2016-2017
*Molina J.M., Zaitchik B.F. (2016). Assimilating Non-linear Effects of Customized Large-Scale Climate Predictors on Downscaled Precipitation over the Tropical Andes. American Geophysical Union, Fall General Assembly 2016, abstract #H33C-1557 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUFM.H33C1557M
*Rasmussen SG, Casey JA, Bandeen-Roche K, Schwartz BS. (2016 June). Proximity to industrial food animal production and asthma exacerbations in Pennsylvania, 2005-2012. Poster Presentation, 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research; Miami, Florida.
*Rasmussen SG, Hirsch AG, McCormack M, Schwartz BS. (2016 September). Associations between unconventional natural gas development, respiratory symptoms, and mental health in Pennsylvania. Poster Presentation, 28th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology; 2016 September 1-4; Rome, Italy.
*Rasmussen SG, Ellis H, Koehler KA, Schwartz BS. (2016 October). Exposure assessment in unconventional natural gas and health studies. Oral presentation, Annual Conference of International Society of Exposure Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Zaitchik, BF, Nie, W, Rodell, M, Li, B. (2016 December) Closing the Loop: integrating human impacts on water resources to advanced land surface models. Poster Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting. December12-16. San Francisco, CA
Zaitchik BF, Ghatak. D, Kumar, SV, Policelli, F, Matin, M. (2016 December) Opportunities and Challenges for Hydrological Analysis in the HKH: Emerging experiences from the South Asia Land Data Assimilation System. Oral Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting. December12-16. San Francisco, CA
Zaitchik BF (2016 July) Writing a Winning Research Proposal (Invited). Oral Presentation, Biofarm Systems Workshop. July 18-21. Debre Markos, Ethiopia
*Davis, B., Jacobs, J., Zaitchik, B. Curriero, F.C. (2016 October). “Non-Euclidean distance-based Kriging, water quality monitoring, and remote sensing data to predict Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay” Poster Presentation, International Society of Exposure Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
*Davis, B., Jacobs, J., Davis, M. Curriero, F.C. (2017 January), Environmental determinants of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay. Poster Presentation, 17th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Integrating Environment and Health, Arlington, VA
2015-2016
DeLuca*, N. – (2015) Spatial and temporal variation in the isotopic composition of Ethiopian rainfall, poster presented at Geological Society of America’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD
Russell*, A. – (2015) Are the Tropical Andes Mountains a hot spot for climate change?, oral presentation at American Geological Society, Fall 2015 Meeting. Baltimore, MD
Gina*, T. – (December 2015) An Analysis of Low Probability Streamflow Outcomes in the Mid-Atlantic Region, oral presentation at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA.
Gina*, T. – (November 2015) Analysis of Low Probability Streamflow Outcomes in the Mid-Atlantic Region, oral presentation at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Gray* H. – (March 2016) Rapid Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater using a Novel Microfluidic Approach, oral presentation at the Summit on Emerging Contaminants, Westminster, CO.
Zhang, Q., Hirsch, R.M., W.P. Ball, (January 2016). Effects of Reservoir Filling on Sediment and Nutrient Removal in the Lower Susquehanna River Reservoir System: An Input-Output Analysis based on Long-Term Monitoring., (invited) oral presentation at Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) Workshop: Conowingo Infill Influence on Chesapeake Water Quality, Annapolis, MD, January 13-14.
Ball, W.P., Wainger, L., Harman, C.J., Brady, D., Ortiz-Bobea, A., Kemp, M.W., Testa, J.M., Murray, L., Wilusz,* D.C., (March 2016). Project Overview: Impacts of Climate Change on the Phenology of Linked Agriculture-Water Systems, poster presentation at the 2016 Water Sustainability and Climate NSF Investigator Meeting, March 9-11. Arlington, VA.
Zhang, Q., Ball, W.P., (2015), Non-stationary Concentration-Discharge Relationships for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment for Nine Major Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, oral presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Wilusz,* D.C., Harman, C. J., Ball, W. P. (December 2015). “Implications of an “inverse storage effect” (ISE) on the sensitivity of watershed transit times to rainfall variability at Plynlimon, Wales, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 14-18, San Francisco, CA, Abstract H21F-1434
Ball, W.P., Zhang, Q., Hirsch, R.M. (December 2015). Effects of Reservoir Filling on Sediment and Nutrient Removal in the Lower Susquehanna River Reservoir: An Input-Output Analysis Based on Long-Term Monitoring, (invited) oral presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Zhang, Q., Ball, W.P. (November 2015). Concentration-Discharge Relationships for Nutrients and Sediment in Major Tributaries to Chesapeake Bay: Typical Patterns and Non-Stationarity, poster presentation at Maryland Water Monitoring Council Annual Conference, Linthicum Heights, MD, November 13.
