Francis Sternberg, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Science will be defending his thesis titled, "TRACE METALS SPECIATION IN A TROPICAL SERPENTINE SOIL PROFILE: ESTIMATING BIOAVAILABILITY WITH SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIONS" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Francis Sternberg at francis.sternberg@maine.edu.
Alireza Kianimoqadam, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering will be defending his dissertation titled, "Computational Acceleration of a CFD-DEM Solver for Dynamic Granular Media with Consideration of Energy Equations." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alireza Kianimoqadam at alireza.kianimoqadam@maine.edu.
Virginia Dearani, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Literacy Education will be defending her dissertation titled, "What Is Your Metaphor? Disrupting Wholeness in Teacher Education." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Virginia Dearani at virginia.dearani@maine.edu.
Phoebe Jekielek, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Science will be defending her dissertation titled, "INTEGRATING LIFE HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (eDNA) DATA TO ENHANCE DETECTION OF SEA SCALLOP (Placopecten magellanicus) POPULATIONS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Phoebe Jekielek at phoebe.jekielek@maine.edu.
Ryan Brodie, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences will be defending his thesis titled, "A framework to model current and future nonbreeding distributions for four declining Nearctic-Neotropical migratory forest birds to inform conservation planning." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ryan Brodie at ryan.brodie@maine.edu.
Carolyn Merriam, a candidate for Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology, will be defending her dissertation titled, "Migration and Management: How Does Habitat Fragmentation Affect the Movements and Survival of Migratory Species in a Perpetually Changing Environment?" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Carolyn Merriam at carolyn.merriam@maine.edu.
Katherine Wing, a candidate for Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary MA with a concentration in Franco American Studies will be defending her thesis titled, "Her-Story: Her Voice in Franco-American History" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Katherine Wing at kattiew09@gmail.com
Gregory LeClair, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Sciences will be defending his dissertation titled, "Applications of Environmental DNA in Threatened Species Conservation." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Gregory LeClair at gregory.leclair@maine.edu.
Christopher Abela, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering will be defending his dissertation titled, "Failure of Smooth Grouted Post-Tension Anchors in Dams" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Christopher Abela at christopher.abela@maine.edu.
Andrew Ouellette, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science and Engineering will be defending his dissertation titled, "Exploring potential therapeutics of cognitive ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease: Mouse to human translation." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Andrew Ouellette at andrew.ouellette90@gmail.com.
