MS Thesis Proposal: Michael Galli
104 Murray Hall, UMaine 5751 Murray Hall, OronoTitle: Understanding the Effectiveness of Tick Control Measures on Maine Properties Location: 104 Murray Hall Date: May 6 Time: 10AM Advisor: Allie Gardner
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MS Thesis Proposal: Donne Sinderson
Title: Larval Winter Tick Questing Success in Wind and Rain Conditions Location: 106 Nutting Hall Date: May 5 Time: 12PM Asvisor: Allie Gardner
MS Thesis Proposal: Jenna Donovan
107 Norman Smith HallTitle: Invasion Buckthorn and the Ecology of Tick-Borne Disease Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall Date: April 29 Time: 2PM Advisor: Allie Gardner
PhD Thesis Proposal: Megan Schierer
107 Norman Smith HallTitle: Investigating Cross Disciplinary Tools for Improved Mosquito Detection, Control and Management Date: April 21 Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall Time: 10AM Advisor: Allie Gardner
PhD Proposal Defense: Alyssa Marini
107 Norman Smith HallTitle: Investigating wildlife hosts and tick densities across an urban to rural gradient Date: April 18 Location: Norman Smith Hall 107 Time: 11AM Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rounsville Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/87492998112. Meeting ID: 874 9299 8112
MS Thesis Defense: Kara SantaLucia
Williams Hall 207Title: Exploring Concentrations, Exposure Routes, and Trophic Transfer of Per-and Polyfluoroalkl Substances (PFAS) in Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in an Impacted Area of Maine Date: April 18 Location: Williams Hall 211 Time: 8:30am Advisor: Matthew Chatfield
MS Thesis Defense: Shayli Morris
202 Rogers HallTitle: Exploring the Impacts of Repeated or Successive Fumigation with Metam Sodium on Verticillium Wilt of Potato and Soil Microbial Community Date: April 17 Location: Rogers Hall 202 Time: 10AM Advisor: Dr. Jianjun (Jay) Hao Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/2239538421 Zoom meeting ID: 223 953 8421
MS Thesis Defense: Shehnaz Munnaf Chowdhury
204 Nutting 2755 Nutting Hall, OronoShehnaz Munnaf Chowdhury MS Thesis Defense Title: Assessing the overwintering and impact of augmentorium on populations of the Samba Wasp (Ganaspis Kimorum) in Maine Date: April 14 Location: Nutting Hall 204 Time: 2-4PM Advisor: Dr. Philip Fanning Zoom: : https://maine.zoom.us/j/83876656215?pwd=hPEw2R7VjwXWfuKIMOM6q3rxoQIxAx.1 Password: 857446
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jess Gersony, Smith College
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoTITLE: Tangled up in blue: Understanding carbon movement in trees during water stress ABSTRACT: Plants take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and convert it into sugars through photosynthesis. Once carbon dioxide is in the form of sugar, it is then transported all throughout the plant through the “sugar highway” known as the phloem to […]
MS Thesis Proposal: Elijah Bradshaw
Bryand Global Sciences Building, Room 300Name: Elijah Bradshaw Title: Investigating the Spatiotemporal patterns of Asimina trilby since the Last Glacial Maximum Advisors: Jacquelyn Gill Location: Bryand Hall 300 Date: April 4, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM
PhD Proposal Defense: Nahida Kabir
101 Norman Smith HallName: Nahida Kabir Title: Impact of Mummy Berry and Red Leaf Diseases on Physiology of Wild Blueberry in Maine Advisors: Co-advisor Dr. Seanna L. Annis and Co-advisor Dr. YongJiang (John) Zhang Location: Conference Room 101, Norman Smith Hall Date: April 4, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/81052672725?pwd=CeqgRoJ2uE4D0PIsbpJtDyQMThCLC5.1
MS Thesis Defense: Mandana Askarizadeh
202 Rogers HallName: Mandana Askarizadeh Title: Investigating the efficacy of Bacillus velezensis BAC03 in promoting plant growth and enhancing defense against powdery scab in potato plants Advisors: Jianjun Hao Location: Roger's Hall 202 Date: April 3, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM
MS Thesis Proposal Defense: Kwaku Agyekum
Name: Kwaku Agyekum Toitle: Unraveling the intracellular transport and local regulation of endocytic factors in C. elegans neurons Advisor: Dr. Zhao Xuan Location: Nutting Hall 257 Date: 25 March, 2025 Time: 9:30 am
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Melissa Aikens, University of New Hampshire
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoTITLE: Building Quantitative Skills in Biology Students ABSTRACT: Quantitative skills are an essential core competency for undergraduate life science students. As part of their undergraduate curriculum, students should be learning how to interpret and construct graphs, apply statistical analyses to data, and understand how to use and interpret mathematical models of biological phenomena. However, learning […]
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Melissa Aikens, University of New Hampshire
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoQuantitative skills are an essential core competency for undergraduate life science students. As part of their undergraduate curriculum, students should be learning how to interpret and construct graphs, apply statistical analyses to data, and understand how to use and interpret mathematical models of biological phenomena. However, learning these skills can be challenging for students. It […]
UMaine Institute of Medicine: Dr. Zhao Xuan
