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Organization: University of Delaware
Affliation Expertise
David L. Ames   Center for Historic Architecture and Design environmental planning, historic preservation, land use
Herbert E. Allen   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering analytical chemistry, ecological risk assessment, environmental chemistry, environmental standards, sediment, soil, trace metals, water
Scott Andres   Delaware Geological Survey geostatistical methods, groundwater, hydrogeology, numerical modeling, wastewater treatment, water quality, water resources
Cristina Archer   School of Marine Science and Policy air quality, climate change, meteorology, numerical modeling of atmospheric processes, renewable energy, wind power
Mohsen Badiey   School of Marine Science and Policy atmosphere-ocean interface, geophysics modeling, numerical modeling, ocean acoustics, surface gravity waves
Harsh Bais   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences plant-soil interface, root exudation
Susan Barton   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences invasive species, roadside vegetation management
Stefanie Baxter   Delaware Geological Survey earthquakes, environmental geology, geohazards, hydrogeology, seismology
Thomas P. Beebe   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry biofilms, nanostructure, surface chemistry, tissue engineering
Jennifer Biddle   Department of Marine Biosciences biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, molecular biology, sediments
Greg Binford   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences fertilizer and manure management, nitrogen management, soil testing, tissue testing
Karl Booksh   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry chemometrics, process monitoring
Jake Bowman   Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology conservation biology, habitat management, habitat modeling, landscape ecology, population ecology, wildlife biometry, wildlife restoration, wildlife techniques
John M. Byrne   Center for Energy & Environmental Policy climate change, energy and environmental justice, environment and society, political economy, sustainable development, technology
Barbara Campbell   Department of Marine Biosciences biogeography, ecosystem ecology, marine/estuarine water quality, metagenomics, microbial ecology, water quality
S. Craig Cary   Department of Marine Biosciences bioinformatics, genomics, microbial metabolic pathways, microbial physiology
Daniel K. Cha   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering biological population dynamics, biotransformation, contaminants, wastewater treatment
Clara Chan   Department of Geological Sciences biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, microbial mineralization, molecular biology, spectroscopy
Jingguang G. Chen   Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry chemical sensors, fuel cells, metal carbides, nanoparticles, NEXAFS, photovoltaics
Pei Chiu   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering drinking water, groundwater remediation, organic contaminants, wastewater treatment
Thomas M. Church   School of Marine Science and Policy atmospheric chemistry, chemical oceanography, marine chemistry, sedimentary geochemistry
Luc Claessens   Department of Geography climate change, climatology, ecosystem dynamics and management, GIS, hydroclimatology, hydrology, nitrogen management, nutrient cycling, physical geography, stream ecosystems, water, water quality, water quantity, water resources, watershed management, watersheds
Afton Clarke-Sather   Department of Geography climate policy, geography of international development, human-environment interactions, political ecology, political geography, water management and policy
James J. Corbett   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Ocean Science and Policy air pollution, coastal policy, energy and emissions, freight transportation, invasive aquatic species, maritime transportation, policy, pollution policy, risk assessment, ship-whale collisions, sustainability
Matthew Cottrell   Department of Marine Biosciences biochemical processes in marine environments, bioinformatics, carbon cycling, marine biosciences, metagenomics, microbial communities, microbial ecology, microscopy, oceanography
Kathryn Coyne   School of Marine Science and Policy Biochemical and molecular ecology of harmful algal bloom species, development of biological indicators
Tracey L. DeLiberty   Department of Geography climatology, digital image processing, GIS, hydrology, physical geography, remote sensing, soils
Steven K. Dentel   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering chemical/microbial reduction of organic compounds, wastewater treatment
Stephen C. Dexter   Department of Marine Biosciences biological corrosion
Dominic M. DiToro   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering organic chemical and metal sorption models, statistical models, water quality, water quality modeling
Nicole Donofrio   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences fungal plant pathogens
