{"id":9027,"date":"2021-09-13T11:14:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=9027"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:30:57","slug":"ivy-yen-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/postdoctoral-associates\/ivy-yen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yen, Ivy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ivy Yen, Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-205x300.png\" alt=\"Yen outdoors in front of mountains\" class=\"wp-image-12948\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-701x1024.png 701w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-103x150.png 103w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-768x1122.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-96x140.png 96w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-317x463.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-423x618.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop-634x926.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2026\/03\/yen-try-to-crop.png 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,205px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty Mentor:<\/strong>\u00a0Chrissy Murphy \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.usgs.gov\/coopunits\/unit\/Maine\">Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit<\/a><br><strong>Start Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Spring 2026<br>Ph.D. 2025, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine<br>ivy.yen@maine.edu, 207.581.2915<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brief Biography:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Research:<\/strong>  To conduct PFAS research on returning adult and out-migrating juvenile Alewife (<em>A. pseudoharengus<\/em>) and Blueback Herring (<em>A. Aestivalis<\/em>), incorporating the measured burdens by constructing a linked mechanistic model framework using the collected data and the recently released \u2018anadrofish\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivy Yen, Postdoctoral Research Associate Faculty Mentor:\u00a0Chrissy Murphy \u2013 Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitStart Date:\u00a0Spring 2026Ph.D. 2025, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maineivy.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! 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