Margaret Palmer

Margaret Palmer

Entomology

Professor and Director, UMCES, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Contact

Email: mpalmer@umd.edu
Office Phone: 301-405-3795
Fax: 301-314-9290
Office Address: Department of Entomology * 4112 Plant Sciences Building * University of Maryland * College Park, MD 20742-4454
URL: http://www.palmerlab.umd.edu

Teaching

  • Fall 2002-03, BEES 608T, “Topics in Theoretical Ecology,” (14 students)
  • Fall 2004-05, ENT608, “Advanced Topics in Stream Ecology,” (~10 students)
  • Spring 2002-03, BEES 608T, “Topics in Theoretical Ecology,” (14 students)
  • Spring 2002-03, BSCI 375, Oceanography, (~45 students)
  • Spring 2003-04, BSCI 103, “Non-majors Biology,” (with M. Raupp) (>300 students)
  • Spring 2004-05, BSCI 103, “Non-majors Biology,” (with M. Raupp) (>300 students)
  • Spring 2005-06, MEES 608P, Graduate seminar: “Ecology of a Shrinking Planet,” (14 students)
  • Spring 2006-07 (scheduled), ENT 633, “Stream Ecosystems Science,” (with W. Lamp)
  • Summer 2005-06, MEES 698S, “Fundamentals of Stream Restoration,” (22 students)
  • Summer 2006-07 (scheduled), MEES 698S, "Fundamentals of Stream Restoration,” (22 students)

Graduate Program Affiliations

  • BISI - Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics (BEES)

Research Interests

Stream Community and Ecosystem Ecology; Restoration Ecology

The broad objective of Dr. Palmer's research is to understand what controls stream ecosystem structure and function. She specifically focuses on restoration ecology and how land use, hydrology and geomorphology influence the health of running-water ecosystems.

Awards

  • 1977Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1973-77 Academic Scholarships from Emory University & the Sirrine Foundation
  • 1976Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Student Fellowship
  • 1979-81Slocum Lunz Doctoral Fellowship, Belle W. Baruch Predoctoral Fellowship
  • 1983Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research in the Natural Sciences
  • 1983Byron K. Trippet Research Award
  • 1986McLain-McTurnan Research Scholar
  • 1990Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Invited Visiting Scholar
  • 1990-91Lilly Fellow
  • 1993-94Distinguished Scholar Teacher, University of Maryland
  • 1994British Ecological Society Visiting Scholar
  • 2001Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow
  • 2002AAAS Fellow
  • 2006Distinguished Ecologist citation, Colorado State University
  • 2006Ecological Society of America, Distinguished Service Award

Education

  • 1979, 1983: M.S., Ph.D. Coastal Oceanography, University of South Carolina
  • 1977: B.S. Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Emory University