Joshua M. Duke   Department of Applied Economics and Statistics economics, land use, policy, water quality, water quantity
Thomas Epps   Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering analytical separation membranes, and other ion-conduction applications, lithium battery, nanoporous templates and sensors, nanostructured materials for fuel cell
John Ewart   Delaware Aquaculture Resource Center aquaculture policy, aquaculture waste/effluent management, aquatic production systems/live transport, commercial and recreational fisheries, information technologies, marine/estuarine water quality, Shellfish and finfish aquaculture, shellfish restoration and stock enhancement, technology transfer and training
Jeffrey Fuhrmann   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences microbial communities, microbial populations, nitrogen fixation, soil environmental microbiology, soil-borne viruses
Patrick M. Gaffney   Department of Marine Biosciences aquaculture
Jack Gallagher   School of Marine Science and Policy biotechnology, salt tolerant plants (halophytes), wetland ecology and restoration
Cathleen Geiger   Department of Geography climatology, environment and society, geospatial information technology, land surface processes
Pamela Green   Department of Marine Biosciences, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences genetics, plant biochemistry, plant molecular biology
Brian Hanson   Department of Geography climate dynamics, climatology, glaciers, glaciology, numerical modeling, snow cover
Thomas E. Hanson   Department of Marine Biosciences, Department of Biological Sciences anaerobic microbiology, genomics, proteomics
Changming He   Delaware Geological Survey colloid transport, contaminant transport, geostatistical analysis, groundwater modeling, stochastic hydrogeology
Diane Herson   Department of Biological Sciences physiology of organisms in water and soil
Andrew Homsey   Institute for Public Administration, Water Resources Agency geospatial information technology, GIS, land use, remote sensing, water resources, watershed policy, wetlands
Judith Hough-Goldstein   Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology biological control, entomology, invasive plants, plant-insect interactions
Juejun Hu   Department of Materials Science and Engineering air pollution, nanoelectronic devices, nanostructure, numerical modeling, photovoltaics, remote sensing, single particle detection and analysis, spectroscopy, water quality monitoring
Chin-Pao Huang   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering aquatic chemistry, environmental nanomaterials and processes, industrial wastewater management, soil and groundwater remediation
Paul T. Imhoff   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering groundwater contamination, landfills, mathematical modeling, porous media, transport processes, wastewater disposal
Shreeram Inamdar   Department of Bioresources Engineering hydrology, wetlands and water quality
Deb Jaisi   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences isotope biogeochemistry of phosphorus, redox biogeochemistry of iron
McKay Jenkins   Department of English environmental history, environmental journalism
Xinqiao Jia   Department of Materials Science and Engineering nanoparticles, nanoporous materials, nanotechnology, polymer surfaces and interfaces, surface chemistry, tissue engineering
Yan Jin   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences contaminant transport, modeling, porous media
Janet B. Johnson   Department of Political Science and International Relations energy policy, water quality policy
Murray V. Johnston, III   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry aerosol science, airborne particles, atmospheric chemistry, electrospray ionization, laser desorption, mass spectrometry, measurements of aerosols, particle formation mechanisms, photoionization, proteomics, single particle detection and analysis
Gerald J. Kauffman   Institute for Public Administration watershed management, watershed planning, watershed policy
Willett Kempton   School of Marine Science and Policy offshore wind, vehicle to grid power
Kristi Kiick   Department of Materials Science and Engineering nanoparticles, nanotechnology, polymer surfaces and interfaces, tissue engineering
James T. Kirby   Center for Applied Coastal Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport
David Kirchman   Department of Marine Biosciences bacterial structure, carbon cycling, microbial ecology
Vic Klemas   School of Marine Science and Policy remote sensing
Kalmia E. Kniel   Department of Animal and Food Sciences microbial food safety
Nobuhisa Kobayashi   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering beach erosion, sediment transport
Daniel Leathers   Department of Geography climatology, environmental monitoring, snow cover, snowfall, water resources
David Legates   Department of Geography climate change, climatology, environmental monitoring, hydroclimatology
Bramie Lenhoff   Department of Chemical Engineering colloid transport, physicochemical and biophysical processes in engineered and natural systems, porous media, transport processes
Delphis Levia   Department of Geography forest hydrology, hydrobiogeochemistry
