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. Robert Shannon

Institution : Penn State University (PSU) | Department : Environmental Resource Management | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Engineering, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality, Wetlands
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship | Research interests : agricultural nutrient fate and transport; wetland biogeochemistry and water quality

Dr. Gary Shenk

Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) | Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) | Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Environmental Statistics, Land Use, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, watershed modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Development of models for management of nutrients and sediment

Mr. Trey Sherard

Institution : Anacostia Riverkeeper | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Communications, Ecology, Environmental Education, Local Community Organization, Marine Life, Nutrient Pollution, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Public Access, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship | Research interests : Bacterial sampling and related public outreach, Stormwater runoff BMPs

Dr. Christopher Sherwood

Institution : US Geological Survey (USGS) | Department : Coastal and Marine Geology | Position : Research Oceanographer | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Hydrodynamics, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Oceanography, Sediment
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Measurements and modeling of coastal and estuarine sediment transport and morphological change

Dr. Jeff Shields

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Aquatic Health Sciences | Expertise : Crabs, Ecology, Fisheries, Marine Microbiology, Invertebrate Zoology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats | Research interests : Health issues in blue crabs, disease ecology, transmission of infectious agents in marine systems

Dr. Adel Shirmohammadi

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Department : Environmental Science and Technology, College of Ag. and Natural Resources | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Water Quality, Field and Watershed Scale Modeling
Research interests : Urban and rural storm water management under current and future climate scenarios using modeling and Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS), Systems level work on the NEXUS of Food, Energy, Water, Farmer-led Climate Change Adaptation for Agro-ecosystems

Dr. Amy Shober

Institution : University of Delaware | Department : Plant and Soil Sciences | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Education, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : agricultural nutrient management

Dr. Julie Shortridge

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) | Expertise : Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Environmental Statistics
Chesapeake Management Areas : Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Climate change impacts and adaptation, integrated modeling of coupled human-natural systems

Dr. Mohsin Siddique

Institution : Retired From DC Water & Sewer Authority | Department : Agricultural and Applied Economics, Ecosystem Conservation, Ecosystem Restoration, Engineering, Environment and Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Mathematical Sciences, Water Quality; Chemical Engineering | Expertise : Environmental Education, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Environmental Education
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Environmental Literacy | Research interests : Sustainability

Dr. Ellen Silbergeld

Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Department : Environmental Health and Engineering | Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Algae Blooms, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Environmental Microbiology, Land Use, Trace Metals
Chesapeake Management Areas : Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds | Research interests : impact of agricultural land use on ecosystems and public health

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)