Environmental Protection SpecialistDC Department of Energy and Environment
1200 First St NE
5th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20002
Email: matthew.robinson@dc.gov
Phone: 202-442-3204
Research Disciplines: Research Interests:
Plastic pollution, coastal zone management and restoration, restoration of urban waterways, submerged aquatic vegetation conservation and restoration, living shorelines, wetlands conservation and restoration
Education
- B.A. Biology and Environmental Studies, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
- M.S. Environmental Science and Policy, The Johns Hopkins University
Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects
Other Research
- Restoration of Kingman Lake, 2021 – Present
- Anacostia River Corridor Restoration Plan, 2020 – Present
- Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for Microplastics in the Potomac River, 2021 Present – CO-PIs Kelly Somers, EPA Region III, Bob Murphy, Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Sciences, Justin Shapiro, Chesapeake Research Consortium
- Microplastics in Fish in the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, Washington, DC, 2020 – Present, CO-PIs – Kelly Somers, EPA Region III, Phong Trieu, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Bob Murphy, Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Sciences, Ryan Woodland, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Lab
- Accumulation of microplastics in submerged aquatic vegetation beds in the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, Washington, DC, 2017 – Present, Co-PIs – Bob Murphy, Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Sciences, Phong Trieu, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee Workshop on Microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed, 2018-2019, Co-PIs – Bob Murphy, Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Sciences, Brooke Landry, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Multi-Year Studies of Trash in the Anacostia River, Co-PIs – Phong Trieu, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Trey Sherard, Anacostia Riverkeeper, Robbie O’Donnell, Anacostia Riverkeeper, Masaya Maeda, Anacostia Watershed Society