Hong Li   Department of Animal and Food Sciences animal manure and processing waste management, environmental engineering, gaseous emissions from animal feeding operations
Raul F. Lobo   Department of Chemical Engineering nanoporous materials
George Luther   Department of Oceanography biogeochemical processes in marine environments, microelectrode technology, molecular orbital theory, redox reactions, trace element speciation
Julie Maresca   Civil & Environmental Engineering bacterial communication, metagenomics, microbial genetics, microbiology, photosynthesis
Adam G. Marsh   Department of Marine Biosciences gene expression, molecular physiology, organismal development and growth, protein metabolism, protein turnover, RNA processing, RNA turnover
Ron Martin   Department of Geological Sciences paleobiology
Susan McGeary   Department of Geological Sciences imaging ground water systems, quaternary stratigraphy, sea level rise
Thomas E. McKenna   Delaware Geological Survey aquifer characterization, environmental monitoring, geology, geophysics, geothermics, groundwater, groundwater discharge, groundwater-surface water interaction, hydrogeology, hydrology, porous media, remote sensing, thermal imaging, thermography, water, water resources, wetlands
Peter P. McLaughlin   Delaware Geological Survey environmental geology, micropaleontology, oil and gas, subsurface geology, water resources
Peter McLaughlin   Delaware Geological Survey coastal plain geology, hydrogeology, micropaleontology, oil and gas, subsurface geology
Sue McNeil   Transportation Center and the Disaster Research Center Brownfields, climate change, damage assessment, environmental impact assessment, land use, policy, sustainable development
Kent D. Messer   Department of Applied Economics and Statistics behavioral response to environmental risks, endangered species protection, environmental conservation, experimental economics
Holly Michael   Department of Geological Sciences geostatistical methods, groundwater, modeling subsurface heterogeneity, water supply
Robin Morgan   Department of Animal and Food Sciences molecular biology, poultry diseases
Frederick Nelson   Department of Geography periglacial geomorphology, permafrost, spatial analysis, topoclimatology
John Newberg   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry aerosol chemistry, chemistry of ice, photocatalysis, photochemistry
Chaoying Ni   Department of Materials Science and Engineering airborne particles, environmental nanomaterials and processes, microscopy, nanoelectronic devices, nanostructure, X-ray spectroscopy
Michael O'Neal   Department of Geography geochronology, GIS, glacial and fluvial geomorphology, quaternary geology
Matthew Oliver   School of Marine Science and Policy biogeography, oceanography, phytoplankton, remote sensing
George R. Parsons   School of Marine Science and Policy benefit-cost analysis, damage assessment, environmental and natural resource management, environmental economics, welfare economics
Victor Perez   Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice citizen science, environmental sociology, medical sociology, social movements
Jim Pizzuto   Department of Geological Sciences coastal geomorphology, fluvial geomorphology
Darrin J. Pochan   Department of Materials Science and Engineering nanotechnology
Thomas Powers   Department of Philosophy ethics and policy
Dennis Prather   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering solar cells
John Rabolt   Department of Materials Science and Engineering electrospun polymer nanofibers, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, nanostructure, polymer surfaces and interfaces, tissue engineering
Kelvin W. Ramsey   Delaware Geological Survey environmental geology, geohazards, hydrogeology, subsurface geology
William F. Ritter   Department of Bioresources Engineering groundwater pollution, irrigation management, modeling surface water contamination, waste management, water quality
Adam Rome   Department of History environment and society, environmental history, environmental journalism
Stanley I. Sandler   Department of Chemical Engineering phase equilibria, separations and purifications processes, thermophysical properties
Andrea Sarzynski   School of Public Policy and Administration environmental planning and management, Environmental policy, urban sustainability
William Saylor   Department of Animal and Food Sciences poultry nutrition, reducing nutrient emissions in poultry litter
William (Sandy) Schenck   Delaware Geological Survey environmental geology, GIS, petrology
Yda Schreuder   Department of Geography climate change, international migration, sustainable development
Angelia Seyfferth   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences agriculutural sustainability, analytical chemistry, arsenic, biogeochemistry, contaminants, environmental chemistry, nutrient/contaminant cycling, plant-soil interface, soils, trace element cycling, X-ray spectroscopy
S. Ismat Shah   Department of Materials Science and Engineering condensation, nanoparticles
Jonathan Sharp   School of Marine Science and Policy and oceanic waters., coastal, microbial biogeochemistry of major bioelements in estuarine
