Kelly French, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending her thesis titled, "Climate change and forest management impacts on tree growth and physiology" Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kelly at kelly.french@maine.edu

Alexander Audet, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Sciences, will be defending his thesis titled, "MODERN AND PALEO PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF THE WESTERLIES IN GLACIATION." Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alexander at alexander.c.audet@maine.edu

Karen Robbie, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Prevention and Intervention Studies, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Using Peer Supports to Improve Positive-to-Negative Teacher/Student Interaction Ratios by Novice Teachers." For the Zoom link and password, please contact Karen at karen.robbie@maine.edu

Prakash Raut, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, will be defending his dissertation titled, “THE ROLE OF PHOSPHOINOSITIDES IN THE CLUSTERING AND ASSEMBLY OF VIRAL PROTEINS QUANTIFIED BY FLUORESCENCE SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY." For the Zoom link and password, please contact Prakash at prakash.raut@maine.edu

Valeria Briones, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending her thesis titled, “Forest Phenology in Maine: Trends and Drivers Over the Past Two Decades and Implications for Resource Managers." For the Zoom link and password, please contact Valeria at valeria.briones@maine.edu.

Hannah Varney, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, "Segmentation and Statistical Analysis of Imaged and Simulated 3D Chromosome Territories." Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Hannah at hannah.varney@maine.edu

Brieanne Berry, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology & Environmental Policy, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Discards & Diverse Economies: Reuse in Rural Maine". For the Zoom link and password, please contact Brieanne Berry at brieanne.berry@maine.edu

Jaycee Cushman, a candidate for Master of Science in Microbiology, will be defending her thesis titled, "Characterizing the role of prophages on whiB7 expression and antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium chelonae" Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jaycee at jaycee.cushman@maine.edu

Torey Bowser, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Biology, will be defending her thesis titled, "The Impacts of Embryonic Arsenic Exposure on Fundulus heteroclitus." Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Torey at torey.bowser@maine.edu

Wenjing Sun, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources/Bioproducts Engineering, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Understanding the Adhesion Mechanism in Mycelium-Assisted Wood Bonding.” For the Zoom link and password, please contact Wenjing at wenjing.sun@maine.edu.

Abolaji Akinyemi, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, will be defending her thesis titled, "Investigating Students' Use And Understanding of Evaluation Strategies" Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Akinyemi at abolaji.akinyemi@maine.edu

Ahmad Ahmad, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Synthesis and Evaluation of water-soluble gold-aryl nanoparticles and application in catalysis." For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ahmad at ahmad.ahmad@maine.edu

Katie Perry, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, "Acting Out of Lyme: Characterizing the Human Dimensions of Lyme disease Interventions." Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Katie at katherine.c.perry@maine.edu

Shu SU, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology & Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “MOVING TOWARDS THE SCIENCE-BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (SBFM) IN CHINA." For the Zoom link and password, please contact Shu at su.shu@maine.edu

Abigail Wiegand, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled, "The changing landscape of cannabis policy, research, and public health outreach" Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Abigail at abbywiegand@gmail.com

Alex Koch, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, will be defending his thesis titled, “Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Classify and Identify Galaxy Merger Events in the CANDELS Fields." Zoom meeting For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alex at alex.koch1@maine.edu.

Hsiao-Yun Chang, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Science, will be defending her dissertation titled, “THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE GULF OF MAINE NORTHERN SHRIMP (Pandalus borealis) DISTRIBUTION, REPRODUCTION, AND LIFE CYCLE" For the Zoom link and password, please contact Hsiao-Yun at hsiaoyun.chang@maine.edu

Hsiao-yun Chang, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology & Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE GULF OF MAINE NORTHERN SHRIMP (Pandalus borealis) DISTRIBUTION, REPRODUCTION, AND LIFE CYCLE" For the Zoom link and password, please contact Hsiao-yun at hsiaoyun.chang@maine.edu

Anne Bardaglio, a candidate for Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies - Marine Studies, will be defending her thesis titled, “ A Concealment Shoe as Ritualistic Greiving Gesture: A Case Study in an Early 20th Century Maine Finnish Immigrant Community.” For the Zoom link and password, please contact Anne at anne.bardaglio@gmail.com.

Wendi Malenfant, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, will be defending her dissertation titled, “A Quantitative Study of Mathematics Anxiety of First-Generation Pre-Service Teachers." For the Zoom link and password, please contact Wendi at wendi.malenfant@maine.edu