Position: PhD Graduate Assistantship – Ecological Genetics of Maine Fishes Location: Kinnison Lab, University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, (https://umaine.edu/evoappslab/) Responsibilities: Conduct a doctoral dissertation incorporating two large datasets of genetic, trait, ecological and management histories of two fish species in Maine. These include a unique 15-year dataset of genetic, trait, limnological, […]
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Zach and Jared teamed up to write a local newspaper article discussing the vibrant life found in vernal pools across Maine and how the unique nature of these pools can nurture healthier forests and waterways. Also check out the really nice amphibian pictures by Kristine Hoffman (including the photo featured here). Jared is conducting major […]
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Zach Wood has started writing a public interest column on aquatic ecology and other themes for the Bangor Daily News! Check out his first article on implications of this year’s early spring for Maine’s lakes. In this article Zach explains how an early spring can change lake dynamics by causing longer and stronger lake stratification. During stratification, […]
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Zachary Wood took the reigns at today’s Ecology and Evolution of Everything (EEE) Lunch group. Rumor has it he took the name of the discussion group too literally and attempted to present an individual-based model of the ecology and evolution of everything. OK, it wasn’t quite that encompassing, but it came closer than most eco-evolutionary dynamics models […]
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An interview with Dr. Kinnison is included in the new BBC Radio 4 documentary ‘Unnatural Selection’ with host Dr. Adam Hart. Mike talks about how harvest drives faster trait changes in wild populations than in more natural contexts and highlights some neat research by David Philipp’s and Jason Vokoun’s labs on evolution of reduced aggressiveness in bass […]
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Congratulations to Jared Homola for being awarded one of only two Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowships available in this year’s campus-wide competition. This is one of, if not the, most competitive fellowships offered by the University of Maine and is awarded in large part based on a graduate student’s past and anticipated scholarship. Jared’s many publications, presentations […]
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