Part-Time Instructor
BS – Biology, Salisbury University
BS – Environmental Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
MS – Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science, University of Maryland College Park
Part time Faculty
Wor-Wic Community College, 2014-present
Teacher
Worcester Technical High School, 2013-present James M. Bennett High School, 2011-2013
Salisbury Middle School, 2006-2011
Senior Faculty Research Assistant, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 1997 – 2006
Koch, E. and W. Severn. 2005. A survey of the submerged aquatic vegetation in and around Dickinson Bay. Report to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Koch, E. and W. Severn. 2004. Causes for the decline of seagrasses adjacent to Tangier Island, VA: Can a breakwater be beneficial? Report to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, VA.
Murray, L., R.B. Sturgis, R. Bartleson, W. Severn and W. M. Kemp. 1999. Scaling submersed plant community responses to experimental nutrient enrichment. In Subtropical and Tropical Seagrass Management Ecology, S. A. Bortone (editor). CRC Press
Murray, L., B. Sturgis, R. Bartleson, W. Severn. 1997. “Scaling response of SAV community to nutrient loading: Effects of Trophic Complexity. In. Scale-Dependent Relations Governing Extrapolation from Mesocosm to Nature in Coastal Ecosystems. V.S. Kennedy (ed). Report to U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C.
Severn, W. and L. Murray. 1997. Physiological and morphological response of Potamogeton perfoliatus across scales of depth, nutrient loading and trophic complexity under mesocosm conditions. American Institute of Biological Sciences. Montreal, Canada. (talk).
Severn, W., L. Murray and R.B. Sturgis. 1997. Physiological and morphological response of Potamogeton perfoliatus across scales of depth, nutrient loading and trophic complexity: Ecological implications. Estuarine Research Federation. Providence, RI. (talk).
