| 2024 Graduates |
| Merri Collins |
PhD |
Travis Gallo |
The Effects of Historical and Current Land Use on the Habitat Use and Communities of Urban Wildlife in the Washington, D.c. Metropolitan Area |
| Sabine Malik |
MS |
Lance Yonkos |
Sperm Quality Characterization of Male Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in Response to Legacy Contaminants |
| Emily McCoy |
MS |
Stephanie Lansing |
Generating Bioenergy and High-value Products From High Salinity Food Waste |
| Sarah Rothman |
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Paul Leisnham |
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| Jen Steeple |
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Masoud Negahban-Azar |
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| 2023 Graduates |
| Sarah Cabral Ponte |
PhD |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Social-Ecological Processes and Dynamics of Urban Forests as Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Maryland, USA |
| Danielle Delp |
PhD |
Stephanie Lansing |
Utilizing Algal Turf Scrubbers for Bioremediation and Bioenergy Production |
| Dietrich Epp Schmidt |
PhD |
Stephanie Yarwood |
Augmenting Sequencing Technology for Better Inference in Soil Microbiome Analysis |
| Kirkland Mahoney |
MS |
Amro Hassanein |
Novel Applications of Waste Treatment Technologies to Generate Energy and Treat Water |
| Carlton Poindexter |
PhD |
Stephanie Lansing |
Heated Resistance: Thermal Treatment Technology Mitigation of Biological Wastes’ Antibiotic Resistance and Gene Mobility in Waste Systems |
| Elad Shdaimah |
MS |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Invasive Liana Hedera Helix (English Ivy) Impacts on Ecological Characteristics and Nutrient Cycling in Baltimore Forest Patches |
| Annette Spivy |
PhD |
Jennifer M. Mullinax |
Leveraging Fine-scale Geospatial Data to Advance Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Planning, Wildlife Management, and Green Corridor Design: Application to the District of Columbia |
| 2022 Graduates |
| Shannon P. Browne |
PhD |
Jennifer M. Mullinax |
Evaluating Relationships Between Bats and Landscape Characteristics in a White-nose Syndrome Positive Region: Does Urbanization Play an Important Role? |
| Sylvia Jacobson |
MS |
Andrew Baldwin |
Native Planting in Tidal Wetlands for Phragmites Australis Management: Field and Mesocosm Experiments |
| Emily Keener |
MS |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Biosolids and Compost For Urban Soil Restoration and Forestry |
| Jordan Kim |
MS |
Marty Rabenhorst |
Distribution and Variability of Carbon Stocks in Mid-atlantic Tidal Marsh Soils |
| Brian Scott |
PhD |
Stephanie Yarwood |
Organic Matter Soil Amendments, Anoxic Soil Biogeochemistry and Wetland Restoration |
| Farshid Shoushtarian |
PhD |
Masoud Negahban-Azar |
Sustainable Water Resources Management Through Agricultural Water Reuse: Application of a Decision Support System |
| Jaclyn Smith |
MS |
Robert Hill |
Dynamics of Phytoplankton Populations in Irrigation Ponds |
| Matthew Stocker |
PhD |
Robert Hill |
Monitoring and Predicting the Microbial Water Quality in Irrigation Ponds |
| Matthew Wilfong |
PhD |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Decentralizing Stormwater Management: Shifting Infrastructure and Evolving Hydrosocial Relationships |
| 2021 Graduates |
| Grace Hummell |
PhD |
Jennifer M. Mullinax |
Radiotracking and The Spatial Analysis of White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus), in Suburban Maryland Parks |
| Cedric Park |
MS |
Marty Rabenhorst |
Subaqueous Soils of South River, Maryland: Soil-landscape Model Evaluation |
| Lauren (Taylor) Roswall |
MS |
Gurpal Toor |
Quantification of Water Extractable Phosphorus Pools in Soils and Manures to Predict Phosphorus Loss |
| Nathan Sedghi |
PhD |
Ray Weil |
Extending the Cover Crop Growing Season to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution |
| Ruth Shatkay |
MS |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Relationships Between Urban Forest Patch Characteristics and Near-Ground Solar Radiation in Baltimore, MD |
| Alyssa Wellman Houde |
MS |
Gurpal Toor |
Investigating the Effect of Management on Agricultural Organic Nitrogen Cycling and Alternative Nitrification Pathways |
| 2020 Graduates |
| Maya Babu |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
Field Testing the Attractancy and Toxicity of the Pro-fragrance Compound, Okoumal, to Gravid Aedes Mosquitoes and Their Offspring Larvae |
| Leila Mosleh |
MS |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Green Infrastructure in Integrated Urban Water Management: Modeling and Social-Ecological System Approaches |
