Office of Research Development

PI: Danielle Levesque, UM School of Biology and Ecology Collaborators: Jason Johnston, Wildlife Ecology, and University of Maine at Presque Isle Recent changes in environmental conditions have brought to the forefront the importance of understanding the relationship between environmental temperatures, energetics, and performance in animals as species ranges shift in response to warming temperatures. This […]

PI: Jean MacRae (UM Civil and Environmental Engineering) Collaborators: Clayton “Mac” Richardson, Lewiston Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority (LAWPCA) To address the need to shift to renewable sources of energy as well as the large amounts of produce grown in the U.S. that is wasted, this project proposes the extraction of energy from food waste […]

PI: Damian Brady (UM School of Marine Sciences) Collaborators: Richard Wahle UM Lobster Institute, Deborah Bouchard UM Aquaculture Research Institute, Annie Tselikis & Patrice McCarron Maine Lobstermen’s Association., Andrew Goode UM SMS Ph.D. student and lobsterman, Phillip Dostie Bates College, Environmental Geochemical Lab, Matthew Jadud Bates College, Digital & Computer Sciences This project’s goal is […]

PI: Rachel Lasley-Rasher, University of Southern Maine Biological Sciences Collaborators: Karen Wilson, USM Environmental Science and Policy; Damian Brady, UM School of Marine Sciences River herring populations have declined dramatically and remained low for over a century after dams were built that blocked access to their spawning habitat. The primary goal of this project is […]

PI: Cynthia Loftin, UM Wildlife Ecology and USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Collaborators: Kate Beard Tisdale, UM School of Computing and Information Science, Anthony Guay & Dan Hayes, UM School of Forest Resources, Roy Turner, UM School of Computing and Information Science, Tora Johnson, GIS Director, University of Maine-Machias, Aly McKnight Wildlife and […]