Experts Database

Welcome to the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Experts Database.  Use this database as a tool to connect with experts that are partners with the CESU research network.

All data are collected and hosted by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), which is the official host institution for the CESU.

The search engine will search profile information along with the text from the CV’s for each expert.

Get started by typing a search term in the box below and use the filters provided on the left to refine your search as needed:


Elizabeth Boyer
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Water Quality, Watershed Management
Brian Coyle
Institution: Smithsonian Institution
Research Disciplines: Conservation, Diseases/Pathogens, Ecology/Landscape
Paul Gugger
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Genetic, Cell, & Molecular Biology, Genomics
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Mark Cochrane
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Remote Sensing, Wildland fire
Melinda Daniels
Institution: Stroud Water Research Center
Research Disciplines: Aquatic Ecology, Ecology/Landscape, Fluvial Geomorphology, Restoration Ecology
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William McShea
Institution: Smithsonian Institution
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Forest Management, Wildlife Ecology
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Todd Lookingbill
Institution: University of Richmond
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Geographer, Urban/Landscapes
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Brian McCarthy
Institution: Ohio University
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Plant Communities, Plant Ecologist, Restoration Ecology
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Eric Davidson
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Forestry, Soils/Agronomy
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Matt Fitzpatrick
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Exotic species, Modeling and Simulation, Spatial Analysis