leslielab, Author at Leslie Lab: Marine Conservation Science

How communication shapes research practice and outcomes

Congratulations to graduate student Jen Smith-Mayo! Jen just published an article in Communication Design Quarterly – “Embodied Participation: (re)Situating Bodies in Collaborative Research” – highlighting how the many ways in which people interact while collaborating, from listening, sharing and organizing ideas to fostering empathy, deciding what questions to ask, working through tensions and laughing together, shape research […]

Heather elected AAAS Fellow

Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, one of the highest honors in the scientific community. Heather has been a member of AAAS since she was a graduate student and […]

Marine ecology on the Maine coast

Sophia Pelletier served as an undergraduate research assistant in the Leslie Lab at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in summer 2022. She is from San Diego, CA and currently lives in Davis, CA. Sophia graduated from University of California at Davis with a BS in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and is applying to graduate programs […]

Heather on coastal resilience

Maine Campus Media covered Heather’s recent seminar as part of the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Learn more here… You can watch Heather’s one-hour seminar here.

Sarah shares shellfish research

Graduate student Sarah Risley presented to the Town of Damariscotta’s Select Board on November 2nd. She shared the work that UMaine scientists and local high school students have done to support municipal shellfish management since 2019, thanks to support from a variety of sources, including local donors to the Darling Marine Center. The team has […]

High school student field days

Fall Marine Ecology Field Research Opportunity for High School Students

Coastal stewardship & community science

The Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions highlighted graduate student Sarah Risley’s community science research in the Damariscotta River Estuary in their most recent newsletter.

Heather welcomes first years to DMC

First-year UMaine students dive into marine sciences at Darling Marine Center

Maine-eDNA update

University of Maine researchers and collaborators – including multiple members of the Leslie Lab – are leading the way in an emerging field that combines environmental science and genetics, revolutionizing how scientists understand and monitor our state’s 3,500 miles of coastline that our marine ecosystems depend on. Read on…

High school student opportunity

Summer Marine Ecology Research Opportunity for High School Students

Leslie Lab: Marine Conservation Science

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