The University System of Maryland's Graduate Program in Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences (sometimes referred to as MEES Graduate Program, or just MEES) objective is the training of qualified graduate students, working toward the M.S. or Ph.D. degree, with research interests in fields of study that involve interactions between biological, physical and chemical systems in the marine, estuarine, freshwater or terrestrial environments. The program is comprised six areas of specialization: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Molecular Biology/Biotechnology, Environmental Science, Fisheries Science, and Oceanography.

History

The MEES Program has been in existence for 30 years and functions as an environmental graduate program for the University System of Maryland

University System of Maryland

The University System of Maryland is a public corporation and charter school system comprising 12 Maryland institutions of higher education. It is the 12th-largest university system in the United States, with over 125,000 undergraduate, 43,000 graduate and roughly 13,000 combined full-time and...

. The Program serves as an example of cooperation among multiple institutions within the state of Maryland (UMCP, UMBC, UMB, UMES, & UMCES).

Notable Alumni: • Ricky Arnold, NASA Mission Specialist-Educator astronaut

Notable Faculty: • Robert Ulanowicz

Robert Ulanowicz

Robert Edward Ulanowicz is an American theoretical ecologist and philosopher who is best known for his search for a unified theory of ecology. He was born September 17, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland....

, Theoretical Ecologist

Facilities

Research is conducted in the laboratories and facilities of the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

 (UMCP), University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland, Baltimore, was founded in 1807. It comprises some of the oldest professional schools in the nation and world. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland. Located on 60 acres in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, it is part of the University System of Maryland...

 (UMB), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), or University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES), and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

With 1925 origins as a research station on Solomons Island, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is one the University System of Maryland's two scientific research centers...

 (UMCES): the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory is a marine science laboratory on the Chesapeake Bay in Solomons, Maryland, and it is the oldest state-supported marine laboratory on the East Coast of the U.S. It was founded in 1925 in a small waterman's shack by Dr. Reginald V. Truitt and is part of...

at Solomons, Maryland; the Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) near Cambridge, Maryland; and the Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg, Maryland; or at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in Baltimore.
CBL and HPL are located on the Chesapeake Bay and include facilities for the culture of marine and estuarine organisms. Berthed at CBL are the University's research vessels. HPL allows access to extensive marshes, intertidal areas, oyster shoals, tidal creeks, and rock jetties. The AL facility supports research in terrestrial and freshwater ecology. On the university campuses and IMET in Baltimore are additional laboratory facilities for microbiology; biotechnology; water chemistry; cellular, molecular, organismal biology, and remote sensing of the environment.

External links

• MEES Graduate Program