Zhang, Q., Ball, W.P., Moyer, D.L., (November 2015). Long-Term Export of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment in the Susquehanna River Basin: Analysis of Decadal-Scale Trends and Sub-Basin Mass Balances, oral presentation at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 1-4.
Wilusz,* D. C., Harman, C.J., Ball, W.P. (November 2015). A statistical approach to regionalizing lumped parameter transit time model parameters in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, oral presentation at the 2015 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 1-4, Baltimore, MD
Chow*, S.J., Banerji*, T., Bal1, W.P., Kosek, M. (September 2015). Bacteriologic Assessment of a Locally Derived Dry Toilet System: A Case Study in Iquitos, Peru, oral presentation at the WEFTEC® 2015 Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference of the Water Environment Federation, September 28-30, Chicago, IL.
Ball, W.P., Zhang, Q., Brady, D.C. Boynton, W.R. (June 2015). Long-term Trends of Nutrients and Sediment from the Non-tidal Chesapeake Watershed: An Assessment of Progress by River and Season, oral presentation at Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)Annual Conference, New Heaven, CT, June 13-16.
Wilusz,* D.C., Harman, C.J., Ball, W.P., (June 2015). Exploring the Influence of Climate Variability on Transit Times in a Small Temperate Watershed at Plynlimon, Wales, from 1983-2008, oral presentation at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2015 Conference, June 13-16, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Waugh, D.W. (July 2015), Drivers of the recent tropical expansion in the Southern Hemisphere: Changing SSTs or ozone depletion?, oral presentation at the Chapman Conference on Width of the Tropics, Santa Fe, NM – 27-30 July.
Waugh, D.W. (October 2015), Tropospheric transit time distributions and path-dependent lifetimes: Observations and Models, poster presentation at the CCMI meeting, Frascati, Italy, 5-11 October.
Waugh, D.W. (December 2015), Tropospheric transit time distributions, oral presentation at the AGU Fall 2015 meeting, San Francisco, CA 14-18 December.
Waugh, D.W. (January 2016), Indoor Heat Exposure: Links to weather and house characteristics, oral presentation at the AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Waugh, D.W. (February 2016), Variability in ocean ventilation from three decades of transient tracer measurements, oral presentation at the AGU Ocean Sciences, New Orleans, LA
Scott, A. (January 2016) Hot in Baltimore: Linking Urban Form and Temperature, oral presentation at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, New Orleans. LA
Scott*, A. (December 2015) Hot in Baltimore: Linking Urban Form and Temperature, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Scott,* A. (December 2015), Hot weather, heatwaves, and the Urban Heat Island, oral presentation at the University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Scott*, A. (August 2015), Characterizing the Baltimore Urban Heat Island, oral presentation at the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Repeated Hazards (Hazard SEES), Washington, DC.
Scott*, A. (September 2015), How hot is it in Wilcox County?, oral presentation at the Blackbelt Institute, Camden, AL.
Jordan*, A. (December 2015) Climate Response to Dust Aerosol Forcing Over the Western Sahel, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union conference San Francisco, CA
Ambikapathi*, R. (April 2015) Mixed method approach to characterize longitudinal food insecurity and coping strategies in the Peruvian Amazon, oral presentation at the American Society of Nutrition, Boston. Mass.
Kosek, M. (October 2015) Tryptophan and the kynurenine tryptophan ratio are associated with growth failure and oral vaccine underperformance, oral presentation at the International Atomic Energy Agency (UN): Technical Meetings on Environmental Enteropathy and Dysfunction. Nutritional Health-related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Application. Vienna, Austria
Zaitchik, B.F. (December 2015), Towards actionable vector-borne and waterborne disease forecasts” (Invited) oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. December 14-18. San Francisco, CA
Zaitchik, B.F., Berhane, F., Gnanadesikan, A. (December 2015). An MJO-Mediated Mechanism to Explain ENSO and IOD Impacts on East African Short Rains, oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. December 14-18. San Francisco, CA
Zaitchik, B.F., (November 2015) Climate data for arbovirus monitoring and prediction (Invited) oral presentation at the NIH – Fiocruz Arbovirus Seminar: Global Health Challenges and Collaborative Opportunities in Arbovirus Research. November 30 – December 3. Manaus, Brazil
Zaitchik, B.F., (October 2015) Understanding and misunderstanding of hydroclimate in the Nile basin. (Invited) oral presentation at the Stonybrook University. Stoney Brook, NY.
