Expertise (CBED)

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).
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Dr. Sandra Knight

Institution : University of Maryland | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering | Expertise : Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Communications, Environmental Engineering, Disaster Resilience
Chesapeake Management Areas : Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Coastal resilience and flood mitigation projects and policy

Dr. Scott Knoche

Institution : Morgan State University | Department : Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) | Expertise : Environmental Economics, Fisheries, Oysters, Social Sciences, Socioeconomic Modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : outdoor recreation demand modeling, non-market valuation; economics of environmental restoration; survey development and methodology | Research interests : outdoor recreation demand modeling, non-market valuation; economics of environmental restoration; survey development and methodology

Dr. Marin Kobilarov

Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Department : Mechanical Engineering | Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Air Quality, Algae Blooms, Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Computer Science, Dead Zones, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, robotics, sampling with underwater robotic vehicles
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants | Research interests : adaptive sampling and pollution assessment with aerial and underwater robotic vehicles; multi-sensor data fusion, modeling, and forecasting; nutrient loading, sediment, grass, dead zones; computer science algorithms and software environmental assessment using machine learning

Dr. Danielle Kreeger

Institution : Partnership for the Delaware Estuary | Department : Science | Expertise : Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Marine Life, Oysters, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Sea Level Rise, Wetland Ecology, Shellfish
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : - Coastal wetland ecology, monitoring and restoration - Ecosystem services provided by shellfish and wetlands - Physiological ecology of freshwater and marine bivalves - Effects of shellfish beds on aquatic food webs, energy and nutrient cycling, and water quality - Restoration of shellfish for ecosystem services - Living shorelines for enhancement of coastal wetlands and ecosystem services - Strategic planning for regional restoration and climate adaptation

Dr. Kimberly La Pierre

Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) | Department : Ecosystem Conservation | Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Invasive Species, Nutrient Pollution
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : (1) mutualisms and invasion; (2) mutualisms and biodiversity-ecosystem function; (3) trophic interactions structuring plant communities; (4) plant communities and functional traits; (5) building consensus through data synthesis.

Dr. Robert Latour

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Fisheries | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Environmental Statistics, Fisheries, Marine Life, Rockfish
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Quantitative fisheries ecology; population dynamics, stock assessment, fisheries ecosystem modeling

Dr. Yantao Li

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology (IMET) | Expertise : Algae Blooms, Alternative Energy, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Pollution
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Understand lipid synthesis, turnover, and lipid body biogenesis in microalgae; rationally engineer algae for production of biofuels and high-value products used in aquaculture and nutraceutical industry

Dr. Li Li

Institution : Penn State University (PSU) | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering | Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Forests, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Stream Health, Trace Metals, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : process-based modeling for hydrological and biogeochemical processes at the watershed scale; concentration and discharge relationship; water quality modeling; agricultural runoff; predictive modeling of loadings of nutrients and toxic contaminants

Dr. Dong Liang

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) | Expertise : Statistics (Spatial, Bayesian)
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality | Research interests : Effective monitoring and assessment of BMP effect or water quality

Dr. Erin Ling

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Biological Systems Engineering | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Communications, Environmental Education, Nutrient Pollution, Social Sciences, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy | Research interests : Coordinate the Virginia Household Water Quality Program, which provides drinking water clinics for Virginians reliant on private water supplies (wells, springs, and cisterns) through extension offices in over 45 Virginia counties annually, and the Virginia Well Owner Network, a group of trained extension educators and volunteers who educate other private water supply users across the state. Past work and experience with the Mid-Atlantic Water Program: Conducting a needs assessment across the Chesapeake Bay watershed to identify key partnerships, research and outreach priorities for land-based non-point source threats to water quality; create education and outreach materials addressing Bay states’ evolving response to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL; develop continuing education online modules for private water supply users across the mid-Atlantic region. Development of social marketing and behavior change resources for community-based watershed organizations.