Graduate Students
Adekeye, Tayo 
Program: Ph.D., Biological Sciences
Email: tayo.adekeye@maine.edu
Location: 301 Hitchner Hall (Talbot Lab)
Research Topic: Molecular mechanism that controls the migration of Muscle Precursor cells
Alaba, Oluwafemi (Femi)
Program: Ph.D., Biological Sciences
Email: oluwafemi.alaba@maine.edu
Location: 315 Hitchner Hall
Research Topic: Application of haploid induction and diploid breeding strategies in potato (Solanum tuberosum L) to enhance potato variety development
Al-Rowaished, Sarah S
Program: Ph.D., Zoology
Phone: 207.581.2807
Email: sarah.alrowaished@maine.edu
Location: 219 Hitchner Hall
Astumian, Mary
Program: Ph.D., BMS
Email: mary.astumian@maine.edu
Location: 217 Hitchner (the Henry Lab)
Barai, Kallol 
Program: M.S., Botany and Plant Pathology
Email: kallol.barai@maine.edu
Location: 304D Deering
Research Topic: Remote sensing platform to quantify spatial, temporal heterogeneity and to monitor the health of wild blueberries in Maine
Braun, Laura
Program: M.S., EES
Email: laura.braun@maine.edu
Location: 209 Deering
Research Topic: Rockweed harvests and their impacts on the intertidal ecosystem
Breit, Ana
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Sciences
Email: ana.breit@maine.edu
Research Topic: Body temperature regulation in tropical mammals
Chen, Yu Ying (Arin)
Program: M.S., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: yuying.chen@maine.edu
Location: 304D Deering
Research Topic: Effects of experimental warming on growth, yield, and biotic pressure of wild blueberries in Maine
Dill, Griffin
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: griffin.dill@maine.edu
Erdman, Bradley
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: bradley.erdman@maine.edu
Location: 307 Murray
Research Topic: Conservation genetics
Farragher, Matt 
Program: M.S., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: mfarra90@maine.edu
Location: 128 Sawyer Hall
Research topic: Boreal Lake Ecology
Gudde, Elise
Program: M.S., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: elise.gudde@maine.edu
Location: 307 Murray Hall
Research Topic: The response of the Northern flying squirrel to rising ambient temperatures
Hamley, Catherine (Kit) 
Program: Ph.d., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: catherine.hamley@maine.edu
Location: 119 Sawyer Hall
Research Topic: Using paleoecology to understand human, climate, and environmental change in high latitude ecosystems
Hazuková, Václava (Vendy)
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences/Climate Change Institute
Email: vaclava.hazukova@maine.edu
Location: 206 Sawyer Hall
Research Topic: Response of Arctic lakes to climate change
Hurd, Stephanie
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: stephanie.hurd@maine.edu
Location: 304D Deering Hall
Research Topic: Investigating how forest management practices may initiate trophic cascades impacting wildlife communities, microclimate, tick populations, and the transmission of tick-borne pathogens
Huston, Grayson
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: grayson.huston@maine.edu
Research Topic: Maine eDNA
Ignacz, Amanda
Program: Ph.D., GSBSE (BMS)
Email: amanda.ignacz@maine.edu
Location: 219 Hitchner Hall (the Henry Lab)
Johnson, Ben
Program: M.S., Entomology
Email: benjamin.crossman.johnson@maine.edu
Research Topic: Integrated Pest Management
Johnston, Edwin (Elliot)
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: edwin.johnston@maine.edu
Location: 201 Environmental Science Lab (ESL)
Research Topic: Ecology of coastal bird communities in rocky intertidal habitats
LeClair, Greg
Program: M.S., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: gregory.leclair@maine.edu
Location: 307 Murray Hall
Research Topic: Application of environmental DNA in turtle conservation and poaching detection
Leonard, Ian
Program: M.S., Botany and Plant Pathology
Email: ian.leonard1@maine.edu
Location: 11 Deering Hall
Research Topic: Mummy berry disease (Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi) modeling for disease prevention and control
McLaughlin, Bailey
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: bailey.mclaughlin@maine.edu
Location: 304 Deering Hall
Research Topic: Plant species’ responses to climate change
Mittelstaedt, Hannah
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: hannah.mittelstaedt@maine.edu
Location: 209 Deering Hall
Research Topic: Intertidal invertebrate communities and food-webs
Mohan,Joseph
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: joseph.mohan@maine.edu
Research Topic: Advancing diatom ecology, physiology, and paleontology with 3D computer models
Pahadi, Pratima
Program: M.S., Botany and Plant Pathology
Email: pratima.pahadi@maine.edu
Location: 304 Deering Hall
Research Topic: Study of drought resistance in lowbush and highbush blueberries and how they are physiologically adapted to resist drought.
Pedraza Garzon, Edna
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: edna.pedraza@maine.edu
Location: 127 Sawyer Hall
Schappach, Brittany
Program: M.S., Entomology and One Health NRT program
Email: brittany.schappach@maine.edu
Location: 304 Deering Hall
Research Topic: The relationship between tick density, climate change, and abiotic factors that drive expansion and constriction of blacklegged ticks in Maine
Schierer, Megan
Program: M.S., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: megan.schierer@maine.edu
Location: 304 Deering Hall
Research Topic: Social and ecological dynamics of mosquito-borne disease
Shepard, Isaac
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Phone: 207.581.2959
Email: isaac.shepard@maine.edu
Location: 209D Deering Hall
Silverbrand, Samantha (Sam)
Program: M.S., Marine Biology
(in the School of Marine Sciences but with ties to SBE)
Email: samantha.silverbrand@maine.edu
Location: 307 Murray Hall
Research Topic: Retracing alewife history through ancient DNA in sediments
Stasinski, Lance 
Program: Ph.D., Biological Sciences
Email: lance.stasinski@maine.edu
Location: 340 Hitchner Hall
Research Topic: Understanding lichen function through the lens of high resolution spectroscopy
Tirrell, Andrea
Program: M.S., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: andrea.tirrell@maine.edu
Location: 127 Sawyer Hall
Research Topic: Alpine plant community response to climate change in New England
Tasnim, Rafa
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Email: rafa.tasnim@maine.edu
Location: 209D Deering Hall (the Zhang Lab)
Research Topic: Climate Change and Nutrient effects on Wild Blueberry Physiology in Maine