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New Maine EPSCoR SEANET Workforce Development Brochure!

Hot off the presses! This new brochure shares the impact of SEANET workforce development on the state of Maine told through student stories.

New SEANET Commercial Impact Brochure Now Available

Maine EPSCoR is committed to creating a stronger Maine economy by fostering strong partnerships between SEANET researchers and aquaculture companies. Our new brochure highlights some ways that these industry partnerships are making a huge impact!

2019 High School Research Internship Program

The application cycle for the 2019 ME EPSCoR High School Research Internship is now open! Maine EPSCoR is pleased to announce the Maine EPSCoR High School Internship Program at the University of Maine in Orono for the summer of 2019. This program provides Maine high school students with a paid, hands-on opportunity to participate in […]

Damariscotta River Survey Video

This great video captures two beautiful and grueling days of field work of University of Maine SEANET Faculty Researcher Kimberly Huguenard and graduate students Zhilong Liu and Kris Bears as they took measurements on the Damariscotta River during two full tidal cycles – up before dawn and home well after the sunset. This video was […]

Read the Fall 2018 Newsletter Online

Have you seen our latest fall newsletter? This issue features articles on our recent research projects, results of the aquaculture industry survey and the impact and legacy of NSF EPSCoR in Maine. You can read a copy of here:

Researcher of the Week: Gretchen Grebe

Gretchen Grebe is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Maine and SEANET Research Fellow in Theme 3: Innovations. Grebe received her undergraduate degree in Environmental and Latin American studies at Bates College, before moving on to the University of California at Santa Barbara to obtain her masters in Environmental Science and Management. Finally, she […]

Researcher of the Week: Tyler Van Kirk

Tyler Van Kirk is a graduate researcher and SEANET Research Fellow in Theme 2: Changing Environments. Van Kirk received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine and went on to continue his studies as a graduate student at UMaine under Dr. Ian Bricknell. As an undergraduate, Van Kirk worked on a ME EPSCoR funded […]

Researcher of the Week: Charlotte Quigley

Charlotte Quigley is a Ph.D. candidate of marine biology at the University of Maine and SEANET Research Fellow in Theme 2: Changing Environments. Quigley grew up on the coast of Massachusetts and has always had a love for the ocean. Before college she worked at the New England Aquarium, citing her favorite part as visiting […]

Researcher of the Week: Avery Cole

Avery Cole is a masters student in the School of Economics at the University of Maine and a SEANET Research Fellow in Theme 4: Human Dimensions. As an undergrad, Cole spent two years at the University of Connecticut studying chemical engineering before he returned to Maine to study political science and math. After spending a […]

Researcher of the Week: Brian Preziosi

Brian Preziosi is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine and a SEANET Research Fellow in Theme 2: Changing Environments. Preziosi’s research is primarily concerned with environmental impacts on invertebrates, specifically looking at sediment acidification as it influences the behavior and health of adult razor clams in the state of Maine. This work has […]