Dr. Erin Bertrand Assistant Professor Dept. of Biology and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Proteomics Dalhousie University Marine phytoplankton are responsible for roughly half of global net primary production, support marine food webs and play critical roles in the global carbon cycle. Phytoplankton often require exogenous sources of specific organic and organometallic micronutrients for growth; […]
Dr. Alexandre Ponomarenko Harvard University Dr. Alexandre Ponomarenko is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is a physicist fascinated by plants and how they achieve the movement of large amounts of sap in the xylem. In particular, Dr. Ponomarenko is interested in how this mechanism fails […]
The School of Earth and Climate Sciences presents Dr. Joellen Russell University of Arizona Floats deployed by oceanographers are giving us all ringside seats to the epic battle between the wind and the deep ocean around Antarctica which will determine the rate of atmospheric warming over the next century. The poleward-shift and intensification of the […]
Dr. Kevin Geyer University of New Hampshire Dr. Geyer is a microbial ecologist interested in processes that govern community structure along biogeochemical gradients. He has worked extensively in both temperate forest ecosystems and polar deserts in Antarctica. His talk will focus on his research on community assemblages in polar desert soils. If you have any […]
The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series presents Cynthia Loftin | Unit Leader and Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology | USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit & Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology | University of Maine The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series seeks to recruit prominent speakers on advanced, cutting edge research and applications […]
School of Biology and Ecology Fall Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Matthew Johnson Plumas National Forest, US Forest Service Dr. Johnson will discuss his experiences applying spatial and movement ecology to conservation and ecosystem management. He will also discuss what it's like to conduct research to inform natural resource management, both from the perspectives of someone […]
Dr. Heather Heenehan University of New England In September 2016, the West Indies distinct population segment (DPS) of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) was delisted under the US Endangered Species Act. In response to these changes in humpback status and evidence supporting more than one breeding population in the West Indies, the Caribbean Humpback Acoustic Monitoring […]
Dr. Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie University of Maine Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie is a David H. Smith postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Her research explores the paleoecology and historical ecology of alpine and subalpine plant communities in New England, where she works with stakeholders to inform conservation management. She received an […]
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