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Welcome to Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Home page. This is a graduate program offered by the Department of Natural Sciences.

Program Overview

The Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences (MEES) Program is a University System of Maryland (USM) graduate program leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Courses are offered in the environmental, biological and chemical sciences. The curriculum presents a unique educational opportunity for qualified students with research interests in the interactions between biological and physicochemical systems in marine, estuarine, or terrestrial environments.

MEES is one of the largest Environmental Science graduate programs in the country. Courses are taught on all campuses of the USM and several system research laboratories in Maryland. Students can enroll in courses taught anywhere within the USM, but generally conduct research in the laboratory of their research advisor in the department or unit of the advisor.

Areas of Specialization

Ecology

Environmental Chemistry

Environmental Science

Fisheries Science

Oceanography

Environmental Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Research Facilities

The Fish Husbandry and Physiology Laboratory, supported by the US Fish and Wildlife.

The Energy Laboratory which supports research on the abatement of pollutants from power plants.

The Water Quality Laboratory supported by cutting edge technology which provides excellent outreach to the community.
 

The campus at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) campus provides an excellent setting for environmental and estuarine research. The 600-acre campus is located less than 10 miles from the Chesapeake Bay and 30 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. UMES hosts several laboratories and institutes involved in research of marine, estuarine, and terrestrial environments, including: Under construction is the UMES Coastal Ecology Research Laboratory (CERL) at Assateague Island National Seashore on Sinepuxent Bay for the study of ecology of barrier islands and coastal processes.

Several laboratories for the conduct of research on the toxic effects of water and soil pollution from land disposal of animal wastes.

Research Laboratories:

Chemical Analysis Laboratory ( Dr. G. E. Kananen)

    ICPMS - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

    HPLC - High Performance Liquid Chromatography

    SPS - Solution Phase Synthesizer

    SFE - Super Critical Fluid Extractor

    GC/MS/HS - Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer  with head space analyzer   

    GC/ECD/FID - Gas Chromatograph with Electron Capture and Flame Ionization Detectror

    IC - Ion Chromatograph  

Combustion and Coal Research Laboratory ( Dr. J. M. Okoh)

    TG/MS - Thermogravimeter/Mass spectrometer

    ASAP - Acellerated Surface Area Analyzer and Porosimeter (ASAP 2000)

    DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimeter

    TGA - Thermogravimetric Analyzer

Spectroscopy Laboratory ( Dr. Y. Y. Waguespack)

    FTIR - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer

    Gravimetric Balance

    Flourimeter Schmadzu Scanning

Organic Identification Laboratory ( Dr. G. D. Mandouma)

    NMR - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrophotometer

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Library Facilities

UMES also provides support facilities such as extensive library resources and computing resources. These facilities offer 24 direct connect terminals and dial-up lines and microcomputer clusters. High speed data lines provide researchers with access to a satellite link to the San Diego Supercomputing Center, BITNET, and INTERNET.

Student Funding

The UMES MEES Program is well funded by many state, federal, and private grants including :

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Education
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
• MD Department of Agriculture
• MD Department of Natural Resources
• DE Department of Natural Resources and Environmental control

The UMES MEES Faculty Includes:
 

Dr. A. Alade,	Dr. G. E. Kananen (Env.Chem - Organic)
Dr. E. L. Bass (Physi.Ecol, Ecotox., Integ/CompBiol)	Dr. A. Malkus
Dr. A. Blundon	Dr. E. B. May  (Fisheries; Ecotoxicology)
Dr. A. Bocetti	Dr. T. Mollett (Env.Sci - Biotechnology)
Dr. D. W. Boucaud  (Biotechnology)	Dr. J. M. Okoh (Env.Chem - Inorganic/Coal)
Dr.	Dr. T. Oscar
Dr. C. Brooks	Dr. A. Pattee
Dr. A. Chai	(Env.Chem.)
Dr. R. Dadson	Dr. A. Provenzano
Dr. A. Dillon	Dr. A. Rinehart
Dr. J. D. Dodoo (Env.Chem - Physical)	Dr. D. E. Ruby (Env. Sci.; Ecology; Reptiles, Ornith, Mammals)
Dr.	Dr. A. Santavy
Dr. G. C. Gupta (Env.Sci - Soil, Water)	Dr. A. Shaw
Dr. A. Hafez	Dr. G. Shorter
Dr. T. .Handwerker	Dr. G. Singh (Env.Chem - Physical)
Dr. J. Harter-Dennis	Dr. Jeurel Singleton  (Parisitology)
Dr. G. E. Heath (Veternarian; Mammals)	Dr. A. Soutiere
Dr. A. Hines	Dr. D. Stribling (Biology _ SSU)
Dr. A. Holland	Dr. Y. Waguespack (Env.Chem - Physical)
Dr. S. Hughes (F&W.; Fisheries; Aquaculture)	Dr. A. Weiseberg
Dr. A. B. Ishaque  (Env.Sci - Biotechnology)	Dr. S. R. White (Env.Chem - Analytical)
Dr. R. Jesien (Env. Sci.; Fisheries; Water; Ecology)	Dr. J. Wiley (F&W.; Fisheries)
Dr. L. R. Johnson (Biotechnology)	Dr. A. B. Williams  (Biotechnology)
Dr. Tom Jones (Biology - SSU)	Dr. A. Wright
Dr. S. Joshi

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Courses Available at UMES

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Admissions to the MEES Program

Applications are available from the Office of Graduate Studies. Specific requirements are outlined in the Graduate catalog available from that office.

If you would like more information, please contact:

Edited 2/18/02 by AGP