Organization:Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) 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.[1] It was founded in 1925 in a small waterman's shack by Dr. Reginald V. Truitt and is part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.[2]
As of 2013, CBL had 28 faculty members, 7 visiting PhD-level scientists, 22 students, 29 research technicians and 33 staff.[3]; total employment by 2021 was 128, and the lab was the 20th largest employer in Calvert County [4] The CBL campus includes 21 buildings, which include purpose built research facilities with running sea water and environmentally-controlled chambers.[5] The Nutrient Analytical Services Laboratory is a key service lab that provides chemical analysis for samples from across the United States.[6] The lab has other diverse instrumentation that allow its scientists to make measurements of biogeochemical constituents. One example is a stable isotope mass spectrometer,[7] located in the Bernie Fowler Laboratory, which is named for a local politician, Bernie Fowler, who advocated for cleaning up Chesapeake Bay. Local research is supported by the research vessel RV Rachel Carson (2008), which is home ported at CBL.
Directors
- Reginald Truitt (1925–1954)
- Eugene Cronin (1955–1976)
- Joe Cooney (1976–1984)
- Kenneth Tenore (1984–2005)
- Margaret Palmer (2005–2011)
- Thomas Miller (2011–2023)
- Carys Mitchelmore (2023–)
Notable faculty
Margaret A. Palmer
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
References
- ↑ "Marine lab history". https://mlml.sjsu.edu/2016/05/20/the-others-that-turned-50/. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "UMCES web site". http://www.umces.edu. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "CBL web site". http://www.umces.edu/cbl. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Calvert County web site". https://www.ecalvert.com/180/Major-Employers. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "CBL web site". https://www.umces.edu/cbl/facilities. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ "CBL web site". https://www.umces.edu/nutrient-analytical-services-laboratory. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ "CBL web site". https://sites.google.com/umces.edu/stable-isotopes-lab-at-cbl/home. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
External links
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
- Reginald Truitt papers at the University of Maryland Libraries
[ ⚑ ] 38°19′7″N 76°27′15″W / 38.31861°N 76.45417°W
 |  |
