By Stefania Irene Marthakis Sonia Naderi is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Maine, and she is using her knowledge and performing research within multiple fields of study (e.g., forestry). As a graduate research assistant, advised by Ali Abedi, she works in the WiSe-NET Lab, building wireless […]
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Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) recently announced that two FY21 DEPSCoR funding opportunity announcements are now available on grants.gov DEPSCoR – Research Collaboration FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2021-0007, https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333421 DEPSCoR – Capacity Building FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2021-0008, https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333435 The Research Collaboration opportunity is quite similar to last year’s solicitation (two-person team, award amount, evaluation process), however, there are differences (specific topic areas, increased total number […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Grayson Huston is graduate student studying in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. He works on the Maine-eDNA program under his advisors Dr. Michael Kinnison, a Professor of Evolutionary Applications and Maine-eDNA Co-PI, and Dr. Jasmine Saros, a Professor of Paleolimnology and Lake […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Samantha (Sam) Silverbrand is a second-year master’s student in Marine Biology within the University of Maine’s Marine Sciences program. She works under her advisor, Dr. Michael Kinnison, in his lab where work relating to molecular biology takes place. This is also where she conducts her research for the […]
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. eDNA samples need to […]
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. As part of the […]
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The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) is pleased to announce, as part of the NSF EPSCoR RII Track 1 award Molecule to Ecosystem: Environmental DNA as a Nexus of Coastal Ecosystem Sustainability for Maine (Maine-eDNA), a second call for proposals for the Undergraduate Curriculum Innovations seed grant program. This program aims […]
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Maine EPSCoR has been proud to support UMaine Extension’s 4-H STEM Ambassador Program, which has proven to be widely successful over the past several years through the University of Maine System (UMS). According to the program’s website: “4-H STEM Ambassadors are trained University of Maine students who facilitate hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Shane Farrell is a Ph.D student at the University of Maine focusing on kelp forest ecology. He is advised by Dr. Douglas Rasher, a Senior Research Scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and Dr. Damain Brady at the Darling Marine Center. Under the mentorship of Rasher, Farrell […]
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Project Title: DOE EPSCoR Implementation Grant: Harsh Environment Materials and Fabrication Techniques for Wireless Sensor Applications PI: Mauricio Pereira da Cunha Co-PI: Robert Lad Research Associate: Luke Doucette Original Award Amount: $750,000 Award Dates: September 2019 – September 2021 Dr. Robert Lad and Dr. Mauricio Pereira da Cunha. (Photo taken prior to COVID-19). Dr. Mauricio Pereira da Cunha and […]
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