr. Dan Jacobs (CLAS, PhD’85) has been associated with Maryland Sea Grant for more than 20 years — first as a trainee and 1982 Knauss Fellow while a student in the MEES Program, followed by employment as the Information Systems Manager and Webmaster. Dr. Jacobs was instrumental in the development of Maryland and many other Sea Grant program websites. All 30 programs and the National Sea Grant Office now have a solid web presence through the Sea Grant network. Jacobs holds a bachelors degree in Wildlife Management from Rutgers University, a master’s degree in Wildlife Management, with a minor in Statistics, from Frostburg University, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, also with a minor in Statistics, from the University of Maryland (6/06).

Dr. Steven Jordan (CLAS, PhD’87) is an aquatic ecologist with the U.S. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division. His goal is to be a leader in organizations that work for a better environment and advance the protection, restoration, and scientific understanding of aquatic ecosystems. Steve served as the Acting Associate Director for Science, Gulf Ecology Division twice with his most recent term ending in May 2006. For the past four years, Steve has been the U.S. EPA, Chief of the Ecosystem Assessment Branch, Gulf Ecology Division. Prior to his

appointment as Chief, Steve severed as the Director of the Maryland DNR, Sarbanes Cooperative Oxford Laboratory and the Director of the Oxford Laboratory Division of the Maryland Fisheries Service. Steve led the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory from a period of physical decay, staff attrition and poor morale to a complete renovation and expansion of the physical plant, addition of new research programs and modern equipment, and built an atmosphere of cooperation and optimism. Dr. Jordan’s efforts were recognized and awarded with a Congressional Citation by Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, and a Governor’s Citation by Parris N. Glendenning, Governor of the State of Maryland. In 1992, Governor Schaefer awarded him with the Salute to Excellence on the behalf of the Chesapeake Executive Council. Dr. Jordan also led the development (i.e., program justifications, work plans, successful budget initiatives, recruitment of staff and much of the initial technical work) of new state-funded environmental programs, including Chesapeake Bay Living Resources Monitoring, Targeted Watershed Restoration, and Chesapeake Bay Ambient Toxicity. Steve also developed and taught graduate courses for Johns Hopkins University: Estuarine Ecology, Ecology of the Coastal Zone, The Chesapeake Bay: Ecology and Ecosystem Management, and Principles and Methods of Ecology (8/06).

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Dr. Adam Marsh (PhD’88) is an assistant professor of marine Biology-Biochemistry at the University of Delaware. Dr. Marsh is researching the effects of cold temperatures on regulation of gene expression in embryos and larvae in deep-sea and polar ocean invertebrates in Antarctica and the Artic. Adam’s primary research interests are the roles that molecular and biochemical mechanisms determine in growth and metabolism during early development in larvae from extreme environments (i.e., gene

expression, RNA processing and turnover; protein metabolism and turnover; cellular physiology and energetics; organismal development and growth). Recently his work has demonstrated that despite the slow course of development, metabolic activities in some polar embryos and larvae are temperature compensated, and equivalent to comparable rates in temperate species. He is trying to identify the biochemical mechanism by which low temperatures set developmental rates in these polar species. “Contact Adam”… http://www.ocean.udel.edu/cms/amarsh/#projects (8/06)

Dr. Frank E. Muller-Karger (CLAS, PhD’88) is a biological oceanographer (Professor) at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, where he directs the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing. As some of you already know, he is of Hispanic descent via Puerto Rico, and while born in the U.S. he grew up in Venezuela. Frank conducts research on marine primary production using satellite remote sensing,

large data sets, networking, and high-speed computing. His research helps in the location and monitoring of large-scale phenomena, understanding climate control and climate change, and in the interpretation of numerical models of the ocean. Presently, the primary focus of his research is to assess the importance of continental margins, including areas of upwelling, river discharge, and coral reefs in the global carbon budget, using satellites that measure ocean color and sea surface temperature. Dr. Muller-Karger has worked hard to educate K-12 teachers in the Southern Florida region about the use of new technologies in oceanography through targeted workshops sponsored by NASA. Frank has given lectures at various national educator societies, and serves as the science advisor for the Florida Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE). He also led the effort to establish an internal committee within the College of Marine Science to define the college's mission with respect to education and outreach. Dr. Muller-Karger was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. In 2005, he was appointed to the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council/National Academies. Because of his keen interest in linking science and education processes, and his interest in addressing the problem of underserved and under-represented groups in academic science programs, he has been a champion for minorities, for educators, and science education within the Commission on Ocean Policy. Dr. Muller-Karger previously received the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Award for Outstanding Contributions and the NASA Administrator Award for Exceptional Contribution and Service for supporting development of satellite technologies for ocean

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observation. He has B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in marine science and a Masters degree in management and has authored or co-authored over 80 scientific publications. Frank also speaks fluent Spanish and German. “Contact Frank” link to http://imars.usf.edu/bio/FMK_Bio.html . (8/06).

Dr. Tim Mulligan (PhD'87) a professor in the Fisheries Biology Department at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, has been named Humboldt State University's Outstanding Professor of 2004-05. This is the university's highest honor for dedication and excellence in teaching. Mulligan has taught at HSU since 1989, and his students laud him for his energy, enthusiasm, personal attention, and grasp of detail. His faculty colleagues agree, noting that Mulligan

personifies the university's long-standing commitment to practical learning through research, combined with rigorous classroom instruction. Growing up 30 miles north of Boston and 30 minutes from the ocean, Mulligan spent a summer doing research on the Isle of Shoals that adjoins the Maine/New Hampshire coast while pursuing undergraduate studies at the University of Vermont. The experience fed a growing interest in various species of fish that cemented his fascination. He continued his education with graduate studies at the University of Central Florida and earned his doctorate from the University of Maryland- MEES Program, studying striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay. A postdoctoral fellowship took him west to the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska to focus on walleye pollock, before he moved to HSU (1/06).

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Dr. Tina Armstrong (ENMB, PhD’99) received her bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics from Cornell University. After her admittance into the MEES Program, Tina pursued her thesis research receiving the 1999 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship award. She spent her fellowship year in NOAA's National Oceans Service in the National Center for Coastal Ocean Service (NCCOS), where she contributed to efforts at predicting coastal ocean responses to natural and anthropogenic change. While still in the MEES Program, under the

guidance of Dr. Brian P. Bradley, Armstrong focused her doctoral research to the use of protein expression signatures as a biomarker of anthropogenic stressors on aquatic organisms. Upon matriculation, Tina also received an advanced certificate in Policy Science. Currently, Dr. Armstrong works for Lockheed Martin as senior manager of environmental remediation, Dr. Armstrong is literally in a position to guard the health of entire communities. Dr. Armstrong is also Lockheed Martin’s point person for cleanup efforts in Tallevast. It’s her job to hire outside consultants, review their findings and make recommendations to Lockheed Martin’s management about the kinds of cleanup activities that should be undertaken in Tallevast. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in 2005, Dr. Armstrong was an ecological risk assessor for Tampa-based Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc., which gave her the opportunity to see how many different companies responded to pollution problems associated with industrial sites across the Eastern

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Seaboard. Dr. Armstrong said she has been impressed with Lockheed Martin’s willingness to take full responsibility for pollution problems associated with the former American Beryllium Co. plant in Tallevast, even though Lockheed Martin never operated the facility. Dr. Armstrong said the biggest challenge in her day was simply balancing the demands of her job with being a wife and parent (6/06).

Dr. Ann Barse (PhD’94) is currently an Associate Biology Professor at Salisbury University, MD. Her academic specialties are Invertebrate Zoology, Parasitology and Ecology. Dr. Barse’s research interests include fish parasite ecology;  gill parasites of Fundulus spp. Anguillicola crassus infections in American eels, Anguilla rostrata Capsalidae (Monogenea) associations with Istiophorid fishes. She also finds time to serve as an advisor for the Dual Degree Program for Biology and Environmental/Marine Sciences (4/06).

Dr. Joan Maloof (ENVSC, PhD’99) is an assistant botany professor at Salisbury University. A naturalist, Joan specializes in native plant identification, plant-animal interactions, and forest ecology. Joan is the coordinator of the Environmental Issues Minor offered at Salisbury University. She is also a member of the Henson Seminar Committee,

the Advisory Committee on Buildings and Grounds Salisbury University Forum, Citizens Advisory Council for Chesapeake Forest Lands, and the campus representative for Civic Engagement: Stewardship of Public Lands. In the summer of 2005, Dr. Maloof released her first book titled “Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest” where trees, the dominant life form of undisturbed terrestrial ecosystems, get a tribute in her collection of eco-meditations. The resulting mix of scientific lore and acute observation allows Joan to profile each tree in the forests near her Maryland home and explore its relationship with the surrounding plants, insects, birds, mammals, fungi and people who rely on it. Along the way, she tells a tale of hindering county officials by declaring a nearby forest a "September 11th Memorial Forest" draping the trees with tags bearing the names of the dead from Ground Zero. An ancestor of Joan’s had been Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), America’s first female astronomer. Similarly, Joan supports Maria’s idea that “we especially need imagination in science. It is not all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.” (8/06).

Dr. Jennifer Merrill (PhD’99) received her B.S. in Environmental and Forest Biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse in 1993. She enrolled in the MEES program the summer after graduating and became a student of Jeffrey Cornwell at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Laboratory where her research was

focused on two water quality maintenance functions of tidal freshwater marshes, burial of particulate nutrients and denitrification. In 1999, Jen received the Knauss Fellowship

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award that allowed her to serve as a staff member in the office of U.S. Senator Carl Levin, who replaced Senator John Glenn as Democratic chair of the Great Lakes Task Force. The Task Force covers both the Senate and House and is a bipartisan subset of the Northeast-Midwest Coalition. While she was served her NOAA Knauss Fellow, she lectured at the University of Maryland, and worked as a project manager at Maryland Sea grant. Dr. Merrill was the Senior Program Officer at the Ocean Studies Board (OSB) from 2000 to 2005. She is currently directing a study reviewing the impact of new review procedures of the National Sea Grant Program. She also serves as the OSB staff contact for ICSU’s Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (7/06).

Dr. Judith Stribling (MEES, Ph.D. '94) is an Associate Professor of Biology at Salisbury University, where she is the coordinator of the collaborative Dual Degree Program in Biology and Environmental-Marine Science with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Biology Department Internship Coordinator for environmental and natural sciences internships, and the advisor to the student environmental club. She is active in the local environmental community, as President of the Friends of the Nanticoke River, a citizens' organization, and past president of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, a bi-state consortium of 36 Delaware and Maryland governmental, business and citizens' groups that promotes community involvement in protection of the river. Judith's professional and research interests focus on wetlands: their ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration, and management. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and a member of the Science Advisory Panel for Assateague Island National Seashore. She has also worked as a consultant to the MD Department of the Environment in an assessment of wetland management. Judith is married to David Gooch, and they have one child, Nicholas. They live on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Bivalve, where they spend as much time as they can fishing and sailing. (8/07)

Dr. Adel M. Talaat, M.V.Sc. (ENMB, PhD’98) is an assistant professor in the Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences Department at the School of Veterinary Medicine University of Wisconsin. His research focuses on mycobacterial infections since they cause the death of more than 3 million individuals annually and severe economic losses to animal-breeders as well. During his Ph.D. work in the MEES Program, he developed a novel model for studying mycobacterial infections using the goldfish, Carassius auratus and

Mycobacterium marinum. That model served as a surrogate model to human infections with M. tuberculosis and helps in screening a large number of mycobacterial mutants in a relevant model of infection. Dr. Talaat’s research uses innovative approaches to understand bacterial pathogenesis on a genome-wide scale to generate useful therapies (drugs and vaccines). Currently, he is working on the functional genomics of M. tuberculosis and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. In particular, Dr. Talaat’s lab is using array differential gene expression (ADGE) profiling generated by spotted DNA-micro arrays to understand gene expression that underlies the disease process and the nature of

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host-pathogen interactions. For example, his research identified a genomic island within M. tuberculosis that is expressed exclusively inside animals during infection. Dr. Talaat has been using gene-targeted mutational analysis to determine the importance of such genes in bacterial survival during infection. In addition, he is testing such genes as vaccine candidates using genetic immunization protocol and different animal models of infection. “Contact Dr. Talaat”…link to http://www.ahabs.wisc.edu/Faculty/talaat-a/index.html (8/06).

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Dr. Jude K. Apple (ECOL, PhD’05) successfully defended his PhD thesis in the winter of 2005 under the guidance of Dr. Michael Kemp. The majority of his research has been supported by a three-year fellowship from the National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), a NOAA sponsored organization promoting research and management of estuarine resources. Currently, Jude is a NRC Postdoctoral Fellow

at the US Naval Research Lab, Washington DC, where he is researching what the roles of salinity and terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) have in shaping the biogeography of estuarine bacterioplankton communities and their compositions. His research as a postdoctoral fellow will allow the quantification of changes in the bacterioplankton community composition at 4-step intervals along the salinity gradient (0-32 psu) in the major tributaries of Winyah Bay. His experimental approach will be used to identify differences in the capacity of bacterioplankton to degrade DOM from different sources as well as changes in degradability of high molecular weight DOM along the salinity gradient. Dr. Apple’s research will be conducted during the summer 2006 and supported by the Belle Baruch Visiting Scientist Award (7/06).

