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. Julia Maresca

Institution : University of Delaware | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Dead Zones, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Genomics/Genetics, Marine Microbiology, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds | Research interests : Microbial photosynthesis and phototrophy, nutrient availability and cycling in the water column.

Dr. Linsey Marr

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering | Expertise : Air Quality, Environmental Engineering
Chesapeake Management Areas : Toxic Contaminants | Research interests : air pollutant emissions; bioaerosols; engineered nanomaterials; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Ms. Pamela Mason

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) | Position : Senior Research Scientist | Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Education, Land Use, Sea Level Rise, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Multiple benefits of natural and nature based features. Integrated adaptive shoreline management.

Dr. Sara Maxwell

Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) | Department : Biological Sciences | Expertise : Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Marine Life, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats | Research interests : Seabird distribution and behavior, wind energy development

Ms. Karen McCabe

Institution : Pocomoke Middle School | Department : Education | Expertise : Communications, Environmental Education, Local Community Organization, Water Quality, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Environmental Literacy | Research interests : I’ve been working with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, DNR and the Howard County Conservancy for several years on data collection and integration of water quality indicators for the Pocomoke River Watershed. My students have successfully completed and presented projects at the Maryland Watershed Summit in 2017 and 2018.

Dr. John McConaugha

Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) | Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences | Expertise : Reproductive Biology and Larval transport of blue crab
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship | Research interests : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship

Dr. Kevin McGuire

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Virginia Water Resources Research Center and Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Forests, Stream Health, Water Quality, Hydrology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds | Research interests : water travel time in catchments, transport and fate of nitrogen in forested catchments, runoff generation processes

Dr. Lauren McPhillips

Institution : Penn State University (PSU) | Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : stormwater management; evaluating green infrastructure function from site to watershed; nutrient cycling in urban watersheds; green infrastructure planning; roadside ditch drainage

Dr. Patrick Megonigal

Institution : Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Methane Cycling, Sea Level Rise
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : I am an ecosystem ecologist with research interests in carbon and greenhouse gas cycling in wetlands and forests, particularly as they relate to global change. I lead the Smithsonian’s Global Change Research wetland, home to the longest running climate change experiment in the world and several other experiments that concern tidal wetland responses to elevated CO2, temperature, sea level rise, nitrogen pollution and Phragmites invasion. The goal of my research is to understand the biogeochemical processes stability of tidal wetlands faced with accelerated sea level rise. I have particular expertise in methane dynamics.

Dr. Jesse Meiller

Institution : American University | Department : Environmental Science | Expertise : Environmental Education, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Toxicology, Water Quality, Environmental Education, microplastics, pollution, pesticides
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship | Research interests : microplastics in freshwater and estuarine environments (prevalence and effects); environmental science/ sustainability communication/ education

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)