ladams4@.umd.edu
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Urban wildlife ecology & management; human-wildlife interactions in the metropolitan environment; biological and cultural carrying capacities of urban environments

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

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

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

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

carton@umd.edu
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Physical oceanography; ocean circulation; dynamics of the tropical Atlantic as it responds to meteorological forcing on seasonal and longer timescales

apdavis@umd.edu
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Environmental chemistry; aquatic and interfacial environmental chemistry as related to water/ wastewater treatment processes and in natural aquatic/soil systems

jimdietz@umd.edu
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Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of neotropical mammals; metapopulation dynamics and management

diruggie@umd.edu
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Study of DNA repair mechanisms, genome plasticity and lateral gene transfer in hyperthermophilic Archae using functional genomics

bfagan@glue.umd.edu
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Meshing field research with theoretical models to address critical questions in community ecology and conservation biology; ecological "edge effects" and spatial dynamics; ecoinformatics, biodiversity databases, and conservation planning

iforseth@umd.edu
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Plant physiological and population ecology; heliotropic leaf movement; biodiversity; photosynthesis responses to global climate change

ojh1@umd.edu
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Wet air oxidation of hazardous wastes; cometabolism of hazardous organics; nutrient removal; biological processes control; biological nitrate; sulfate chromium and selenium reduction

rharrell@umd.edu
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Aquaculture; fisheries ecology; genetics and hybridization of fishes; stress physiology

rlh@umd.edu
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Tillage effect on soil hydraulic properties and agrichemical losses; development of nutrient management planning and environmental risk assessment software

huq@umd.edu
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Transmission of aquatic bacterial pathogens, their molecular ecology and direct detection, using remote sensing and aerospace technology; development and optimization of rapid detection of aquatic pathogens, using molecular and immunological methods, and application of these methods in the field

inouye@umd.edu
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Pollination biology; plant demography; climate change biology; flowering phenology; plant-animal interactions

pkangas@umd.edu
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Ecological engineering; natural resource management; tropical ecosystems

mkearne2@umd.edu
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Quaternary geomorphology; processes and rates of marsh loss; barrier island dynamics; applications of remote sensing to the study of coastal processes

lamp@umd.edu
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Applied insect ecology; integrated pest management, with emphasis on forage crops; benthic macroinvertebrate ecology in streams impacted by humans

mmcintos@umd.edu
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Sustainable forestry; genetics of hyperaccumulation of Cd in Thlaspi caerulescens; pytomedicinals; genetic diversity

bmomen@umd.edu
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Forest ecosystems; air pollution effects on ecosystem processes through plants; tree and crop ecophysiology; applied statistical analysis and experimental design in natural resources

judd@umd.edu
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Insecticide toxicology; physiology; environmental toxicology

maotting@umd.edu
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Neuroendocrine regulation of endocrine and behavioral aspects of avian reproduction; effects of environmental factors, such as endocrine disrupting chemicals

mpaoliss@umd.edu
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Environmental and economic anthropology; environment and pollution; international and rural development; research methods and gender

paynter@umd.edu
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Comparative biochemistry and physiology of estuarine animals, especially bivalves; oyster disease biochemistry; biology and ecology of the eastern oyster

kpresto@umd.edu
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Sediment transport and depositional processes; mechanisms of streamflow generation and their variations with watershed scale, geology and land use; hydrology of coastal and riparian wetlands

mrabenho@umd.edu
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Genesis, morphology and classification of hydromorphic soils, particularly non-tidal wetlands and coastal marshes; pedogenesis and resource inventory of subaqueous soils

mkudla@umd.edu
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Marine ecology; coral reef ecology; bioerosion of coral reefs; ecology and behavior of mantis shrimp; evolutionary ecology of life history patterns in crustacea

mschreur@umd.edu
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Comparative environmental and energy politics in northeast Asia and in Europe

sellnerk@si.edu
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Plankton ecology, cyanobacteria

ashirmo@umd.edu
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Bioenvironmental and water resources engineering; water quality/transport modeling; nonpoint source pollution assessment using an integrated watershed approach

siewerdt@umd.edu
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Quantitative and population genetics, conservation genetics, selection theory, genetic improvement of farm animals, applied statistical methods and experimental designs for the natural sciences

dterlizz@umd.edu
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Plant aquaculture; phycology (Sea Grant Extension Service, NOAA)

dtilley@umd.edu
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Ecological engineering; wetland assessment with hyperspectral radiometry; ecosystem filtration of air pollutants; net energy analysis of bio-fuels; environmental accounting and emergy analysis

alba@eng.umd.edu
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Chemical transformations and sorption of organic pollutants; environmental fate of toxic chemicals; applications of spectroscopic techniques to env. systems

rweil@umd.edu
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Soil fertility and ecology; soil quality; improvements in ridge tillage; environmental impacts of management intensive grazing; benefits of Brassica cover crop mixtures in sustainable cropping systems

ron@umd.edu
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Marine microbial ecology; molecular mechanisms of microbial adhesion and biofouling; marine biofilms; complex carbohydrate degradation in the marine environment

rweismil@umd.edu
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Nonpoint source pollution from agricultural systems as related to surface and ground water resources; remote sensing as related to soil resources

curry@umd.edu
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Aquaculture; problems related to the domestication of striped bass; cryopreseveration of sperm; physiological responsiveness to stress; selective breeding