People
Heather Leslie, Professor, UMaine School of Marine Sciences
Phoebe Jekielek, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Emma Polhemus, 2023 Summer Research Intern
Jessica Reilly-Moman, Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sarah Risley, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Jennifer Smith-Mayo, PhD Candidate in Communications & Journalism
Lab Alums
High School, Undergraduate & Post Bac Researchers
Jenny Adler
Ben Apple
Hank Baker
Joey Bernhardt, currently a postdoc at Yale University
Bridgette Black
Harriet Booth
Caitlin Brisson
Melissa Britsch
Brendyn Brooks-Stocking
Samuel Burgess, 2021 Summer Research Intern
Laura Chartier
Nathaniel Chu, 2013 Fulbright Scholar
Karen Cortes
Currie Dugas
Audrey Hufnagel, Research Assistant from Lincoln Academy (Summer 2022)
Morgan Ivens-Duran
Emily Lamb, 2012 Fulbright Scholar
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
Amelia Papi, 2021 Summer Research Intern
Kaitlyn Raffier, 2018 Summer Undergraduate Intern, now a Natural Resource Specialist for the State of Alaska
Lee Richter
Carolina Rolfe, 2021 Summer Research Intern
Kristen Sebasky
Will Spaller, 2022-2023 Capstone Student
Darius Stanton, Leadership Alliance Fellow from Claflin University, Class of 2014
Cassandra Strauch, Summer 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Sara Swett, 2021-22 Capstone in Marine Sciences
Eric Van Arsdale
Allison Wentz
Kara Woo
Madeline Williams, Undergraduate Student in Marine Sciences
Jessica Woodall, Summer 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
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 an aquaculture oriented scientist with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Marina Cucuzza, UMaine, dual M.S. degrees in Marine Biology & Marine Policy, 2020, now with USGS
Tara Gancos, 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
PhDs
Sarah Crosby (PhD, Brown University 2015), now Director of Harbor Watch, Earthplace
Kara Pellowe (PhD, University of Maine 2019), now Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Stockholm Resilience Center, Sweden
Jessica Reilly-Moman (PhD, University of Maine 2021), now Affiliated Research Associate, Aspen Global Change Institute
Postdocs
Keryn Gedan, now Associate Professor, The George Washington University
Kaitlyn Haynal, now faculty at Randolf-Macon College
Kara Pellowe, now a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Center, Sweden
Leila Sievanen, Program Officer, University of California Office of the President
Sheila Walsh Reddy, Senior Director of Conservation Impact, The Nature Conservancy