Jennie Hahn, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled, “To The First White Woman Here: Performance Intervention in Settler-Colonial Narrative & Speculative Modes of Repair." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jennie at jennie.hahn@maine.edu

Bo Ra Song, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Climate Science, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Microstructural analysis for dynamic pulverization and asymmetric damage at the base of seismogenic strike-slip faults" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Bo Ra at bora.song@maine.edu.

Betelhem Solomon Abayr, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “3d Image Segmentation of Cells for Localized F/B SHG Analysis." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Betelhem at bethelhem.abay@maine.edu

Saad Mohammad Ali, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Chemistry and Biology of EM2487." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Saad at saad.mohammed@maine.edu

Diana Spencer, a candidate for Master of Science in Botany and Plant Pathology, will be defending her thesis titled, “Molecular characterization of the early Arabidopsis embryo undergoing centromere-mediated genome elimination." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Diana at diana.spencer@maine.edu

Adriana Cavalcanti, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled, “The Power of Rejected Things." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Adriana at adriana.cavalcanti@maine.edu

Anupam Raj, a candidate for Master of Science in Teaching, will be defending his thesis titled, “INVESTIGATING THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCES OF MAINE SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Anupam at anupam.raj@maine.edu

Andrew Chase, a candidate for Master of Science in Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science, will be defending his thesis titled, “USING SOIL TESTING DATA TO EXAMINE ORGANIC CARBON CHANGES DURING THE PAST 27 YEARS IN MAINE AGRICULTURAL SOILS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Andrew at andrew.chase@maine.edu.

Brandon Dixon, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Continuous, Non-Destructive Detection of Surface Bacterial Growth with Bioinspired Vascularized Polymers." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Brandon at brandon.dixon@maine.edu

Adriana Cavalcanti, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled, “The Power of Neglected Things." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Adriana at adriana.cavalcanti@maine.edu

Christiana Becker, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled, “Where Do I Belong In The United States Public School System." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Christina at christinabecker31@gmail.com.

Michael Munson, a candidate for Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, will be defending his thesis titled, “The City with a Bathtub Ring: A Century of Industrial Labor and Sense of Place in Belfast, Maine." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Michael at michael.munson@maine.edu.

Eliza Costigan, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “Nutrient Removal from Recirculating Aquaculture System Water." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Eliza at eliza.costigan@maine.edu

Joshua Hamilton, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Multiscale Anisotropy Analysis of Second-Harmonic Generation Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Joshua at joshua.hamilton@maine.edu.

Lucas Heroux, a candidate for Master of Science in Botany and Plant Pathology, will be defending his thesis titled, “Genetic Sources of Resistance to Potato Blackleg Soft Rot Disease Caused by Dickeya dianthicola." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lucas at lucas.heroux@maine.edu

Ashton Collins, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “ROLE OF MICROPLASTICS ON THE RELEASE AND ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN NATURAL WATERS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ashton at ashton.collins@maine.edu.

Adeeb Ibne Alam, a candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Additively manufactured metal and polymer lattice structures with eulerian paths." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Adeeb at adeeb.alam@maine.edu

Sasha Weller, a candidate for Master of Science in Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, “ Mitochondrial Toxicity of Antibacterial Agent Cetylpyridinium Chloride." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sasha at sasha.weller@maine.edu

Emilie Oesterlin, a candidate for Master of Science in Teaching, will be defending her thesis titled, “BOTANICALLY INCLINED: ELEMENTARY STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT STRUCTURES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS CAPTURED IN DRAWINGS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Emilie at emilie.oesterlin@maine.edu

Paloma Henriques, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Policy, will be defending her thesis titled, “Governing the blue economy equitably and sustainably: Supporting alternative seafood networks through participatory action research." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Paloma at paloma.henriques@maine.edu.

Lauren Babb, a candidate for Master of Science in Chemistry, will be defending her thesis titled, “Experimental Studies of Hydrogenolysis Reactions of Substituted Benzenes." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lauren at lauren.babb@maine.edu.

Elise Gudde, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, “THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THERMOREGULATION AND RANGE SHIFTS OF NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Elise at elise.gudde@maine.edu

Kora Kukk, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “Developing and Characterizing a Novel TEMPO CNF Hydrogel Adjuvant and Delivery System for […]

Meredith Lewis, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, “Using Aerial Imagery to Quantify Uncertainty of Manual Observer Classifications of Birds and to Assess of Seabird Population Changes on Maine's Coastal Islands." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Meredith at meredith.a.lewis@maine.edu

Cassandra Leeman, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Science, will be defending her thesis titled, “Predicting delayed post-harvest mortality in American lobster (Homarus americanus) using reflex impairment." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Cassandra at Cassandra.Leeman@maine.edu

Sarah Rice, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, will be defending her thesis titled, “Weak Gravitational Lensing Analysis in Two Superclusters of Galaxies." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sarah at sarah.b.rice@maine.edu

Trevor Robertson, a candidate for Master of Science in Teaching, will be defending his thesis titled, “Horizon Content Knowledge and its Integration into Physics Education Research: Case Study Analysis on Physical Science and Physics Teachers." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Trevor at trevor.robertson@maine.edu

Logan Kline, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Science, will be defending her thesis titled, “Characteristics Contributing to Uncertainty in Image-based Artificial Intelligence Classifications of Colonial Nesting Birds." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Logan at logan.kline@maine.edu

Sonia Naderi, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, will be defending her dissertation titled, “LOW COST AND RELIABLE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sonia at sonia.naderi@maine.edu