The effects of forest management practices across spatial scales on tick densities, wildlife communities, and tick-borne pathogen transmission Stephanie Hurd Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences Via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/85107929847 Thesis advisor: Dr. Allie Gardner
Dr. Richard Jagels, Professor Emeritus, UMaine School of Forest Resources Tall-Tree Forests: Bioengineering Marvels. What is Their Future? hosted by Víctor Ortega-Jiménez Based on land area, the world’s tallest forests contain the highest biomass, store the most carbon, have the greatest influence on climate, trap the most aerosol pollutants, and host an immense volume of […]
Dr. Elio Challita, Harvard University Microbiotics Laboratory Peeing one drop at a time: How and why sharpshooter insects use superpropulsion to catapult theirfluid excreta Feeding and waste elimination are essential functions for living things. While the impact offeeding on animal form and function has been studied extensively since Darwin, how excretion shapesanimal behavior, size, and […]
Dr. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, University of Washington Behavioral ecophysics and evolutionary correlates of nectarivory A central challenge of biological studies is to describe functional links between underlying architecture (e.g., genotype, phenotype) and emergent phenomena (e.g., performance, ecological patterns). To meet this challenge, it is necessary to identify and quantify causal relationships between variation in traits, such […]
Female browntail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) flight behavior and host selection Emma Irvine M.S. student in Entomology To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/85294534147?pwd=a1o0cmRualFqQ1E1 Ty9UNWwzQmRLQT09 Password: BTM Thesis advisor: Dr. Angela Mech
Leaf economic spectrum of trees and their response to drought and climate change Pratima Pahadi Ph.D. student in Plant Sciences To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/86572723371 Thesis advisor: Dr. Yongjiang (John) Zhang
Dr. Suegene Noh, Colby College Facultative symbiont virulence determines horizontal transmission rate without host specificity in social amoebas In facultative symbioses, only a fraction of hosts are associated with symbionts. Specific host and symbiont pairings may be the result of host-symbiont coevolution driven by reciprocal selection, or priority effects pertaining to which potential symbiont became […]
Dr. Juan Romero, UMaine School of Food and Agriculture The impact of PFAS on the forage-herbivore-human continuum According to the EPA, exposure to certain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) causes serious pathologies in humans. The US EPA current advisory level for PFOS (perflouroctane sulfonate) in drinking water is 0.02 ppt. Based on a previous EPA […]
Global Spatiotemporal Patterns of Pleistocene Large Mammal Extinction: Integrating the Evidence and Resolving the Contradictions Nik Brocchini M.S. student in Quaternary and Climate Studies, Climate Change Institute Email nikhil.brocchini@maine.edu for Zoom information Thesis advisor: Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
The foundation roles of rockweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, in Maine’srocky intertidal zone Hannah Webber Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/87853737252?pwd=cUsraTd6akp6N01kRTk2a2lkK09DZz09 Thesis advisor: Dr. Amanda Klemmer
Quantifying Potato Blackleg and Soft Rot Resistance in Dihaploid Caribou Russet Daniel Balderrama Ph.D. Student in Plant Science To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/84418973378?pwd=aWI5bUcrYTNjMnpjdDRlcmxsaE5sUT09 Thesis advisor: Dr. Han Tan
Temperature and Energy Interactions in Small Tropical Mammals Abe Grunwald Zoology Major SBE advisor: Dr. Danielle Levesque, danielle.l.levesque@maine.edu
Dr. Danielle Levesque, University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology Causes and Consequences of Mammalian Heterothermy in a Changing World
Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) As a Bioconversion Agent for The Utilization of Culled Potato Waste Matthew Moyet Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Biology and Ecology To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/81117315371?pwd=eEJhbSs1emdsRHcyc000UEtXcDZoQT09Q Password: 799391, Meeting ID: 811 1731 5371 Thesis advisor: Dr. Andrei Alyokhin
Movement ecology of wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in Maine’s working forests Sequoia Dixson M.S. student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/88954119510?pwd=R0lxbVcyekZ6SHNyaVNlN012VUJ5UT09 Password: 298791 Thesis advisor: Dr. Matt Chatfield
Dr. Fidisoa "Fidy" Rasambainarivo, East Carolina University One Island, One Health: Biodiversity conservation and health at the human domestic animal and wildlife interface in Madagascar In Madagascar, growing contact between […]
Dr. George Jacobson, Professor Emeritus, UMaine Biology and Ecology, and Maine State Climatologist (2007-14) The University of Maine has changed dramatically during the past thirty years and is now a […]
Exploring Crop Management Impacts to Soil Health in Maine Potato Production Katie Ashley Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Sciences To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/86384790296?pwd=bEpmOFVXWGoyMTJrUXVVSDRDNlBqdz09 Meeting ID: 86384790296; Passcode: 648062 Thesis advisor: Dr. Jay Hao
SBE Graduate Student Lightning Talks, featuring: Kwaku Agyekum, Biological Sciences MS student:"Regulation of synapse formation and function in C. elegans." Advisor: Zhao Xuan DeCorey Bolton, Zoology PhD Candidate:"eDNA Metabarcoding to […]
Investigating Drivers of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Hexagenia Abundance in Northern Maine Lakes Serena Laro M.S. Student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/84905207959?pwd=Sy84SVZzaWZqS0dWakFsZzJIMXNnUT09 Thesis advisor: Dr. Hamish Greig
