Faculty Research Interest Areas Affiliated Centers and Organizations at UMBC

Atmospheric processes, water resources and earth-surface processes:
Halverson, Jeffrey B.,
Ph.D. – Mid-Atlantic meteorology and climatology, hurricanes and severe storms

Miller, Andrew J.
, Ph.D. – Hydrology and geomorphology of urbanizing landscapes, dynamics of extreme floods

Bulmer, Mark H. K., Ph.D. – Geophysical flows and natural hazards, hazard mitigation and disaster response, remote sensing of earth and terrestrial planets

Tokay, Ali, Ph.D. – Cloud and precipitation physics, severe storms

Swan, Christopher, Ph.D. – Community ecology, aquatic ecosystems

Biogeography, ecology and ecosystem processes:
Ellis, Erle C.,
Ph.D. – Landscape ecology and biogeochemistry, managed ecosystems

Lewis, Laura R., Ph.D. – Biogeography, agroecology, crop evolution

Swan, Christopher, Ph.D. – Community ecology, aquatic ecosystems

Tang, Junmei– Urban landscape ecology, resource management, environmental modeling

Campbell, Petya K. E., Ph.D. – Remote sensing of vegetation, vegetation biophysical parameters and spectral response

Groffman, Peter, Ph.D. – Ecosystem function and nutrient cycling, water and air quality, soil carbon storage, environmental regulation of microbes

Huemmrich, Karl Fred, Ph.D. – Remote sensing of vegetation structure and function

Pickett, Steward T. A., Ph.D. – Urban ecosystems, function of landscape boundaries, plant community succession

Pouyat, Richard V. Urban/suburban effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, ecosystem response to environmental stressors


Human geography and coupled human and natural systems
Biehler, Dawn, Ph.D. – Health geography, urban environmental history, environmental justice

Bennett, Sari J., Ph.D. – Economic geography

Harries, Keith D., Ph.D. – Geographical aspects of social issues, geography of crime

Neff, Robert, Ph.D. – Human dimensions of global change, urban geography, environmental and social justice

Parker, Eugene P. (Sandy)
, Ph.D. – Environmental history and conservation, cultural ecology, public lands

Tang, Junmei, Ph.D.,– Urban landscape ecology and resource management

Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing
Tang, Junmei,
Ph.D.,– GIS and remote sensing, environmental modeling

Ellis, Erle C., Ph.D.– Spatial analysis of densely populated managed ecosystems

Miller, Andrew J. ,
Ph.D.– Utilization of LiDAR for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling applications

Bulmer, Mark H. K., Ph.D. – Remote sensing of earth and terrestrial planets, geophysical flows

Campbell, Petya K. E., Ph.D. – Remote sensing of vegetation, vegetation biophysical parameters and spectral response

Huemmrich, Karl Fred, Ph.D. – Remote sensing of ecosystem structure and function

Tokay, Ali, Ph.D. – Remote sensing of clouds and rainfall

CUERE – Center for Urban & Environmental Research Education

GEST –
Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center

JCET –
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology

USGS –
United States Geological Survey
The USGS Water Science Center building is moving into its new office on the UMBC campus at 5522 Research Park Drive in mid-August.

BES/USFS –
Baltimore Ecosystem Study