Facilities
Headquartered on the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, SERC sits just 25 miles from Washington, DC. Its 2,650-acre campus spans forests, wetlands, marshes, and 16 miles of protected shoreline along the Rhode River. The site serves as a natural laboratory for long-term and cutting-edge ecological research.
Living Facilities
For most interns, on-site dormitory housing is available free of charge. View the photos below to learn more about our on-campus living facilities.
The Green Village Dormitory houses most SERC interns.
The Schmidt Center is a smaller building—part dorm, part conference center.
Interns can relax after a hard day of work in the lounge.
Interns have access to full kitchens.
Dorm rooms are either single or double occupancy, and come with a dresser, desk, and twin-sized bed.
Research Facilities
SERC offers a variety of research facilities. The central Charles McC. Mathias Laboratory building is a 92,000 square foot LEED-Platinum facility with on-site solar energy production, geothermal heating and cooling, a water reclamation system, and stormwater management wetlands. Explore the pictures below to view the lab and a few other on-campus field sites.
The Charles Mathias laboratory is a LEED platinum facility where most intern research projects take place.
All lab spaces are organized by research topic.
Our Global Change Research Wetland (GCREW) is one example of a field site located on our 2,650 acre campus.
The Reed Education Center is where visitors and groups participate in activities run by our environmental education staff and interns.
Interns will work alongside scientists, some of them on boats in the Rhode River and the Chesapeake Bay!
