Office of Research Development

Principal Investigator: Aaron Strong (UMaine School of Marine Sciences) Partners: Esperanza Stancioff (UMaine, Cooperative Extension/Sea Grant) Damian Brady (UMaine, SMS/DMC), Parker Gassett (UMaine, SMS) Abstract: Ocean and coastal acidification is an emergent threat to the communities and livelihoods of coastal Mainers, potentially risking hundred of coastal jobs and millions of dollars in lost revenue to our […]

Principal Investigator: Aaron Strong (UMaine School of Marine Sciences) Partners: Sam Belknap (UMaine, Climate Change Institute), Parker Gassett (UMaine School of Marine Sciences) Abstract: Maine is one of nine northeastern states that is a member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, one of the largest and longest functioning carbon markets in the world. Throughout 2016, […]

Principal Investigator: Katharine Ruskin (UMaine, Ecology and Environmental Sciences) Partners: Aaron Strong (School of Marine Sciences) Nicholas Fisichelli (Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park), Abraham Miller-Rushing (National Park Service), and Tora Johnson (UMM, GIS program) Abstract: Tourism is an important and growing sector of Maine’s economy. In 2016, Acadia National Park opened the Schoodic Woods […]

Principal Investigator: David Putnam (UMPI, Sciences and Mathematics) Partners: Derek Yorks (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife), Michael Jones (American Turtle Observatory) Abstract: Researchers from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and the American Turtle Observatory will conduct wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) surveys along the […]

Principal Investigator: Renae Moran (UMaine, Highmoor Farm/School of Food and Agriculture) Partners: Bryan Peterson (UMaine, School of Food and Agriculture) Abstract: Cold temperature (freezing) injury occurs throughout temperate climates in which fruit crops are grown and causes extensive losses for fruit growers. Damage from freezing temperatures impacts the industry through reduced yield and fruit quality, […]

Principal Investigator: Heather Leslie (UMaine, School of Marine Sciences and Darling Marine Center) Partners: Damian Brady (UMaine, SMS/DMC), Jeremy Rich (UMaine, SMS/DMC, Carter Newell (Pemaquid Oyster Company) Abstract: With some of the nation’s cleanest waters, a recognized brand, and a strong tradition of entrepreneurship and innovation, Maine is well poised to expand shellfish aquaculture into […]

Principal Investigator: Pauline Kamath (UMaine, School of Food and Agriculture) Partners: Anne Lichetnwalner (UMaine, School of Food and Agriculture) Abstract: Tick-borne diseases can have negative impacts on Maine’s economy, including both through the direct effects to human and domestic animal health and the indirect effects on participation in outdoor recreation and tourism. Moose, in particular, […]

Principal Investigator: Nuri Emanetoglu (UMaine, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering) Partners: Herbert Aumann (UMaine, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)and Francis Drummond (UMaine, School of Biology and Ecology) Abstract: A Doppler radar based bee hive activity monitoring system is proposed as an early-warning tool against colony collapse disorder (CCD). Bees pollinate up to 80% […]

Principal Investigator: Susan Brawley (UMaine, Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research) Partners: Steve Eddy (CCAR) Abstract: This project has two key aims: 1) developing protocols to eliminate cilates from stock and production cultures of the sea vegetables alaria, dulse, and laver, and 2) establishing conchocelis cultures on oyster shells of summer “laver” species in order to […]

Principal Investigator: Brian Beal (UMM) Partners: Dianne Tilton (Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research & Education) Abstract: Thanks to funding over the past five years from the National Science Foundation, MEIF-SCI, and USDA’s SBIR program, Arctic surfclams, Mactromeris polynyma, are a new culture candidate in Maine. Work has progressed on the hatchery and nursery phases of this […]