Session Convener

• Lead convener, session “Advancing Chesapeake Bay Water-quality Science and Management: II. Novel analysis and scientific communication approaches to inform management” at Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, Annapolis, MD, June 1-3, 2026.

• Co-convener, session “Water Quality and Watersheds: From Scientific Innovations to Actions” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 15-19, 2025.

• Co-convener, session “Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Management” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 15-19, 2025.

• Lead convener, session “Water-quality patterns and trends II: Novel analysis and communication approaches” at Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Biennial Conference, Richmond, VA, November 9-13, 2025.

• Lead convener, session “Water-quality patterns and trends I: Innovative monitoring techniques” at Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Biennial Conference, Richmond, VA, November 9-13, 2025.

• Lead convener, session “Water quality patterns, trends, and drivers along land-river-estuary continuums: insights gained from large-scale monitoring and geospatial datasets” at Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, May 18-22, 202.

• Lead convener, session “From the Mountains to the Estuary: Water Quality Patterns, Trends, and Drivers in the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 9-13, 202.

• Co-convener, session “Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Management” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 9-13, 2024.

• Co-convener, session “Advances and contemporary issues in water quality modelling” at International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, East Lansing, MI, June 23-27, 2024.

• Lead convener, session “Water-quality patterns and trends in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed: II. Novel analysis and scientific communication approaches to inform management” at Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, Annapolis, MD, June 10-12, 2024.

• Co-convener, session “Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Management” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15, 2023.

• Lead convener, session “Developing new insights from environmental data through innovative analysis approaches” at Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Biennial Conference, Portland, OR, November 12-16, 2023.

• Co-convener, session “Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Management” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, December 12-16, 2022.

• Lead convener, session “Water-quality patterns and trends in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed: Integrated monitoring, modeling, and science communication approaches to advance science and inform management” at Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, Annapolis, MD, June 6-8, 2022.

• Lead convener, “Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Management” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, virtual conference, December 13-17, 2021.

• Lead convener, “Developing new insights from environmental data through innovative analysis approaches” at Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Biennial Conference, virtual conference, November 1-11, 2021.

• Co-convener, “Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Resources Management” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, virtual conference, December 1-17, 2020.

• Lead convener, “Water-quality patterns and trends in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed: Integrated monitoring and modeling approaches to advance science and inform management” at Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, virtual conference, June 8-10, 2020.

• Co-convener, “Linking Social and Ecological Needs to Build Floodplain Resilience” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2019.

• Lead convener, “Innovative approaches for estuarine/watershed data analysis, mining, and visualization” at Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Biennial Conference, Mobile, AL, November 3-7, 2019

• Co-convener, “Aquatic Ecosystem Responses to Human Disturbances and Management: A Comparative Discussion of Inland and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Contributing Watersheds” at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14, 2018.

• Co-convener, “Modeling and Assessment of Complex Watershed-River-Estuary Systems: Chesapeake Bay as a Case Study of Ecosystem Restoration and Management” at American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 4-8, 2018.

• Co-convener, “Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Standards Criteria Assessment for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity, and Chlorophyll-a: Method Development and Implementation for Ecosystem Management” at American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 4-8, 2018.

• Co-convener, “Explaining conditions and trends: Integrated monitoring and modeling approaches to describe water-quality change in the watershed and estuary” at Chesapeake Research and Modeling Symposium, Annapolis, MD, June 12-14, 2018.

Invited Panels & Moderation

• Panel Moderator, Chesapeake Community Research Symposium (ChesCRS) Panel on “Big Data to Better Decisions: Leveraging AI and Machine Learning for Chesapeake Bay Research and Management,” 2026

• Invited Panelist, Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) Topical Meeting on “AI and Machine Learning for Chesapeake Bay Science and Management: Opportunities, Constraints, and Next Steps,” 2026

• Invited Panelist, bAI Civil AI Mixer, 2026

• Invited Panelist, Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) Roundtable on “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Advance Chesapeake Bay Research and Management,” 2026

Editorial and Professional Service

• Scientific Program Committee Co-Chair, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) 2027 Biennial Conference (URL)

• Associate Editor, AGU Earth's Future (URL)

• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology and Journal of Hydrology X (URL)

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Water (Environmental Water Quality) (URL)

• Review Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science (Freshwater Science) (URL)

• Member, Advisory Panel, Environmental Research Letters (URL)

• Member, Topical Advisory Panel Member & Reviewer Board, Water (URL)

• Member, Water Quality Technical Committee, AGU Hydrology Section (URL)

• Member, Outstanding Student Presentation Award Committee, AGU Hydrology Section (URL)

• Member, Maryland Sea Grant Academic Advisory Board 

• Member, California Sea Grant Biophysical Science Panel

Reviewer

• Water Research

• Water Research X

• Environmental Science & Technology

• Earth-Science Reviews

• Earth’s Future

• Environmental Research Letters

• Geophysical Research Letters

• Water Resources Research

• Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

• Science of the Total Environment

• Journal of Hazardous Materials

• Journal of Environmental Management

• Journal of Water Process Engineering

• Journal of Hydrology 

• Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

• ACS Environmental Au

• Scientific Reports

• Ecological Indicators

• Environmental Modelling and Software

• Limnology and Oceanography Letters

• Journal of Environmental Quality

• ​Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans 

• Hydrological Processes

• Climate Change

• Atmospheric Environment

• Progress in Oceanography

• Frontiers in Marine Science

• Frontiers in Environmental Science

• Ecosphere

• Biogeosciences

• iScience

• Marine Environmental Research

• Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

• Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

• Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 

• Continental Shelf Research

• Hydrological Sciences Journal

• Agricultural Water Management

• Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

• Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

• Journal of Great Lakes Research

• JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association

• Environmental Science and Pollution Research

• Air, Soil and Water Research

• Statistics and Computing

• Water (MDPI)

• Geosciences (MDPI)

• Land (MDPI)

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)

• Journal of Hydro-environment Research

• U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report

• International Conference on Water Resource and Environment

• * National Science Foundation

• * Maryland Sea Grant

• * Georgia Sea Grant

• * California Sea Grant

Member

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)

• European Geosciences Union (EGU)

• Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF)

• Society for Freshwater Science (SFS)

• International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)

• Geological Society of America (GSA)

• American Water Resources Association (AWRA)

• American Water Works Association (AWWA)

• American Chemical Society (ACS)

• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)

• Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES)

• Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)

• International Association of Chinese Youth in Water Sciences (CYWater)