Dr. Kelton Clark (ECOL, Ph.D. '01) has been helping minorities plunge into the marine sciences at Morgan State University's Estuarine Research Center (ERC), located adjacent to Jefferson Patterson Park near St. Leonard, Maryland, on the Patuxent River. Dr. Kelton Clark, a former student of Dr. Hines, now a professor in Morgan's Department of Biology and was the former scientific program manager for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation at the Smithsonian Institute, contends that minority students are not often exposed to marine biology and other specialized disciplines.

As a consequence, these students choose careers in more well-known and traditional scientific fields, especially in healthcare fields such as medicine and dentistry. Clark notes, for example, that a minority child fascinated with insects is unlikely to learn about what an entomologist does— and so never considers entomology as a career possibility. As one of the few African American marine biologists in the United States, Clark began as a restaurant manager, earned his bachelor's in biology from San Diego State University, his Ph.D from the MEES Program in College Park. For Kelton, Morgan State

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provides an opportunity to pursue two passions: a love of teaching and a desire to increase diversity in the marine science community. The ERC is dedicated to investigating the complex interrelationships of aquatic ecosystems, particularly the ways in which coastal systems adapt to, and are affected by, human activities. While much of the center's research is conducted within the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake watershed, and the neighboring Delaware Bay, studies are designed to address issues that are broader in scope and can be applied to similar problems in other coastal ecosystems both within the U.S. and in other countries. For more information or to contact Kelly Clark, click here. (8/07)

Dr. James D. Hagy, III (PhD’ 01) achieved his Master’s degree in 1996 while still in the MEES Program at the University of Maryland – his master’s thesis concerned the residence times and net ecosystem processes in the Patuxent River Estuary. Jim Hagy finished his PhD graduate work in December 2001 and started work in January 2002 as a post-doc with the US EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division, which is located at Pensacola Beach, FL.  In 2004, he became permanent staff in the same organization.  His work at EPA focuses utilizes field studies and modeling to address questions related to eutrophication and hypoxia in estuaries and coastal waters, most recently the "dead zone" downcoast from the Mississippi River off the coast of Louisiana and Texas.  Recently the EPA Science Advisory Board honored a paper from his dissertation for it's excellence both in science and for it's relevance to supporting EPA's environmental management mission.  Jim and his wife Melissa (a 1995 MEES, MS graduate) have three daughters, born in 2000, 2002 and 2006.  Outside of work and family, he pursues triathlon racing and competitive swimming. (5/06).

Dr. Amy J. Horneman, SM(ASCP) (formerly Amy Martin-Carnahan) (ENMB, PhD’01) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at University of Maryland, Baltimore, but as of March 1st, 2006 her primary appointment changed from mostly research and some limited teaching in the Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine to a new appointment in the Dept. of Medical and Research Technology with a large portion devoted to teaching undergraduates and graduates in the Medical Technology Programs at UMB. However, Dr. Horneman still spends about 30% of time still devoted to research on the genus Aeromonas while keeping a secondary appointment in the Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Amy is interested in researching taxonomy and virulence features of microorganisms from the environment that are pathogenic for humans, such as Aeromonas, a common water-based organism that causes gastrointestinal disease, and Vibrio species. Amy became a worldwide-recognized expert on Aeromonas, finding three new species and publishing a dozen papers in scientific journals. Amy has also been a four-time Outstanding Instructor Award recipient. She was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, College Park Chapter in 2001. Dr. Horneman also won the Leadership Award for service as President of the Maryland Branch of the American Society for Microbiology in 2005. Currently, Dr. Horneman is

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serving as a research consultant with Dr. Ashok K. Chopra regarding EPA Research on Virulence Factors relating to the Presence of Aeromonas hydrophila strains in U.S. Drinking Water Supplies. “Contact Amy”… http://medschool.umaryland.edu/epidemiology/faculty.asp (8/06).

Dr. Susan Klosterhaus (CHEM, Ph.D. '07) dissertation research focused on the bioavailability of sediment-associated organic chemical contaminants, particularly the brominated diphenyl ether flame retardants, from a heavily contaminated urban estuary and the processes that control their accumulation in aquatic food webs. Prior to moving to the Chesapeake Bay area, Susan was manager and research associate in the sediment toxicology laboratory at the University of South Carolina School of Public Health where she studied the toxicity and bioaccumulation of several classes of organic contaminants in benthic meiofauna. She received her M.S. in Public Health in 2001 and B.S. in Marine Science in 1995, both from the University of South Carolina. Currently Susan is with the San Francisco Estuary Institute.

Dr. Richard Kraus (FISH, PhD’03) pursued a postdoctoral research fellowship with the Texas Institute of Oceanography, Texas A&M University in Galveston, TX. Currently, Richard is moving cross-country (back to Maryland) where he will join the Environmental Science and Policy Departmental faulty of George Mason University as Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology. Richard’s research interest involves the movements of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in the Gulf of Mexico from pop-up archival tag data on light intensity, depth and

temperature. Dr. Kraus also is assessing the offshore banks in the Gulf of Mexico as nurseries for snappers and groupers. For his post-doc, Dr. Kraus will have researched the development of chemical tracers in otoliths to understand movements and habitat use in southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) (8/06).

Dr. Todd R. Miller (ENMB, PhD’04) is a post-doc at Johns Hopkins Center for Water and Health, in the Division of Environmental Health. His research aims to differentiate complex microbial communities using a combination of classical microbiology and advanced molecular and chemical analyses to identify bacteria and enzymes that are an integral

part in maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Todd is especially interested in those involved in the degradation of harmful chemicals produced by human activity. His research potentially will lead to novel bioremediation strategies improving human health. “Contact Todd” link to “http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/ehs/faculty/halden/Todd.htm”. (8/06).

Dr. Cassandra Moe (ENMB, PhD '01) is an adjunct faculty teaching introductory biology at the Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota. In the past, Cassandra has affiliated with various academic institutions such as Augsburg, and Metropolitan State University. Her dissertation work (advisor: Dr. Allen Place) focused on the characterization of a common vertebrate gastric enzyme, chitinase. As a researcher, she considers myself to be a physiological ecologist - meaning that she is interested in how

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the biochemical and physiological processes at the cellular level are translated through the organismic, population, and community levels. Cassandra really enjoys teaching non-biology majors and believes that a basic knowledge of science is crucial for every person, especially as our “daily lives become increasingly technical and our natural world is subjected to increasing pressure”. She is the proud owner of 2 canines! (7/07).

Dr. Elizabeth North (FISH, PhD’01) Within her first year after matriculation from the MEES Program, Elizabeth was a NOAA Intern for NOAA Chesapeake Bay Program Stock Assessment Committee. After her internship was completed, she went on to be a Research Assistant for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program. In 2004, Dr. North

was a visiting scientist at the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). She has since joined our faulty as an assistant professor at Horn Point Laboratory in the Fisheries area of specialization. “Contact Elizabeth” … http://northweb.hpl.umces.edu/ “ (8/06).

Dr. Trista Maj Patterson (ECOL, Ph.D. '05) is an ecological economist with the U.S. Forest Service in Juneau, Alaska. The insight, creativity, and energy from other ecological economists buoyed her own efforts for career success. The doctoral and EE certificate program she earned at the University of Maryland, a 3 year lecture/research residency at University of Siena, Italy in EE, and the Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program (2004-2006), have had a strong influence on her work. She was an active student member, and now takes a place on the United States Society for Ecological Economics board. The United States Society for Ecological Economics provides a venue for a holistic and strong community of ecological economists, social and natural scientists, and people who care for the well-being of this planet and its inhabitants so as to allow its diverse membership to easily communicate with and learn from each other on a regular basis (7/07).

Dr. Emma J. Rochelle-Newall (OCEAN, PhD’00) successfully completed her dissertation in the biological production of colored dissolved organic matter with Dr. T. Fisher as her advisor. In the year following matriculation, Emma was a CNRS Postdoctoral fellow (Poste Rouge) in the ATIPE EcoMem program at the Laboratory of Oceanography, Villefranche in France. In 2002, she continued her post-doc in the same location, however Emma joined the Eurotroph project (link to “http://www.ulg.ac.be/oceanbio/eurotroph/” ) where she studied nutrient cycling and the trophic status of European coastal

ecosystems under the guidance of Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso. In 2003, Emma joined the Center of Oceanography of Marseille, Institute of research and development (IRD) of Nouméa, studying the fate of organic carbon fixed by the cyanobacteria Trichodesmium

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(link to: “http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/urcyano ) . Currently, Emma is still with the IRD of Nouméa, New Caledonia with the Camellia program where she is studying the characterization and modeling of exchanges in lagoons subject to anthropogenic influences. Her main research interests are the influences of toxic trace metals on phytoplanktonic structure and function in the South West Lagoon of New Caledonia and biogeochemical controls of bacterial Colored Dissolved Organic Material (CDOM) production (8/06).

Dr. Abby R. (Cohen) Schneider (CHEM, PhD’05) attended MIT and received her BS in Environmental Engineering in 1998. After graduation, Abby enrolled in the MEES Program. Her master’s research examined the influence of episodic events on PCB and PAH cycling in Lake Michigan. She successfully defended her master’s thesis in 2001 under the guidance of Dr. Joel Baker. Abby went on to defend her PhD thesis in 2005 in which she examined the rates of PCB desorption from resuspended Hudson River Sediments. Currently, Abby is an American Chemical Society Congressional Fellow working in the Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein. Abby focuses on water issues, including perchlorate contamination, fisheries, endangered species and climate change. Dr. Heather Stapleton (CHEM, PhD’03) obtained her BS in Marine Chemistry from South Hampton College. She enrolled in the

MEES Program with Dr. Joel Baker as her advisor and successfully defended her thesis in 2003. Heather is currently pursuing both her career and her research with Duke University, NC. Her research focuses on understanding the fate and transformation of organic contaminants in aquatic systems. Her main focus has been on the bioaccumulation and biotransformation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers,(PBDEs), particularly in fish. Her studies conducted on rainbow trout and carp have found that fish possess enzymes systems capable of metabolizing PBDEs to end products that are potentially more toxic. Heather’s goal is to determine the pathways of PBDE biotransformation in fish and to determine if the same pathways exist in humans. At a later date, in further research, Heather plans to also examine the fate of PBDEs in the environment which may lead to oxidative and/or reductive products (i.e. photolytic, chlorination and ozonation processes, etc.) (7/06).

Dr. Bhaskaran Subramanian (ENVSC, PhD '06) originally from India, graduated from University of Maryland, Eastern Shore with an emphasis in environmental science and is now the natural sciences manager with Maryland Eastern Shore RC&D Council, Inc. Dr. Bhaskaran has presented in many conferences and seminars. He presented a paper in an International Conference (in India), has published a paper related to his research and is currently working on publishing two more papers. Dr. Bhaskaran joined MD Eastern Shore RC&D Council, Inc. in June 2006 and has since worked on assessing shoreline

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erosion control projects of RC&D in the past 20 years. He is creating a GIS database in association with Johann Martinez for RC&D. He is an active member of the VoiCeS (Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards) program (7/07).

Dr. Adrienne Sutton (OCEAN, Ph.D '06) focused her research on whether agricultural conservation practices reduce nutrient runoff into the Chesapeake Bay. After matriculation, Adrienne was a Sea Grant Fellow in NOAA's Office of Legislative Affairs in 2006 and was hired as NOAA's Congressional Affairs Specialist for Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) related issues (7/07).

Dr. Jeff Terwin (PhD’00) pursued a post-doc at the University of Connecticut (2000-2002). Currently, Dr. Terwin teaches high school level biology, marine biology, and ecology while carrying on his research with the Navigator project (4/06).

