Our Faculty and staff
Our world-class faculty span a broad range of academic units. Click on the links below to find out more about our academic community.
Faculty members with research areas listed below may advise EES graduate students. Prospective graduate students should contact these faculty members to inquire about available lab openings and funding opportunities.
Daniel Dixon
Research Assistant Professor
Global climatology, environmental sustainability
Kiley Daley
Research Assistant Professor
Impacts of climate change on human health
Tony Sutton
Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Food Systems
Wabanaki foodways, Indigenous research methods, environmental justice, environmental communication
Christine Beitl
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Coastal and marine resources, environmental governance, human ecology
Samuel Hanes
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Cultural and historical geography, environmental anthropology, agriculture, fisheries
Cindy Isenhour
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Climate Change
Environment policy, climate, commodity chains, waste
Darren Ranco
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Research
Cultural anthropology, indigenous communities, and environmental justice, climate change adaptation
Natalia Magnani
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
materiality and production, cultural, Indigenous, and environmental movements, infrastructure and climate change. Personal webpage
Shaleen Jain
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cooperating Professor, Climate Change Institute & School of Policy & International Affairs
Hydroclimatology, Water Resources Sustainability
Jean D. MacRae
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
nutrient and metal cycling in natural and engineered systems, including aquaculture waste, wastewater, and solid waste, energy extraction from waste
Reed Miller
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, Joint Affiliation with the Advanced Structures and Composites Center
Industrial ecology, life cycle assessment, environmentally-extended input-output analysis
Lauren Ross
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Coastal engineering, Estuarine and fjord hydrodynamics, Tides and waves, Analytical and numerical modeling of geophysical flows, Marine renewable energy
Brideie Mcgreavy
Associate Professor of Environmental Communication
Environmental communication, communication studies, climate change communication and, resilience, sustainability science
Laura Rickard
Professor of Risk Communication
Risk communication, strategic communication, environmental communication, sustainability, policy
David Hiebeler
Associate Professor of Mathematics
spatial population ecological and epidemiological dynamics
Stephen M. Coghlan, Jr,
Associate Professor of Freshwater Fisheries Ecology
conservation and management of native fishes and their supporting ecosystems
Sabrina Morano
Assistant Research Professor
large mammal ecology and habitat relationships
Amber Roth
Associate Professor of Forest Wildlife Management
forest wildlife management and conservation, migratory bird ecology
Joseph D. Zydlewski
Professor of Fisheries Science and Assistant Leader-Fisheries, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
fish ecology, behavior, and physiology
Sydne Record
Professor of Landscape Conservation
Population, community, and macro- ecology
Christina Murphy
Assistant Professor of Fisheries Science and Assistant Unit Leader-Fisheries, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
aquatic ecology, fish and food web dynamics, hydrological alterations
Andrei Alyokhin
Professor of Applied Entomology
applied insect ecology, behavior and management
Seanna Annis
Professor of Mycology, Associate Extension Professor, EES Co-Director
applied and basic research of fungi, particularly plant-pathogenic fungi
Allison Gardner
Associate Professor of Arthropod Vector Biology
medical entomology, vector-borne disease ecology, epidemiology
Jacquelyn Gill
Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology
paleoecology, community ecology, biogeography, extinction, biotic interactions
David Hart
Professor of Biological Sciences and Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
stakeholder-engaged, solutions-driven, sustainability science; boundary spanning
Michael T. Kinnison
Professor of Evolutionary Applications
michael.kinnison@umit.maine.edu
Contemporary evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics, aquatic ecology and of fish biology, environmental DNA
Amanda Klemmer
Associate Professor of Food Web Ecology
cross-ecosystem food-webs, landscape ecology, aquatic ecosystems
Danielle Levesque
Assistant Professor of Mammalogy and Mammalian Health
mammalogy, ecophysiology, mammalian health
Joyce E. Longcore
Associate Research Professor
diversity, systematics and phytogeny of the Chytridiomycota
Brian Mcgill
Professor of Biological Science
large scale ecology and global change
Katharine Ruskin
Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
conservation, breeding biology, avian ecology and biogeography
Jasmine saros
Professor of Paleoecology and Biological Sciences
paleoecology and aquatic ecology
ek han tan
Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics
