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Past Graduate Fellows
Maryland Sea Grant Research Fellowship
Fellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Novel Genomic Tools to Assess Fish Diet and Prey Quality and in the Choptank RiverStart year:
2018Advisor:
Louis Plough and James PiersonFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Anacostia River Tunnel in Reduction of EutrophicationStart year:
2018Advisor:
Patricia GlibertFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Understanding the Distribution and Ecology of the Mysid Neomysis americana, a Key Forage Species in Chesapeake BayStart year:
2018Advisor:
Ryan WoodlandFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Maryland Climate Resilience Indicators (MCRI): Participatory Indicators to Assess, Plan, and Evaluate Climate Adaptation ActionsStart year:
2018Advisor:
Melissa KenneyFellowship at:
Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Variation in Retention and Export of Atmospheric Nitrate as a Function of Land Use Across the Chesapeake Bay WatershedStart year:
2016Advisor:
David NelsonFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Quantifying Changes to Nutrient Cycling and Nitrogen Removal in an Estuary as a Consequence of AerationStart year:
2016Advisor:
Lora HarrisFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Tracking Septic System Performance by Using Innovative Mass Spectrometric Approaches and Traditional Nutrient MeasurementsStart year:
2016Advisor:
Michael GonsiorFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College Park,Fellowship at:
Department of Plant SciencesProject Title:
Resilience of Vallisneria americana in the Chesapeake BayStart year:
2016Advisor:
Maile NeelFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Integrated Geospatial, Cultural, and Social Assessment of Coastal Resilience to Climate ChangeStart year:
2016Advisor:
Michael PaolissoFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Improving Prediction and Visualization of Coastal Inundation on the Eastern Shore of MarylandStart year:
2016Advisor:
Ming LiFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Understanding Atlantic Menhaden Population Dynamics Through Use of Data from a Large-scale Historical Tagging StudyStart year:
2015Advisor:
Michael WilbergFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Role of a Resilient Submersed Plant Bed in Mitigating the Effects of Increasing River-borne Particulate Inputs to Chesapeake Bay: Sediment DynamicsStart year:
2014Advisor:
Larry SanfordFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
From Genes to Ecosystems: Integrating Measures of Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Within Urbanizing Bay WatershedsStart year:
2014Advisor:
Alyson SantoroFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Role of a Resilient Submersed Plant Bed in Mitigating the Effects of Increasing River-borne Particulate Inputs to Chesapeake Bay: Sediment DynamicsStart year:
2014Advisor:
Cindy PalinkasFellowship at:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterProject Title:
Evaluating the Relative Impacts of the Recreational and Commercial Sectors of the Blue Crab Fishery in MarylandStart year:
2014Advisor:
Matt Ogburn, Marjorie ReakeFellowship at:
Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland College ParkProject Title:
Understanding the Effectiveness of the Watershed Stewards Academies in MarylandStart year:
2014Advisor:
Dana FisherFellowship at:
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University System of MarylandProject Title:
Monitoring for Outbreaks of a Fatal Blue Crab Virus in Rivers with Soft Shell Production SystemsStart year:
2012Advisor:
Eric SchottFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Forecasting Watershed Loading and Lagoon Response Along the Delmarva Peninsula Due to Changing Land Use and ClimateStart year:
2012Advisor:
Lora HarrisFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Unexpected Resurgence of Submersed Plant Beds in Chesapeake Bay: Historical Data Analysis and ModelingStart year:
2012Advisor:
Michael KempFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Advancing Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management: Biological Reference Points for Nutritional Status of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)Start year:
2012Advisor:
Reginal HarrellFellowship at:
Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
A Biologically-Optimized Environmental Classification of Maryland Streams: Assessing Impacts of Stream Burial and Responses to Climate ChangeStart year:
2012Advisor:
Matthew FitzpatrickFellowship at:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterProject Title:
Phragmites Australis Invasion in the Chesapeake Bay: Implications of Nitrogen Pollution, Elevated CO2, and Genotypic Variation for Tidal Marsh ManagementStart year:
2012Advisor:
Thomas Mozdzer, Andrew Baldwin and Pat MegonigalFellowship at:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterProject Title:
Phragmites Australis Invasion in the Chesapeake Bay: Implications of Nitrogen Pollution, Elevated CO2, and Genotypic Variation for Tidal Marsh ManagementStart year:
2012Advisor:
Thomas Mozdzer, Andrew Baldwin and Pat MegonigalFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
An Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the Potomac River EstuaryStart year:
2011Advisor:
David SecorFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Unexpected Resurgence of Submersed Plant Beds in Chesapeake Bay: Historical Data Analysis and ModelingStart year:
2011Advisor:
Michael KempFellowship at:
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University System of MarylandProject Title:
Effects of Cyanobacteria on Health and Disease of Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus: defining thresholds for exposureStart year:
2011Advisor:
Eric SchottFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Development of A Technical Brief to Guide Stream Restoration Strategies to Reduce Nitrogen Loads in Urbanizing Chesapeake Bay WatershedsStart year:
2011Advisor:
Sujay KaushalFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Prescribed burns in the sustainable conservation and restoration of tidal marshesStart year:
2009Advisor:
Brian NeedelmanFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Intrapopulation Biodiversity, and Recruitment Pathways for Chesapeake Striped BassStart year:
2009Advisor:
David SecorFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Cyanobacterial Blooms: A Roadblock To Estuarine Restoration?Start year:
2009Advisor:
Diane StoeckerFellowship at:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterProject Title:
Large-scale blue crab recruitment limitation in upper Chesapeake Bay nurseries: Dispersal and post-settlement processesStart year:
2009Advisor:
Eric JohnsonFellowship at:
Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Investigating impacts of headwater stream burial during development on downstream nutrient export to Chesapeake BayStart year:
