PhD Student
Christiana is a UMaine PhD Biological Sciences student who is developing eDNA methods to advanced conservation of dragonflies and shorebirds.
PhD Student
DeCorey Bolton Jr. is a UMaine PhD Zoology student. His thesis explores the dynamics of Gulf of Maine squid under climate change, including the role of RNA editing and their effect on the ecosystem.
PhD starting Fall 2025
My research focuses on using population genetics to elucidate the effect of warming ocean temperatures on population shifts of Northwest Atlantic kelp species. I also experiment with optimizing high molecular weight DNA yield to study organisms with natural low DNA yield such as Saccharina latissima (sugar kelp).
Collaborator
Assistant Professor of Ecological Genetics
University of Maine
Check out the Avis lab here: https://sites.google.com/view/avis-lab/home
Lucia Goldman - BS Ecology and Environmental Science, now pursing a bioinformatics career
Brandon Henry - MS Zoology, now an education specialist at Mystic Aquarium, CT
John Stechly - USGS eDNA Technician, Gainesville, FL
Ian Birchler de Allende - BS Marine Science, now a graduate student at NC State, NC
Aaron West BS - PhD student in Biology at the University of Kentucky
Rachel Guthrie - MS student in Biology at Governors State University
Malik David, Biology BS - Physical Therapy PhD student at Governors State University
Jennifer Nguy, Biology BS - microbiologist at Voyant Beauty
Andrea Fuentes, Biology BS - Medical Technology program student at Kankakee Community College
Nathaniel Dahlberg, Biology BS - Graduate student at Southern Mississippi
Melissa Franco, Biology BS - Blue crab population genetics
Yuri Lopez, Biology BS - lab technician at Vitalant
Neftali Ibarra, Biology BS - Pesticide effects on odonate nymphs
Reni Trutcheva-Owikoti, Environmental Biology MS - research scientist at Argonne National Laboratories
Jessica Hayden, Microbiology NS - University of Maine DNA Sequencing Laboratory Coordinator
Aaron Snow, Engineering Firm, Presque Isle, Maine