Zaitchik, B.F., (November 2015). Understanding and misunderstanding of hydroclimate in the Nile basin. (Invited) oral presentation at the George Mason University. Fair Fax, VA.
Zaitchik, B.F., (July 2015) Opportunities in Climate and Health Modeling. (Invited) oral presentation at the NCAR/CDC Workshop on Climate and Health. July 13-16. Boulder, CO
Shortridge*, J. (December 2015) Identifying and addressing infrastructure vulnerabilities under climate in data-scarce regions: the role of conservation, oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Shortridge*, J. (December 2015), Non-linear regression and machine learning for streamflow prediction and climate change impact analysis, oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Shortridge*, J. (December 2015), Robust climate change adaptation under deep uncertainty: incorporating multiple criteria, oral presentation at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA.
Shortridge*, J. (June 2015), Multi-criteria decision support within the Robust Decision Making framework with an application to climate change adaptation in Lake Tana, Ethiopia, oral presentation at the Universities Council on Water Resources Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV,
2014-2015
*Molina, J.M., Zaitchik, B. (2014, July): Improving on the use of large-scale climate information for statistically-based local climate projections. Oral presentation. International Center for Tropical agriculture (CIAT) – Colombia. http://www.slideshare.net/CIAT/improving-on-the-use-of-largescale-climate-information-for-statisticallybased-local-climate-projections
*Molina, J.M.; (2014, July). Uso de Neblina en Adaptacion Bottom-Up. Oral presentation. International Center for Tropical agriculture (CIAT) – Colombia.
*Molina, J.M.; (2014, July). Modelación Hidrológica de Corrientes Superficiales usando Enfoques de Desagregación y Simulación Estocástica. Oral presentation. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira – Colombia.
*Molina, J.M., Zaitchik, B.; (2014, August). GCMs and Local Climate Projections under Climate Change Scenarios. Oral presentation. Addis Ababa – Ethiopia
*Venable, K. , Morris, V. (2015, January). Characterizing Aerosol Impacts on the Distribution of Water in the Tropospheric Column During the Monsoon Season in the Philippines. Oral presentation. 7th Symposium on Aerosol – Cloud – Climate Interactions. Phoenix, Arizona.
*Venable, K., Morris, V., (2014, October). The relevancy relevance to providing interdisciplinary research in Water, Climate, and Health (WCH) disciplines for underprivileged communities in Ethiopia. Oral Presentation. NOAA 7th Education and Science Forum. University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
*Venable, K., Morris, V. (2015, March). Proposal defense on Characterizing Aerosol Impacts on the Distribution of Water in the Tropospheric Column During the Monsoon Season in the Philippines. Oral Presentation. Howard University Program in Atmospheric Science.
2013 – 2014
*Molina, J. (2014, March). Improving on the use of large-scale climate information for statistically-based local climate projections. Oral presentation. Journal Club, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland
*Molina, J. (2013, June). Projections of Precipitation Scenarios at the Local Scale Using Statistical Downscaling: Two cases in Unites States and Africa. Oral presentation. 5th Annual Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Days – Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland.
*Molina, J. (2013, December). Precipitation prediction in North Africa based on statistical downscaling. Poster Presentation. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting. San Francisco, California. (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFMGC23B0922M).
*Molina, J., (2013, November). Climate Change and Downscaling of Future Coarse Projections at the Local Scale. Oral presentation. IGERT External Knowledge Review Board –Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland
*Russell, A. M., (2013, December). Understanding multidecadal variability in ENSO amplitude. Oral Presentation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2013 – San Francisco, CA.
*Shortridge, J. (2013, December). Public Health and Pipe Breaks in Water Distribution Systems Analysis with Internet Volume as a Proxy. Oral Presentation. Society of Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland.
*Wilusz, D., Ball, W., (2014, May).Simulating Effects of Intra-Monthly Rainfall Variability on Water Quality under a Changing Climate: A Case Study in the Patuxent Watershed. Poster accepted for the 2014 Chesapeake Modeling Symposium, Annapolis, MD.
