School of Biology and Ecology

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

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

A Study in Fur: Pairing mechanistic niche modeling with local ecological knowledge to determine pine marten health Kit Carpenter M.S. Student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/87584986951?pwd=TFhFNU5TS0k0TTRrbndQRkdaWE9tdz09 Advisors: Dr. Danielle Levesque and Dr. Sandra de Urioste-Stone

A comparative investigation of sciurid energetics and thermoregulation Eric Brown PhD Student, Ecology and Environmental Sciences Zoom only: https://maine.zoom.us/j/85821596303 Thesis advisor: Dr. Danielle Levesque

Black Soldier Flies as Potential Vectors of MRSA Kalini Jankee M.S. Student in Entomology To attend via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/86328400543?pwd=VEpTOXNPR0VhcE9yZFR0R1o3V0FHdz09Password: 077418 Thesis advisor: Dr. Andrei Alyokhin

Using remote sensing to reveal factors determining wild blueberry productivity and develop precision agriculture techniques Kallol Barai PhD Student, Plant Sciences Sciences 9 am Wednesday May 1, 2024106 Nutting Hall Via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/81359642427?pwd=emYzL2QzVzdyVGpjaXNNWUQzMFNEUT09 Advisors: Dr. YongJiang Zhang and Dr. Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran