| Name | Degree | Research specialization |
|---|---|---|
| Young-mee Ahn | Ph.D. 1996 University of Illinois, Urbana | Mycology, electron microscopy |
| A. Randall Alford | Ph.D. 1980 Louisiana State University | Insect physiology, behavior, and chemical ecology |
| Andrei Alyokhin | Ph.D. 1999 University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Insect behavior and ecology, integrated pest management, biological control |
| Seanna L. Annis | Ph.D. 1995 University of Guelph | Physiological, molecular, and field studies of fungal pathogens of plants and animals |
| Christopher S. Campbell | Ph.D. 1980 Harvard University | Plant systematics, molecular phylogeny, reproductive biology, and quantitative morphology |
| Christopher Cronan | Ph.D. 1978 Dartmouth College | Biogeochemistry; plant ecology; ecosystem ecology; land use planning |
| Benildo G. de los Reyes | Ph.D. 1999 Oklahoma State University | Functional and comparative genomics of abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in higher plants; Gene regulation and allele mining. |
| Harold B. Dowse | Ph.D. 1971 New York University | Genetic and molecular analysis of cardiac pacemakers; biology of cellular oscillators; mathematical analysis and modeling of biological systems |
| Francis Drummond | Ph.D. 1986 University of Rhode Island | Insect quantitative ecology, pest management, population dynamics, simulation modeling, biostatistics, pollination ecology |
| Adria Elskus | Ph.D. 1992 Boston University | Aquatic toxicology, biomarkers of exposure and effect, development of chemical tolerance, fish health |
| William E. Glanz | Ph.D. 1977 University of California, Berkeley | Community and foraging ecology and social behavior of mammals and birds; evolution and biogeography of North and South American rodents |
| Eleanor Groden | Ph.D. 1988 Michigan State University | Insect ecology, insect pathology, and biological control |
| Clarissa Henry | Ph.D. 2000 University of Washington | Cell and molecular biology of segmentation and muscle development in Zebrafish |
| Rebecca Holberton | Ph.D. 1991 State University of New York, Albany | The endocrine basis of bird ecology and behavior; reproductive biology, bird migration and conservation |
| Susan J. Hunter | Ph.D. 1980 Pennsylvania State University | Cell biology and physiology of bone cells and developing extracellular matrix; role of growth factors in skeletal physiology |
| George L. Jacobson, Jr. | Ph.D. 1975 University of Minnesota | Plant ecology and paleoecology; long-term history and dynamics of vegetation and climate in the Western Hemisphere |
| Jody Jellison | Ph.D. 1983 Oregon State University | biochemical characterization of wood decay; metal metabolism in fungi; fungal physiology; bioremediation |
| Leonard J. Kass | Ph.D. 1980 University of Illinois | Neurophysiology of sensory and motor systems; biological rhythms; cellular neurobiology of vision; gene expression in frog oocytes |
| Michael T. Kinnison | Ph.D. 1999 University of Washington | Microevolution, aquatic ecology, population and conservation genetics; fish ecology (including salmonids) |
| Joyce E. Longcore | Ph.D. 1991 University of Maine | Chytridiomycete systematics and phylogeny; chytrid pathogen of amphibians |
| John M. Ringo | Ph.D. 1973 University of California, Davis | Genetic analysis of reproductive behavior and cardiac rhythms |
| Christa Schwintzer | Ph.D. 1969 University of Michigan | Biology of Frankia, a nitrogen-fixing actinomycete, and physiological plant ecology with emphasis on nitrogen fixing and wetland plants |
| Constance S. Stubbs | Ph.D. 1992 University of Maine | Pollination ecology, lichenology, mycology |
| Stellos Tavantzis | Ph.D. 1980 Pennsylvania State University | Molecular genetics of virulence in plant pathogenic fungi; biological control of fungal plant pathogens |
| John Tjepkema | Ph.D. 1971 University of Michigan | Whole-plant physiology; physiology and ecology of nitrogen fixation |
| Mary S. Tyler | Ph.D. 1975 University of North Carolina | Developmental biology; organogenesis; and the creation of multimedia educational materials in development. |
| Seth Tyler | Ph.D. 1975 University of North Carolina | Invertebrate biology; electron and fluorescence microscopy; phylogeny of lower invertebrates; meiofauna |
| Robert Vadas | Ph.D. 1968 University of Washington | Marine and algal ecology; recruitment; plant-herbivore and predator-prey interactions |
| Katherine Webster | Ph.D. 1998 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Ecology of lakes and management of aquatic ecosystems |