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Spring 2003 Fall 2003 Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Fall 2007AL 498A 608W 608X 608W 498A 608W 608X 610 608X 608W

608M 698I 698O 614 608X 608X 698O 614 608Y 610608X 698N 698I 608Y 610 698Q 698Q 698B608Y 698R 698M 698N 698R608Z698M

CBL 608S 608B 608T 608B 608T 607 608P 607 498E 608S608T 608C 608V 608C 608V 608B 608T 608B 608C 610698B 698C 630 626 627 608C 608S 610 627 634698E 698F 631 643 711 610 631 682 711 643698K 698G 698A 682 634 698A 608F

698I 698E 698G698L 698U 698I

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HPL 608D 621 608D 608G 608D 607 608D 607 608D 607661 698G 608E 621 627 608E 608J 608E 627 610

698K 698I 608F 645 661 608G 611 608F 661 621608G 698G 698A 610 661 610 698A 698E608I 698I 721 621 698A 621611 698G661

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COMB 608L 608R 608L 608M 608M 608M 608M 608M 608L 608A698J 698B 608M 608M 608G

UMCP 608M 608N 608A 602 608N 608A 608N 608N 608N 608N608N 608S 608N 608N 698D 608K 698F 608O 698Z 650633 650 698B 650 608N 698Z 650 698J

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698A 698A 698F 698J 608O 698J698D 698D 650698G 698J 698J

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UMES 608A 608M 608E 608E 608N 608E 610 610608H 610 608M 698A 608F 688G

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Course Instructor CreditsSpring 2005MEES498A Biometry Hillderbrand 3 crMEES608D Sci Writing & Comm Kennedy 1 crMEES608L Mar. Microbial Ecol Sem Hill/Chen 2 crMEES608M Genomics Sem Du 1 crMEES608T Current Challenges in Env Chem Sem Baker 1 crMEES608V Metabolic Ecol & Stoichiometry Sem Marinelli 1 crMEES608X Adv Topics in Aq. Ecol Sem Hilderbrand 1 crMEES608Y Issues of Sustainabiity & Cons Gates 1 crMEES627 Env. Geochemistry II Harvey/Cornwell 3 crMEES661 Physical Oceanography Li/Chao 3 crMEES698A Coastal Mgmt & Policy Boesch/Dennison 3 crMEES698D Ecological Decision Making Tilley 3 crMEES698J Aquaculture Systems Approach Tal 3 crMEES698M Quant Ecol & Landscape Analysis Townsend 3 crMEES698S Ecosystem Ecology Kangas 3 crMEES711 Phys & Chem Proc in Natural Waters Baker 3 crMEES721 Plankton Dynamics Roman/Glibert 3 cr

Summer 2006MEES608C Communicating Science Effectively Dennison 1 crMEES698F Early Life Hist of Marine Fish Houde/Olney 3 crMEES698L* Mapping & Monitoring Maryland Streams Stylinski 2 crMEES698M* Chesapeake Bay Ecol for Educators Murray 3 crMEES698N* Ches 2000: Incorporating the CBA into the Class Takacs 2 crMEES698S Ecol & Geomorphic Princ of Stream Restoration Palmer 2 cr

Fall 2005MEES602 Sci Communications Technique Kane 1 cr

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MEES607 Quant Methods in Env. Sci Baker/Sanford 3 crMEES608A Ocean, Human Health & Pathogens Sem Colwell 1 crMEES608B Linking Sub-organismal Resp to Eco Health Sem Mitchelmore 1 crMEES608C Fisheries Sci Sem Miller 1 crMEES608E Aq Microbial Ecol Sem Crump 1 crMEES608G Appl Statistics for Ecologists Kimmel 1 crMEES608K Systems Sem Tilley 1 crMEES608M Genomics Sem Du 1 crMEES608O Freshwater Biomonitoring Sem Lamp 1 crMEES608R Sci Presentation Sowers 2 crMEES608W Classic Readings in Ecol Sem Engelhardt 1 crMEES610 Land Margin Interactions Fisher/Castro/Boynton 4 crMEES621 Biological Oceanography Hood et al 4 crMEES634 Intro Bioenergetics & Pop Dyn Miller/Rowe 3 crMEES641 Environmental Toxicology Nelson 3 crMEES650 Wetland Ecology Kangas 3 crMEES698B Biodegradation & Bioctalysis Becker 3 crMEES698F Fish Biology Secor 2 crMEES698J Microbial Ecology DiRuggiero 3 crMEES698N Wildlife Habitat Ecol & Analysis Gates 3 cr

Winter 2005-6MEES698D Tech Appls for Env Monitoring Tenore 3 cr

Spring 2006MEES608D Sci Writing & Comm Kennedy 1 crMEES608I Algal Blooms Sem Sellner 2 crMEES608J Algal/Plant Physiol Sem Kana 1 crMEES608L Mar. Microbial Ecol Sem Hill/Chen 2 crMEES608M Genomics Sem Du 1 crMEES608P Pops in Shrinking World Sem Palmer 1 crMEES608T Issues in Global Climate Change Sem Harvey 1 crMEES608V Aquatic Biogeography Sem Suzuki 1 cr

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MEES608X Cons & Restoration Ecol Reading Sem Hilderbrand 1 crMEES611 Estuarine Systems Ecology Kemp 3 crMEES630 Benthic Ecology Marinelli 3 crMEES631 Fish Ecology Miller/Secor 3 crMEES661 Physical Oceanography Boicourt/Coles 3 crMEES698A Aq. Microbial Ecology Crump/Suzuki 3 crMEES698D Ecological Decision Making Tilley 3 crMEES698F Aquaculture Woods 3 crMEES698O Hydrol Effects of Land Use Change Eshleman 3 crMEES698X Appl Environmental Chem Kaushal 3 cr

Summer 2006MEES608C Communicating Science Effectively Dennison 1 crMEES698F Early Life Hist of Marine Fish Houde/Olney 3 crMEES698L* Mapping & Monitoring Maryland Streams Stylinski 2 crMEES698M* Chesapeake Bay Ecol for Educators Murray 3 crMEES698S Ecol & Geomorphic Princ of Stream Restoration Palmer 2 cr

Fall 2006MEES607 Quant Methods in Env. Sci Baker/North 3 crMEES608B Climate Change & Coastal Eco Sem Secor 1 crMEES608E Eutrophication Sem Glibert 1 crMEES608F Bio-physcial Coupling in Est Sem North 1 crMEES608M Molecular Genetics Sem Du 1 crMEES608O Aging & Env. Influences Ottinger 2 crMEES610 Land Margin Interactions Fisher/Castro/Boynton 4 crMEES614 Landscape Ecology Gardner 4 crMEES621 Biological Oceanography Hood et al 4 crMEES650 Wetland Ecology Baldwin 3 crMEES682 Fish. Sci & Management Houde 3 crMEES698G Marine Geology Palinkas 3 crMEES698J Microbial Ecology DiRuggiero 3 cr

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MEES698Q Stream Ecology Morgan 3 crMEES698R Community Ecology Engelhardt 3 cr

Winter 2006-7MEES698B Phytoplankton Physiology Glibert/Kana 2 crMEES698C Phytoplankton Physiology Lab Glibert/Kana 1 crMEES698W Molecular Tech in Env Sci Mitchelmore/Suzuki 2 cr

Spring 2007MEES498E Intro Ecotoxicology Wright 3 crMEES608C Climate Change & Coastal Eco Sem Secor 1 crMEES608D Sci Writing & Comm Kennedy 1 crMEES608L Mar. Microbial Ecol Sem Hill/Chen 2 crMEES608M Development & Genetics Sem Du 1 crMEES608X Adv Topics in Aq Ecol Sem Morgan 1 crMEES608Y Topics in Wildlife Con & Ecol Sem Gates 1 crMEES627 Env. Geochemistry II Harvey/Cornwell 3 crMEES661 Physical Oceanography Li/Chao 3 crMEES698A Coastal Mgmt & Policy Boesch/Dennison 3 crMEES698B Biometry Hilderbrand 3 crMEES698Z Energy & Environment Tilley 3 crMEES711 Phys & Chem Proc in Natural Waters Baker 3 cr

Summer 2007MEES698F Early Life Hist of Marine Fish Houde/Olney 3 crMEES698L* Mapping & Monitoring Maryland Streams Stylinski 2 crMEES698M* Chesapeake Bay Ecol for Educators Murray 3 crMEES698R Ecol & Geomorphic Princ of Stream Restoration Palmer 2 cr

Fall 2007MEES607 Quant Methods in Env. Sci Sanford/North 3 crMEES608A Animal Models in Env Research Sem Du 2 cr

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MEES608G Microbial & Env. Genomics Sem Chen/Hill 2 crMEES608Q Sustainable Aquaculture Sem Tal 2 crMEES608S Bayesian Stat in Ecol Sem Wilberg 1 crMEES608W Classic Readings in Ecol Sem Engelhardt 1 crMEES610 Land Margin Interactions Fisher/Castro/Boynton 4 crMEES621 Biological Oceanography Hood et al 4 crMEES634 Intro Bioenergetics & Pop Dyn Miller/Rowe 3 crMEES643 Intro Ecotoxicology Wright 3 crMEES650 Wetland Ecology Baldwin 3 crMEES698E Zooplankton Ecol Kimmel 3 crMEES698F Biology of Fish Secor 4 crMEES698J Microbial Ecology DiRuggiero 3 cr

Spring 2008MEES608A Current Readings in Aquatic Sciences Sem O'Neil 1 crMEES608E Bioenergy Prospects & Problems Sem Kangas 1 crMEES608I Algal Blooms Sem Sellner 2 crMEES608L Mar. Microbial Ecol Sem Hill/Chen 2 crMEES608R Global Environmental Remote Sensing Sem Palinkas/Elmore 2 crMEES608T Appl of Analytical Techs Trace Metal Biogeochem Sem Schijf 2 crMEES611 Estuarine Systems Ecology Kemp 3 crMEES631 Fish Ecology Miller/Secor 3 crMEES661 Physical Oceanography Boicourt/Coles 3 crMEES698A Aq. Microbial Ecology Crump/Suzuki 3 crMEES698D Adv Pop Dynamics & Assessment Wilberg 3 crMEES698O Hydrological Effects of Land Use Change Eshleman 3 crMEES698Y Foundations of Stream Rest Palmer 3 crMEES698Z Energy & Environment Tilley 3 cr

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MEES698K* Inquiring with GIS Stylinski 3 crMEES698L* Mapping & Monitoring Maryland Streams Stylinski 2 crMEES698M* Chesapeake Bay Ecol for Educators Murray 3 cr

Fall 2008MEES607 Quant Methods in Env. Sci Sanford/North 3 crMEES608B The Arctic Ocean: sentinel and agent of global change Sem Codispoti 1 crMEES608D Sci Writing & Comm Kennedy 1 crMEES608G Microbial & Env. Genomics Sem Chen/Hill 2 crMEES610 Land Margin Interactions Fisher/Castro/Boynton 4 crMEES614 Landscape Ecology Gardner 4 crMEES621 Biological Oceanography Hood et al 4 crMEES626 Env Geochem I Schijf 3 crMEES650 Wetland Ecology Baldwin 3 crMEES698E Principles & Practices of Ecosyst Rest Kaushal 3 crMEES698G Marine Geology Palinkas 3 crMEES698J Microbial Ecology DiRuggiero 3 crMEES698Q Stream Ecology Morgan 3 cr

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J. Approved CoursesEcology : Approved Course List

1. Population Biology, including Mathematical Modeling (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor CampusBIOL 660 Theoretical Pop. & Comm. Ecology (3 credits) UMCPBIOL 663 Theoretical & Quantitative Biology (4 credits) UMBCBIOL 667 Mathematical Ecology UMCPBIOL 708K Advanced Population Ecology (3 credits) Gill UMCPBIOL 708R Biology of Small Populations UMCPBIOL 708T Theoretical Ecology (4 credits) Fagan UMCPCHEM 644 Molecular Modeling (3 credits) Bush UMBCMEES 634 Intro. Bioenergetics & Pop. Dyn. (3 credits) Miller/Rowe CBL/IVNMEES 721 Plankton Dynamics (3 credits) Roman HPL/IVN

2. Ecosystems Ecology and/or Community Ecology (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor CampusBIOL 600 Marine/Estuarine Ecology (4 credits) UMESBIOL 612 Animal Ecology (3 credits) UMESBIOL 662 Concepts in Animal Ecology (4 credits) Gill UMCPBIOL 665 Behavioral Ecology (4 credits) UMCPBIOL 688B Community Ecology (4 credits) UMESBIOL 708M Marine Ecology (3 credits) Reaka UMCPBIOL 762 Physiological Plant Ecol. (2 credits) Sullivan UMCPENTM 612 Insect Ecology (3 credits) UMCPGES 606 Aquatic Ecology Swan UMBCMEES 611 Estuarine Sys. Ecology (3 credits) Kemp HPL/IVNMEES 614 Landscape Ecology (4 credits) Gardner AL/IVNMEES 631 Fish Ecology (3 credits) Miller/Secor CBL/IVN

MEES 633 Structure & Function of Stream Ecosystems (4 credits) Lamp/Palmer UMCP

MEES 650 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits) Baldwin UMCP

MEES 698A Aquatic Microbial Ecology (3 credits) Suzuki/Crum CBL/IVN

MEES 698J Microbial Ecology (3 credits) DiRuggiero UMCP

MEES 698N Wildlife Habitat Ecology & Analysis(3 credits) Gates AL/IVN

MEES 698Q Stream Ecology (3 credits) Morgan AL/IVNMEES 698R Community Ecology (3 credits) Engelhardt AL/IVN

MEES 721 Plankton Dynamics (3 credits) Roman/Glib HPL/IVN

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3. A 400 or 600 level course from one of the other MEES AOS's (from appr. list)