D. Janine Sherrier   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences plant development, plant pathogen interactions, plant-microbe interactions, proteomics, symbiotic plant relationships
Nikolay Shiklomanov   Department of Geography active-layer dynamics, climate studies, periglacial geomorphology, permafrost, spatial modeling and analysis
Greg Shriver   Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology landscape ecology, wildlife ecology
J. Thomas Sims   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences environmental chemistry, nutrient cycling, soil chemistry, soil management, trace element cycling, waste management, water quality
Chris Sommerfield   School of Marine Science and Policy estuarine dynamics, geochronology, oceanography, sea level rise, sediment transport
Donald L. Sparks   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences arsenic, chemical processes, environmental chemistry, environmental soil chemistry, geochemical processes, kinetics, soil, XAFS
Karl Steiner   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 3-D computer graphics, biomedical visualization and imaging, database management, genomics
Doug Tallamy   Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology behavioral ecology, conservation of biodiversity, entomology, invasive plants, plant-insect interactions, sexual selection
John H. Talley   Delaware Geological Survey environmental geology, geohazards, groundwater, hydrogeology
Tim Targett   School of Marine Science and Policy ecology of estuarine and coastal marine fish, energetics, marine and estuarine food webs, physiological ecology, trophic biology
Klaus Theopold   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, synthesis
Carolyn Thoroughgood   School of Marine Policy ecosystem dynamics and management, ocean observing, ocean policy, ocean sciences education
Art Trembanis   Department of Geological Sciences coastal dynamics, coastal observing systems, estuarine dynamics, hydrodynamics, oceanography, scour processes, sediment transport
William J. Ullman   School of Marine Science and Policy biogeochemistry, chemistry of beachfaces, diagenesis, estuarine nutrients, ethics and education, groundwater, groundwater discharge, lagoons, land use, nutrient export, rock-water interactions, sediments, shallow estuaries, watersheds
Rodrigo Vargas   Department of Plant and Soil Sciences carbon and water cycles, climate change, ecosystem dynamics, ecosystem ecology, extreme events, plant-soil-atmosphere interactions
Lian-Ping Wang   Department of Mechanical Engineering fluid and mass transport in biological systems
Geroge Watson   Department of Physics and Astronomy
John Wehmiller   Department of Geological Sciences organic geochemistry
Chris Williams   Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology conservation biology, ecological methodology, policy, population dynamics, waterfowl ecology
Cort Willmott   Department of Geography climatology, quantitative methods
Eric Wommack   Department of Marine Biosciences, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences viral ecology
Kuo-Chuin Wong   School of Marine Science and Policy coastal dynamics, estuarine dynamics
Cathy Wu   Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, proteomics, systems biology
John Q. Xiao   Department of Physics and Astronomy electromagnetic materials physics
Xiao-Hai Yan   Center for Remote Sensing, School of Marine Science and Policy ocean dynamics, remote sensing
Joanna York   School of Marine Science and Policy applications of stable isotopes, estuarine nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry, microzooplankton dynamics, phytoplankton

Organization: Wesley College
Affliation Expertise
Bruce Allison   Department of Sciences computer modeling, GIS, soil, water
Malcolm D'Souza   Department of Chemistry solution chemical kinetics

Organization: Stroud Water Research Center
Affliation Expertise
Anthony Aufdenkampe   n/a carbon dioxide, contamination, geochemistry, outgasing, river metabolism, tropical rivers
Thomas L. Bott   n/a microbial ecology
Louis A. Kaplan   n/a microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, organic matter biogeochemistry

Organization: Delaware State University
Affliation Expertise
Mingxin Guo   Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources agrochemicals, biogeochemistry, land reclamation, nutrient management, organic residue recycling, soil, soil remediation, water, water quality chemistry
Venugopal Kalavacharla   Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources genomics, plant molecular genetics
Gulnihal Ozbay   Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources environmental pollution, habitat restoration, harmful algae, seafood safety, Shellfish aquaculture, water quality
Stephen Taylor   Department of Philosophy applied ethics, bioethics, normative ethical theory
Qiquan Wang   Department of Chemistry agriculture sustainability, greenhouse gases, organic contaminants, pesticide contamination and remediation
Clytrice Watson   Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology disease prevention, probiotics