2009Advisor:
Andrew ElmoreFellowship at:
Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
The Role of Genetic Diversity in Restoration Success for Vallisneria americana in the Chesapeake BayStart year:
2007Advisor:
Katia EngelhardtFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Investigation of stream restoration as a means of reducing nitrogen pollution from rapidly urbanizing coastal watersheds of the Chesapeake BayStart year:
2007Advisor:
Sujay KaushalFellowship at:
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterProject Title:
Reconstructing long-term patterns in sea nettle abundance and effects on the Chesapeake Bay food webStart year:
2007Advisor:
Denise BreitburgFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Ecosystem effects on living resources: Spatially explicit bioenergetic model of white perch carrying capacityStart year:
2006Advisor:
David SecorFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
How do changes in physical conditions and megalopae behavior affect blue crab recruitment variability in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays?Start year:
2005Advisor:
Elizabeth NorthFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Erosion, Suspended Solids and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Little Choptank RiverStart year:
2005Advisor:
Larry SanfordFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Predicting the Restoration Trajectory and Water Quality Value of Benthic Microalgae in Shallow Water Chesapeake SedimentsStart year:
2005Advisor:
Jeffrey CornwellFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Primary production, spring blooms and control of recruitment in pelagic fishStart year:
2005Advisor:
Ed HoudeFellowship at:
Johns Hopkins UniversityProject Title:
Prediction of Rip CurrentsStart year:
2005Advisor:
Robert A. DalrympleFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Do Oyster Filtration and Wave Attenuation Associated with Oyster Reefs and Breakwater Improve Seagrass Habitat?Start year:
2004Advisor:
Larry SanfordFellowship at:
Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology InstituteProject Title:
A Novel Approach to Inducing Sterility in Farmed Fish: Disrupting the Early Establishment of the GnRH SystemStart year:
2003Advisor:
Yonathan ZoharFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Sediment Biogeochemistry and Seagrass Bed Development: Implications for Restoration and SustainabilityStart year:
2003Advisor:
Michael KempFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Growth and Recruitment of Juvenile Chesapeake Bay Blue CrabStart year:
2003Advisor:
David SecorFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Benthic Studies in Chesapeake Bay: (1) Analysis and Synthesis of Faunal Data in Relation to Sediment and Water Column Interactions and (2) Scope for Future NeedsStart year:
2003Advisor:
Roberta L. MarinelliFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Winter Mortality of Chesapeake Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus (Confidential proposal with patent pending)Start year:
2002Advisor:
Thomas MillerFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Quantifying the Magnitude of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal Associated with Restoration of Oysters in the Chesapeake BayStart year:
2002Advisor:
Roger NewellFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Chitinosomes in Microbulbifer degradans: A New Paradigm for the Degradation of Complex Polysaccharides of Marine OriginStart year:
2002Advisor:
Ronald WeinerFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Mercenaria mercenaria - QPX: Immunological characterization of the host-pathogen interfaceStart year:
2001Advisor:
Robert S. AndersonFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
The spatial dynamics of blue crab in Chesapeake BayStart year:
2001Advisor:
Thomas MillerFellowship at:
Academy of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research CenterProject Title:
Does low dissolved oxygen favor dominance of gelatinous zooplankton in Chesapeake Bay?Start year:
2001Advisor:
Denise BreitburgFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Seagrass-eutrophication interactions: Role of spatial patternStart year:
2000Advisor:
Michael KempFellowship at:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Evaluating and improving larval stocking as a method to restore american shad in Chesapeake BayStart year:
2000Advisor:
Ed HoudeFellowship at:
Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology InstituteProject Title:
The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) System of striped bass: Endocrine, molecular and applied studiesStart year:
2000Advisor:
Yonathan ZoharFellowship at:
Johns Hopkins UniversityProject Title:
The long-term history of the Chesapeake Bay trophic stateStart year:
1999Advisor:
Grace BrushFellowship at:
Academy of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research CenterProject Title:
The importance of understanding ecological complexity to predicting effects of multiple stressors on coastal systems (Year one of five)Start year:
1999Advisor:
Denise BreitburgFellowship at:
University of Maryland, College ParkProject Title:
Bioremediation of recalcitrant complex carbohydrate biopolymers by a novel marine bacteriumStart year:
1999Advisor:
Ronald WeinerFellowship at:
Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology InstituteStart year:
1998Advisor:
Yonathan ZoharFellowship at:
Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology InstituteProject Title:
The novel gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) of fish: its functions, regulation of synthesis and release, and potential use for spawning manipulations in striped bassStart year:
1998Advisor:
Yonathan ZoharFellowship at:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceProject Title:
Assimilation modeling of planktonic processes in Chesapeake Bay with aircraft and satellite ocean color dataStart year:
1996Advisor:
Larry HardingProgram Announcements
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Featured Fellow
Shivish Bhandari is a graduate student in the Bioenvironmental Science Ph.D. program at Morgan State University studying environment-genome interaction in Eastern oysters. Outside of his studies, Shivish enjoys traveling, bird watching, and photography.
Featured Research Project
Controlling Fouling and Pests Associated with Water Column Oyster Aquaculture
This project has demonstrated the effectiveness of environmentally benign methods for biofouling control. There are many methods of biofouling control which have been suggested, with varying degrees of effectiveness and commercial applicability. Some may be highly species-specific, while others may target a range of species. In order for a biofouling management technique to be widely adopted, it must have the potential to be applied commercially without adding unreasonable labor demands, and it must be effective in controlling biofouling with disrupting the crop of interest, the oysters.
