UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Timothy Bowden

Expertise

🦪 Aquaculture, 🌡 Climate change, 🌊 Coastal and marine topics, 🏔 Environmental sciences, 🐟 Fish , 🍞 Food security, 🤧 Immune system, 🦠 Pathogens, 🐛 Pests and parasites, 🍤 Seafood, 🦀 Shellfish

Bowden studies aquatic animal health. His current research interests focus on viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens and their aquatic hosts, how a pathogen invades its host, and how that host and its immune system responds. He also evaluates how changes in an aquatic animal’s environment (season, temperature, salinity, acidity) impact its health. Other interests include development of immune function in aquatic animals, and the impact of biological rhythms (circadian, lunar or seasonal) and aging on animal health. Visit Bowden’s biography to learn more.

A bubble graph demonstrating a 75% research and 25% teaching appointment split. — Bowden balances his time between teaching courses (25%) in aquaculture and studying how to manage pests and parasites for the aquaculture industry (75%).

Appointment details

Bowden’s work is supported by:

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

Experiment Station contributions

Current project: Optimizing the Health of Commercially Important Aquaculture Species. Hatch Project Number ME021813.

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Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Timothy Bowden

Expertise

Appointment details

Experiment Station contributions