gardner@al.umces.edu
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Landscape ecology; systems analysis; approaches for predicting ecological dynamics in spatially heterogeneous systems; analysis and prediction of changes in ecosystem dynamics with changes in scale

gates@al.umces.edu
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Wildlife, habitatd and landscape ecology; habitat fragmentation and alteration, connectivity, edge effects and boundary dynamics; habitat suitability for vertebrate species

ughosh@umbc.edu
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Experimental investigation, design, and modeling of physiochemical and biological processes that affect water quality; fundamental process mechanisms that control organic contaminant bioavailability in soils and sediments.

glibert@hpl.umces.edu
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Transformations and fate of nitrogen in marine and estuarine systems; ecology of phytoplanktons; effects of eutrophication; growth and physiology of harmful algal bloom species

dgong@medicine.umaryland.edu
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Molecular and cell biology of energy metabolism; use of genomic techniques and bioinformatics to identify novel genes responsible for energy and glucose metabolism and insulin signaling