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

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

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

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

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

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

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