plant genetics and genomics, genome elimination, potato breeding, chromothripsis
angela mech
Associate Professor of Forest Entomology
Understanding, monitoring, and mitigating the impacts of tree and forest pests
erin grey
Associate Professor of Aquatic Genetics
Ecology, genetics, aquatic invertebrates, and biodiversity
matthew chatfield
Associate Professor of Evolution and Eco-Health
Ecology, evolution and conservation of reptiles and amphibians
Andy Reeve
Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences
Groundwater geochemistry, hydrology, wetlands, modeling
Sean Smith
Associate Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences
Watershed and Fluvial Geomorphology, Land-Sea Connections, Watershed Sustainability Solutions
Kathleen bell
Professor
environmental and resource economics, environmental policy, land-use change, climate change, community resilience, social-ecological systems
keith evans
Associate Professor
Coastal and marine resources, marine policy, environmental and resource economics
sharon klein
Associate Professor
Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy Economics & Policy, Environmental Impacts of Energy, Thermal Energy Storage, Energy Poverty, Multi-Criteria Decision Making
jonathan rubin
Professor
energy and environmental policy, light-duty transportation, greenhouse gas emissions and alternative fuels
timothy waring
Associate Professor of Socio-Ecological Modelling
sustainability, cooperation, culture, evolution
jonathan malacarne
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural economics, development economics, risk, and rural resilience
Eric gallandt
Professor of Weed Ecology and Management
sustainable agriculture, weed ecology and management
jianjun (jay) hao
Associate Professor of Plant Pathology
Plant disease epidemiology, microbiomes associated with soil health and disease management, screen potato germplasm for tolerance and resistance to seed borne and soilborne diseases, signaling molecules in Phytophthora erythroseptic, Mediating pathogen biology, biological control, fungicide resistance
sue ishaq
Associate Professor of Microbiomes
Host-associated microbiology, gut microbiology, animal microbiomes
pauline kamath
Associate Professor of Animal Health
One Health, disease ecology and evolution, wildlife conservation, molecular ecology, genomics
bryan peterson
Associate Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
ornamental horticulture
rachel e. schattman
Associate Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
Climate change, sustainable agriculture, agroecology, behavior change, crop production, transdisciplinary research, participatory action research.
qing jin
Assistant Professor of Food Science
Food and bio-processing, techno-economic analysis, sustainable food packaging
mario andrade
Mario Andrade
Plant breeding, Potato breeding, quantitative genetics
alison king
Assistant Professor of Soil Science
Sustainable management of soils, soil patterns and processes
John Daigle
Professor of Forest Recreation Management
forest recreation management
Adam Daigneault
Associate Professor of Forest, Conservation, and Recreation Policy, Ecology and Environmental Sciences Co-Director
Climate change impacts and implications; catchment-level sedimentation mitigation; sustainable energy pathways
laura kenefic
Faculty Associate; Research Forester and Team Leader, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station
forest ecology and management
jessica leahy
Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
human dimensions of natural resources
amber roth
Associate Professor of Forest Wildlife Management
forest wildlife management and conservation, migratory bird ecology
parinaz rahimzadeh-bajgiran
Associate Professor of Remote Sensing of Natural Resources
Geo-spatial analysis, remote sensing, forest health and interdisciplinary applications
rose abramoff
Assistant Professor of Forest Science
forest ecology, climate change, plant roots and soil carbon
Emma Perry
Electron Microscopy Laboratory Manager
electron microscopy, taxonomy and biology of tardigrades aka waterbears
Thomas Rounsville
Assistant Extension Professor and Applied Molecular Specialist
molecular diagnostics, vector-borne disease genetics and ecology, mesocarnivore ecology
Damian Brady
Professor of Marine Sciences, Assistant Director of Research, Maine Sea Grant
biogeochemistry, environmental oceanography
Kristina Cammen
Associate Professor of Marine Science
molecular ecology, ecological genomics, ocean health
teresa johnson
Professor of Marine Policy
human ecology, marine policy, fisheries and aquaculture
heather leslie
Associate Professor, Darling Marine Center
ecology, policy, and management of coastal marine systems
joshua stoll
Associate Professor of Marine Policy
ocean governance, fisheries and aquaculture policy, seafood systems
gayle zydlewski
Professor of Marine Sciences and Director, Maine Sea Grant College Program
oceanography, fish ecology
gail schwieterman
Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences
marine physiology, fish cardiorespiratory systems, and responses to environmental stress
William ellis
Associate Director of the School of Marine Sciences and Associate Professor of Oceanography
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