Initiative for One Health and the Environment
Faculty Participants
Dr. Andrei Alyokhin
Professor of Applied Entomology
School of Biology and Ecology
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Phone: 207.581.2977 / 207.581.2551
Email: alyokhin@maine.edu
Office: 315 E Deering Hall / 100B Murray Hall
Research: I am interested in applied insect ecology, evolution, insect behavior, transmission of plant diseases by insect vectors, and integrated pest management.
Dr. Kathleen P. Bell
Professor of Environmental Economics
School of Economics
Ph.D University of Maryland
Phone: 207.581.3156
Email: kpbell@maine.edu
Office: 302 Winslow Hall
Research: Environmental Economics, Land Economics, Public Economics, Sustainability Science
Dr. Sean Birkel
Research Assistant Professor
Climate Change Institute
Ph.D University of Maine
Phone: 207.581.2369
Email: birkel@maine.edu
Office: 135 Sawyer Environmental Research Center
Research: Climate and ice sheet modeling; environmental change, data visualization
Dr. Kristina Cammen
Assistant Professor of Marine Mammal Science
School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. Duke University
Phone: 207.581.2820
Email: kristina.cammen@maine.edu
Office: 151 Hitchner Hall
Research: I approach marine mammal science with a broad focus on ocean health that incorporates interconnected components of animal, human, and ecosystem health by using genetic and genomic techniques to study evolutionary adaptation, population ecology, and conservation biology.
Dr. Matthew Chatfield
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Phone: 207.581.2568
Email: matthew.chatfield@maine.edu
Office: 311 Murray Hall
Research: I study turtle population health with an emphasis on the impacts of ecological change, such as shifts in land use and climate change. Possible projects include predator surveys, weather-induced changes in behavior, and growth patterns.
Dr. Kiley Daley
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
Phone: 207-581-1648
Email: kiley.daley@maine.edu
Office: 207 York Complex #4
Dr. Sandra De Urioste-Stone
Associate Professor
School of Forest Resources
Ph.D., University of Idaho
Phone: 207.581.2885
Email: sandra.de@maine.edu
Office: 211 Nutting Hall
Research: I am an applied social scientist that has worked in the areas of sustainable rural livelihoods, health and wellbeing. Given the interdisciplinary nature of my work, the “One Health” approach has been integral to my research in the US and abroad.
Ph.D. Assistantship: Social-ecological drivers of mosquito-borne disease risk in the Caribbean
Contact person: Allie Gardner
Contact email: allison.gardner@maine.edu
Dr. Allison Gardner
Assistant Professor of Arthropod Vector Biology
School of Biology and Ecology
PhD University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Phone: 207.581.3115
Email: allison.gardner@maine.edu
Office: 310 Deering Hall
Research: I am an entomologist with an interest in the ecology of infectious diseases of humans, wildlife, and domesticated animals that are transmitted by arthropod vectors. My current focal study systems include mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus and Zika virus and tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease.
M.S. Assistantship: Ecological and Human Dimensions of Deer Management and Lyme Disease – Maine
Ph.D. Assistantship: Social-ecological drivers of mosquito-borne disease risk in the Caribbean
Contact person: Allie Gardner
Contact email: allison.gardner@maine.edu
Dr. Sue Ishaq
Assistant Professor in Animal and Veterinary Sciences
School of Food and Agriculture
Ph.D., University of Vermont
Phone: 207.581.2770
Email: sue.ishaq@maine.edu
Office: 108 Rogers Hall
Lab: sueishaqlab.org/
Research: The Ishaq lab focuses on the gut microbiome of animals, and particularly in ruminants, both wild and domestic. The majority of our work focuses on host-microbe interactions and how we can recover a stable microbial community in humans and animals which have already gotten to the point of chronic microbial community dysfunction and disease.
Dr. Teresa Johnson
Associate Professor of Marine Policy
School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D Rutgers University
Phone: 207.581.4362
Email: teresa.johnson@maine.edu
Office: 200 Libby Hall
Lab: Johnson Lab
Research: My research focuses on the human dimensions of marine fisheries. Stakeholder engagement; Policy-making; Design of fisheries management institutions; Responses to social and environmental changes in fishing communities.
Dr. Pauline L. Kamath
Assistant Professor of Animal Health
School of Food and Agriculture
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 207.581.2935
Email: pauline.kamath@maine.edu
Office: 342 Hitchner
Lab: Wildlife Disease Genetics Lab
Research: I am a molecular ecologist with a research focus on host-pathogen evolution and infectious disease transmission dynamics in wildlife disease systems, particularly those involving an interface with livestock and humans.
Dr. Danielle L. Levesque
Assistant Professor of Mammalogy and Mammalian Health
School of Biology and Ecology
Ph.D. University of Kwazulu-Natal
Phone: 207.581.2511
Email: danielle.l.levesque@maine.edu
Office: 321 Murray Hall
Research: Influence of microclimate and microclimate availability on mammalian energetics. Predicting vulnerability of mammals to climate variability. Evolutionary physiology, thermoregulatory biology, physiological ecology.
Dr. Anne Lichtenwalner
Associate Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Extension Veterinarian and Director University of Maine Animal Health Laboratory
School of Food and Agriculture
Ph.D. University of Idaho; DVM Oregon State University
Phone: 207.581.2789
Email: anne.lichtenwalner@maine.edu
Office: 136 Hitchner Hall
Research: Infectious diseases of livestock, poultry and wildlife.
Dr. Angela Mech
Assistant Professor of Forest Entomology
School of Biology and Ecology
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Phone: 207.581.2984
Email: angela.mech@maine.edu
Office: 306 Deering Hall
Research: I am a forest entomologist and invasion biologist interested in forest disturbances caused by insects, and I conduct research that focuses on understanding, monitoring, and mitigating the impacts of tree and forest pests.
Dr. Caroline Noblet
Associate Professor of Economics
School of Economics
Ph.D., Economic Psychology, University of Maine
Email: caroline.noblet@maine.edu
Research: Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Information Processing, Environmental Economics and Behavior, Sustainability Science
Dr. Laura N. Rickard
Associate Professor
Department of Communication and Journalism
Phone:(207) 581-1843
E-Mail: Laura N. Rickard: laura.rickard@maine.edu
Office: 428 Dunn Hall
Research: Whether focusing on how audiences seek information, perceive risk, communicate about scientific issues, or attribute responsibility, her work has broad application to organizational risk and environmental management.
Dr. Linda Silka
Professor and Senior Fellow
Mitchell Center
Email: silka@maine.edu
Phone: 207.581.3411
Research: Community-University Partnerships, Program Evaluation, Translating Knowledge into Action, Community Environmental Issues, Citizen Science, Community-Based Participatory Research
Dr. Mario F. Teisl
Director and Professor
School of Economics
Ph.D. University of Maryland
Phone: 207.581.3162
E-mail: teisl@maine.edu
Office: 207 Winslow Hall
Research: Valuing changes in environmental and health interventions; Measuring responses to changes in food safety; Measuring the effectiveness of health information policies