Graduate Student Directory
Abbandonato, Christopher
Program: PhD
Research Topic: Spatial variability in soft-shell clam recruitment
Advisor: Dr. Brian Beal and Dr. Yong Chen
Email: christopher.abbandonato@maine.edu
Location: UMM Science 213
Algburi, Ahmed
Program: PhD
Research Topic: Development of Advance Phosphorous Recommendations for Maine Potato Growers
Advisor: Dr. Andrei Alyokhin and Dr. Lakesh Sharma
Email: Ahmed.jasim@maine.edu
Location: Aroostook Research Farm, 59 Houlton Rd, Presque Isle,ME 04769.
Bordewieck, Kathleen (Kat) 
Braun, Laura
Program: MS
Advisor: Dr. Amanda Klemmer
Email: Laura.braun@maine.edu
Location: Deering 209
Breit, Ana
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Comparative Energetics of Thermoregulatory Physiology
Advisor: Dr. Danielle Levesque
Email: ana.breit@maine.edu
Location: 307 Murray
Chakraborty, Sujan
Champagne, Rebecca
Chang, Hsiao-yun
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Northern shrimp and climate change
Advisor: Dr. Yong Chen
Email: hsiaoyun.chang@maine.edu
Location: 225 Libby Hall
Choi, Olivia N.
de Leon, Michelle
Program: M.S.
Research Topic: Human dimensions of climate change
Advisor: Dr. Linda Silka
Email: michelle.de@maine.edu
Location: 313 Deering Hall
Website: linkedin.com/in/michelleadeleon
Dickson, Carly 
Dill, Griffin
Program: Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Eleanor Groden
Email: griffin.dill@maine.edu
Dykema, Stephanie 
Erdman, Brad
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Conservation Genetics
Advisor: Dr. Michael Kinnison
Email: bradley.erdman@maine.edu
Location: 307 Murray Hall
Farragher, Matt
Website: https://climatechange.umaine.edu/people/matthew-farragher/
Gray, Carrie
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Winter and migration ecology of Red-throated Loons
Advisor: Dr. Brian Olsen
Email: carrie.e.osborne@maine.edu
Location: 204 Clapp Greenhouse
Gudde, Elise 
Hallerud, Maggie
Program: M.S.
Research Topic: Gray squirrel personality and seed dispersal behavior in anthropogenic environments
Advisor: Dr. Alessio Mortelliti
Email: Margaret.hallerud@maine.edu
Location: 202 Nutting Hall
Hamley, Catherine
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Paleoecological indicators of human arrival and activity in novel landscapes
Advisor: Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
Email: catherine.hamley@maine.edu
Location: 128 Sawyer Hall
Hazuková, Vendy
Program: PhD (EES, CCI)
Research topic: Response of Arctic lakes to climate change
Advisor: Jasmine Saros
Email: vaclava.hazukova@maine.edu
Location: Sawyer 206
Horne, Lydia
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Human dimensions of climate change
Advisors: Dr. Sandra De Urioste-Stone
Email: lydia.horne@maine.edu
Website: https://umaine.edu/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences/lydia-horne/
Location: 251 Nutting Hall
Hotopp, Alice
Advisors: Dr. Brian Olsen and Dr. Kristina Cammen
Email: alice.hotopp@maine.edu
Huston, Grayson
Program: PhD
Research Topic: Maine-eDNA
Advisor: Dr. Michael Kinnison & Dr. Jasmine Saros
Email: Grayson.huston@maine.edu
Location: Murray Hall
Jekielek, Phoebe
Program: Maine eDNA
Research Topic: Developing eDNA tools to monitor reproduction and recruitment processes in aquaculture and wild shellfisheries
Advisor: Dr. Heather Leslie
Email: phoebe.jekielek@maine.edu
Location: Darling Marine Center
Johnston, Elliot
Kizhakkepurakkal, Sibi
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Acidification Recovery Response of Bear Brook Watershed
Advisor: Dr. Ivan Fernandez
Email: sibi.kizhakkepurakkal@maine.edu
Location: 116 Deering Hall
Kline, Logan 
MacDonald, Brooke Hafford
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Lake conservation/Social Science
Co-Advisors: Dr. Sandra de Urioste-Stone and John Daigle
Email: brooke.hafford@maine.edu
McLaughlin, Bailey
Mittelstaedt, Hannah 
Pedraza Garzon, Edna
Program: Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Jasmine Saros
Email: edna.pedraza@maine.edu
Location: 127 Sawyer Hall
Perry, Katie 
Program: M.S.
Research Topic: Human dimensions of Lyme disease
Advisors: Dr. Carly Sponarski and Dr. Jessica Leahy
Email: katherine.c.perry@maine.edu
Location: 202 Nutting Hall
Pellecer Rivera, Elizabeth 
Pugh, Katrina
Reilly-Moman, Jessica
Program: PhD
Research Topic: Coastal Climate Resilience and Transformation in Social Ecological Systems in Maine and Mexico
Advisor: Dr. Heather Leslie
Email: jessica.reillymoman@maine.edu
Location: Darling Marine Center, 193 Clarks Cove Road, Walpole, ME 04573
Website: https://umaine.edu/leslie-lab/links/jessica-reilly-moman/; http://sailingforclimate.com/
Schierer, Meg
Program: Ph.D. OneHealth and the Environment NRT
Research Topic: Social and ecological dynamics of mosquito-borne disease
Advisor: Dr. Allison Gardner and Dr. Sandra de Urioste-Stone
Email: megan.schierer@maine.edu
Location: 304 Deering Hall
Shea, Stephanie
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Wild Turkey Disease Ecology and Evolution
Advisor: Pauline Kamath
Website: https://umaine.edu/foodandagriculture/kamath2/
Location: 216 Hitchner Hall
Shepard, Isaac
Program: Ph.D., Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Hamish Greig
Email: isaac.shepard@maine.edu
Location: 209D Deering Hall
Snyder, Shawn
Su, Shu
Tasnim, Rafa
Taylor, Tegwin
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Echinococcus in Maine wildlife
Advisors: Dr. Pauline Kamath and Dr. Carly Sponarski
Email: tegwin.taylor@maine.edu
Location: 216 Hitchner Hall
Tirrell, Andrea
Vogel, Sarah
Volk, Michelle
White, Rachel
Program: PhD/ One Health NRT
Research Topic: Risk evaluation of meningeal worm to small ruminant livestock
Advisor: Dr. Anne Lichtenwalner & Dr. Carly Sponarski
Email: rachel.whitney@maine.edu
Location: 136 Hitchner Hall
Xu, Luoliang
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Fishery stock assessment and management
Advisor: Dr. Yong Chen
Email: luoliang.xu@maine.edu
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xu_Luoliang2/stats
Location: 223 Libby Hall
Yen, Ivy
Program: Ph.D.
Research Topic: Animal Behavior and Anthropogenic Landscapes
Advisor: Dr. Alessio Mortelliti
Email: ivy.yen@maine.edu
Location: 202 Nutting Hall