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Media and Outreach Dr. Kaushal’s research is related to the effects of land use
change, climate change, and ecosystem restoration on the quality of fresh water
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He and his students are actively involved in pursuing scientific outreach with K-12 students in Maryland public and
private schools, teachers through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Experience for
Teachers (RET) program, undergraduate students through National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, and the general public through the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Ecosystem
Study Long-term Ecological Research site, and the Baltimore Eco Festival. More recent work will be with students
in the Ecological Society of America’s Strategies for Ecology Education, Development, and Sustainability program
and introducing undergraduate minority students to research in urban ecology and linking land use change to coastal
water quality in workshops at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) site and
U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay program.
Dr. Kaushal’s lab also actively collaborates and works together with the Baltimore City
Department of Public Works and Baltimore County Department of Environmental
Protection Regulation and Management in ecosystem scale projects related to land
use change, restoration, and drinking water quality. He has served as a panelist
and participant in workshops of the Chesapeake Bay Scientific and Advisory
Committee (STAC) regarding evaluating effects of stream restoration on nutrient
and sediment reductions and on determining methods to estimate the bioavailability
of organic nitrogen in wastewater effluents within coastal waters.