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, Massachusetts 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

Todd Lookingbill

Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2003, Duke University

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

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

Jason Julian

Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. 2007, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

• Hydrogeomorphic controls on ecosystem processes
• Ecohydrology
• Fluvial geomorphology
• Watershed restoration

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. Scott Fritz - Frostburg State University
• Dr. William Lellis - National Park Service
• 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. David Trauger - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Dr. Walter Zachritz - National Park Service