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Lisa Wainger
PeerJ Author
440 Points

Contributions by role

Author 405
Preprint Author 35

Contributions by subject area

Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Natural Resource Management
Conservation Biology
Science and Medical Education
Science Policy
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Environmental Sciences
Marine Biology
Microbiology

Lisa A Wainger

PeerJ Author

Summary

Dr. Wainger is a research professor of environmental economics at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. She has over 20 years of experience in integrating ecological and economic analysis tools to evaluate costs, benefits and risks of environmental policies. Her expertise includes nutrient (water quality) trading, wetland mitigation, measurement of ecosystem services, and cost-effective multi-objective policy design. She is recent past chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program and serves on several advisory committees to governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Ecology Ecosystem Science Environmental Sciences Natural Resource Management Science Policy Spatial & Geographic Information Science

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Maryland

Work details

Research Professor

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
February 2006
Chesapeake Biological Lab
Environmental economics and integrated ecological and economic modeling for applied policy analysis

Websites

  • Researchgate

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Preprints 1
August 31, 2021
Exploring private land conservation non-adopters’ attendance at outreach events in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA
Daniel J. Read, Alexandra Carroll, Lisa A. Wainger
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11959 PubMed 34540362
May 23, 2018
Evidence-based economic analysis demonstrates that ecosystem service benefits of water hyacinth management greatly exceed research and control costs
Lisa A. Wainger, Nathan E. Harms, Cedric Magen, Dong Liang, Genevieve M. Nesslage, Anna M. McMurray, Al F. Cofrancesco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4824 PubMed 29844976
November 22, 2016
Pathogen reduction co-benefits of nutrient best management practices
Jennifer Richkus, Lisa A. Wainger, Mary C. Barber
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2713 PubMed 27904807
March 5, 2018 - Version: 1
Evidence-based economic analysis demonstrates that ecosystem service benefits of water hyacinth management greatly exceed research and control costs
Lisa A Wainger, Nathan E Harms, Cedric Magen, Dong Liang, Genevieve M Nesslage, Anna M McMurray, Al F Cofrancesco
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26617v1