The BITMAX project involves the cooperation between scientists and students from Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Horn Point Laboratory, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Primary Investigators
Collaborators
Research Assistants
Graduate Students
Research Vessels

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Primary Investigators - Leadership role

Dr. Edward Houde     Larval and juvenile fish
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Solomons, MD  20688-0038
(410) 326-7224
ehoude@cbl.umces.edu

Dr. Michael Roman     Zooplankton
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 228-8425
roman@hpl.umces.edu

Dr. Lawrence Sanford     Physics and sediment transport
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 228-8200 x8429
lsanford@hpl.umces.edu

Dr. Shenn-Yu Chao     Numerical circulation model
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
chao@hpl.umces.edu

Dr. Raleigh Hood     Coupled biological/physical modeling
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221-8434
raleigh@hpl.umces.edu

Dr. Carl Friedrichs Sediment dynamics
School of Marine Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary
Gloucester Point, VA  23062
(804) 684-7303
cfried@vims.edu

Collaborators - Expertise

Dr. Thierry Bouvier - Bacterioplankton dynamics
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221-8478
tbouvier@hpl.umces.edu

Dr. Elizabeth North - Bio-physical Modeling
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221-8497
enorth@hpl.umces.edu

Research Assistants - Lab

Grace Battisto  -  Dr. Friedrich's lab
School of Marine Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary
Gloucester Point, VA  23062
(804) 684-7206
battisto@vims.edu

John Bichy - Dr. Houde’s lab
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Solomons, MD  20688-0038
(410) 326-7462
bichy@cbl.umces.edu

Suzi Jones - Dr. Houde's lab
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Solomons, MD  20688-0038
(410) 326-7462
jones@cbl.umces.edu

Carey McGilliard - Dr. Roman's lab
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221- 8311
cmcgilli@hpl.umces.edu

Adam Spear - Dr. Roman's lab
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221-8498
aspear@hpl.umces.edu

Steve Suttles - Dr. Sanford's lab
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221-8438
suttles@hpl.umces.edu

Graduate Students - Advisor

Ed Martino   Dr. Ed Houde
Fish recruitment processes in the Chesapeake Bay ETM
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Solomons, MD  20688-0038
(410) 326-7397
martino@cbl.umces.edu

Scott Lloyd    Dr. Mike Roman
Thesis on the egg production of the copepod Eurytemora affinis
UMD Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD  21613-0775
(410) 221-8218
slloyd@hpl.umces.edu

Research Vessels

RV Cape Henlopen
University of Deleware
Matt Hawkins (410) 645-4341
(410) 726-2040 (scientific crew)
(410) 430-6850 (ship)

RV Coot
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
(804) 363-9339

RV Aquarius
University of Maryland
Chesapeake Biological Lab
(410) 326-7358

Page created June 2001
Revised August 2003