Abigail Wiegand, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled, "ADULT-USE CANNABIS AND STATE RESEARCH AGENCIES AN EXPLORATORY STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HARM-REDUCTION COURSE" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Abigail Wiegand at abbywiegand@gmail.com

Samantha Nadeau, a candidate for Master of Science in the School of Marine Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, "Evaluating the Foraging Ecology and Energetics of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Maine" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Samantha Nadeau at samantha.b.nadeau@maine.edu

Alexandria Bromley, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science, will be defending her thesis titled, "Food Safety and Functionality Assessment of Kombucha Systems Through Bacillus cereus Spore and Probiotic Inoculations." Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alexandria at alexandria.bromley@maine.edu.

Issac Shepard, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Science, will be defending his thesis titled, "Biotic interactions at species' range limits in a changing climate" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Issac Shepard at isaac.shepard@maine.edu

Brendan Gilpatrick, a candidate for Master of Science in Kinesiology, will be defending his thesis titled, "PACING VARIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN A 100 MILE ULTRA MARATHON" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Brendan Gilpatrick at brendan.gilpatrick@maine.edu

Aysan NajdMazhar, a candidate for Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, "Techno-Economics and Life Cycle Analysis of Upgrading Woody Biomass to Diesel Blendstock" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Aysan at aysan.najd@maine.edu

Katherine Jarvis, a candidate for Master of Science in Biochemistry, will be defending her thesis titled, "Stochastic Agent Based Model Represent Dynamic Biological Systems" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Katherine at katherine.jarvis@maine.edu

Katherine Jarvis, a candidate for Master of Science in Biochemistry, will be defending her thesis titled, "Stochastic Agent Based Models Represent Dynamic Phenotypes in Biological Systems" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Katherine at kitcatsrock@gmail.com

Geeta Pokhrel, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources with a concentration in Bioproducts Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, "Utilization of secondary processing mill residues in Maine to produce raw materials for manufacturing wood-plastic composites (WPCs)" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Geeta Pokhrel at geeta.pokhrel@maine.edu

Rakibul Hossain, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources: Bioproducts Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, "Forest Resources: Bioproducts Engineering" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rakibul Hossain at rakibul.hossain@maine.edu

Oisin Biswas, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, "Investigation of Mass – Manufactured Nanostructured Material for Contamination Detection via Structural Color Analysis Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Oisin at oisin.biswas@maine.edu

Intisar Alkaabawi, a candidate for Master of Science in Computer Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, "COMPARISON BETWEEN CPU AND GPU FOR PARALLEL MPLEMENTATION FOR A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL USING TENSORFLOW AND A BIG DATASET." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Intisar Alkaabawi at intisar.alkaabawi@maine.edu

Jessica Reilly-Moman, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, "Climate Care: Pathways to Coastal Community Resilience" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jessica Reilly-Moman at jessica.reillymoman@maine.edu

Phaneendra Chennampally, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending her dissertation titled, "GRADIENT GENERATING MICROFLUIDIC COCULTURE SYSTEM FOR DISEASE MODELLING AND NEURAL DEVELOPMENT" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Phaneendra at phaneendra.chennampally@maine.edu

Clare Thomas-Pino, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies, will be defending her dissertation titled, "EVALUATING HUMAN-EQUINE INTERACTIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF ADULT ATTACHMENT." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Clare Thomas-Pino at clare.thomas@maine.edu

Laura Miller, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending her dissertation titled, "Supervision to Support Reflective Practices" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Laura at laura.s.miller@maine.edu

Joseph Mohan, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Science, will be defending his thesis titled, "3D COMPUTER MODELING OFFERS NEW INSIGHTS INTO DIATOM ECOLOGY" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Joseph Mohan at Joseph.mohan@maine.edu.

Alexandria Bromley, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled, "Food Safety and Functionality Assessment of Kombucha Systems Through Bacillus cereus Spore and Probiotic Inoculations" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alexandria Bromley at alexandria.bromley@maine.edu

Joshua Tripp, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, "The Value of Peer Supervisory Practices" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Joshua Tripp at joshua.tripp@maine.edu

Glen Widmer, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, will be defending his thesis titled, "Teacher Listening and Reflection as a Way to Grow Teachers’ Conceptual and Pedagogical Knowledge of Mathematics at the Elementary Level" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Glen Widmer at glen.widmer@umaine.edu.

Brian Bannen, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, "The Effect of Leadership Change on School Climate" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom […]

Mia Morrison, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Earth in Educational Leadership, will be defending her thesis titled, " The Role of Technology in the Development of PK-12 Teacher Leadership during Covid-19" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Mia Morrison at mia.morrison@maine.edu.

Ameya Karapurkar, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, "Photopharmacological investigation of transmembrane proteins in the central nervous system." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ameya at ameya.karapurkar@maine.edu

Scott Harrison, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his thesis titled, "Strategic Management of Human Capital as Rural Praxis" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Scott Harrison at scott.harrison@maine.edu

Ryan Crane, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ed Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, " ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS " Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ryan Crane at rcrane@rsu67.org

George Mayfield, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, "AN EXAMINATION OF IMPLEMENTATION AND TEACHER LEADERSHIP OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN CHALLENGING TIMES" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact George at george.mayfield@maine.edu

Susan Thibedeau, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Education Leadership, will be defending her dissertation titled, "The Unique Challenges of Equity Training in White Majority Schools" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Susan at susan.thibedeau@maine.edu

Hunter Tubbs, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Sciences, will be defending his thesis titled, " Coupled Sea Surface Temperature Biases and Their Influence on Tropical Cyclone Environmental Conditions in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Hunter Tubbs at hunter.tubbs@maine.edu.