Hasan Ahmed (He/Him/His)
Ph.D. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Fagan)
hahmed4@umbc.edu
Research Interests: Active and Passive Remote Sensing, Mapping Deforestation, Mapping and Monitoring Forest Degradation, Land Use and Land Cover Change Modeling, Forest Carbon Modeling
Zach Banham (He/Him)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Baker)
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Forest Ecology, Ecological Response to Urbanization/Urban Environments
Jaime Barrett (She/Her)
Ph.D. Candidate
(Dr. David Lansing)
Research Interests: Political Ecology, More-Than-Human Geographies, Biopolitics, Critical Data Studies, Agricultural Politics, Changing Farmer Practice, and Farm Animal Health Management
Katheryn Barnhart
M.S. Student
(Dr. Colin Studds)
Research Interests: Bioenergetics, Population Modelling, Ecosystem Ecology, Chesapeake Bay Black Duck Populations’ Response to SAV Abundance
Chris Blume
M.S. Student
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) Trainee
(Dr. Ela-Sita Carpenter – USFWS)
Research Interests: Heavy Metal Pollution, Bats, Urban Green Spaces, Ecological Stewardship
Mackenzie Bodman (She/Her)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Sustainability, Climate Change, Policy, Environmental Justice, Zero Waste, Sustainable Agriculture, Resiliency
Jason Chase (He/Him)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Andrew J. Miller)
Research Interests: Fluvial Geomorphology of Urban/Suburban Watersheds; Sediment Transport, Storage, and Grain Size
Tyrah Cobb-Davis (She/Her)
M.S. Student,
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) Trainee
(Dr. Matthew E. Baker, Dr. Andrew J. Miller)
Research Interests: Stormwater, Urban Forests, Urban Flooding, Social Equity
Tanja Crk
Ph.D. Student
Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES) Graduate Program
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Ecosystems
Ben Daniels (He/Him)
Ph.D. Candidate
(Dr. Alan Yeakley)
Research Interests: Urban Hydrology, Watershed Management, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Hydrologic Modeling, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
Adriana DiSilvestro (She/Her)
Ph.D.
(Dr. David Lansing, Dr. Dillon Mahmoudi)
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Geographies of Resource Extraction, Environmental Governance, Science Studies & Politics of Knowledge, Environmental Justice, Critical GIS
Meagan Fairfield-Peak (She/Her)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Fagan)
Research Interests: Landscape Management and Monitoring through GIS and Remote Sensing
Natalia Figueredo (She/Her)
M.S. Student
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) Trainee
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Zero Waste Movement, Perspectives of Vulnerable Communities, Local/Indigenous Knowledge
Molly Finch (She/Her)
M.S. Student
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) Trainee
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Community Science, Coastal Urban Ecology, DIY Environmental Data Collection, Social Perceptions of Greening
Emma Gilligan (They/Them)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Science Communication, Inequitable Impacts of Natural Hazards
Erin Hamner (She/Her)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Baker, Dr. Andrew J. Miller)
Research Interests: Stormwater Management, BMP Monitoring
Gabriela Icaza
M.S. Student
(Dr. Christopher Swan)
Research Interests: Freshwater Community Ecology
Anisha Jayadevan
Ph.D. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Fagan)
Research Interests: Land-Use Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Forests, Open Natural Ecosystems
Anna Mothersole (She/Her)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Christopher Swan)
Research Interests: Aquatic Ecology, Functional Traits
Valerie Navarro Pasión (She/Her/Ella)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Human Geography; Anticolonial Feminisms; Land Rights; Conservation
Ohad Paris (He/Him/His)
Ph.D. Candidate
(Dr. Colin Studds)
Research Interests: Avian Ecology
Autumn Powell
M.S. Student
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) Trainee
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interest: Indigenous Science, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Environmental
Justice, Environmental Science, Conservation Biology, Human and Nature Relations, Local
Community, Black and Indigenous Eco-Feminism, Social Equity, and Inclusion
Nicati Robidoux
M.S. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Baker)
Research Interests: Measurements of Stream Channel Dimensions, Watersheds, Ecosystems, Natural Resources, Sustainability
Jack Solomon
M.S. Student
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Forestry, Public Perception of Forest Patches in Urban and Exurban settings
Felipe Saad
Ph.D. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Fagan)
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Preservation and Conservation of the Environment
Leah Staub
M.S. Student
(Dr. Matthew E. Fagan)
Research Interests: GIS, Riparian Forest Canopy Gaps and Their Effect on the Health of the Riparian Zone
Karyn Tabor (She/Her)
Ph.D. Candidate
(Dr. Margaret B. Holland)
Research Interests: Satellite-Based Monitoring, Land Management Decisions, IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access), Deforestation, Carbon Emissions
Laura Torres-Vargas
Ph.D. Student
(Dr. Dena Aufseeser, Dr. Yolanda Valencia)
Research Interests: Human Geography, Women’s Studies, Women’s Migration, Latin American Studies, and Violence
Rylee Wernoch (She/Her/Hers)
M.S. Student
(Dr. Dawn Biehler)
Research Interests: Faith, Religion, the Black Church, Environmental Justice, Community-Driven Science, Urban Ecology, Environmental Stewardship, Partnerships