Horn Point Laboratory

Speakers Bureau

Horn Point Laboratory has a variety of faculty conducting research that is of interest to everyone, and our lab has a list of faculty interested in presenting at community events or for civic organizations about their research. If your organization would like to have one of our faculty as a speaker for an event, please contact Claire Otterbein at 410-221-8408 or cotterbein@umces.edu.

Faculty Topic
Victoria Coles Climate Change: Predicting the Future
Jeff Cornwell Oysters and Water Quality
Tom Fisher History of Land Use and Water Quality in the Choptank Basin
Pat Glibert Harmful Algal Blooms
Matt Gray The Ecological Role of Oysters: Past, Present, and Uncertain Futures
Sairah Malkin Weird, wild, and wonderful: how sediment microbes sustain life in the Chesapeake Bay
William Nardin How Does Vegetation Impact Landscape Evolution?
Judy O'Neil The Rise of Slime? Human Influences on Harmful Algal Blooms
Elizabeth North Where do oyster larvae go and why does is it matter?
Cindy Palinkas Impacts of Humans on Coastal Sedimentary Processes
Jamie Pierson Tiny, Hot, and Out of Breath: The Role of Plankton in Understanding Climate Change
Mike Roman Research and Education Programs at Horn Point Laboratory
Larry Sanford The Chesapeake Bay Program in Transition—2025
Greg Silsbe Satellites and Drones: How Scientists Link Water Color to Water Quality
Court Stevenson Sea Level Rise and Marsh Loss in the Blackwater Refuge