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