Rebecca Gumbrewicz, a candidate for Master of Science in Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, "Strategies for Wild Blueberry Production in a Changing Climate: Mulching Effects on Drought Adaptation and Fertility Effects on Blueberry Gall Midge" Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rebecca at rebecca.gumbrewicz@maine.edu

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

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