Session Lead: Emily Brownlee (Saint Mary’s College of Maryland) Co-Lead(s): Greg Silsbe (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science), Catherine Wazniak (Maryland Department of Natural Resources) Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: In coastal and estuarine environments, the rapid turnover [...]
Session Lead: Sairah Malkin, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Co-Lead(s): Isabel Baker Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Molecular biology, genetics, and genomics tools have become indispensable for identifying and understanding ecological processes in aquatic systems, from biogeochemical [...]
Session Format: Poster presentations Session Description: We welcome all poster abstracts that relate to the Symposium theme.
Session Lead: Raleigh Hood (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) Co-Lead(s): Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: This session invites abstract submissions related to the general topic of estuarine and watershed processes, which includes a wide range of research [...]
Session Lead: Eric Schott (UMCES Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology) Co-Lead(s): Sarah Preheim, Maya Gomes Session Format: Oral presentations + discussion Session Description: The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Program report (A Critical Path Forward for The Chesapeake Bay Program Beyond 2025) [...]
Session Lead: Jianyong Wu (College of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University) Co-Lead(s): Dongmei Alvi, Efeturi Oghenekaro Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: As concerns about waterborne diseases and emerging contaminants grow, understanding water quality dynamics [...]
Session Lead: Elizabeth Van Dolah (The Nature Conservancy) Co-Lead(s): Session Format: Panel discussion Session Description: Low-capacity communities (i.e., socially vulnerable communities with limited agency to plan, respond, and adapt) struggle with the cost and complexities of increasing their resilience to [...]
Session Lead: Noah Tait (Virginia Institute of Marine Science Center for Coastal Resources Management) Co-Lead(s): Meredith Seeley Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Marine debris, defined as any manmade materials or objects abandoned, disposed, or otherwise discarded which persist unattended [...]
Session Lead: J. Derek Loftis (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) Co-Lead(s): Navid Tahvildari, Patrick Taylor Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: The hallmark of a well-rounded inundation prediction model is the ability to successfully characterize flood depths, extents, and duration before [...]
Session Lead: Bruce Vogt (NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office) Co-Lead(s): Christina Garvey Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: The Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership's efforts, guided by the revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement (Beyond 2025), are entering a critical new phase defined by [...]