See other AOS approved lists

4. A course in Statistics/Biostatistics (600 level for Ph.D. or 400 level for M.S.)

Course Title Instructor CampusAGSC 605 Statistics in Ag. Research (3 credits) UMESBIOM 601 Biostatistics 1 (4 credits) UMCPBIOM 602 Biostatistics 2 (3 credits) UMCPBIOM 603 Biostatistics 3 (3 credits) CBLBIOM 621 Multivariate Statistics (3 credits) CBLBIOM 688B Applied Multivariate Statistics (3 credits) UMCPCSDP 604 Computer Methods in Statistics(3 credits) UMESMATH 410 Mathematical Statistics (3 credits) Hedgepeth UMESMATH 582 Appl. Nonparametric Statistics (3 credits) Revennaugh UMESMATH 680 Research Statistics (4 credits) Hedge UMESMEES 607 Quant. Methods in Env. Science (3 credits) Sanford/North HPL/IVNMEES 698A Biometry (3 credits) Hilderbrand AL/IVNSTAT 400 Appl. Probability & Statistics 1 (3 credits) UMCPSTAT 410 Intro to Probability Theory (3 credits) Brin UMCPSTAT 464 Intro to Biostatistics (3 credits) Kagan UMCPSTAT 650 Applied Stochastic Processes (3 credits) Freidlin UMCP

5. One graduate level seminar for each year in residence (on average)

Course Title Instructor CampusBIOL 608Q Biology Seminar (1-2 credits) UMCPBIOL 760 Seminar in Ecology & Evolution (3 credits) Bradley UMBCMEES 608 Seminars in Marine, Est. & Env. SciencesMPHY 608 Physiology Seminar (1 credit) Myslinski UMBNRSC 608 Research Methods (1-4 credits) McIntosh UMCP

6. Courses in Experimental Design/Analysis and Scientific Writing are strongly recommended

Course Title Instructor CampusAGSC 691 Research Methodology (3 credits) UMESBIOM 602 Biostatistics II (3 credits) UMCPMEES 608D Seminar in Scientific Writing (1 credit) Kennedy HPL/IVN

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7. One course or seminar in the philosophy of science, ethics and/or Environmental Management (400 or 600 level)

Course Title Instructor CampusAREC 453 Natural Resources & Public Policy (3 credits) Strand UMCPBIOL 550 Ecology & Mgmt of Wildlife Populations (4 credits) McKearman UMESBIOL 617 Behavioral Ecol & Mgmt of Tropical Fish (3 credits) McKaye ALBIOL 625 Wildlife Habitat Ecology & Analysis (3 credits) Gates ALBMGT 632 Decision Modeling and Analysis Gass UMCPBMGT 735 Models and Appl. in Operations Research (3 credits) UMCPBMGT 830 Operations Research - Linear Pro. (3 credits) Gass UMCPENBE 422 Water Resources Engineering (3 credits) Shinnohammad UMCPMEES 643 Ecotoxicology (3 credits) Wright CBL/IVNMEES 645 Ecology & Mgmt. of Wetland & SAV (3 credits) Koch/Stevenson HPLMEES 682 Fishery Science & Management (3 credits) Houde CBL/IVNMEES 698E Coastal Env. & Resource Policy (2 credits) Mihursky CBL/IVN

MEES 698F Aquaculture Woods UMCP/IVN

NRMT 460 Principles of Wildlife Mgmt. (3 credits) Adams UMCPNRMT 461 Urban Wildlife Management (3 credits) Adams UMCPNRMT 479 Tropical Ecology & Resource Mgmt. (3 credits) Kangas UMCPNRMT 650 Wetland Ecology (3 credits) Baldwin UMCPPUAF 610 Quantitative Methods of Policy Anal. (3 credits) Fetter UMCPPUAF 711 Management Strategies in Public (3 credits) Ganster UMCPPUAF 740 Public Policy & the Environment (3 credits) Nelson UMCPPUAF 742 Environmental Ethics (3 credits) Daly UMCPPUAF 743 Ecological Economics (3 credits) Daly UMCP

8. A specialized field or laboratory-based Ecology course is recommended for students conducting non-field or non-laboratory-based research projects (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor CampusBSCI 463 Laboratory and Field Ecology (2 credits) Gill UMCPGEOG 605 Applied Landscape Ecology (4 credits) Ellis UMBCMEES 645 Ecol. of Wetland & Aquatic Veg. Sys. (3 credits) Koch/Stevenson HPL

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Env. Chemistry : Approved Course List

1. One Fundamental and One Advanced Course in Env. Chemistry or Geochemistry (600 level, 3-4 credits each)

Course Title Instructor Campus LevelMEES 626 Env. Geochemistry 1 (3 credits) Siefert/Mason CBL FundMEES 627 Env. Geochemistry 2 (3 credits) Harvey CBL FundMEES 698Q Biogeochemistry Castro AL FundENCE 633 Chemistry of Natural Waters (3 credits) Torrents UMCP FundCHEM 723 Marine Geochemistry (3 credits) Helz UMCP FundMETO 620 Physics & Chem of the Atmosphere 1 Dickerson/Hudson UMCP AdvMETO 621 Physics & Chem of the Atmosphere 2 Dickerson/Hudson UMCP AdvMEES 711 Modeling Phys & Chem Processes in Nat. Wat. Baker CBL AdvENCE 688T Transformation of Org Compounds in the Env. Torrents UMCP AdvENCE 688O Env. Behavior of Organic Pollutants Torrents UMCP AdvCHEM 678 Atmospheric Chemistry Ondov UMCP AdvCHEM 632 Applied Water Chemistry (3 credits) Kananen UMES AdvCHEM 621 Adv. Environmenal Chemistry (4 credits) Kananen UMES Adv

2. One course in Physical Transport Processes (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor CampusGEOL 451 Groundwater Geology (3 credits) Prestegaard UMCPGEOL 452 Watershed & Wetland Hydrology (3 credits) Prestegaard UMCPGEOL 652 Adv. Watershed & Wetland Hydrology (4 credits) Prestegaard UMCPMETO 610 Dynamics of Atmosphere and Ocean (3 credits) Zhang UMCPMETO 431 Meteorology for Scientists & Engineers 1 Thompson UMCPMETO 432 Meteorology for Scientists & Engineers 2 Thompson UMCPMETO 670 Physical Oceanography Carton UMCPMEES 661 Physics of Est. & Marine Environments Staff HPLPHYS 621 Atmospheric Physics 1 UMBCPHYS 622 Atmospheric Physics 2 UMBC

3. One course in Aquatic Toxicology/Ecology (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor CampusBIOL 601 Environmental Microbiology (4 credits) UMESENVS 639 Sources/Effects of Env. Pollutants (3 credits) Gupta UMESMEES 621 Biological Oceanography (3 credits) Hood HP/IVNMEES 641 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits) Nelson UMCPMEES 743 Aquatic Toxicology (3 credits) Mitchelmore CBL/IVNMEES 611 Estuarine Systems Ecology (3 credits) Kemp HPL/IVNMEES 630 Benthic Ecology Marinelli CBL/IVN

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MEES 631 Fish Ecology Secor CBL/IVNMEES 698A Aquatic Microbial Ecology Crump/Suzuki HPL/IVN

4. One course or seminar in Environmental Management or Policy

Course Title Instructor CampusENVS 684 Natural Resource Management (3 credits) Gupta UMESMEES 698I Land Margin Interactions Castro AL/IVNMEES 682 Fisheries Science & Management Houde CBL/IVNMEES 698B Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy, Mgmt. Kelty UMCPMETO 685 Global Climate Change: Past & Present Faquher UMCP

5. A course in Statistics/Applied Mathematics (600 level for Ph.D. or 400 level for M.S.)

Course Title Instructor CampusBIOM 601 Biostatistics 1 (4 credits) Christman UMCPBIOM 602 Biostatistics 2 (3 credits) Douglass UMCPCSDP 604 Computer Methods in Statistics(3 credits) Yousif UMESMEES 698G Quantitative Methods in Env. Science Sanford/Baker HPL/CBLBIOM 603 Biostatistics 2 Russek-Cohen UMCPENCE 688D Num. Modeling for Water Resources & Env. Eng. Brubaker UMCPPHYS 741 Inverse Methods and Data Analysis UMBCPHYS 732 Computational Fluid Dynamics UMBCENAE 684 Computational Fluid Dynamics 1 Baeder UMCPEDMS 646 Quantitative Research Methods 2 Hendrickson UMCP

6. One graduate-level seminar for each year in residence (min. of 2 for M.S. and 4 for Ph.D.)

7. One or more courses in Physical Chemistry are strongly encouraged (2-4 credits each)

8. Courses in Experimental Design and Analysis and in Scientific Writing are also recommended

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 608D Scientific Writing & Communication Kennedy HPL/IVNMEES 608R Scientific Presentation Sowers COMBMEES 602 Scientific Communication Techniques Kane

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Env. Mol. Biology/Biotechnology : Approved Course List

1. One Course in Molecular Biology/Genetics (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor Campus Info

BIOL 611 Microbial Genetics & Physiology (3 credits) Schreier UMBC Fall Even

BIOL 614 Eukaryotic Genetics/Mol. Biology (4 credits) Farabaugh UMBC SpringBIOL 426/626 Approaches to Molecular Biology (4 credits) Craig UMBC Fall

BIOL 434/634 Microbial Molecular Genetics (4 credits) Wolf UMBC Spring

MICB 780 Advanced Microbial Genetics (3 credits) Steward UMCP SpringMEES 698W

Mol. Techniques in Env. Science (lab) (3 credits)

Mitchelmore/Suzuki CBL Winter

Odd

MMCB 716 Applied Bioinformatics (3 credits) DasSarma/Hansen UMB Fall

BIOL 495 Introduction to Bioinformatics (3 credits) Maeder/Robb UMBC Spring

Odd

2. One course in Cell Biology/Physiology (600 level, 2-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoBIOL 620 Adv. Topics in Cell Biology (4 credits) UMBCBIOL 620 Cell Biology (3 credits) Goode UMCPBIOL 657 Phys. of Marine/Estuarine Organisms (4 credits) Cronin UMBCBIOL 688F Fish Physiology (3 credits) Hughes UMES

BIOL 611 Microbial Genetics & Physiology (3 credits) Schreier UMBC Fall Even

3. One course in Ecology (400 or 600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoBIOL 600 Marine/Estuarine Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMESBIOL 612 Animal Ecology (3 credit) Raesly UMESBIOL 661 Community Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMES

BIOL 663 Ecology of Marine Communities (4 credits) Sebens UMCP

BSCI 464 Microbial Ecology (3 credits) DiRuggeiro UMCP FallBSCI 466 Experimental Aquatic Ecology (3 credits) Palmer UMCPMEES 630 Benthic Ecology (3 credits) Marinelli CBL SpringMEES 631 Fish Ecology (3 credits) Miller/Sector CBL Spring/EvenMEES 698 Microbial Ecology (3 credits) DiRuggerio UMCP Fall

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MEES 698A Aquatic Microbial Ecology (3 credits) Crump/Suzuki CBL Spring Even

MEES 698N Wildlife Ecology (3 credits) Gates AL FallMEES 698Q Stream Ecology (3 credits) Morgan AL

4. One course in Advanced Chemistry/Biochemistry (400 or 600 level, 2-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoBCHM 461 Biochemistry 1 (3 credits) UMCPBCHM 462 Biochemistry 2 (3 credits) UMCPBCHM 464 Biochemistry Lab (2 credits) UMCPBCHM 465 Biochemistry 3 (3 credits) UMCPBCHM 671 Protein Chemistry & Enz. Catalysi (3 credits) Armstrong UMCPCHEM 631 Chemistry of Proteins (3 credits) UMBCCHEM 642 Physical Biochemistry (3 credits) UMBCCHEM 644 Molecular Modeling (3 credits) Bush UMBCCHEM 682 Protein-Nucleic Acid Int. (3 credits) UMBCBIOL 430 Biological Chemistry (4 credits) UMBCMEES 698B Practical Protein Chemistry (3 credits) Ahmed COMB FallBCHM 671 Protein Chem. & Enz. Catalysis (3 credits) UMCP FallCHEM 438 Comp. Biochemistry 2 (4 credits) Creighton UMBC SpringCHEM 635 Biochem. of Complex Carb. (3 credits) Bush UMBC Fall Even

5. A course from another MEES AOS (400 or 600 level from appr. list, 2-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoBIOL 414 Eukaryotic Genetics & Mol. Biology (4 credits) Farabaugh UMBCBIOL 426 Approaches to Molecular Biology (4 credits) Craig UMBCBIOL 434 Microbial Molecular Genetics (4 credits) Wolf UMBCCHEM 432 Advanced Biochemistry (3 credits) UMBCCHEM 433 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids (4 credits) Karpel UMBCCHEM 437 Comp. Biochemistry 1 (4 credits) UMBCCHEM 632 Advanced Biochemistry (3 credits) UMBCCHEM 633 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids (3 credits) Karpel UMBCCHEM 635 Biochem. of Complex Carb. (3 credits) Bush UMBCCHEM 670 Adv. Biochemistry (3 credits) UMBC