*Wilusz, D., Anderson, M., Hain, C., Yilmaz, M., Zaitchik, B. (2014, June). Towards Continuous, Remote Estimates of Flooded Area in the Sudd Wetland. Poster accepted for the 2014 Annual UCOWR-NIWR-CUAHSI Conference, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
*Wilusz, D., Prosser, E., Berger, J., Desai, P., Goel, A., Marble, E., Mullen, A., Normile, H., Spellissy, R., Zheng, J., Ball, W. (2013, April). Sustainable Irrigation in South Africa: Optimizing Design and Maintenance of the Alock Ram Pump System. Poster Presentation,, at the National Sustainable Design Expo, Washington, DC.
*Tonn, G. (2013, December). Hurricane Isaac Power Outage Analysis. Oral Presentation. Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) 2013 Annual Meeting.
*Ambikapathi R. (2014, April). High-resolution longitudinal analysis to evaluate the timing, duration and dynamics of exclusive breastfeeding in the Peruvian Amazon. Oral Presentation. Experimental Biology. San Diego, California.
*Wilusz, D., Ball W., (2014, May). Simulating Effects of Intra-Monthly Rainfall Variability on Water Quality under a Changing Climate: A Case Study in the Patuxent Watershed. Poster accepted for the 2014 Chesapeake Modelling Symposium, Annapolis, MD.
*Wilusz, D., Anderson, M., Hain, C., Yilmaz, M., Zaitchik, B. (2014, June). Towards Continuous, Remote Estimates of Flooded Area in the Sudan Wetland. Poster accepted for the 2014 Annual UCOWR-NIWR-CUAHSI Conference, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
*Wilusz, D., Prosser, E., Berger, J., Desai, P., Goel, A., Marble, E., Mullen, A., Normile, H., Spellissy, R., Zheng, J., Ball, W. (2014, April). Sustainable Irrigation in South Africa: Optimizing Design and Maintenance of the Alock Ram Pump System. Poster Presentation at the National Sustainable Design Expo, Washington, DC.
*Wilusz, D. (2014, April). Simulating the Terrestrial Effects of Climate Change on Chesapeake Bay Water Quality: Challenges and Opportunities. Oral Presentation. Johns Hopkins University Thursday Environmental Engineering and Chemistry Series, Baltimore, MD.
*Wilusz, D. (2013, July). Modelling the Terrestrial Effects of Climate Change on Nutrient Loading to the Chesapeake Bay. Oral Presentation. Chesapeake Bay Program Modelling Quarterly Review, Annapolis, MD.
Zhang, Q., Ball, W. (2013, November). Long-term Seasonal Trends of Nutrients and Sediment from the Non-tidal Chesapeake Bay Watershed: An Assessment of Progress in Loading Reduction. Oral presentation. 2013 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference, Portland, OR, Nov. 4-7,
MacDonald, L.A.S., Ball, W., Schoenberger, E. (2013, October). Household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana: Challenges and policy implications. Oral Presentation, 2013 Water and Health Conference, Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 14-18,
Zhang, Q., Brady, D.C., Ball, W.P. (2013, July). Application of a USGS Statistical Tool (WRTDS) toward Assessing Watershed Management and Reservoir Function in the Susquehanna River Basin. Poster Presentation. 2013 AEESP Education and Research Conference (“Environmental Engineers and Scientists of 2050: Education, Research, and Practice”), Colorado School of Mines, July 14-16
MacDonald, L.A.S., Ball, W.P., Schoenberger E. (2013, July). Household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana: Challenges and policy implications. Oral Presentation. 2013 AEESP Education and Research Conference (“Environmental Engineers and Scientists of 2050: Education, Research, and Practice”), Colorado School of Mines, July 14-16
Yang, J., Bitter, J.L., Smith, B.A., Fairbrother, D.H. Ball, W.P. (2013, June). Transport of Oxidized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Porous Media. Oral Presentation.2nd Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology, Stowe, VT. June 2-7.
*Moina, J.M., Zaitchik, B. (2013, December). Precipitation Prediction in North Africa Based on Statistical Downscaling. In American Geophysical Union. Paper Presentation. Abstract #GC23B-0922. SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
*Kelley, C. (2014, September). An Affordable Open-Source Turbidimeter, accepted for publication in the journal Sensors “Low-Cost Turbidimetry for Rural Water Development Monitoring”, Oral presentation. Accepted for presentation at the upcoming 2014 International Water Association World Congress. 9/21/14 – 9/26/14