baldwin@umd.edu
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Wetland ecology; plant community dynamics of coastal marshes and mangroves; disturbance and regeneration ecology of wetland vegetation; wetland seed banks; influence of sea level rise on coastal wetlands; community and ecosystem processes of created and restored wetlands; nutrient effects on wetland plant communities

elbass@umes.edu
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Ecotoxicology, comparative biology, environmental disruptors: sources, physiological effects, and implications for ecosystem health; Vitellogenin production in fish as an indicator of hormonally active agents in the environment; environmental endocrine disruptors in poultry litter

epping@umd.edu
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Secondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi and vascular plants

jgbecker@umd.edu
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Ecology and diversity of microbial communities that biodegrade xenobiotics; bioremediation of contaminated groundwater systems; anaerobic biological treatment processes for agricultural and industrial waste streams

belas@umbi.umd.edu
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Cell-cell communication and sensory transduction with emphasis on how regulation of gene expression helps microorganisms adapt to a changeable environment; microbial genetics; molecular biology of signal transduction

neilb@umd.edu
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methods for detecting and identifying free radicals in condensed phases; impact of (photo)oxidative reactions on the transformation and fate of organic & inorganic compounds in natural waters and biological systems

boesch@ca.umces.edu
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Use of science in environmental policy & management, particularly related to understanding the causes of and solutions to coastal eutrophication

boicourt@hpl.umces.edu
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Physical oceanography of shallow waters, estuaries, river plumes; remote sensing and autonomous samplers; physical-biological interactions and food web dynamics

boynton@cbl.umces.edu
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Coastal marine ecology, emphasizing nutrient processes at the sediment-water interface; ecosystem scale and modeling; eutrophication; food web dynamics

cbbrooks@mail.umes.edu
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Molecular Biology; development of microbial insecticides; biological nitrogen fixation; pathogenic microbiology; plant call/tissue culture

amybrown@umd.edu
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Effects of pesticides on human health; potential for behavioral effects of organophosphates; policies associated with multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome

klbrubak@umd.edu
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Physical hydrology; numerical modeling; stream and estuary water-quality modeling; water vapor transport; hydroclimatology; land-atmosphere interactions

bush@umbc.edu
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Chemical structure and 3-dimensional conformation of complex carbohydrates of glycoproteins and polysaccharides of the cell surface using biophysical methods