Heather Hamlin

Expertise

? Aquaculture, ? Climate change, ? Coastal and marine topics, ? Environmental sciences, ? Fish, ? Health and the environment, ? Land and natural resource use, ? Lobster, ?Water quality, ? Wildlife

Hamlin is an environmental physiologist and reproductive endocrinologist who studies how the environment influences the reproduction and development of aquatic animals.  Specifically, her research examines: the influence of endocrine-disrupting contaminants in reproductive and developmental disfunction; reproductive and developmental challenges in commercial aquaculture; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); climate change and American lobsters. Visit Hamlin’s biography to learn more.

A bubble graph demonstrating a 75% research and 25% teaching appointment split.
Hamlin balances time between teaching (25%) courses about research experience in marine sciences, and research (75%) the influence of endocrine disrupting contaminants in reproductive and developmental dysfunction, reproductive and developmental challenges in commercial aquaculture, and methods to reduce contaminant burdens in aquaculture species.

Appointment details

Hamlin’s work is supported by:

  • School of Marine Sciences at the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
  • Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Experiment Station contributions

  • Current project: Examining environmental influences on Maine’s critical seafood resources. Hatch project number ME022319.