| Manashi Paul |
PhD |
Masoud Negahban-Azar |
Application of Reclaimed Wastewater for Agricultural Irrigation: Developing a Decision Support Tool Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis |
| Patrick Roden-Reynolds |
MS |
Jennifer M. Mullinax |
Spatial Analysis of White-Tailed Deer Capture Methods and Movements in Suburban Maryland |
| Dana Rushovich |
MS |
Ray Weil |
Sulfur Management to Enhance Yield and Protein Quality of Grain Legumes |
| Kaitlin Saunders |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
Improving the Surveillance and Control of Vector Mosquitoes in Heterogeneous Landscapes |
| Barret Wessel |
PhD |
Marty Rabenhorst |
Subaqueous Soils of Chesapeake Bay: Distribution, Genesis, and the Pedological Impacts of Sea-Level Alterations |
| Chenglin (Drew) Zhu |
MS |
Gary Felton |
High Quality Biosolids: Assessment of Nitrogen Mineralization and Potential for Improving Highway Soils |
| 2019 Graduates |
| Hannah Boone |
MS |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Using Behavior Change and Social Ecological Frameworks to Inform Riparian Forest Buffer Outreach in the Maryland Upper Potomac Watershed |
| Abhinav Choudhury |
PhD |
Stephanie Lansing |
Increasing Efficiency and sustainability of Waste-to-Energy Systems Using Biochar for Hydrogen Sulfide Control and Life Cycle Assessment |
| Martina Gonzales Mateu |
PhD |
Stephanie Yarwood |
Anthropogenic Disturbance Alters Plant and Microbial Communities in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay, USA |
| Eni Baballari |
MS |
Stephanie Yarwood |
Bloom Biosolids: What is Their Microbial Community and How Do They Affect Soil and Plant Health? |
| Daniel Colopietro |
MS |
Ray Weil |
Soil Organic Carbon in Mid-Atlantic Region Forest Soils: Stocks and Vertical Distribution |
| Rachel Harrison |
MS |
Lance Yonkos |
Survival and Biochemical Health Indicators of Elliptio Complanata Deployed in Anacostia River Tributaries for Monitoring of Persistent Organic Contaminants |
| Rachel Kierzewski |
MS |
Robert Hill |
Spatial and Temporal Variance of Microbial Water Quality in Two Maryland Irrigation Ponds |
| Megan Saunders |
PhD |
Paul Leisnham |
Spatio Temporal Mechanisms of Urban Mosquito Coexistence in Baltimore, MD |
| Krystal Yhap |
MS |
Masoud Negahban-Azar |
Urban Water Supply Planning Under Climate and Demand Growth Uncertainties: A Framework for Improving System Resilience |
| 2018 Graduates |
| Sarah Hirsh |
PhD |
Ray Weil |
Deep Soil Nitrogen Capture and Recycling by Early-Planted, Deep-Rooted Cover Crops |
| Sara Mack |
MS |
Martin Rabenhorst |
Identifying Problematic Hydric Soils Derived from Red Parent Materials in the United States |
| Chris Palardy |
MS |
Martin Rabenhorst |
Impact of Restoration Activity on Wetland Soil Properties and Functions |
| Natalie Mei-Lan Yee |
MS |
Reginal Harrell |
Understanding Conservationists' Perspectives Concerning the Ethical Dilemmas Associated with Declines in African Vulture Populations |
| 2017 Graduates |
| Yu Mo |
PhD |
Michael Kearney |
Phenology of coastal marshes in Louisiana from 1984-2014: Long- and short-term variations associated with climate change and disastrous events |
| Christine Prasse |
PhD |
William Bowerman & Stephanie Yarwood |
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| Patrice Nielson |
PhD |
Andrew Baldwin & William Bowerman |
Secretive Marshbirds of Urban Welands in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area |
| Andrea Yarberry |
PhD |
Stephanie Lansing |
Increasing Anaerobic Digestion Adoption Through Novel Inoculum Preservation and Understanding the Effect of Waste Stream Dynamics |
| Nicholas Cloyd |
MS |
Patrick Kangas & David Tilley |
Microclimatic Effects and Biophilic Properties of Living Umbrellas |
| Emma Giese |
MS |
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman |
Stormwater Green Infrastructure Climate Resilience In Chesapeake Bay Urban Watersheds |
| Diane Leason |
MS |
Andrew Baldwin |
Salinity and Inundation Tolerance of Phragmites australis ssp. americanus: A Greenhouse Experiment and Field Study on a Tributary of the Chesapeake Bay |
| Emileigh Lucas Rosso |
MS |
McGrath |
Evaluating Soil Phosphorus Dynamics over Time |
| Kanoko Meada |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Implementation of SMPS and Mosquito Management Across a Socioeconomic Gradient |
| Natalia Salazar |
MS |
Bob Hill |
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in Eastern US Crop Production |
| Matthew Stocker |
MS |
Bob Hill |
Release, Survival, And Removal of Bovine Manure-Borne Indicator Bacteria Under Simulated Rainfall |
| Cuiyan Wu |
MS |
Bob Tjaden |
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| 2016 Graduates |
