Project Director
Christopher M. Swan, PhD, Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Co-Director
J. Morgan Grove, PhD, Social Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Investigators
C. Andy Anderson, PhD, Michigan State University
Elsa Anderson, PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Chicago Botanic Garden
Meghan Avolio, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Matthew E. Baker, PhD, Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems & Graduate Program Director, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Daniel J. Bain, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Planetary Science
Lawrence E. Band, PhD, Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences
Vanessa B. Beauchamp, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University
Alan R. Berkowitz, PhD, Head of Education, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Christopher Boone, PhD, Professor and Dean, School of Sustainability; Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Christine C. Rega Brodsky, Assistant Professor, Pittsburgh State University
Geoffrey Buckley, PhD, Professor, Ohio University, Department of Geography
Karin Twardosz Burghardt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park
Mary L. Cadenasso, PhD, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
Elizabeth Cook, PhD, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science, Barnard College
Ela-Sita Carpenter, PhD, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Tanaira Cullens, Biohabitats
Shawn E. Dalton, PhD, Thrive Consulting, Canada
Anne Draddy, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Office of Sustainable Energy
Sam Droege, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Jonathan Duncan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
Emily Elliott, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Planetary Science
Erle C. Ellis, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems
Alexander J. Felson, PhD RLA, Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Architecture, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Megan Fork, PhD, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Peter Groffman, PhD, Professor, City University of New York, Advanced Science Research Center
Kim Grove, Baltimore City Department of Public Works
Anne Hairston-Strang, PhD, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Isaac Hametz, Nature Conservancy
Michael Hanes, Field Technician, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Quintaniay Holifield, PhD, Research Soil Scientist, USDA Forest Service
Elena Irwin, PhD, Professor, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University
Minte Jiru, PhD, Coppin State University
Sujay Kaushal, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
John J. Kelly, PhD, Professor and Associate Chairperson, Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago
Alice Kennedy, Sustainability Coordinator, Baltimore City Office of Sustainability
H. Allen Klaiber, PhD, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
D. Johan Kotze, PhD, University of Helsinki, Lahti
Shannon L. LaDeau, PhD, Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
John J. Lagrosa IV, PhD, Data Manager & GIS Analyst, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, UMBC; BES Data Manager
Frank Lance, PhD, President & CEO, Parks & People Foundation
Katie Lauter, Baltimore Green Space
Neely Law, PhD, Watershed Analyst, Center for Watershed Protection
Dexter Locke, PhD, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Ethel V. Locks, Community Builder Fellow, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Charles Lord, Principal, RENEW Energy Partners, LLC
Lisa Martel, Technician, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Paul M. Mayer, PhD, Chief, Ecological Effect Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Lab, Western Ecology Division
Brian McGrath, Associate Professor of Urban Design/Urban Design Specialist, Parsons the New School for Design
Timon McPhearson, PhD, The New School, Professor of Urban Ecology & Director of the Urban Systems Lab
Mary McWilliams, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, UMBC
Andrew J. Miller, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems
Joel Moore, PhD, Towson University
John Moore, PhD, Colorado State University
David A. Newburn, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Charles H. Nilon, PhD, Associate Professor of Wildlife Management, University of Missouri – Columbia School of Natural Resources Fisheries and Wildlife
Laura A. Ogden, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Geospatial Specialist, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
Steward T. A. Pickett, PhD, Distinguished Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Alexander J. Reisinger, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urban Soil and Water Quality, University of Florida, Soil and Water Sciences Department
Michele Romolini, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow & Adjunct Faculty, Loyola Marymount University, Center for Urban Resilience
Bernice Rosenzweig, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College
Emma J. Rosi, PhD, Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Heikki Setala, PhD, University of Helsinki, Lahti
Robert J. Shedlock, U.S. Geological Survey Center Director, U.S. Geological Survey
Bryant Smith, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
James A. Smith, PhD, Professor, Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Nancy F. Sonti, PhD, USDA Forest Service, Baltimore Field Station
William P. Stack, Deputy Director of Programs, Center for Watershed Protection
Amanda Suchy, PhD, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and City University of New York
Katalin Szlavecz, PhD, Research Professor, The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Christina L. Tague, PhD, Assistant Professor Hydrology, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
Austin Troy, PhD, Professor and Chair, Urban and Regional Planning Department, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Natural Resources
Andrea VanWyk, Nature Conservancy
Charles Walker, PhD, US Geological Survey
Paige Warren, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation
Claire Welty, PhD, Director, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education; Professor of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Tiffany Wendland, Secondary Coordinator, Office of Science, Baltimore County Public Schools
Thomas H. Whitlow, PhD, Associate Professor, Cornell University
Allison Whitmer, PhD, Assistant Dean of Sciences, Georgetown College, Georgetown University
Douglas Wrenn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences
Ian Yesilonis, Soil Scientist, USDA Forest Service
Charles B. Yuill, Associate Professor & Environmental Consultant, West Virgina University
Wayne Zipperer, PhD, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
