Speaker: Catherine Miller, Ph.D, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Maine About the speaker: Dr. Catherine Miller joined the USM Biology faculty in 2019. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Illinois University, and she held postdoctoral research positions in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Pediatrics […]
Speaker: Suzanne Angeli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Maine About the speaker: I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana to Honduran-immigrant parents. I received my B.S. in Cell and Molecular biology. I attended graduate school at University of California, San Francisco, where I studied the group of genetically […]
Speaker: Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) About the speaker: Dr. Lanba teaches materials science and mechanics-based courses at the University of the Southern Maine, and conducts research in advanced materials, laser ablation tomography (LATscan) and image analysis. He is also leading the USM […]
Speaker: Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD., Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University. She is a soil microbiologist who works at the intersection of ecosystem ecology and evolution with an emphasis on fungi. She did her bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s degree in Molecular Ecology at the Autonomous University of Baja California. Dr. Romero-Olivares completed […]
Speaker: Mary Coughter, PhD Candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session
Speakers: Sean Birkel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Maine State Climatologist Climate Change Institute & Cooperative Extension, University of Maine. Susan Elias, Ph.D., Staff Scientist MaineHealth Institute for Research, Lyme & […]
Speaker: Dr. Kelly K. Baker, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the State University of New York Buffalo School of Public Health, and Director of the Center for Climate Change and Health Equity research. She conducts One Health focused eco-epidemiology studies in the US and globally that identify practical intervention […]
Speaker: Dr. Davida Smyth, PhD., is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University – San Antonio. She received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, and completed her postdoctoral training at New York Medical College, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and New York University. She has served as an […]
Speaker: Dr. Erica Hartmann, PhD., Associate Professor at Northwestern University. Dr. Erica Marie Hartmann is an environmental microbiologist interested in the interaction between anthropogenic chemicals and microorganisms, as well as bio-inspired mechanisms for controlling microbial communities. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session
Speaker: Dr. Emily Vogtmann is an Earl Stadtman Investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics in the National Cancer Institute. She received her B.S. […]