| Kendall Lyn Simon |
PhD |
William Bowerman |
Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) as Indicators of Great Lakes Ecosystem Health |
| Holly Bowen |
MS |
Stephanie Yarwood |
The Distribution and Function of Denitrification Genes: Exploring Agricultural Management and Soil Chemical Implications |
| Brian Davis |
MS |
Brian Needelman |
Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Cover Crop-Based Corn Production Systems |
| Robert Kyle Derby |
MS |
Brian Needelman |
Methane Emissions From A Tidal Brackish Marsh On Maryland's Eastern Shore and the Factors Impacting Them |
| Dietrich Epp Schmidt |
MS |
Stephanie Yarwood |
The Ecology of Urbanization: A Study of Soil Microbial Community Rosponse |
| Kirsten Harbom |
MS |
Lance Yonkos |
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| Sharon Hartzell |
MS |
Lance Yonkos |
Toxicity and Contamination in Bear Creek Sediment: Spatial Analysis and Implications for Risk Assessment |
| Alexander MacLeod |
MS |
Lance Yonkos |
A Novel Non-Lethal Laparoscopic Approach to Detect Intersex (Testicular Oocytes) in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) and Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu) |
| Benjamin Alan Prince |
MS |
Patrick Kangas & David Tilley |
An Ecological Analysis of the Potential for Moss-Based Green Roof Design |
| Brent West |
MS |
William Bowerman |
Estimating Population Trends in American Woodcock (Scolopax Minor) Using Population Reconstruction Models |
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2015 Graduates
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| Ashley J. Belle |
PhD |
Stephanie Lansing |
Coupling Anaerobic Digestion Technology And Forage Radish Cover Cropping To Optimize Methane Production Of Dairy Manure-Based Digestion |
| Holly Bowen |
MS |
Stephanie Lansing |
The Distribution And Function Of Denitrification Genes: Exploring Agricultural Management And Soil Chemical Implications |
| Glade Dlott |
MS |
Stephanie Yarwood |
Back to Earth: Molecular Approaches to Microbial Ecology Must Consider Soil Morphology and Physicochemical Properties |
| Nicole Fiorellino |
PhD |
Joshua McGrath |
Evaluation of accuracy and sensitivity of the University of Maryland Phosphorus Management Tool and investigation of subsurface phosphorus dynamics in the Maryland Coastal Plains region |
| Eliza McFarland |
PhD |
Andrew Baldwin |
Assessing Wetland Restoration on the Delmarva Peninsula using Vegetation Characteristics |
| Lela Stanley |
MS |
Patrick Kangas |
Design and Performance of a Wetland-Inspired Green Bulkhead and a Grassland-Inspired Green Wall |
| Brent West |
MS |
William Bowerman |
Estimating Population Trends in American Woodcock (Scolopax Minor) Using Population Reconstruction Models |
| Kathryn White |
PhD |
Frank Coale |
Characterization of Plant Root Cell Wall Structural Changes During Decomposition |
| Freddy Witarsa |
PhD |
Stephanie Lansing |
Increasing the Sustainability of Psychrophilic Small-Scale Anaerobic Digesters |
| 2014 Graduates |
| Saptashati (Tanya) Biswas |
PhD |
Joshua McGrath |
Quantification of Ionophore Antimicrobials Associated with Poultry Litter and Their Dynamics in the Soils of the Mid-Atlantic USA |
| Ryan Blaustein |
MS |
Bob Hill |
Release and Runoff/Infiltration Removal of Escherichia Coli, Enterococci, and Total Coliforms from Land-Applied Dairy Cattle Manure |
| Daneille Bodner |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
The Effectiveness of Resident-Based Mosquito Control Through Changes in Knowledge and Behavior Along a Socioeconomic Gradient |
| Loretta Collins |
MS |
Gary Felton |
Impact of Surface Application of Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypusum on Infiltration, Phophorus Behavior, and Total Sulfur in a Previously Manured Coastal Plain Soil |
| Kristin Fisher |
PhD |
Bruce James |
Urea Hydrolysis in Soil Profile Toposequences: Mechanisms Relevant to Nitrogen Transport and Water Quality |
| David Hamrum |
MS |
Bob Hill |
The Effects of Drainage Ditch Filter Composition on Hydraulic Properties and P Sorption |
| William Haus |
MS |
Reginal Harrell |
Advancing Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management: Biological Reference Points for Nutritional Status of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) |
| Alisha Mulkey |
MS |
Frank Coale |
Alternative Simulation of Soil Phosphorus for Agricultural Land Uses in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model |
| Scott Tjaden |
MS |
David Tilley |
Energy Balance, Water Balance, and Plant Dynamics of a Sloped, Thin Extensive Green Roof Installed in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States |
| Timothy Williamson |
