Dr. Scott Knoche

Dr. Scott Knoche is the Director of the Morgan State University Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL). As the Director of PEARL, Dr. Knoche oversees a talented staff committed to furthering environmental education and research at Morgan State. PEARL environmental research is diverse across disciplines, with four major focus areas consisting of aquaculture, coastal ecology, biogeochemistry, and environmental economics. The unifying thread across these research areas is the emphasis on applied, management-relevant research for the benefit of societies and economies. Along with serving as PEARL Director, Dr. Knoche leads PEARL’s environmental economics research program, which applies survey-based approaches to examine the economic implications of natural resource management decisions.