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. Emily Trentacoste

Institution : US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) | Department : Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) | Expertise : Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Genomics/Genetics, Marine Life, Marine Microbiology, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Oysters, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy | Research interests : Trends analysis of Bay water quality response to changes in pollution loading; Bay aquatic life response to changes in pollution loading; linking watershed activities to tidal response; communication of Bay science and research to managers

Mr. Mark Trice

Institution : Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Department : Tidewater Ecosystem Assessment | Expertise : Algae Blooms, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Dead Zones, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Long-term and real-time water quality monitoring to facilitate modeling, research and management decisions

Dr. Troy Tuckey

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Fisheries Science | Expertise : Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Crabs, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species, Marine Life, Rockfish, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Environmental Literacy, Stewardship | Research interests : Recruitment of fishes to Chesapeake Bay; early life history population dynamics; effects of invasive species on native fishes; population dynamics of American eel; effects of water quality on fish health and recruitment; changes in fish assemblages through time.

Dr. Michael Unger

Institution : Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) | Department : Aquatic Health Sciences | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Environmental Chemistry, Sediment, Toxicology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Toxic Contaminants, Stewardship | Research interests : I am active in research, teaching and advisory services related to environmental contaminant issues in Chesapeake Bay. My research interests include analytical method development including biosensors, contaminant partitioning behavior, toxicity studies to assess the effects of contaminants and long-term fate studies to assess regulatory actions. I have studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in the Elizabeth River, Virginia for over 25 years and recent research has focused on the development of antibody-based sensors for the near real-time analysis of environmental contaminants.

Dr. Stephanie Uz

Institution : NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Department : Ocean Ecology Lab | Expertise : Algae Blooms, Biogeochemistry, Climate/Weather Modeling and Forecasting, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Communications, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Fisheries, Marine Life, Oceanography
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Monitoring the long-term response of ocean biology to physical forcing through the use of satellite-remote sensing data, in situ measurements, model output and statistical reconstructions using proxies.

Dr. Elizabeth Van Dolah

Institution : University of Maryland | Department : Anthropology | Expertise : Algae Blooms, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (biochemistry and living resources), Local Community Organization, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Sea Level Rise, Social Sciences, Cultural heritage
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Water Quality, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Cultural processes affecting climate change decision making

Dr. Veronika Vazhnik

Institution : Penn State University (PSU) | Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering | Position : Graduate research assistant | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Alternative Energy, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Economics, Graphic Arts, Land Use, Decision-making science and operations research
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Land Conservation, Stewardship | Research interests : Farm-level decision-making based on sustainability assessment; sustainability assessment criteria across spatial and temporal extents

Dr. Tamie Veith

Institution : US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) | Department : Agricultural and Biological Engineering | Position : Agricultural Engineer | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Computer Science, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Engineering, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Cost-effective BMP selection and placement for water quality improvement

Dr. Peter Vikesland

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering | Expertise : Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Education, Environmental Engineering, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds | Research interests : Antibiotic resistance dissemination in natural and engineering environments; environmental implications and applications of nanotechnology

Dr. Lisa Wainger

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Economics, Invasive Species, Land Use, Nutrient Pollution, Oysters, Social Sciences, Socioeconomic Modeling, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Stewardship, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : cost-effective environmental policies and restoration strategies

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)