Mark Castro

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1991, University of Virginia.

• Environmental science
• Atmospheric-biosphere interactions
• Impacts of land use on water quality

Andrew Elmore

Assistant Professor
Ph.D 2003, Brown University.

• Environmental Science
• Land-use and land-cover change
• Ecohydrology
• Biogeochemistry
• Remote sensing and spatial analysis

Katharina Engelhardt

Assistant Professor
Ph.D 2000, Utah State University.

• Biodiversity theory
• Invasion ecology
• Restoration science
• Wetland ecology
• Riparian buffers

Keith Eshleman

Professor
Ph.D. 1985, Masschusetts Institute of Technology (Water Resources).

• Watershed / wetlands hydrology
• Groundwater / surface water interactions
• Biogeochemical processes in upland and wetland ecosystems
• Hydrochemical modeling
• Ecosystem interactions with land use change

Robert H. Gardner

Director and Professor
Ph.D. 1975, North Carolina State University.

• Landscape ecology; systems analysis; disturbances
• Analysis and prediction of changes in ecosystem dynamics with changes in scale
• Development of new approaches for predicting ecological dynamics in spatially heterogeneous systems

J. Edward Gates

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1976, Michigan State University.

• Wildlife, habitat, and landscape ecology
• Habitat fragmentation and alteration, connectivity (corridors), edge effects, and boundary dynamics
• Habitat suitability for vertebrate species
• Human dimensions of wildlife

Robert Hilderbrand

Assistant Professor
Ph. D. 1998, Utah State University.

• Ecology and conservation biology of running waters
• Watershed and stream habitat restoration
• Linking landscapes and populations

John L. Hoogland

Professor
Ph.D. 1977, University of Michigan.

• Behavioral ecology of birds and mammals
• Demography
• Infanticide
• Levels of inbreeding
• Mating systems
• Coloniality

Sujay Kaushal

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2003, University of Colorado.

• Biogeochemistry
• Limnology
• Fate and Transport of Organic Pollutants
• Aquatic Restoration Ecology
• Stable Isotopes as Environmental Tracers
• Microbial Ecology

Todd Lookingbill

Assistant Research Professor
Ph.D. 2003, Duke University.

• Forest Community Ecology
• Spatial Analysis and Landscape Scaling
• Ecosystem-based Adaptive Management
• Hydroecological Modeling
• Urban Ecology

Kenneth McKaye

Professor
Ph.D. 1975, University of California.

• Fisheries science and management
• Tropical biology
• Behavioral ecology and evolution of cooperative behavior
• Mechanisms of speciation

Raymond P. Morgan II

Professor
Ph.D. 1971, University of Maryland.

• Aquatic pollution ecology, with an emphasis on acid rain and acid mine drainage effects
• Fishery genetics, especially of Appalachian fishes
• Conservation biology and recovery ecology

Louis F. Pitelka

Professor
Ph.D. 1974, Stanford University.

• Plant ecology, ecosystem ecology
• Global change issues
• Population ecology of perennial herbs
• Effects of acid deposition, elevated CO2 and climate change on natural ecosystems

Cathlyn D. Stylinski

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Davis.

• Communicating science research to informal education audiences
• Integrating science research and technology into precollege classrooms
• Remote sensing and plant ecophysiology

Emily Minor

Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. 2006, Duke University

• Urban ecology
• Seed dispersal
• Habitat fragmentation and connectivity
• Avian behavior

Appalachian Laboratory Adjunct Faculty

• Dr. Frank Ammer - Frostburg State University
• Dr. Ronald Barry - Frostburg State University
• Dr. Scott Fritz - Frostburg State University
• Dr. William Lellis - National Park Service
• Dr.Linda Lyon - Frostburg State University
• Dr. David Morton - Frostburg State University
• Dr. Richard Raesly - Frostburg State University
• Dr. William Seddon - Frostburg State University
• Dr. Thomas Serfass - Frostburg State University
• Dr. Jay Stauffer - Pennsylvania State University
• Dr. Philip Townsend - University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Dr. Walter Zachritz - National Park Service