By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Steven Allers is a research associate working with Maine EPSCoR’s Maine-eDNA program. His home department is the University of Maine Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences and his Lead Advisor is Dr. Benjamin King, an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at UMaine. Their work on the project is vital […]
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Two new seed grants have been awarded by the Maine-eDNA program for FY 2021: 1) Expanding eDNA research and applications in Maine’s municipal fisheries: A proposal to Maine EPSCoR from Manomet and Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries – $20,000 We propose to test the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring in management of an emerging intertidal […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Zachary May is a first year Ph.D. student under Maine EPSCoR’s Maine-eDNA program. His advisors include Graham Sherwood from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) and Rachel Lasley-Rasher, an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. Since 2012, May has worked as an observer, primarily […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Caitlin McGuire is a junior at the University of Maine studying elementary education with a concentration in English. McGuire works as an Outreach Assistant for the Maine-eDNA program, and works with the Maine EPSCoR office to help teach younger children about STEM related subjects. Her advisors are Dominick Varney, a […]
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Amidst challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, EPSCoR-funded research and activities across the state have proven themselves to be resilient. Over the past year, ME EPSCoR has had the great pleasure of participating in and supporting some of the state’s most innovative research. These efforts have made important social, economic, and educational impacts on the […]
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Kaitlyn Haynal is Postdoctoral Research Associate working on Maine EPSCoR’s current NSF EPSCoR Track-1 program, Maine-eDNA. Her home department is the University of Maine’s Department of Communication and Journalism. Haynal works with her advisors Dr. Bridie McGreavy, an Associate Professor of Environmental Communication, and Dr. Heather Leslie, the Director of the Darling Marine Center. It […]
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by Jane Horovitz, EPSCoR Student Writer Sharon Mann did not come from a scientific background or an academic family. After attending a small private college for a short amount of time and studying humanities fresh out of high school, Mann dropped out and moved to Alaska instead. There, she worked in two fishing industry positions […]
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By Marcella M. Silver Daniella Leal Espinal is an undergraduate student studying Microbiology at the University of Maine who recently became involved with Maine EPSCoR’s current NSF EPSCoR Track-1 grant, Maine-eDNA. According to Leal Espinal, she started looking for a job related to DNA sequencing, microbiology, and genetics and found the Student Research Assistant position […]
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By Maine EPSCoR student writers, Jane Horovitz and Attis Bielecki with Marcella Silver Prior to being hired as a new faculty member on Maine EPSCoR’s current Track-1 program, Maine-eDNA, Andrew Rominger conducted his Ph.D. research at the University of California Berkeley and postdoctoral research at the Santa Fe Institute. He was involved in a large […]
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Jane Horovitz, EPSCoR Student Writer Samuel Tan, from Singapore, is a new Ph.D. student in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, working with Maine EPSCoR’s current Track-1 award, Maine-eDNA. According to Tan, despite Singapore’s urbanization, the area has a surprising amount of wildlife on land and in sea. “Even though our water there is […]
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