| Stephen Woods | Ph.D. 1989 University of Massachusetts | Forest entomology; insect ecology and biodiversity |
| Name | Title | Degree | Research specialization | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan H. Brawley | Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1978 University of California, Berkeley | Marine algae: developmental biology and physiology of fertilization; marine ecology; environmental control of reproduction | brawley@maine.edu 207-581-2973 |
| William O. Bray | Professor of Mathematics | Ph.D. 1981 University of Missouri | Mathematics: Classical analysis, harmonic analysis | bray@math.umaine.edu 207-581-3932 |
| Alfred Bushway | Professor of Food Science | Ph.D. 1978 Purdue University | Nutrition: Natural-products metabolism | bushway@maine.edu 207-581-1629 |
| Rodney Bushway | Professor of Food Science | Ph.D. 1977 Texas A&M University | Nutrition: Pesticide detection, natural toxicants | rbushway@maine.edu 207-581-1626 |
| Jim Dill | Extension Associate Program Administrator | Ph.D. 1979 Purdue University | Integrated pest management of vegetable and small fruit crops | jdill@umext.maine.edu 207-581-3879 |
| Michael S. Greenwood | Professor of Forest Resources | Ph.D. 1969 Yale University | Tree physiology and improvement | greenwd@umenfa.maine.edu 207-581-2838 |
| Keith W. Hutchison | Professor of Biochemistry | Ph.D. 1974 University of Wisconsin, Madison | Molecular genetics of growth and development, genome flux | keithh@maine.edu 207-581-2827 |
| Richard Jagels | Professor of Forest Ecosystem Science | Ph.D. 1968 University of Illinois | Forest ecology: autecological effects on structure of woody plants | richard_jagels@umenfa.maine.edu 207-581-2884 |
| Irv Kornfield | Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1974 SUNY, Stony Brook | Population biology, speciation theory, molecular systematics | irvk@maine.edu 207-581-2548 |
| David H. Lambert | Associate Professor of Plant Pathology | Ph.D. 1979 Pennsylvania State University | Plant Science: Molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions; diseases of horticultural crops | lambert@maine.edu 207-581-2988 |
| Alan R. Langille | Professor of Agronomy | Ph.D. 1967 Pennsylvania State University | Horticulture: Hormonal regulation of potato tuberization, protoplast regeneration | alanl@maine.edu 207-581-2916 |
| William H. Livingston | Professor of Forest Pathology | Ph.D. 1985 University of Minnesota | Plant physiology: disease, ectomycorrhizal, and ethylene effects on growth of conifers | william_livingston@umenfa.maine.edu 207-581-2990 |
| James D. McCleave | Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1967 Montana State University | Migratory and transport mechanisms of fishes; fisheries oceanography | mccleave@maine.edu 207-581-4392 |
| Kathleen Murray | Maine State Entomologist | Ph.D. 1990 University of Massachusetts | Agricultural pest ecology, plant-insect interactions, use of natural products in pest management | 207-581- |
| Paul Rawson | Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1996 University of South Carolina | Quantitative and population genetics of marine invertebrates, molecular evolution | prawson@maine.edu 207-581-4326 |
| J. Malcolm Shick | Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1974 Texas A&M University | Ecological physiology of marine invertebrates; biology of symbiotic cnidarians; UV photobiology and oxidative stress | shick@maine.edu 207-581-2562 |
| Bruce D. Sidell | Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1975 University of Illinois | Physiology and biochemistry of fishes, mechanisms of metabolic compensation to environmental variables in fishes, physiology of Antarctic fish species | bsidell@maine.edu 207-581-2563 |
| Robert S. Steneck | Professor of Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1983 Johns Hopkins University | Ecology and evolutionary biology of benthic marine algae, invertebrates, and communities; emphasis on crustose coralline algae, herbivores, and lobste | steneck@maine.edu 207-581-3321 |
| Rebecca J. Van Beneden | Professor of Biochemistry and Marine Sciences | Ph.D. 1983 Johns Hopkins University | Environmental toxicology: molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis, comparative carcinogenesis, aquatic toxicology | rebeccav@maine.edu 207-581-4315 |
| Michael E. Vayda | Professor of Biochemistry | Ph.D. 1983 Princeton University | Plant stress responses, translational control, gene regulatory mechanisms, low-oxygen stress, cold adaptation | vayda@maine.edu 207-581-2821 |