Students on the Job

Ecology and Environmental Sciences undergraduate and graduate students find jobs working in a variety of sectors, such as private industry, non-profit organizations, research at the University of Maine, and with local, state and federal governments. Our students have worked in locations ranging from right here in Maine, across New England, the western USA, and even abroad. Some of our EES students shared their experience at their EES-related jobs. Check out their profiles below.

To find resources for jobs, careers or internships related to the field of Ecology and Environmental Sciences and that interest you, follow the links on our Internship, Job and Career Resources page.

Eddie Nachamie worked with UMaine's Cooperative Forestry Unit collecting forest inventory data.

Patrick Hurley was an honors student doing his thesis on honeybees.

Chloe Downs interned as an environmental inspector for Cianbro in Maine.

Jamie Behan was collecting data for research projects in the Penobscot Experimental Forest.

Diego Kulldorff worked as an Environmental Specialist intern for Northeast Paving, learning about environmental standards and regulations.

Bailey Simmons worked with UMaine faculty and graduate students to monitor the phosphorous levels of lakes in Maine.

Kayla Greenwalt was a research assistant analyzing pollen grains of native grass species from the Falkland Islands.

Tessa Shanteler was an Invasive Plant Technician at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge.

Kai LaSpina was a research assistant in Dr. Kristina Cammen's lab looking at the Atlantic White Sided dolphins.

Danielle Wyman worked in the Holt Research Forest collecting data for her capstone project.

Tristin Joachim was a summer intern for the Wildlands Conservation Commission in Florida.

Sarah Hammond was an intern with the Lake Stewards of Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program.

Ethan Bennett was a fly fishing guide in West Glacier, Montana.

Denise Cole and Maeve Studholme were Shorebird Monitoring Interns at Duxbury Beach in Massachusetts.