MEES 661 Physics of Mar./Est. Environments (3 credits) Sanford/Boicourt HP

MEES 711 Modeling Phys. & Chem. Proc. Nat. Waters (3 credits) Baker CBL Spring Odd

MEES 743 Aquatic Toxicology (3 credits) Mitchelmore CBL Spring Even

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6. One course in Environmental Management, Policy, Ethics or Philosophy of Science (400 or 600 level, 2-4 credits)

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoENVS 684 Natural Resource Management (3 credits) Gupta UMESMEES 682 Fishery Science and Management (3 credits) Houde CBLMEES 698I Aquaculture (3 credits) Woods UMCPMEES 698E Coastal Env. & Resource Policy (2 credits) UMCP/IVNENCH 660 Regulatory Issues in Biotech. (3 credits) UMBC/IVN Fall OddMEES 641 Env. Toxicology (3 credits) UMCP FallBMGT 630 Entrepreneurship (3 credits) UMCPMEES 608E Theories of Science/Values (1 credit) Tenore CBL/IVN SummerMEES 698D Intro. to Env. Toxicology (3 credits) Wright CBL/IVN Fall Odd

7. One course in Statistics/Biostatistics (600 level for Ph.D. or 400 level for M.S.)

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoBIOM 601 Biostatistics 1 (4 credits) Douglass UMCPBIOM 602 Biostatistics 2 (3 credits) Douglass UMCPBIOM 603 Biostatistics 3 (3 credits) Russek-Cohen UMCPMEES 630 Env. Statistics (3 credits)PREV 620 Principles of Biostatistics (3 credits) UMB FallNACS 630 Fundamentals in Biostatistics (3 credits) UMB FallMPHY 630 Biostatistics (3 credits) McCarthy/Murphy UMB Fall

STAT 414/614 Env. Statistics (3 credits) Neerchal/Bradley UMBC Spring

8. One graduate-level seminar for each year in residence

Course Title Instructor Campus InfoMEES 608D Scientific Writing & Comm. (1 credit) Kennedy HP/IVN Spring

MEES 608S Scientific Presentation (2 credits) Sowers COMB Fall OddMEES 608L Mol. Microbial Ecology (2 credits) Hill/Chen COMB SpringMEES 608G Mol. Microbiology (1 credit) Belas COMB

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Fisheries : Approved Course List

Five areas will be offered and at least three courses from these areas must be successfully completed by all students in the Fisheries Science AOS.

1. Fisheries Science and Management

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 682 Fisheries Science & Mgmt. (3 credits) Houde CBL/IVN

2. Fisheries Ecology

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 631 Fish Ecology (3 credits) Miller CBL/IVN

3. Aquaculture

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 698F Aquaculture (3 credits) Woods UMCP/IVN

4. Quantitative Fishery Science

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 698C Intro Bioenergetics & Pop Dyn. (1-3 credits) Miller CBL/IVN

5. Graduate level course in Oceanography (physical, chemical or biological) or Limnology

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 621 Biological Oceanography (3 credits) Hood HP/IVNMEES 661 Physics of Est. * Marine Environments (3 credits) Sanford/Boicourt HP/IVNMEES 698Q Stream Ecology (3 credits) Morgan HP/IVN

In addition, the following MEES core courses are required:

6. A 400 or 600 level course from another MEES AOS

7. One course or seminar in Environmental Management

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8. Statistics/Biostatistics

9. Graduate level seminars to meet MEES requirements

Approved ELECTIVE courses for Fisheries AOS:

Course Title Instructor CampusANSC 661 Physiology of Reproduction (3 credits) Ottinger UMCPBIOL 457 Phys. of Marine/Estuarine Animals (4 credits) Cronin UMBCBIOL 600 Marine/Estuarine Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMESBIOL 612 Animal Ecology (3 credits) Raesly UMESBIOL 657 Phys. of Marine/Estuarine Animals (4 credits) Cronin UMBCBIOL 688A Population Ecology (4 credits) Ruby UMESBIOL 688B Community Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMESBIOL 663 Theoretical & Quantitative Biology (4 credits) UMBCBIOL 666 Population & Quantitative Genetics (? credits) Bradley UMBCBIOL 708 Advanced Topics in Biology (? credits) UMCPBSCI 462 Advanced Animal Ecology (3 credits) Gill UMCPBSCI 466 Experimental Aquatic Ecology (3 credits) Palmer UMCPBSCI 473 Marine Ecology (3 credits) Reaka-Kudla UMCPBSCI 484 Biol. of Marine/Est. Invertabrates (3 credits) UMCPENVS 639 Sources/Effects of Env. Pollutants (3 credits) Gupta UMESENVS 684 Natural Resource Management (3 credits) Nzeogwu UMESGEOG 605 Quantitative Spatial Analysis (3 credits) Dubayah UMCPMEES 641 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits) Nelson UMCPMEES 650 Wetland Ecology (3 credits) Baldwin UMCPPUAF 743 Ecological Economics (3 credits) Daly UMCP

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Oceanography : Approved Course List

Biological Oceanography

1. One 3-credit course in Physical Oceanography

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 661 Physics of Est. and Marine Env. (3 credits) Sanford/Boicourt HPL/IVNMETO 670 Physical Oceanography (3 credits) UMCP

2. One 3-credit course in Biological Oceanography

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 621 Biological Oceanography (3 credits) Hood HPL/IVN

3. One 3-credit course in Chemical Oceanography

Course Title Instructor CampusCHEM 723 Marine Geochemistry (3 credits) Helz UMCPMEES 626 Env. Geochemistry 1 (3 credits) CBL/IVNMEES 627 Env. Geochemistry 2 (3 credits) Harvey/Cornwell IVN

4. Two 3-credit courses in Oceanography or related fields (400-600 level)

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 611 Estuarine System Ecology (3 credits) Kemp HPL/IVNMEES 641 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits) Nelson UMCPMEES 645 Ecol. & Mgmt. of Wetland and SAV (3 credits) Stevenson HPLMEES 682 Fishery Science & Management (3 credits) Houde CBL/IVNMEES 698 Special Topics in MEES (3-4 credits)MEES 721 Plankton Dynamics (3 credits) Roman/Glibert HPL/IVN

5. A course in Statistics/Biostatistics (600 level for Ph.D. or 400 level for M.S.)

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 698B Biometry (3 credits) Hildebrand AL/IVNMETO 630 Statistical Meth. in Meteorology & Ocean. (3 credits) UMCPSTAT 400 Applied Probability & Statistics 1 (3 credits) UMBC

6. One course or seminar in Environmental Management/Policy/Philosphy or Ethics

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(400 or 600 level)

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 645 Ecology & Mgmt. of Wetland & SAV (3 credits) Stevenson HPMEES 682 Fishery Science & Management (3 credits) Houde CBLMEES 698A Science for Env. Mgmt (3 credits) Boesch/Dennison HPL/IVN

7. One graduate level seminar for each year in residence (on average)

8. Courses in Experimental Design/Analysis and Scientific Writing are strongly recommended

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 608D Seminar: Scientific Writing (1 credit) Kennedy HPL

Physical Oceanography

1. One 3-credit course in Physical Oceanography

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 661 Physics of Est. and Marine Env. (3 credits) Sanford/Boicourt HP/IVNMETO 670 Physical Oceanography (3 credits) UMCP

2. One 3-credit course in Biological Oceanography

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 621 Biological Oceanography (3 credits) Hood HP/IVN

3. One 3-credit course in Chemical Oceanography

Course Title Instructor CampusCHEM 723 Marine Geochemistry (3 credits) Helz UMCPMEES 626 Env. Geochemistry 1 (3 credits) CBL/IVNMEES 627 Env. Geochemistry 2 (3 credits) Harvey/Cornwell IVN

4. Two 3-credit courses in Oceanography or related fields (400-600 level)

a. One course in Rotating Fluid Dynamics

Course Title Instructor CampusMETO 610 Dynamic Meteorology (3 credits) Zhang UMCPMETO 670 Physical Oceanography (3 credits) Carton UMCP

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METO 671 Air-Sea Interaction (3 credits) Carton UMCP

b. One course in Non-rotating Fluid Dynamics

Course Title Instructor CampusENAE 684 Comp. Fluid Dynamics 1 (3 credits) Baeder UMCPENCE 430 Flow in Open Channels & Convey St. (3 credits) Moglen UMCPENCH 422 Transport Processes 1 (3 credits) Calabrese UMCP

5. A course in Statistics/Biostatistics (600 level for Ph.D. or 400 level for M.S.)

Course Title Instructor CampusBIOM 601 Biostatistics 1 (4 credits) Douglass UMCPBIOM 602 Biostatistics 2 (3 credits) Douglass UMCPMEES 698B Biometry (3 credits) Hildebrand AL/IVNMETO 630 Statistical Meth. in Meteorology & Ocean. (3 credits) Kalnay UMCPSTAT 400 Applied Probability & Statistics 1 (3 credits) Cohen Freue UMBC

6. One course or seminar in Environmental Management (400 or 600 level)

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 682 Fishery Science & Management (3 credits) Houde CBLMEES 698A Science for Env. Mgmt (3 credits) Boesch/Dennison HPL/IVNMETO 401 Global Environment (? credits) UMCP

7. One graduate level seminar for each year in residence (on average)

8. Courses in Experimental Design/Analysis and Scientific Writing are strongly recommended

Course Title Instructor CampusMEES 608D Seminar: Scientific Writing (1 credit) Kennedy HPL

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Environmental Science: Approved Courses

Course Title Instructor CampusANPT 621 Appl. Avian/Animal Nutrition (3 credits) Harter UMESANSC 453 Animal Welfare Stricklin UMCPANSC 661 Physiology of Reproduction (3 credits) Ottinger UMCPAREC 453 Nat. Resources & Public Policy (3 credits) Strand UMCP

AREC 484Econometric Appl. Agr./Nat. Sciences (3 credits) Whittington UMCP

BCHM 461 Biochemistry 1 (3 credits)   UMCPBCHM 462 Biochemistry 2 (3 credits)   UMCPBCHM 464 Biochemistry Lab (2 credits)   UMCPBCHM 465 Biochemistry 3 (3 credits)   UMCP

BCHM 671Protein Chemistry & Enzymatic Catal. (3 credits) Armstrong UMCP

BCHM 673 Regulation of Metabolism (3 credits)   UMCPBIOL402 Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMESBIOL 411 Bacterial Physiology (4 credits) Schreier UMBC

BIOL 414Eukaryotic Genetics & Mol. Biol. (4 credits) Farabaugh UMBC

BIOL 420 Animal Histology (4 credits) /Vancil UMES

BIOL 420Advanced Topics in Cell Biology (4 credits) Craig UMBC

BIOL 426Approaches to Molecular Biology (4 credits) Craig UMBC

BIOL 431 Mammalogy (3 credits)   UMESBIOL 434 Microbial Molecular Genetics (4 credits) Wolf UMBCBIOL 436 General Endocrinology (4 credits) Hopkins UMESBIOL 441 Comparative Physiology (4 credits) Bass UMES

BIOL 457Physiology of Marine/Est. Animals (4 credits) Cronin UMBC

BIOL 461 Invertebrate Zoology (4 credits) Counts UMESBIOL 463 Wildlife Management (3 credits)   UMES

BIOL 521Sample Design/Anal. of Plant Comm. (3 credits) Seagle AL

BIOL 550Ecology & Mgmt. of Wildlife Populations (4 credits) McKearman UMES

BIOL 600 Marine & Estuarine Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMESBIOL 601 Environmental Microbiology (4 credits) Albano UMESBIOL 608Q Protistan Ecology (1 credit) Small UMCPBIOL 609 Plant Ecology (3 credits) Riley UMESBIOL 609 Special Problems in Zoology (1-6 credits)   UMCPBIOL 611 Bacterial Physiology (4 credits) Schreier UMBCBIOL 612 Animal Ecology (3 credits) Raesly UMESBIOL 614 Eukaryotic Genetics & Mol. Biology (4 Farabaugh UMBC

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credits)

BIOL 617Behavioral Ecol. & Mgmt. of Tropical Fish (3 credits) McKaye AL

BIOL 620 Adv. Topics in Cell Biology (4 credits) Craig UMBCBIOL 622 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits) Seagle AL

BIOL 622Membrane Transport Phenomena (3 credits) Columbini UMCP

BIOL 625Wildlife Habitat Ecology & Analysis (3 credits) Gates AL

BIOL 626Approaches to Molecular Biology (4 credits) Craig UMBC

BIOL 634 Microbial Molecular Genetics (4 credits) Wolf UMES

BIOL 641Conservation Biology & Reserve Design (2 credits) Quigley UMES

BIOL 641 Comparative Physiology (4 credits)   UMCPBIOL 651 Neurobiology (4 credits) Viancour UMBC

