Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, Associate Professor
Research Interests: Urban ecology, green infrastructure, biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, social-ecological systems
Current Lab Members
Graduate Students
Qianyao Si, PhD Candidate, Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland. My research interests are toward evaluation the functions of GI and SCMs, such as contaminant removal and runoff reduction, and their impacts on the natural water bodies over time and space in urban settings.
Lab Alumni
Emily Keener, MS, Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Emily is a Soil scientist with the US EPA in Chicago, IL
Hannah Boone, MS, Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Hannah is a Research and Outreach Specialist with MDB, INC.
Thesis: Evaluating the effectiveness and uptake of riparian buffer restoration practices
Emma Giese, MS, Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Emma is a Water Resources Engineer with GEI Consultants, Ann Arbor, MI
Darin Kopp, PhD candidate in Watershed Management and Ecohydrology, currently graduate student at ASU
Angela Knerl – MS in Watershed Management and Ecohydrology – Thesis: Conceptual modeling and quantification of green infrastructure in drylands for the improvement and design of ecosystem services– currently research technician with US-EPA
Moira Hough – MS in Watershed Management & Ecohydrology – Thesis: Tracing environmental change from plant traits to social-ecological systems on the San Pedro River – currently PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
David Chan – MS in Watershed Management and Ecohydrology – Thesis: Using ecosystem services to understand the impact of land cover change: a case study of the upper San Pedro watershed – currently GIS technician for
Kentucky DEQ
Former Undergraduate Researchers
Jenni Hedin, UMD Capstone Student
Taylor Brinks, UMD Capstone Student
Robert Wilbur, UMD Capstone Student
Devin Bracey, Summer Research Opportunities Program Fellow from Lincoln University
Willford Briggs, Undergraduate Research Intern from Alabama A&M
Chelsea Stern, REU from SUNY-ESF
Rafael Chávez, REU from Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
Ben Bossler, Honors Students from University of Arizona
Catie DeMets, REU from Lawrence University
Sophia Liu, REU from Wellesley College
Melissa McKinley, REU from Northern Arizona University
Sara Kovachich, REU from University of Florida
Genna Gallas, Honors Student from University of Arizona
Christine Sookhdeo, REU from RIder University