Via Zoom onlySpeaker: Zhao Xuan, Ph.D., Assistant professor of neurobiology, School of Biology and Ecology, UMaine About the speaker: Dr. Zhao Xuan is an assistant professor of Neurobiology at the University of Maine, specializing in cellular and molecular biology of neurons, synapse development, and invertebrate genetics. She earned her Ph.D. from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount […]
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jessie Williamson, Cornell University
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoTITLE: Avian migration, physiology, and speciation at elevational extremes ABSTRACT: Dr. Williamson will discuss her research on birds that make extreme seasonal shifts in elevation during migration, and will talk about how these movements affect ecology, evolution, and physiology. She will focus on her recent work with giant hummingbirds (Patagona spp.) in Peru and Chile, […]
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Stephanie Miller, UMaine
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoDr. Stephanie Miller, UMaine SBE and Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions: Understanding Conservation through the Lens of Quantitative Ecology Growing threats to ecological systems from climate and land-use changes have led to increased public interest in environmental conservation efforts. However, the process by which conservation actions are formulated and informed by scientific research may be […]
SBE Seminar Series: Jasmine Saros, UMaine
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoDr. Jasmine Saros, UMaine SBE and CCI: Lakes in the cryosphere: ecological consequences of melting glaciers and thawing permafrost Accelerated glacial recession and permafrost thaw in the Arctic have substantially altered the distribution and characteristics of associated lake ecosystems. The changing cryosphere not only affects the hydrologic cycle, it also alters physical (e.g., turbidity from […]
Alice Hotopp SBE/EES Ph.D. Defense Seminar
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoAlice Hotopp, Ph.D. candidate in SBE/EES, will be presenting her dissertation defense, "Feather melanism in Ammospiza sparrows—insights into adaptation" at 9 am Thursday, December 19 in the Mitchell Center (107 Smith Hall). For those unable to attend in person, the Zoom link is https://maine.zoom.us/j/82925145775#success Advisors: Dr. Kristina Cammen and Dr. Brian Olsen
SBE Seminar Series: Allie Gardner, UMaine
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoDr. Allison Gardner, UMaine SBE: Decision-making under risk and uncertainty at the human-environmental health nexus. In this seminar, Allie will share the highlights of her sabbatical during the 2023-2024 academic year, which she spent as a Master's student in Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics. First, she will discuss how her professional path […]
Cornelius Nichodemus SBE Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Seminar
204 Nutting 2755 Nutting Hall, OronoCornelius Nichodemus, Ph.D. student is SBE, will be presenting his Ph.D. thesis proposal, "Integrating biogeography, functional evolution, and phylogeography to understand the distribution of tropical plant diversity," at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 6 in 204 Nutting Hall. To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/87821668052?pwd=sZL1Fug55JUKmtrBi2yRYFsbUambmv.1 Thesis advisor: Dr. José (Dudu) Meireles
Nikhil Brocchini CCI/SBE M.S. Thesis Defense
Bryand Global Sciences Building, Room 300Nikhil Brocchini, Master's student in CCI/SBE, will be defending his thesis, "Global Spatiotemporal Patterns of Pleistocene Large Mammal Extinction: Integrating the Evidence and Resolving the Contradictions," at noon on Thursday, December 5, in the Bryand Global Sciences Center room 300. Thesis advisor: Dr. Jacquelyn Gill To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/86915555390
Trina Wantman EES/SBE M.S. Thesis Defense
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoTrina Wantman, Master's student in EES/SBE, will be defending her thesis, "Nest site selection and nest success of wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in Central Maine," on December 5th, 2024 at 9 am, in the Mitchell Center in 107 Norman Smith Hall. Thesis advisor: Dr. Matt Chatfield. All are welcome! To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/82404019198
Parker Bausman EES/SBE M.S. Thesis Defense
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, OronoParker Bausman, Master's student in EES/SBE, will be defending his thesis, "Reciprocal subsidies in sub-alpine ponds and the influence of a range-shifting caddisfly," at noon on December 4th in the Mitchell Center, 107 Norman Smith Hall. Zoom link for those who cannot attend in person: maine.zoom.us/s/84579219857 Thesis advisor: Dr. Amanda Klemmer.
Alexander Mereghetti EES/SBE Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Bryand Global Sciences Building, Room 300Alexander Mereghetti, Ph.D. candidate in EES/SBE, will be defending his dissertation, "Reconstructing Megafauna-Vegetation Interactions across Spatial and Temporal Scales," on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 10 a.m. in 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center. To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/86418500294 Advisor: Dr. Jacquelyn Gill