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: […]
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
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.
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
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
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
Dr. 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 […]
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
Dr. 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 […]
Dr. 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 […]
TITLE: 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 […]
Speaker: 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 […]
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 these skills can be challenging for students. It […]
TITLE: 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 […]
TITLE: 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 […]