BIOL 657Phys. of Marine/Estuarine Animals (4 credits) Cronin UMBC

BIOL 662 Concepts in Animal Ecology (4 credits) Gill UMCP

BIOL 663Theoretical & Quantitative Biology (4 credits)   UMBC

BIOL 663 Ecology of Marine Communities (4 credits) Sebens UMCPBIOL 665 Behavioral Ecology (4 credits)   UMCP

BIOL 666Population & Quantitative Genetics (? credits) Bradley UMBC

BIOL 681 Barrier Island Management (4 credits)   UMESBIOL 688A Population Ecology (4 credits) Ruby UMESBIOL 688B Community Ecology (4 credits) Rebach UMESBIOL 688F Fish Physiology (3 credits) Hughes UMESBIOL 708 Advanced Topics in Biology (? credits)   UMCPBIOL 720 Cell Structure & Function (3 credits)   UMBCBIOL 721 Membrane Biology (1 credit)   UMBCBIOL 750 Adv. Topics in Oganismic (3 credits) Cronin UMBCBIOL 760 Ecology & Evolution (3 credits) Bradley UMBCBIOL 762 Physiological Plant Ecology (2 credits) Sullivan UMCPBIOM 601 Biostatistics 1 (4 credits) Douglass UMCPBIOM 602 Biostatistics 2 (3 credits) Douglass UMCPBIOM 603 Biostatistics 3 (3 credits) Russek-Cohen UMCPBIOM 688B Appl. Multivariate Statistics (3 credits) Russek-Cohen UMCPBMGT 632 Decision Modeling & Analysis (1.5 credits) Gass UMCP

BMGT 735Models & Appl. in Operations Research (3 credits)   UMCP

BMGT 830Operations Research - Linear Program. (3 credits) Gass/Katu UMCP

BSCI 362Ecology of Marsh & Dune Vegetation (3 credits) Koines UMCP

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BSCI 422 Principles of Immunology (3 credits) Armstrong UMCPBSCI 435 Plant Biochemistry (3 credits) Sze UMCPBSCI 460 Plant Ecology (3 credits) Forseth UMCPBSCI 461 Plant Ecology Lab (2 credits) Forseth UMCPBSCI 462 Population Ecology (3 credits) Gill UMCPBSCI 463 Laboratory & Field Ecology (2 credits) Gill UMCPBSCI 464 Microbial Ecology (3 credits) DiRuggiero UMCPBSCI 465 Behavioral Ecology (3 credits) Borgia UMCPBSCI 466 Experimental Aquatic Ecology (3 credits) Palmer UMCPBSCI 473 Marine Ecology (3 credits) Reaka-Kudla UMCPBSCI 475 Symbiology (3 credits) Inouye UMCP

BSCI 484Biology of Marine/Est. Invertebrates (4 credits)   UMCP

BSCI 485 Protozoology (4 credits) Small UMCP

BUAD 411Operations Research & Decision Theory (3 credits)   UMES

CHEM 401 Principles of Physical Chemistry (4 credits) Okoh UMES

CHEM 402Principles of Physical Chemistry 2 (4 credits) Waguespack UMES

CHEM 432 Advanced Biochemistry (3 credits)   UMBCCHEM 433 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids (3 credits) Karpel UMBCCHEM 437 Comprehensive Biochemistry 1 (4 credits) Beckett UMBCCHEM 438 Comprehensive Biochemistry 2 (4 credits) Karpel UMBC

CHEM 443Mol. Spectroscopy & Biomacromol. (3 credits)   UMBC

CHEM 474 Environmental Chemistry (3 credits) Helz UMCPCHEM 621 Adv. Environmental Chemistry (4 credits) Kananen UMESCHEM 632 Advanced Biochemistry (3 credits)   UMBCCHEM 632 Applied Water Chemistry (3 credits) Kananen UMESCHEM 633 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids (3 credits) Karpel UMBC

CHEM 635Biochemistry of Complex Carbohydrates (3 credits) Bush UMBC

CHEM 638 Comprehensive Biochemistry 2 (4 credits) Karpel UMBC

CHEM 640Special Topics in Molecular Structure (3 credits) Pollack UMBC

CHEM 643Mol. Spectroscopy & Biomacromol. (3 credits)   UMBC

CHEM 644 Molecular Modeling (3 credits) Bush UMBC

CHEM 653Organic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids (3 credits) Horsmane UMBC

CHEM 723 Marine Geochemistry (3 credits) Helz UMCPCMSC 460 Computational Methods (3 credits) Vonpeters UMCPCMSC 466 Intro. to Numerical Analysis 1 (3 credits) Notchetto UMCPCMSC 467 Intro. to Numerical Analsysi 2 (3 credits) Stewart UMCPCMSC 666 Numerical Analysis 1 (3 credits) Nochetto UMCPCMSC 667 Numerical Analysis 2 (3 credits) Markley UMCP

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ECON 601 Macroeconomic Analysis 1 (3 credits) Haltiwanger UMCPECON 603 Microeconomic Analysis 1 (3 credits) Schwab UMCP

EDMS 645Quantitative Research Methods 1 (3 credits) Johnson UMCP

EDMS 646Quantitative Research Methods 2 (3 credits) Tam UMCP

ENBE 422 Water Resources Engineering (3 credits) Shirmohamm UMCPENBE 435 Aquaculture Engineering (3 credits) Wheaton UMCP

ENCE 430Flow in Open Channels & Conveyance (3 credits) Moglen UMCP

ENCE 632 Free Surface Flow (3 credits) Johnson UMCPENCE 633 Chemistry of Natural Waters (3 credits) Torrents UMCPENCE 637 Biological Principles Env. Eng. (3 credits) Seagren UMCP

ENCE 688TTransform. of Organic Compounds in Env. (3 credits) Torrents UMCP

ENME 640Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)   UMCP

ENME 641 Viscous Flow (3 credits) Marasli UMCPENME 642 Hydrodynamics 1 (3 credits)   UMCPENTM 612 Insect Ecology (3 credits) Denno UMCPENTM 653 Toxicology of Insecticides (3 credits) Nelson UMCPENVS 411 Water Pollution & Purification (4 credits) Sandhu UMESENVS 434 Air Pollution (4 credits) Gupta UMESENVS 611 Water Pollution (4 credits) Gupta UMESENVS 634 Air Pollution & Control (4 credits) Gupta UMESENVS 639 Sources & Effects of Env. Poll. (3 credits) Gupta UMESENVS 660 Earth Science (4 credits) Counts UMESENVS 684 Natural Resources Management (3 credits) Gupta UMESGEOG 410 Coastal Morphology (3 credits) Dubois UMBCGEOG 446 Applied Climatology (3 credits) Myneni UMCPGEOG 471 Adv. Computer Cartography (3 credits) Smith UMCPGEOG 472 Remote Sensing (3 credits) Hansen UMCP

GEOG 473Geographical Info. Sys. & Spacial Anal. (3 credits) Gillies UMCP

GEOG 498 Topical Investigations (1-3 credits)   UMCPGEOG 605 Quantitative Spacial Analysis (3 credits) Dubayah UMCPGEOG 615 Geomorphology (3 credits) Kearney UMCPGEOG 618S App. Coastal Geomorphology (3 credits)   UMCPGEOL 451 Groundwater Geology (3 credit) Prestegaard UMCP

GEOL 452Watershed & Wetland Hydrology (3 credits) Prestegaard UMCP

GEOL 652Adv. Watershed & Wetland Hydrology (3 credits) Prestegaard UMCP

GEOL 798M Groundwater Geology (2-4 credits) Prestegaard UMCPMATH 410 Mathematical Statistics II (3 credits) Hedgepeth UMES

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MATH 462Partial Diff. Eq. for Scientists & Engineers (3 credits)   UMCP

MATH 463Complex Variables for Scientists & Eng. (3 credits) Wilkerson UMCP

MATH 581 Appl. Regression Analysis (3 credits) Hedge UMESMATH 582 Appl. Nonparametric Statistics (3 credits) Revennaugh UMESMATH 620 Algebraic Number Theory 1 (3 credits) Adams UMCPMATH 680 Research Statistics (3 credits) Hedge UMESMEES 498A Biometry (3 credits) Hildebrand AL/IVNMEES 611 Estuarine Systems Ecology (3 credits) Kemp HP/IVNMEES 612 Ecosystems Ecology (3 credits) Seagle AL/IVN

MEES 613Dynamic Modeling Ecol. & Econ. Systems (3 credits) Constanza IVN

MEES 614 Landscape Ecology (4 credits) Gardner AL/IVNMEES 621 Biological Oceanography (4 credits) Hood HP/IVNMEES 630 Benthic Ecology (3 credits) Marinelli CBL/IVNMEES 631 Fish Ecology (3 credits) Miller CBL/IVN

MEES 633Structure & Function of Stream Ecosys. (4 credits)   UMCP

MEES 641 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits) Nelson UMCP

MEES 645Ecol. & Mgmt. of Wetland & SAV Systems (3 credits) Stevenson HP

MEES 650 Wetland Ecology (3 credits) Baldwin UMCP

MEES 661Physics of Estuarine & Marine Env. (3 credits) Sanford/Boicourt HP/IVN

MEES 682Fisheries Science & Management (3 credits) Houde CBL/IVN

MEES 698A Ecology of Marine Communities (4 credits) Sebens UMCPMEES 698B Oceanographic Methods (1 credit) Kennedy HPMEES 698B Biodegredation & Biocatalysis (2 credits) Becker  

MEES 698CIntro. Bioenergetics & Pop. Dynamics (1-3 credits) Miller CBL/IVN

MEES 698CChesapeake Bay Fishes: Id * Nat. History (1-2 credits) Secor CBL

MEES 698CDynamics of Exploited Marine Populations (3 credits) Fogarty CBL/IVN

MEES 698D Ecotoxicology (3 credits) Wright CBL/IVNMEES 698D Intro. to Ecological Engineering (3 credits) Kangas UMCPMEES 698D Aquatic Microbial Ecology (3 credits) Del Giorgio HP/IVN

MEES 698ECoastal Environmental & Resource Policy (2 credits) Mihursky CBL/IVN

MEES 698ENat. Hist. & Ecology of Chesapeake Bay (2 credits) Mihursky CBL/IVN

MEES 698F Aquaculture (3 credits) Woods UMCP/IVN

MEES 698GQuantitative Methods in Env. Science (3 credits) Sanford IVN

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MEES 698G Constructed Wetlands (2 credits) Ives/Halperin UMCP

MEES 698GEthical Issues & Biosafety in Risk Mgmt. (3 credits) Levin IVN

MEES 698G Virtue - Finfish Aquaculture (3 credits) Trant IVNMEES 698I Land Margin Interaction (4 credits) Currie/Fisher IVNMEES 698K Environmental Geochemistry 2 (3 credits) Harvey IVNMEES 698L Environmental Geochemistry 1 (3 credits) Siefert/Mason CBL/IVNMEES 698M Wetlands Hydrology (3 credits) Eshelman ALMEES 698M

Spatial Modeling of Environment (3 credits) Townsend AL/IVN

MEES 698M Regulation of Photosynthesis (3 credits) Kana HP

MEES 698NWildlife Habitat Ecology & Analysis (2 credits) Gates AL/IVN

MEES 698N Historical Ecol. Chesapeake Bay (2 credits) Setzler/Hamilton CBL

MEES 698OHydrological Effects of Land Use Change (3 credits) Eshelman AL/IVN

MEES 698PGIS for Ecology & Environmental Science (2 credits) Townsend AL

MEES 698PBehavioral Ecology of Prairie Dogs (4 credits) Hoogland AL

MEES 698P Energetics (3 credits) Currie AL/IVNMEES 698Q Terrestrial Biogeochemistry (3 credits) Morgan AL/IVNMEES 698Q Biogeochemistry (3 credits) Castro AL/IVNMEES 698Q Stream Ecology (3 credits) Morgan ALMEES 698T Methods in Marine/Est. Science 1 (1 credit) Glibert HP

MEES 698UMethods in Marine/Est. Science 2 (2 credits) Carton HP

MEES 698VAdv. Coastal Physical Oceanography (3 credits) Walstad HP/IVN

MEES 698XDevelopment and the Chesapeake Bay (2 credits) Schueler UMCP

MEES 698Behavioral Ecol. & Mgmt. of Tropical Fish (3 credits) McKaye AL

MEES 699 Special Problems in MEES (1-3 credits)   all

MEES 711Modeling Phys. & Chem. Proc. Natural Waters (3 credits) Baker CBL/IVN

MEES 721 Plankton Dynamics (3 credits) Roman HP/IVNMEES 743 Aquatic Toxicology (3 credits) Roesijadi IVNMEES 799 Master Thesis Research (1-6 credits)   all

MEES 899Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)   all

METO 400 The Atmosphere (3 credits) Pinker UMCPMETO 610 Dynamic Meteorology 1 (3 credits) Shang UMCPMETO 611 Dynamics of the Atmosphere & Ocean (3 Carton UMCP

