ENVIRONMENTAL TALKS
FEATURED GUEST ENVIRONMENTAL TALKS
MEGHAN RHODE | ASSATEAGUE STATE PARK
MEGHAN RHODE has worked for over 20 years in parks. She began at Pocomoke River State Park and later as an Assateague State Park Ranger, a role she had for 13 years. She is currently the Assistant Park Manager of Assateague State Park, Maryland Park Service.
DR. MADHUMI MITRA | UNIVERSITY OF MD EASTERN SHORE
DR. MADHUMI MITRA is a tenured Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore and holds a Ph.D in Botany from North Carolina State University. Her research of seaweeds and other marine resources spans 25+ years and includes micro and macroalgae ecology; seaweeds in human health and nutrition; biomonitoring and biosorption, potential of seaweeds and seagrasses; biodiesel from algae; water quality; and reconstruction of the past environment and climate from microfossils.
DR. JUDITH STRIBLING | SALISBURY UNIVERSITY
DR. JUDITH STRIBLING is a Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Salisbury University, where she taught ecology and wetland science. She was a coordinator for the Dual Degree Program in Biology and Environmental-Marine Science with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and for the Wicomico Creekwatchers Program until 2017. Her research focuses on wetland ecology, biogeochemistry, and restoration. She’s a former President of Friends of the Nanticoke River and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, a Lower Shore Land Trust Board Member, and chairs the Wicomico County Natural Resources Conservation Advisory Committee.
PREVIOUS FESTIVAL TALKS INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS FROM THE
MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS PROGRAM AND NATIONAL AQUARIUM IN BALTIMORE
