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

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