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credits)METO 614 Numerical Weather Forecasting (3 credits) Kalnay UMCP

METO 630Statistical Methods in Meteorology (3 credits) Kalnay UMCP

METO 658 Special Topics in Meteorology (1-3 credits)   UMCPMETO 670 Physical Oceanography (3 credits) Carton UMCPMETO 671 Air-Sea Interaction (3 credits) Carton UMCPMICB 674 Adv. Microbial Physiology (2 credits)   UMCP

MICB 688Special Topics in Microbiology (1-4 credits)   UMCP

MICB 688C Marine Biotechnology (1 credit) Weiner UMCPMICB 750 Advanced Immunology (2 credits) Mosser UMCPMICB 780 Adv. Microbial Genetics (3 credits) Stewart UMCPMMIC 635 Bacterial Genetics (4 credits) Delise UMABMPHY 608 Physiology Seminar (1 credit)   UMABMPHY 612 Physiology of Reproduction (2 credits)   UMABMPHY 718 Special Topics in Physiology (1-3 credits)   UMABNRMT 450 Wetland Ecology (3 credits) Baldwin UMCP

NRMT 451Water Quality: Field & Lab Anal. Meth. (3 credits) Baldwin UMCP

NRMT 460Principles of Wildlife Management (3 credits) Adams UMCP

NRMT 461 Urban Wildlife Management (3 credits) Adams UMCP

NRMT 479Tropical Ecology & Resource Management (2 credits) Kangas UMCP

NRSC 411 Principles of Soil Fertility (3 credits) Weil UMCPNRSC 413 Soil & Water Conservation (3 credits) Hill UMCPNRSC 417 Soil Hydrology & Physics (3 credits) Hill UMCPNRSC 422 Soil Microbiology (3 credits) Angle UMCPNRSC 423 Soil-Water Pollution (3 credits) Weismiller UMCPNRSC 441 Sustainable Agriculture (3 credits) Weil UMCP

NRSC 454Env. Issues in Plant & Soil Science (3 credits)   UMCP

NRSC 499B Soil Judging (1 credit) Rabenhorst UMCPNRSC 608 Research Methods (1-4 credits)   UMCPNRSC 711 Adv. Soil-Plant Chemistry (2 credits) Weil UMCPNRSC 832 Advanced Soil Physics (3 credits) Hill UMCPPATH 601 Pathology for Graduate Students (4 credits) Jones UMABPATH 602 Systemic Pathology (4 credits) Jones UMABPATH 603 General Pathology (3 credits) Jones UMAB

PATH 606Pathobiology of Aquatic Organisms (3 credits)   UMAB

PHYS 461 Intro. to Fluid Dynamics (3 credits) Goldenbaum UMCP

PHYS 604Methods of Mathematical Physics (3 credits) Hassam UMCP

PREV 619 Biostatistical Computing (2 credits)   UMAB

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PREV 620 Principles of Biostatistics (3 credits)   UMABPSYC 403 Animal Behavior (3 credits) Bentz UMCP

PUAF 610Quantitative Methods in Policy Anal. (3 credits) Fetter UMCP

PUAF 711Management Strategies Public Org. (3 credits) Ganster UMCP

PUAF 740Public Policy & the Environment (3 credits) Nelson UMCP

PUAF 742 Environmental Ethics (3 credits) Daly UMCPPUAF 743 Ecological Economics (3 credits) Daly UMCPSTAT 400 Appl. Probability & Statistics 1 (3 credits) Cohen Freue UMCPSTAT 464 Intro. to Biostatistics (3 credits) Kagan UMCPSTAT 601 Probability Theory 2 (3 credits) Lee UMCP

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K. Directors Report 2002Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES)

Directors Report

May 28, 2002

Executive Summary

Changes and Accomplishments 1997- 2002

o Applications to the MEES program have declined from just over 300 per year from 1995 through 2000 to approximately 220 for the last two years.

o Mean GPA of applicants has risen from 3.2 in 1997 to 3.4 in 2002.

o Mean GPA of accepted applicants has risen from 3.28 in 1997 to 3.47 in 2002.

o GRE scores applicants and accepted applicants have remained unchanged from 1995 through 2002.

o The percentage of accepted applicants who subsequently enrolled in MEES has increased dramatically from just below 60% in 1996 to nearly 80% in 2001. The national mean in 2001 was 58%.

o From 1993 through 1997, 33% of students admitted carried 2 or more prerequisites. From 1998-2002, only 22% were admitted with 2 or more prerequisites.

o The number of MS degrees conferred per year has risen from 16.4 during the period 1991-1997 to 24.8 from 1998-2001 and for doctoral degrees from 8.8 to 19.8 for the same periods. This corresponds to a rise in graduation rate from 10% during 1991-1997 to 20% during 1998-2001.

o Development of a service-based website.

o Establishment of fundamental academic policies pertaining to MEES students and faculty.

o Digitization and organized dissemination of applicant and student records

o Increasing the rigor of the selection process for incoming students

o Waiver of activity fees for non-UMCP resident students

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o Maintaining office integrity and continuity

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MEES in 1997

The MEES office in June 1997 was an unhappy place. Ken Sebens, former MEES director, had recently stepped down and Debbie Morrin, Sebens’ administrative assistant, was frustrated as well. As a contractual employee, Debbie was required to renew her contract each year and therefore unsure of her future employment from year to year. She was clearly a boon to the program and as a graduate of MEES (she took an MS with Marjorie Reaka-Kudla) knew the program very well. The program offices were located in a lower level corner of Symons Hall, and a small disheveled room on the second floor, furnished with tables, chairs, and lockers, served as the MEES student lounge or study room. Two old computers were being used and the three hundred applications received each year were copied many times and mailed out to the faculty at distant campuses for review. In negotiating with the Dean of Life Sciences regarding the position, he told me that he would discuss my salary and laboratory staffing needs but that he would not entertain any changes in support for the MEES program.

I was given the title “Acting Executive Director” and we agreed that I would serve for a year in that capacity or until a replacement Director was hired. Debbie, who was searching for another job herself, agreed to give me a chance to turn things around. I knew almost nothing of MEES. Our first step was to visit each campus so I could learn more about them, meet students and faculty, and assess the state of the program at each campus. As we met with students, several concerns were consistently brought up including testing fairness across the program, quality of mentor input/guidance, and quality of academic life among campuses/institutions. Faculty members were concerned about the quality of students available, the quality of graduate work being conducted, time to finish, and their colleague’s abilities to uphold a high level of rigor in the program. Morale in both students and faculty was pretty low. I was surprised at the lack of structure within the program. The Area of Specialization superstructure designed by Sebens was a very good step toward formalizing education within MEES but it was just beginning to take hold. Students and faculty were still confused about requirements. The administration (ie. the Dean of Life Sciences) wanted the program to get better; GRE scores were the lowest in the College, graduation rates were low, and time to finish was very high. He seemed to consider the MEES program a second rate burden on the College.

My first UMCES/MEES colloquium at Sailwinds Park in Cambridge was an eye-opener. The enthusiasm among the students was spectacular. They clearly wanted to voice their concerns and felt they needed leadership that would represent them.

Plan of Action

We set some goals and developed a plan of action. One of the first things I was able to accomplish was to convince Dean Mazzocchi to make Debbie Morrin’s position permanent. When he agreed, he sent a clear signal to Debbie and the program that he was willing to invest in MEES. He also made permanent a $17,000+ operating budget for the program. Previous to that date, the operating budget had been $7,500 with during the year additions totaling $15,000. To augment the operating budget, I was successful in garnering $24,000 from the VIRTUE project – a UMBI initiative to teach marine and

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environmental science via the web to sister Universities in Norway and Sweden. MEES became an example to the VIRTUE project and offered guidance and assistance in organizing an international effort. As part of the project, a MEES web-teaching team was put together and participated in the first Web Initiative in Teaching (WIT) conference. Leonard Walstad, Ken Paynter and Mark Trice (from HPL) served as the MEES team. Our goal was to generate more interest among MEES faculty in utilizing the Web to enhance teaching via the Interactive Video Network (IVN).

To facilitate communication and information flow, we set up the MEES website. We hired an undergraduate who had graphic art/website experience and she designed a creative, functional website. This allowed us to refer students and faculty to instructions, regulations, forms, etc on the website so that the MEES administration became more accessible. Once the website was established, we recognized the opportunity to put applications on the web. With the invaluable help of Anne Gauzens-Willey, we developed a MEES email system and secure website in which we could store digitized application information that was accessible to all faculty regardless of location. Although primitive, this process has revolutionized the way applications are processed and reviewed. It has made remarkable differences in our abilities to identify and recruit excellent students and to streamline the application review process in general.

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MEES Website

A website has been developed that is intended to serve both prospective students, current MEES students and MEES faculty. Descriptive information is presented about the MEES program as a whole and about each AOS. Requirements for Master of Science and Doctoral candidates are included as well. A variety of forms, including applications and various Graduate School forms are available on the site as well. A variety of links to important institutional sites, academic sites and other places of interest are also included. Finally, the portal to MEES Online is on the website that takes current students and faculty into the secure area where student and applicant files can be accessed, class websites can be accessed and other electronic facilities are available. Within the next year, we will be undertaking a shift from First Class to Blackboard as the primary application used for these functions.

Figure 1. Original MEES Homepage designed in 1998.

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Academic Policies

Why establish new policies or changes standing policies?

1. Inconsistency exists - need to level the playing field

2. Not enough structure - students and faculty are unsure of the whens, wheres, and hows

3. Time to finish is too high - in general students need to finish sooner

4. Accountability - students and faculty BOTH need to be held more accountable for the progress of student programs

Prerequisites

All prerequisite courses must be completed within a student’s first year after admission. Extensions may be granted by the MEES Director until an appropriate course is available to the student.

Rationale: obvious

Seminars

MEES students are required to have taken 1 seminar per year in residence, on average. The number of seminars required is capped at 2 for M.S. students and 4 for Ph.D. students.

Rationale: To reduce burden of seminars on MEES students

Annual Progress Reports

All MEES students are required to convene a committee meeting at least once per year and at that meeting provide a progress report summarizing their research and coursework to date, including a transcript. Further, a report summarizing the meeting, with a transcript and signatures of all committee members, will be filed with the MEES office within 2 weeks of the meeting. It will be the responsibility of the advisor to see that this is done annually by the student.

Rationale: Increase accountability and communication on all sides; involve the committee more in student progress. (NOT to create more paperwork!)

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Time Limits

MEES full-time Ph.D. students will be limited to seven years in which to graduate. Students must be advanced to candidacy – pass both comprehensive examination (written and oral) and proposal defense – within six semesters after entering the Ph.D. program.

MEES full-time M.S. students will be limited to four years in which to graduate.

A one semester extension may be granted at the request of the student’s advisory committee and the approval of the Director.

Rationale: Decrease time to finish, increase need to be more organized, bring program into line with other competitive programs.

Full/Part-time

Students in the MEES Program will be classified as full- or part-time by the MEES Office. Part-time students will not be held to the more rigorous MEES time limits, but to the former limits of nine years for a Ph.D. (five to candidacy) and five years for an M.S.

Part-time status will only be granted upon request of the student’s advisory committee and approval of the MEES Director. Criteria will include number of hours worked (> 20 hours/week, not on an assistantship) and number of credits registered for. Graduate School part-time status is determined by number of units registered for (<24 units).

Students considered part-time will not be able to receive UM assistantship or fellowship support.

Rationale: Remove disparity in accounting for full or part-time students; relieve part-time students of more stringent time limits

Application and Student File management

In 1998 we undertook an effort to digitize application files and organize them online. We have taken a simple but productive approach: digitize the pages of each application in a straightforward order, update them regularly, post them to a secure website, and organize the website based on AOS and application status. This simple step revolutionized the way applications are reviewed and processed within the MEES program. This, in part, has led to the MEES program becoming more competitive with other nationally recognized marine science programs since it allows faculty to identify excellent candidates earlier and make competitive offers of financial assistance earlier. Unfortunately, this improvement in MEES service has resulted in a substantial increase in

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required staff time as the files need nearly continuous updating during the application season (December-May) and web-management issues frequently crop up.

Rigor of the applicant selection process.

There has been a significant reduction in the number of applications received by MEES in the last three years. While this may seem disconcerting, it is related to a national trend in the natural and physical sciences as students are attracted to computers sciences and engineering by the information technology boom (Gose, ,B. 1997, Schneider, A 1998, Southwick, R. 2000, Syverson, P. D. 1998). More importantly, it may be an indication that the measures we have undertaken to raise the standards of incoming students within the program are beginning to take hold. There are several indications that this may be the case. First, although the total number of applications has gone down, the quality of applications received has gone up substantially as measured by GPA from 3.18 in 1996 to 3.38 in 2001.

A significant jump in the GPA of accepted students occurred in 1998 (Fig 1). While verbal and analytical GRE scores did not improve between 1997 and 2001, quantitative scores increased but only slightly. GPA, on the other hand, rose from 3.29 (±0.03) during 1994-1997, to 3.39 (±0.02) during 1998-2002. Mean GPA of accepted applicants in 2002 was a program high of 3.47 (±0.024 SEM).

