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. 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.^[1]

Today, CBL has 28 faculty members, 7 visiting PhD-level scientists, 22 students, 29 research technicians and 33 staff.^[2] The CBL campus includes 21 buildings, that include purpose built research facilities with running sea water and environmentally-controlled chambers. The lab also has a diverse array of instrumentation that allow its scientists to make measurements of biogeochemical constituents.

Directors

• Reginald Truitt (1925-1954)

• Eugene Cronin (1955-1976)

• Joe Cooney (1976-1984)

• Kenneth Tenore (1984-2005)

• Margaret Palmer (2005-2011)

• Thomas Miller (2011 – present)

Notable faculty

Robert Ulanowicz

External links

• Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
• University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

References

Coordinates: 38°19′7″N 76°27′15″W / 38.31861°N 76.45417°W / 38.31861; -76.45417