People
Heather Leslie, Professor, UMaine School of Marine Sciences
Annie Fagan, Masters Student in Marine Biology
Tim Frawley, Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Associate
Phoebe Jekielek, Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Associate
Joelle Klichenmann, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Jessica Reilly-Moman, Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sarah Risley, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Chandler Sendek, PhD Student in Marine Biology
Jennifer Smith-Mayo, PhD Candidate in Communications & Journalism
Lab Alums
High School, Undergraduate & Post Bac Researchers
Jenny Adler, Conservation Photographer
Ben Apple, Attorney for family farmers and environmental conservation
Hank Baker, Evolutionary ecologist
Joey Bernhardt, University of Guelph Assistant Professor
Bridgette Black, Airbnb
Harriet Booth, Puget Sound Partnership
Caitlin Brisson, Duolingo
Melissa Britsch, Maine Department of Marine Resources
Brendyn Brooks-Stocking, Mitsui
Samuel Burgess, 2021 Summer Research Intern
Laura Chartier Brown, Hanna Instruments (Summer 2008)
Nathaniel Chu, Co-founder and CEO, Tezza
Karen Cortes
Currie Dugas
Cedar Gordon, 2024 Summer Research Intern
Audrey Hufnagel, Research Assistant from Lincoln Academy (Summer 2022)
Morgan Ivens-Duran, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Emily Lamb, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Annapurna Leung, 2022-2023 Capstone Student
Jenna Lyons, Capstone Student
Bradlyn McEttrick, 2021 Capstone in Marine Sciences
Brendan Mirra, Research Assistant from Wake Forest University (Summer 2022)
Jakob O’Neal, Research Assistant from Southern Maine Community College (Summer 2022)
Megan Palmer, National Environmental Education Foundation
Amelia Papi, 2021 Summer Research Intern
Emma Polhemus, 2023 Summer Research Intern
Kaitlyn Raffier, Natural Resource Manager for State of Alaska (Summer 2018)
Lee Richter
Carolina Rolfe, 2021 Summer Research Intern
Kristen Sebasky, Apex Clean Energy
Katherine Siegel, University of Toronto Assistant Professor
Abigail Skena, 2024 Summer Research Intern
Will Spaller, 2022-2023 Capstone Student
Darius Stanton, American Cleaning Institute (Summer 2014)
Cassandra Strauch, Summer 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Sara Swett, 2021-22 Capstone in Marine Sciences and now a graduate student at University of Delaware
Eric Van Arsdale, Industrial Metal Enterprise
Allison Wentz, Google
Kara Woo, Senior Data Science Engineer at InsightRX
Madeline Williams, Undergraduate Student in Marine Sciences
Jessica Woodall, Marine Educator (Summer 2019)
Matt Yost, 2022-2023 Capstone Student
Masters and Post Masters Researchers
Melissa Britsch, UMaine, dual M.S. degrees in Marine Biology & Marine Policy, 2021, now a Senior Planner with Maine DMR’s Coastal Program
Marcy Cockrell, Research Technician, now Science Coordinator with NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Aquaculture
Marina Cucuzza, UMaine, dual M.S. degrees in Marine Biology & Marine Policy, 2020, now with USGS
Tara Gancos Crawford, Brown M.A., 2010
Sarah Doudera, Professional Science Masters in Marine Sciences, 2022
Nick Gredin, dual Masters in Business Administration and Information Systems, UMaine 2022
Joelle Kilchenmann, now a PhD Student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Courtney Mattison, Brown, M.A., 2011, now an independent artist
Lauren Watka, Brown, M.A., 2012, and now at Rhode Island College
PhDs
Sarah Crosby (PhD, Brown University 2015), now Director of Conservation and Policy,
Phoebe Jekielek (PhD, UMaine 2024), now a postdoc at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center
Kara Pellowe (PhD, University of Maine 2019), Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Center, & Stockholm University, Sweden
Jessica Reilly-Moman (PhD, University of Maine 2021), now Director of Climate and Community, Island Institute
Postdocs
Timothy Frawley, UC Santa Cruz & NOAA Fisheries
Keryn Gedan, Associate Professor, The George Washington University
Kaitlyn Haynal, Independent Researcher
Kara Pellowe, Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Center, & Stockholm University, Sweden
Jessica Reilly-Moman, now Director of Climate and Community, Island Institute
Leila Sievanen, Program Officer, University of California Office of the President
Sheila Walsh Reddy, Global Director and Lead Scientists of Conservation Impact, The Nature Conservancy