Research Fellows

Our Teacher Research Fellowship Program hosts teachers in environmental science research laboratories to conduct summer research.  Over the past 11 years, our SAV Restoration Ecology research laboratory has mentored the following teachers, listed in alphabetical order with their home schools and titles of their research projects and links to lessons they have developed from their experience.

Joyce Bailey 1995 Julius West MS, MD Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment in mesohaline marshes.
Jean Bunnell 2003 Easton HS, MD Effects of sediment biogeochemistry on the growth of Potamogeton perfoliatus:  A field experiment.
Pat Chambers 1998-2000 Stephen Decauter MS, MD Use of SAV systems to characterize water quality:The plants  Use of artificial substrates to assess water quality
Georgia Dendrinos 1999-2000 Catholic HS, MD Seagrass Habitats and Sediment Chemistry Epiphytic composition on Seagrass Blades
Angela Kelley 2003-2006 Opelika HS, AL Effects of sediment biogeochemistry on the growth of Potamogeton perfoliatus:  A mesocom experiment. SAV restoration:  Forcing tuber production.
Stephanie Miller 1998 Stephen Decauter MS, MD Use of SAV systems to characterize water quality: Artificial substrates
Shavonne Newman 2006 Francis Scott Key MS Dispersion submersed aquatic vegetation through Fragments vegetative.  
Myra Parks 2002 Crossroads School, MD Effects of substrate on growth of Potamogeton perfoliatus.
John Sandkuler 2004 Forbush School, MD Reproduction strategies in Ruppia maritime.
Horn Point Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, Maryland 21613-0775
Phone: 410-221-8419
Fax: 410-221-8490
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