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Figure 1. Undergraduate GPA of MEES applicants, Biology applicants, College of Life Sciences applicants and entire UMCP Graduate School applicants. SEM are not shown but are ≤1% for each data point except for Biology which are approximately 5%.

Furthermore, the percentage of students accepted who actually enrolled in MEES has risen each year from under 60% in 1996 to nearly 80% in 2001 (Fig 2). This is much higher than the UMCP Graduate School mean for 2001, which was 58%. I believe this is an indication that we have become more successful at discouraging less qualified applicants from applying to MEES. By the same token, we are attracting applications from more highly qualified students and having more success in convincing them to come to MEES.

Figure 2. Percentage of accepted applications and percentage of accepted applicants enrolling in MEES from 1995-2001.

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The number of students graduating each year from MEES has steadily increased since 1992 (Fig. 3). Between 1992 and 1995, approximately 20 students per year took their degrees from MEES. Between 1998 and 2002 approximately 40 students per year have graduated. This coincides with an increase in the rate of graduation from 10% during the early and mid 90’s to 20% in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Many students have also chosen to take part in the Life Sciences graduation ceremonies, contributing to the higher profile MEES has garnered within the College in the last few years. We try to facilitate participation in graduation ceremonies by hosting a graduation reception each semester.

Figure 3. Numbers of MEES students graduating with MS or PhD degrees from 1991-2002.

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The distribution of MEES students has shifted substantially over the past 10 years. As can be seen in Fig. 5, UMCES now dominates the number of MEES students by institution with more than twice the number of students that work at UMCP. In addition, COMB has a rapidly growing student population and a faculty anxious to get more involved. Note that COMB now has more students than AL and the same number as HPL. Note also that while the four “laboratories” (AL, CBL, COMB, and HPL) have substantially more PhD students than MS students, UMCP and UMES have slightly more MS students.

Figure 5. Distribution of MEES graduate students among campuses and institutions in 2002.

Waiver of Activity Fees for non-UMCP resident students

Shortly after I became Director, many MEES students listed the payment of activity fees each semester as one of their major complaints about the MEES program. Several hundred dollars were being assessed each semester to students who were never on campus and never used the athletic fields or gyms. I was able to convince the Bursar

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of UMCP that assessment of activity fees to any non-UMCP resident students was unfair. She proposed a system whereby the MEES office established which students were eligible for the waiver, send a list to the Bursars office, and the Bursar’s office would waive the fees for those students. Since that time, this arrangement has saved the students literally tens of thousands of dollars. This service involves a significant amount of staff time at the beginning of each semester.

Maintaining office integrity and continuity

The MEES office was moved from its central location in Symons Hall to the Ag/Life Science Surge Building on the edge of campus shortly after I became Acting Director in 1997. The move greatly impaired the staff’s ability to interact with other administrators including the Dean and the staff of the Dean’s office, the Life Science business office, and the facilities associated with those offices. Furthermore, it took the office staff and teaching assistants much further away from the Sea Grant IVN room in Skinner Hall where much activity was focused. Subsequently the time associated with class support and record keeping increased greatly. In addition, the development of the MEES website, the initiation of the annual review process, the revocation of activity fees, and other important changes have substantially increased the burden on the MEES office. Without substantial changes in the operating budget, we have hired undergraduate clerks and used teaching assistantships to provide office support for MEES operations. We are now struggling to replace the IVN facilities that have been lost with Sea Grant being forced off campus. The acquisition of the space alone is a huge challenge, much less the equipment and connections supporting a busy IVN site. The office is currently operating at a pace it will not be able to sustain unless additional staff is acquired or services can be delegated to other administrative offices.

Summary

The MEES program is making substantial progress in improving its internal business: improving student progress, improving faculty involvement and participation, and improving the rigor of the overall academic process. I believe when one examines the overall changes that have occurred over the last 5 years, they can be largely attributed to the mechanisms and attitudes we have put in place in MEES during that time. Although applications are down over the last two years, the quality of those applications is up. Undergraduate GPA is higher and students are being excepted with fewer prerequisites than in previous years. I believe there are two separate contributors to these changes: 1) due to increased information availability through the website and other venues, applicants are making a more informed decision about applying to MEES – better students are applying and less qualified students are not, and 2) faculty are encouraging fewer marginal students to apply because they know it will be difficult for those students to be accepted. Even more important, however, than the increased quality of applicants is the substantial and sustained increase in the percentage of accepted student enrolling in

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MEES over the last 5 years (Figure 2). In 1996 the MEES program enrolled about 60% of the students it accepted – in line with the current national average. In 2001, nearly 80% of the accepted students chose to come to MEES. As shown in Figure 2, this trend is not evident in comparable UMCP academic units or compared to the entire UMCP graduate school. This means that MEES is being highly successful in recruiting the students we accept – much higher than the national average. I believe this is also related to the shift that I described earlier whereby we are attracting a more informed, better-qualified applicant pool.

I believe our establishment of more rigorous academic policies will only make the MEES student body stronger and more productive. We have established strong policies that define clearly the pathway of student progress and the expectations of the faculty. Those policies also make it clear that each faculty member is responsible to rigorously oversee their students academic progress and to be critical not only of their students’ progress, but of their own mentorship. These changes will take a few years to show their value, but I am convinced they will make a difference.

However, more needs to be done, and we are on that road. I believe MEES needs to continue to improve internally, but now needs to turn to development outside of the program. MEES needs to increase its recognition nationally and internationally. To that end, from 1998-2001 I participated in the VIRTUE project – a web-based initiative with Norway and Sweden funded by the Wallenberg Institute. Although this initiative ultimately failed, MEES was recognized by faculty and staff from all three countries as the paradigm of extended, multidisciplinary graduate education. We need to devise ways whereby MEES can be represented at scientific meetings and perhaps become actively involved in educational organizations such as the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE).

References

Data for UMCP Graduate School, College of Life Sciences and Departments was furnished by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, UMCP.

Gose, ,B. 1997. Elite Private Colleges See a Drop in Applications. . The Chronicle of Higher Education. 3/7/97.

Schneider, A 1998. Enrollments Fall Again at Graduate Schools. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 12/11/98.

Southwick, R. 2000. NSF Report Warns of Declining Graduate Enrollments in Science. . The Chronicle of Higher Education. 7/7/2000.

Syverson, P. D. 1998. Early returns of 1997 CGS/GRE survey reveal second year of graduate enrollment decreases. Council of Graduate Schools Report. 12/1998.

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L. Progress Report Forms

MEES M.S. PROGRESS CHECK LIST

This form is supplied to facilitate your progress through the MEES program by outlining the steps necessary to obtain the M.S. degree.

1. Initial Advisory Meeting. A three-member Research Advisory Committee should be formed during the first semester and meet with the student to discuss his/her program (mainly coursework, also basic research area). A report of this meeting (link to form here) must be filed in the MEES Office by the end of the second semester. After this time, yearly committee meetings are to be held in order for the committee to review academic and research progress.

2. Course Work. Approved courses in the areas listed in the MEES Guide must be completed as per the AOS curriculum.

Prerequisites: ____________________________________________________

AOS Required Courses: _____________________________________________

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Statistics: _______________________________________________________

Seminars (one/year, capped at 2): _________________________________

Check the curriculum for your AOS: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, Fisheries Science, Oceanography. (make each one a link to the AOS page)

3. Research Proposal. A research proposal, covering as specifically as possible the research to be conducted, should be filed with the MEES Office as soon as it is developed and approvedby the Advisory Committee (no more than 1 year after entrance into the program).

If vertebrate animals are used in the research, the animal use protocol should be filed by this time, as well, through the appropriate campus’ committee (before the research is done). (Links to UMCP, UMCES, UMB/BC, UMES sites)

4. Application for Diploma. Must be filed in the Graduate School before the end of the second week of classes during the semester in which student plans to graduate. Form available from the Graduate School and on the Web. (link to each graduate school site)

5. Request for Appointment of Thesis Committee. Must be filed (through the MEES Office) with the Graduate School no later than the third week of the semester in which student plans to graduate and at least 6 weeks before the scheduled defense (Graduate School form available).* (link to each graduate school site)

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6. Approved Program Form. Listing of all coursework for degree, signed by advisor and MEES Director, to be filed with the Graduate School (usually by the 5th week of the semester of graduation - dates announced yearly).* (link to each graduate school site)

7. Defense of Thesis Research. An oral defense of the research, conducted by a committee of the graduate faculty (see #5 above) must be completed approximately four weeks before the end of the semester in which student plans to graduate (dates announced yearly)*. The report of this defense must be filed in the Graduate School, with the MEES Office receiving a copy. Committee sign off form will be sent from the Graduate School once the Committee is approved.

8. Report of Examining Committee and Thesis Filed. Thesis must be filed two to three weeks prior to graduation (dates announced yearly)*. Thesis format must follow all rules specified by the Graduate School (link to sites). One paper copy must also be provided to the MEES Office.

Annual Progress Report. All students must file a committee report annually by 30 September.(link to form)

* Check Graduate Student Deadlines for specific dates. (link to grad school deadline pages)

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MEES Ph.D. PROGRESS CHECK LIST

This form is supplied to facilitate your progress through the MEES program by outlining the steps necessary to obtain the Ph.D. degree.

1. Advisory Meeting. A five-member Research Advisory Committee should be formed during the first semester and meet with the student to discuss his/her program (mainly coursework, also basic research area). A report of this meeting (link to form here) must be filed in the MEES Office by the end of the second semester. After this time, yearly committee meetings are to be held in order for the committee to review academic and research progress.

2. Course Work. Approved courses in the areas listed in the MEES Guide must be completed as per the AOS curriculum.

Prerequisites: ___________________________________________________

AOS Required Courses: ___________________________________________

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Statistics: ________________________________________________________

Seminars (one/year to cap of 4): ______________________________________

Check the curriculum for your AOS: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, Fisheries Science, Oceanography. (make each one a link to the AOS page)

3. Initial Research Proposal. A brief research proposal, covering as specifically as possible the research to be conducted, should be filed with the MEES Office as soon as it is developed and approved by the Advisory Committee (no more than 1 year after entrance into the program).

If vertebrate animals are used in the research, the animal use protocol should be filed by this time, as well, through the appropriate campus’ committee (before the research is done). (links to UMCP, UMCES, UMB/BC, UMES sites)

4. Written and Oral Comprehensive Examination. Administered by Advisory Committee. The MEES Office must be notified of dates and committee members at least two weeks prior to exam. Exam must follow AOS guidelines (list AOSs as links). A report of exam (link to MEES form) must be filed with MEES Office within two weeks of the oral exam date. The comprehensive exam must be successfully completed prior to the proposal defense. Comprehensive exams should be completed between 18 and 24 months after entrance into the MEES program. A copy of the questions and graded answers to the written must be provided to the MEES Office following completion of the examination.

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5. Dissertation Proposal Defense. Advisory Committee must receive the formal research proposal at least two weeks prior to the defense date; the MEES office must be notified of date and committee members at this time. A report of the defense (link to MEES form) must be filed with MEES Office within two weeks of defense. Proposal defense should be held within two years of entrance into the program, and before the research is done.

6. MEES Approved Program Form. Listing of all coursework for degree must be filed with the MEES Office before applying for Advancement to Candidacy. (link to MEES form)

7. Application for Advancement to Candidacy. From to be filed with the GraduateSchool within one week of passing proposal defense (link to each Graduate School’s form). Student must be advanced to candidacy at least six months before the final defense is to be held.

8. Application for Diploma. Must be filed in the Graduate School before the end of the second week of classes during the semester in which student plans to graduate. Form available from the Graduate School and on the Web (http://www.testudo.umd.edu).*

9. Request for Appointment of Dissertation Committee. Must be filed (through the MEES Office) with the Graduate School no later than the third week of the semester in which student plans to graduate and at least 6 weeks before the scheduled defense (Graduate School form available).* (link to each graduate school site)

10. Dissertation Seminar. A publicly announced seminar on the dissertation research must be presented prior to the defense of the research. The MEES office must receive an announcement of the seminar at least 10 days prior.

11. Defense of Dissertation Research. An oral defense of the research, conducted by a committee of the graduate faculty (see #9) must be completed four to five weeks before the end of the semester in which student plans to graduate (dates announced yearly).* The report of this defense must be filed with the Graduate School, with the MEES Office receiving a copy. Committee sign off form will be sent from the Graduate School once Committee is approved.

12. Dissertation Filed. Dissertation must be filed with the Graduate School three to four weeks prior to graduation (dates announced yearly).* Dissertation format must follow all rules specified by the Graduate School (links to sites). One paper copy must also be provided to the MEES Office.

Annual Progress Report. All students must file a committee report annually by 30 September.(link to form)

* Check Graduate Student Deadline for specific dates. (links to graduate school deadline pages)

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