Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database

CBED allows scientists, managers, research funders, and other interested parties to identify experts at CRC member institutions and other CBP partner institutions through searches by scientific discipline, management area, research interests, or institution. Please see the sidebar to learn more.

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To become part of the CBED, simply register your own expertise data here. The application process is form driven and usually takes under 5 minutes. Your application will be processed within 2 weeks.

Following search, click on name to see email address & website (if allowed by registrant).

Dr. Michael Gonsior

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants | Research interests : Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter; Disinfection by-products

Dr. Stanley Grant

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) | Expertise : Ecological Modeling, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Statistics, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Stream Health, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Fostering Diversity | Research interests : The conjoint influence of stream physics and ecology on nitrate uptake in streambed sediments; identification and quantification of point and non-point sources of sodium in the Occoquan Reservoir in the the Northern Virginia region of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed; Leading multi-disciplinary National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC) bid focused on developing "clinical guidelines" for restoring balance to nutrient cycles, along the lines of clinical guidelines developed for patient care in personalized medicine.

Dr. Matthew Gray

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES) | Department : Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Fisheries, Oysters
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Ecosystem services generated by oysters and other marine invertebrates; environmental impacts on physiological rate functions of marine animals.

Ms. Jennifer Greiner

Institution : U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) | Position : Chesapeake Coordinator | Expertise : Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Stream Health, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation | Research interests : Wetland restoration

Dr. Susan Gresens

Institution : Towson University | Department : Biological Sciences | Expertise : Ecology, Nutrient Pollution, Stream Health, bio-indicators of stream water quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds | Research interests : Attached algal biomass and species diversity of Chironomidae as indicators of eutrophication and urbanization impacts.

Dr. Paul Gugger

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Appalachian Laboratory (AL) | Expertise : Forests, Genomics/Genetics
Chesapeake Management Areas : Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Evolutionary responses of trees to environmental change, and implications for management. Additional interests include conservation genetics of wildlife and plants, and the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to address questions in ecology and management.

Dr. James Hagy

Institution : US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | Department : Office of Research and Development (ORD) | Position : Research Ecologist | Expertise : Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Statistics, Genomics/Genetics, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Seagrass, Water Quality, Clean Water Act Programs
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship | Research interests : My research has focused on approaches for relating water quality characteristics, especially nutrients, chlorophyll-a, and dissolved oxygen with aquatic life use attainment. My research is interdisciplinary and trans-scientific, meaning that I work at the interface of science and policy, and at times also law, and social and political preference.

Dr. Sarah Haines

Institution : Towson University | Department : Biological Sciences | Expertise : Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Environmental Literacy, Stewardship | Research interests : effects of environmental education on student achievement; environmental education PD for K-12 teachers

Dr. Richard Hale

Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) | Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Coastal and estuarine sediment transport and deposition.

Dr. Robert Hale

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Aquatic Health Sciences | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Oceanography, Stream Health, Toxicology, Water Quality, Water Treatment, toxic chemicals
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants | Research interests : Organic pollutants in aquatic organisms, flame retardants in the environment, plastic debris and microplastics.

Instructions for CBED

1 - On-line searching of this database is by one field only. For more complex searches, see “2” below.

2 - For CBED registrants and other approved users having good cause, the CRC can conduct more complex searches on request and provide output to users as a list of names, institutions, and email addresses.

3 - Controlled vocabulary is currently in place for Chesapeake Bay Management Area and some Institutions. For other fields, you may wish to conduct multiple searches – e.g., for a search of experts on fish and fisheries under “expertise”, you might wish to conduct separate searches for “fish”, “living resources”, “pelagic”, etc. (Each of these searches will capture a different set of returns.)

4 - Searches by shortened words will generate a longer list of “hits”. For example, a search by “expertise” for “fish” will find experts who have listed “fisheries.”

5 - Please note that CBED is self-registering and therefore is not comprehensive. In this regard, we ask users to please help us spread the word and encourage expert registration among colleagues. All applications for registration will be reviewed and “vetted” by the CRC prior to inclusion in the database.

6 - If you are a registered expert and would like to change any of your information, simply e-mail your desired changes to us at: CRC-CBED@chesapeake.org. Alternatively, you can RE-REGISTER (here) and send an email to CRC-CBED@chesapeake.org to let us know that you have done so. (You only need to enter your name and the new data for whatever "field" is being changed. It is not necessary to re-complete any fields that are already correct.)

Expertise (CBED)