Ivy Yen, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Yen outdoors in front of mountains

Faculty Mentor: Chrissy Murphy – Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Start Date: Spring 2026
Ph.D. 2025, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine
ivy.yen@maine.edu, 207.581.2915

Brief Biography: I am from a small suburban town in Indiana and have always wanted to live on the East Coast! I enjoy horror movies, improvisational cooking, acorn foraging, and winter hiking with my pup, Sneakers.

Current Research: To conduct PFAS research on returning adult and out-migrating juvenile Alewife (A. pseudoharengus) and Blueback Herring (A. Aestivalis), incorporating the measured burdens by constructing a linked mechanistic model framework using the collected data and the recently released ‘anadrofish’ life cycle modelling R package (Stich et al. 2025). The goal is to examine potential PFAS transport loads under different population scenarios in these and other lakes in Maine.