Research ProfessorUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
2020 Horn Point Road
AREL
Cambridge, Maryland 21613
Email: cornwell@umces.edu
Phone: 410-221-8445
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Research Disciplines:
- Biogeochemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
- Limnology
- Marine ecology
- Oceanography
- Shellfish Aquaculture
- Water Quality
- Wetlands
- Wetlands
Estuarine biogeochemistry, freshwater biogeochemistry, wetland restoration, aquaculture, ecosystem services
View Jeffrey's CVBiographical Sketch
Jeffrey Cornwell is a biogeochemist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, with interests in wetland restoration, sediment chemistry, reservoir biogeochemistry and the influence of bivalves on water quality. Prior to his work at UMCES, he worked on arctic lake chemistry for his dissertation at the University of Alaska and marine sulfur chemistry at Texas A&M University. Many of his research projects are interdisciplinary in nature, with cooperative programs funded in conjunction with microbiologists, physical oceanographers, geologists, geochemists, biologists and modelers. In recent years, research has included work on denitrification associated with oyster restoration and aquaculture, the chemistry of dredged materials used for wetland creation at Poplar Island, the chemistry of lower Susquehanna River reservoirs, and wetland biogeochemistry. Study locations have included numerous Chesapeake sites (Potomac, Choptank, Nanticoke, Sassafras and Corsica River, Susquehanna Flats, and Harris Creek oyster sanctuary. Nationally, research has been carried out in Virginia, Puget Sound, Florida Bay, San Francisco Bay and coastal Maine.
Education
- Hobart College, B.S., Chemistry with Honors, 1976.
- University of Alaska, Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, 1983.
Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects
An Investigation of the Composition and Reactivity of Material Eroded from Chesapeake Bay Marshes. US Army Corps of Engineers
Other Research
- Cornwell/Kellogg. Integrated Assessment Of Ecosystem Services Provided By Restored Reefs In Harris Creek, MD: Quantifying Denitrification Rates And Nutrient Fluxes. NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.
- Testa/Li/Cornwell. OA2015 Interactions Between Ocean Acidification and Eutrophication in Estuaries: Modeling Opportunities and Limitations for Shellfish Restoration. NOAA
- North et al. Coastal SEES Collaborative Research: Integrating stakeholder objectives with natural system models to promote sustainable natural resource policy. NSF
- Cornwell. Poplar Island Vegetation and Sediment Monitoring: Marsh Die Back, Sea-Level Rise and Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Silica Issues – Biogeochemical Component. Maryland Environmental Service.
- Cornwell. Wetland mesocosm denitrification rates. South Florida Water Management District.