by Daniel Timmermann The 5-Year NSF EPSCoR Funded Track-1 Maine-eDNA Grant seeks to transform our understanding and sustainability of Maine’s coastal ecosystems via environmental DNA (eDNA). Maine-eDNA currently supports 31 undergraduate students from across the state and since 2019 has supported 87 students from Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Saint Joseph’s, SMCC, UMaine, UMM, and USM. Below […]
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by Daniel Timmermann Alice Hotopp is a graduate student working with the NSF EPSCoR funded GECO grant which seeks to better understand the interaction between genotypes, phenotypes, and an organism’s environment. Advised by Kristina Cammen (Assistant Professor, UMaine School of Marine Sciences) and Brian Olsen (Professor of Ornithology, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology), Hotopp […]
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by Stefania Irene Marthakis Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine. Sekeh is also a Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CDSE-MSS) NSF awardee as well as a researcher on the NSF EPSCoR RII […]
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by Stefania Irene Marthakis Thayer Whitney is an undergraduate in the Electrical & Computer Engineering department at the University of Maine, working towards a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Whitney was initially drawn to the science programs at the University of Maine, but once he got here he discovered he was more inclined towards engineering. With […]
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By Daniel Timmermann What we understand about and from environmental DNA (eDNA) has increased immensely over the past few years. While researchers with the Maine-eDNA program learn more about Maine’s ecosystems they are also, importantly, developing a deeper understanding of what eDNA is capable of as an emerging technology and how to best apply it. […]
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By Daniel Timmermann Our environment is a complex, interacting web that many disciplines have dedicated centuries to studying. However, the interconnectedness of our environment makes it challenging to understand through the lens of any single discipline. The NSF RII Track-2 FEC: Genomic Ecology of Coastal Organisms (GECO) program expands our understanding of these connections, and […]
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Maine EPSCoR is now accepting applications for summer 2022 EREM Internships. The goal of these internships is to increase participation of groups who are underrepresented in STEM disciplines. During the seven-week paid internship, interns will work directly on research and projects with Maine EPSCoR faculty, scientists, and professional staff members. While participating in cutting-edge research, […]
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By Stefania Irene Marthakis Matthew Dube, Assistant Professor in Computer Information Systems and Data Science at the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA). Dube completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics as well as both his advanced degrees in Spatial Information Science and Engineering at the University of Maine. Hired straight out of […]
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By Daniel Timmermann The ever discussed lobster begins life as a larva. A creature that is small and relatively lost in the world. Lobster larvae, in their earliest stage, struggle to even travel in one direction for any amount of time. Despite the importance of lobster in Maine and along the east coast as a […]
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By Daniel Timmermann Laura Jackson joined the Maine-eDNA team in May 2021 as an integrative data scientist working with Maine EPSCoR. Jackson earned her Ph.D. in Bioinformatics at the University of South Dakota after finishing her masters and undergraduate work at Southeastern Louisiana University. Having developed a background in data integration and large-scale fish analysis, […]
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