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.

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Emily Cohen
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Biological Science, Conservation, Ecology, Ecology/Landscape, Ornithology, Wildlife Ecology
Andrew Elmore
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Environmental Decision Support Systems, Forest Management, GIS, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Stable Isotope Ecology, Stormwater Management
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Viorel Popescu
Institution: Ohio University
Research Disciplines: Aquatic Ecology, Conservation Planning, Ecology/Landscape, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Restoration, Reintroduced species, TES animal species, Wildlife Biology
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Mark Cochrane
Institution: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Environmental Decision Support Systems, Forest Management, Wildland fire
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Joshua Reno
Institution: Binghamton University
Research Disciplines: Cultural Anthropology, Ecology, Ecology/Landscape, Historical Ecology, Urban Ecology
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Erik Yando
Institution: Old Dominion University
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Plant Ecologist, Wetlands
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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
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Justin Nowakowski
Institution: Smithsonian Institution
Research Disciplines: Conservation, Ecology, Ecology/Landscape, GIS, Restoration Ecology, Spatial Analysis, Wildlife Ecology
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William McShea
Institution: Smithsonian Institution
Research Disciplines: Ecology/Landscape, Forest Management, Wildlife Ecology
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Iara Lacher
Institution: Smithsonian Institution
Research Disciplines: Conservation, Ecology/Landscape, Plant Ecologist