• 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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

  • SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jess Gersony, Smith College

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

    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 […]

  • MS Thesis Defense: Shehnaz Munnaf Chowdhury

    204 Nutting 2755 Nutting Hall, Orono, United States

    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 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: 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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: Michael Galli

    104 Murray Hall, UMaine 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME, United States

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

  • PhD Thesis Proposal: Christiana Teye

    101C Deering Hall

    Name: Christiana Teye Title: eDNA Applications to Species Conservation Time: 2-3PM Date: June 5 Location: 101C Deering Hall The Zoom link is https://maine.zoom.us/j/86092856081?pwd=a0YHoBN4R0D6wd1oTDy9inER9OPbIv.1&jst=3

  • PhD Proposal Defense: Emily Kanach

    204 Nutting 2755 Nutting Hall, Orono, United States

    Name: Emily Kanach Title of Defense: Control or Consequence? Host Preference and Range Expansion in Biological Control Systems Place: 204 Nutting Hall Time: 1PM Date: November 3