MS |
David Tilley |
Design and Sustainability Analysis of Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland |
| Catherine DeSarle |
MS |
Bruce James |
Hexavalent Chromium Quantification and Remediation in Soils and Waster Materials |
| Christina Miller |
MS |
Bruce James |
Chromium Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry Controlled by Iron and Manganese (Hydr)oxide Surfaces and Soils: Column Leaching and Spectroscopic Studies |
| Ann Rossi |
PhD |
Martin Rabenhorst |
Pedogenesis and Hydromorphology of Soils in Mid-Atlantic Barrier Island Landscapes |
| Taras Lychuk |
PhD |
Bob Hill |
Evaluation of Biochar Applications and Irrigation as Climate Change Adaptation Options for Agricultural Systems |
| Hannah Poffenbarger |
MS |
Ray Weil |
Nitrogen Dynamics in Cover Crop-Based No-Till Corn |
| Nicholas Ray |
MS |
Patrick Kangas |
Toward the Development of Integrated Oyster-Algae Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay |
| 2013 Graduates |
| Michelle Arthur |
MS |
Andrew Baldwin |
A Competitive Interaction and Dominance Experiment Between the Vegetative Marsh Species Phragmites australis and Spartina Cynosuroides Under Elevated Nitrogen and Salinity Levels |
| Natalie Lounsbury |
MS |
Ray Weil |
Spring Seedbed Characteristics after Winterkilled Cover Crops |
| Russell Reynnells |
MS |
Gary Felton |
Comparison of Pathogen Detection Methods in Compost and Compost Characteristics as Potential Predictors of Pathogen Regrowth |
| Kendall Simon |
MS |
William Bowerman |
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Population Productivity and Density Dependent Effects in Michigan, 1961-2010 |
| Michelle Weber |
MS |
Patrick Kangas |
Economic Analysis of Alternative Applications of An Algal Production System |
| 2012 Graduates |
| Dominic Brose |
PhD |
James Bruce |
Use of Tartaric Acid and Isopropyl Alcohol in the Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium and Application to Chromium Contaminated Soils and Chromite Ore Processing Residue |
| Elliot Campbell |
PhD |
David Tilley |
Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services in Maryland and Suggesting Fair Payment Using the Principles of Systems Ecology |
| Thomas Freed |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
Relative Roles of Aggregation, Competition, and Predation in the North American Invasion of the Asian Bush Mosquito, Aedes Japonicus |
| George Geatz |
MS |
Brian Needleman |
Nutrient Levels and Organic Matter Decomposition in Response to Prescribed Burns in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Marshes |
| Amy Hudson |
MS |
David Tilley |
Assessing the Uncertainty of Emergy Analyses with Monte Carlo Simulations |
| Diana Maimone |
MS |
Gary Felton |
Fate and Transport of Nitrogen at a Deep Row Biosolids Application Hybrid Poplar Tree Farm |
| Serena Matt |
MS |
David Tilley |
Green Façades Provide Habitat for Arthropods on Buildings in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area |
| Andrew Moss |
MS |
Stephanie Lansing |
Environmental Sustainability and Waste Treatment Capabilities of Small-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Systems |
| Brandon Winfrey |
PhD |
David Tilley |
Material and Emergy Cycling in Natural and Human-Dominated Systems |
| Julie Wolf |
PhD |
Brian Needleman |
The Effects of Future Global Change on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Carbon: Using Urbanization as a Surrogate for Future Conditions in Field Studies |
| Metthea Yepsen |
MS |
Andrew Baldwin |
Vegetation Patterns in Depressional Restored, Natural Reference, and Prior-Converted Wetlands in the USA Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain |
| 2011 Graduates |
| Vitalia Baranyai |
MS |
Joshua McGrath |
Evaluation of Base Liners to Reduce Nitrogen and Salt Leaching from Poultry Litter Storage Stockpiles to the Underlying Soil - A Field Column Study |
| Jenna Clark |
MS |
Andrew Baldwin |
Plant Biomass Allocation and Competitive Interactions in Coastal Wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay: Experimental and Observational Studies |
| Zara Dowling |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
Linking Socioeconomic Factors to Mosquito Control in Residential Washington, D.C. |
| Daniel Fenstermacher |
MS |
Martin Rabenhorst |
Carbon Storage and Potential Carbon Sequestration in Depressional Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Region |
| Katherine Klavon |
MS |
Stephanie Lansing |
Design and Economics of Plug-Flow, Small-Scale Anaerobic Digesters for Temperate Climates |
| Cassandra Smith |
MS |
Paul Leisnham |
Impacts of Climate Change Variables on Mosquito Competition and Population Performance |
