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Ryan Woodland Ph.D.

Location:

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Research Topics:

Benthic Environment , Coastal and Estuarine Processes

Research Interests:

Dr. Woodland is interested in trophic ecology, fish ecology, stable isotope ecology, and estuarine ecology.

Visit http://www.umces.edu/ryan-woodland for more about their expertise, education, and contact information.

Students:

2024 - Valeria Guevara, Florida International University

2022 - Isabel Medina Fantauzzi, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

2021 - Kennedy Quillen, Coastal Carolina University

2019 - Oliver Autrey, Michigan State University

2017 - Brooke Iacone, Rowan University (NJ)

2016 - Rosaura Chapina, University of Texas El Paso

Student Publications:

Quillen, K.*, N. Santos, J.M. Testa, R.J. Woodland. 2022. Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore. Food Webs 33: e00252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00252.
Chapina, R.*, C.L. Rowe, R. J. Woodland. 2020. Metabolic rate by Neomysis americana is affected by temperature but not salinity conditions . Journal of Crustacean Biology .

Student Presentations:

Quillen, K.*, N. Santos, J.M. Testa, and R. Woodland. 2022. Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore . AFS Tidewater Meeting, Outer Banks, NC.
Autrey, O.*, R.J. Woodland, and L.V. Plough. 2019. Fecundity and genetic differences of Neomysis americana in two tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Mobile, AL.
Chapina, R.*, C. Rowe, and R. Woodland. 2017. Oxygen consumption by Neomysis americana under realistic summer temperatures and salinity conditions . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii .

RECENT REU FELLOWS

Valeria Guevara
University: Florida International University
Class Year: 2024
Shannon Yang
University: University of Georgia Athens
Class Year: 2015
Nathan Cole-Dai
University: Gustavus Adolphus College
Class Year: 2024
Abigail Gross
University: Pitzer College
Class Year: 2024
Steven Weyrauch
University: Eckerd College
Class Year: 2024
Tyrell Cooper
University: The College of Wooster
Class Year: 2024
Vivek Veluvali
University: Haverford College
Class Year: 2024
Ivy Hicks
University: Whitman College
Class Year: 2024
Evan Merk
University: Washington College
Class Year: 2024
Iman Deanparvar
University: Panola College
Class Year: 2024
Liz Collazo
University: University of Puerto Rico Humacao
Class Year: 2024
Emma Langsford
University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Class Year: 2024
Cristopher Fan
University: University of Connecticut
Class Year: 2024
Sarah Gasko
University: University of Michigan
Class Year: 2024

REU NEWS

Eight students will be presenting the summer work at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in March 2022!
2019 REUs presented at the CERF Conference in Mobile, AL
Olivia Saliger won a student presentation awards for talk at the 2019 Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Meeting. Her REU mentor was Judy O'Neil.
Congratulations to 2015 REU Alison Aceves for being selected as an honorable mention in the 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program competition.
In February 2016, seven REUs from the 2015 cohort presented their research findings at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Congratulations to 2015 REU Hope Ianiri on receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2016)!
Jeanette Davis, Ph.D. (REU '06) published a children's book, Science is Everywhere.
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