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Matt Baker, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
mbaker@umbc.edu
Watershed ecology, riparian ecosystems, analysis of ecological thresholds in response to environmental change, quantitative approaches in ecosystem/landscape ecology, watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry

Brian Bradley
, Professor, Biological Science
bbradley@umbc.edu

Diagnostic and environmental proteomics, in particular the expression of specific sets of proteins in response to environmental conditions

Alan Berkowitz
, Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
berkowitza@ecostudies.org

Timothy Brennan
, Professor, Public Policy
brennan@umbc.edu

Mark Bulmer, Research Assistant Professor, JCET and Affiliate Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
mbulmer@jcet.umbc.edu
volcanology and landslide research

Jeffrey Campbell, Assistant Research Scientist, CUERE
jcampbel@umbc.edu

Erle Ellis, Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
ece@umbc.edu
Biogeochemistry, landscape ecology, managed ecosystems

Scott Farrow, Professor and Chair, Economics
farrow@umbc.edu

Aryya Gangopadhyay, Associate Professor, Information Systems
gangopad@umbc.edu

Upal Ghosh, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ughosh@umbc.edu
Physicochemical and biological processes related to organic chemicals in the environment, water quality, contaminated sediments remediation, site risk assessment

Peter Groffman, Senior Scientist, Institute for Ecosystem Studies and Adjunct Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
groffmanp@ecostudies.org
Terrestrial microbial ecology, dynamics of microbial processes at the landscape level, nutrient cycling and transformation of environmental pollutants in wetlands, forests, and agroecosystems and groundwater

Raymond M. Hoff, Professor, Physics and Director, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
hoff@umbc.edu
Use of LIDAR to measure gaseous components of the atmosphere and wind-borne aerosols

Quintaniay Holifield, Research Soil Scientist, USDA Forest Service
Forest soil chemistry, Nutrient cycling, Soil microbiology

Laura Hungerford, Professor, University of Maryland Medical School, Dept of Epidemiology
LHUNGERF@epi.umaryland.edu

Sujay Kaushal, Assistant Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
kaushal@cbl.umces.edu
Ecosystem ecology, land use/climate change, restoration ecology, low impact development, environmental applications of isotopic tracers, organic matter dynamics, aquatic ecosystems, paleoecology.

William LaCourse, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Jeff W. Leips, Associate Professor, Biological Science
leips@umbc.edu
Molecular/organismal ecology, molecular biol/genetics, ecology/environmental biology

Laura Lewis, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
ljlewis@umbc.edu
Biogeography of crop species and is agro-biodiversity

Virginia McConnell, Professor, Economics
mcconnel@umbc.edu
Environmental economics, regional economics

Andrew J. Miller, Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
miller@umbc.edu
Fluvial geomorphology, flood hydrology, urban hydrology

Robert Neff, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
neff@umbc.edu
Human Dimensions of Global Change, Urban Geography, Environmental and Social Justice

Nagaraj Neerchal, Professor, Statistics and Mathematics
nagaraj@math.umbc.edu
Time series analysis, overdispersion models, environmental statistics, data analysis

Kevin Omland, Associate Professor, Biological Science
omland@umbc.edu
Evolution, molecular systematics, avian behavior/ecology

Steward Pickett, Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Adjunct Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
picketts@ecostudies.org
The role of spatial heterogeneity in community and landscape structure and dynamics; urban ecosystems, function of landscape boundaries, plant community succession

Richard Pouyat, Team Leader and Research Forester, United States Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Baltimore Long-Term Ecological Research Team; Adjunct Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
rpouyat@fs.fed.us
Forest ecology and restoration; nutrient dynamics; influences of urbanization on ecosystem structure and function; classification, mapping, and interpretation of anthropogenic soils; integration of ecological, soil, and social sciences; and integration of science and public policy

Brian E. Reed, Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
reedb@umbc.edu
Sorption of organics/inorganics, surface chemistry, separation processes, water and wastewater treatment, soil and site remediation, pollution prevention/waste minimization, stormwater management

Stuart S. Schwartz, Senior Scientist, CUERE
ss@umbc.edu
Water resource systems analysis; urban hydrology; water policy

John Rennie Short, Professor, Public Policy
jrs@umbc.edu
Globalization, urban issues, environmental concerns and history of cartography

Chris Swan, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
cmswan@umbc.edu
Stream community and ecosystem ecology; relating biodiversity of riparian trees to stream food webs; mosquito management in stormwater detention ponds; impact of invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid infestation on stream ecosystems.

Junmei Tang, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
junmei@umbc.edu

Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, urban landscape ecology, resource management, environmental modeling

Claire Welty, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education
weltyc@umbc.edu
Mathematical modeling of groundwater flow and transport in aquifers; design and analysis of field-scale hydraulic and tracer tests; water resource systems management and analysis; watershed hydrology; impacts of urbanization on water resources; pathogen transport in the environment

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