Dr. Osgood received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from University of Virginia. His research has focused on natural marsh development on Mid-Atlantic and SE US barrier islands with an emphasis on hydrology, nutrient dynamics, and their influence on the developing plant community. His background also includes study of Phragmites and other non-native plant species and their impact on the marsh ecosystem. More recently, he has conducted research on the restoration of headwater streams and floodplain wetlands of coastal watersheds of the Mid-Atlantic US. He travels regularly throughout Latin America where he teaches and conducts research into conservation of natural resources in a cultural context. He serves as director of the environmental science program and teaches classes on issues in environmental science, principles of ecology, wetlands ecology, watershed hydrology, and Latin America and the environment.

• Wetland restoration
• Watershed hydrology and ecology
• Invasive plants
• Tropical ecology
• Latin American studies

Publications

• Goldsmith, S., Lapszynski C., Badura G., Osgood, D., Bachmann, C., and Tyler, A. 2020. Assessing Salt Marsh
  Vulnerability using High-Resolution Hyperspectral Imagery. Remote Sensing 12: 2938-2959.
• Rehman, E. Goldsmith, S., Bachmann, C. Tyler, A., Lapszyzski, C., Badura, G., Osgood, D., and Brett, R. 2019. Retrieval of salt marsh above-ground biomass from high spatial resolution, multi-view hyperspectral imagery using PROSAIL. Remote Sensing 11: 1385-1403.  (note: Brett, R. is an Albright student, class of 2020)
• Yozzo, D.J. and Osgood, D.T. 2013. Invertebrate communities in low-salinity wetlands; Overview and comparison between Phragmites and Typha marshes within the Hudson River Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 36: 575-584. (invited paper)
• Thompson, B. and Osgood, D.T.. 2011. Community management, self interest, and environmental preservation in the Amazon. Interdisciplinary Environmental Review 12(2): 128-145.
• Osgood, D.T., Rice, K. and Morris, L. 2009. How can an interdisciplinary research program be managed effectively? CUR Quarterly 30(2): 16-20. Council on Undergraduate Research. Washington, D.C.
• Osgood, D.T. and Silliman, B.R.. 2009. From climate change to snails: potential causes of salt marsh die-back along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coasts. pp. 231-251. In Anthropogenic Impacts in North American Salt Marshes. Bertness, M. and Silliman B. (eds.). University of California Press.
• Gilliams, T., Morris, L., Woodward, K., Rice, K., and Osgood, D. Models and Assessment of Collaborative Research in the Arts and Humanities. CUR Quarterly 29(1): 34-37. Council on Undergraduate Research. Washington, D.C.
• Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., Chambers, R.M., Pianka, S., Lewis, J., and LePage, C. 2006. Patterns of habitat utilization by resident nekton in Phragmites and Typha marshes of the Hudson River Estuary, New York. American Fisheries Society Symposium 51: 151-173. (invited paper)
• Osgood, D.T., Yozzo, D.J., Chambers, R.M., Jacobsen, D. Hoffman, T. and Wnek, J. 2003. Tidal Hydrology and habitat utilization by resident nekton in Phragmites and non-Phragmites marshes. Estuaries 26(2B): 523-534. (invited paper)
• Chambers, R.M., Osgood, D.T., Bart, D., and Montalto, F. 2003. Phragmites invasion and expansion in tidal wetlands: Interactions among salinity, sulfide and hydrology. Estuaries. 26(2B): 398-406. (invited paper)
• Harms, L., Salak, E., and Osgood, D.T. 2003. Effects of Phragmites australis on the early life history stages of Fundulus heteroclitus at Iona Island Marsh, Hudson River, New York. Section IV: 35 pp. In J.R. Waldman & W.C. Nieder (eds.), Final Reports of the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program, 2002. Hudson River Foundation.
• Chambers, R.M., Osgood, D.T., and Kalapasev, N. 2002. Hydrologic and chemical control of Phragmites growth in tidal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 239: 83-91.
• Hanson, S., Osgood, D.T., and Yozzo, D.J. 2002. Utilization of Phragmites australis habitat by marsh-resident nekton at Piermont Marsh in the lower Hudson River Estuary. Wetlands 22: 326-337.
• Osgood, D.T. 2000. Subsurface hydrology and nutrient export from barrier island marshes at different tidal ranges.Wetlands Ecology and Management 8: 133-146.

Recent Student Research Collaborations

• Kulp, N., “Timber management impacts on long-term forest vegetation recovery in a State Park”
• Griffith, N. and Mech, S., “Effects of deer grazing on forest understory development in a managed park”
• Brett, R., “Saltmarsh development processes and remote sensing on the Virginia Barrier Islands”
• Metz, R., Gwathmey, L., Minnig, P., and Mech, S., “Invasive species recruitment and biodiversity associated with recovery after select timbering and clear-cut”
• Kimmel, K., “Testing the efficacy of restored floodplains”
• Kile, D., “Assessment of natural stream restorations using GIS in the Delaware Bay Watershed”
• Schell, T., “Sedimentation rates in a restored floodplain wetland”
• Myers, K., “Using Biotic Integrity to Assess the Health of a Stream Prior to Restoration”
• Odonohue, M., “Creation of a Water Quality Baseline for a Stream Restoration on Angelica Creek”
• Moyer, M., “The Distribution of Invasive Plants in a Newly Developing Wetland”
• Long, M., “Habitat assessment for Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle) after wetland vegetation restoration”
• Koch, G., “Quantifying nutrient input into an agricultural wetland”
• Harms, L., “Causal factors of reduced reproduction by marsh resident nekton within Phragmites in a Hudson River marsh”
• Long, M., “Assessment of Bog Turtle habitat potential in the Lobachsville wetland”
• Salak, E., “Reproductive success of marsh-resident nekton in Phragmites australis-dominated marshes”

BIO 211: Principles of Ecology

BIO 312: Wetlands Ecology

BIO 315: Watershed Hydrology & Water Resources

BIO 318: Marine & Aquatic Ecology

ESS 101: Introduction to Environmental Issues

ESS 260: Environmental Issues of Latin America & the Caribbean

ESS 298/BIO102: Field study courses in Ecuador and Peru

ESS 400: Environmental Capstone Seminar