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. Jeffrey Cornwell

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) | Expertise : Biogeochemistry, Dead Zones, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Oysters, Sediment, Water Quality, Wetlands
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality | Research interests : Biogeochemical balances of nutrients in sediments, oyster restoration and aquaculture, and wetlands; evaluation and beneficial used of dredged materials; wetland restoration; sediment biogeochemistry

Dr. Gregory Cutter

Institution : Old Dominion University (ODU) | Department : Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences | Expertise : Air Quality, Biogeochemistry, Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution, Oceanography, Sediment, Trace Metals, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants | Research interests : Processes affecting trace element speciation and distributions in natural waters and sediments; air-sea transport and exchange of gases and trace elements; paleoceanographic tracers; analytical methods for aquatic chemistry; computer modeling of biogeochemical processes

Ms. Jennifer Czuba

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) | Expertise : Agricultural Runoff, Climate/Weather Impact Analysis (flooding), Ecological Modeling, Graphic Arts, Nutrient Pollution, Sediment, Stream Health, Water Quality, Floodplains, River Hydraulics, Watershed Modeling
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Environmental Literacy, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : coupled dynamics of rivers, floodplains, and vegetation; watershed-scale modeling of sediment, nutrients, and biota; detailed field measurements of river hydraulics and sediment transport

Dr. W. Lee Daniels

Institution : Virginia Tech (VT) | Department : Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences | Expertise : Environmental Chemistry, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Trace Metals, Water Quality
Research interests : Wetland restoration and water budgeting. Reclamation of acid sulfate soils.

Dr. Eric Davidson

Institution : University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) | Department : Appalachian Laboratory (AL) | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Biogeochemistry, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Forests, Methane Cycling, Nutrient Cycling, Nutrient Pollution
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Biogeochemical effects of land-use change and land management The global nitrogen cycle, including the global nitrous oxide budget Soil microbial processes of nutrient cycling and greenhouse gas fluxes Leaching of plant nutrients to streams and groundwater Interdisciplinary studies of nitrogen management in agriculture Interactions of C, N, P, and other nutrient cycles in terrestrial ecosystems Land-water-atmosphere exchanges of greenhouse gases and nutrients Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition Modeling soil microbial processes

Dr. Allen Davis

Institution : University of Maryland, College Park | Department : Civil and Environmental Engineering | Expertise : Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Water Quality, Water Treatment, Urban Runoff, Urban BMPs
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : Urban stormwater quality and treatment

Dr. Ryan Davis

Institution : Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay | Department : Chesapeake Forests Program | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Ecology, Environmental Education, Forests, Invasive Species, Land Use, Wildlife Ecology
Chesapeake Management Areas : Vital Habitats, Water Quality, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Environmental Literacy | Research interests : imperiled wildlife conservation on working landscapes; forest management for sustained conservation

Dr. Meghan Davis

Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Department : Environmental Health and Engineering | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Environmental Microbiology, Genomics/Genetics, One Health
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants, Healthy Watersheds, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Agricultural inputs and antimicrobial resistance

Dr. Benjamin Davis

Institution : Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Department : Epidemiology | Expertise : Computer Science, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Statistics, Oysters, Water Quality
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality, Climate Resiliency | Research interests : Modeling Spatial-Temporal dynamics of Vibrio parhaemolyticus in water and oyster. Estimating the human health risk of foodborne-illness from consuming raw oysters

Mr. James Davis-Martin

Institution : Virginia Department of Environmental Quality | Department : Division of Water Planning | Position : Chesapeake Bay Program Manager | Expertise : Agricultural BMPs, Agricultural Runoff, Nutrient Pollution, Regional Restoration Project Design/Management, Water Quality, BMP Implementation Planning
Chesapeake Management Areas : Water Quality | Research interests : WIP III

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)