• 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 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 […]

  • 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 Time: 2-4PM Advisor: Dr. Philip Fanning Zoom: : https://maine.zoom.us/j/83876656215?pwd=hPEw2R7VjwXWfuKIMOM6q3rxoQIxAx.1 Password: 857446

  • 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 Advisor: Dr. Jianjun (Jay) Hao Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/2239538421 Zoom meeting ID: 223 953 8421

  • 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 211 Time: 8:30am Advisor: Matthew Chatfield  

  • 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 ID: 874 9299 8112

  • 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