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MS Thesis Proposal: Michael Galli

104 Murray Hall, UMaine 5751 Murray Hall, Orono

Title: Understanding the Effectiveness of Tick Control Measures on Maine Properties Location: 104 Murray Hall Date: May 6 Time: 10AM Advisor: Allie Gardner

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 Hall

Title: 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 Hall

Title: 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 Hall

Title: 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 […]

MS Thesis Defense: Kara SantaLucia

Williams Hall 207

Title: 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 […]

MS Thesis Defense: Shayli Morris

202 Rogers Hall

Title: 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 […]

MS Thesis Defense: Shehnaz Munnaf Chowdhury

204 Nutting 2755 Nutting Hall, Orono

Shehnaz 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 […]

MS Thesis Proposal: Elijah Bradshaw

Bryand Global Sciences Building, Room 300

Name: 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 Hall

Name: 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 […]

MS Thesis Defense: Mandana Askarizadeh

202 Rogers Hall

Name: 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 […]

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 […]

Alice Hotopp SBE/EES Ph.D. Defense Seminar

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

Alice 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

Cornelius Nichodemus SBE Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Seminar

204 Nutting 2755 Nutting Hall, Orono

Cornelius 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 300

Nikhil 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, Orono

Trina 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, Orono

Parker 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 300

Alexander 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

Salem Ermish SBE Ph.D. Thesis Proposal

202 Rogers Hall

Salem Ermish, Ph.D. candidate in Plant Sciences, will be presenting their thesis proposal, "Using UAV data to predict PVY infection status in potato and for high-throughput phenomic selection in potato breeding trials," on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 9 am in 202 Rogers Hall. For those who would like to attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/83624779936  Advisor: […]

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