The University of Maine offers a comprehensive graduate training program in ecology and environmental science (EES). The interdisciplinary graduate program in Ecology and Environmental Science includes faculty members in 16 departments and schools who collectively represent a broad spectrum of expertise in the analysis of the physical, chemical, biological, ecological, environmental policy, and paleoecological aspects of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. Specific areas of program emphasis at The University of Maine include: conservation biology, community and landscape ecology, population ecology and environmental physiology, agricultural ecology, ecosystems analysis of watersheds, wetland ecology, forest ecology, marine and estuarine ecology, paleoecology, soil chemistry, biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, environmental measurements and remote sensing, geographic information systems, global change, environmental pollution, environmental economics, environmental policy, population genetics, and freshwater ecology.
Degrees
Graduate students focusing in ecology and environmental science can earn either a Doctor of Philosophy or a Master of Science Degree (thesis or non-thesis).
Application
To inquire about specific opportunities and the availability of graduate assistantships, write to any of the faculty members listed at our website whose interests are close to yours. For more information about the Graduate Program in Ecology and Environmental Science, visit our web site at www.umaine.edu/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences or write to Graduate Program in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 246 Nutting Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, or e-mail: ees@maine.edu
Graduate Faculty
Department of Anthropology
Samuel Hanes (cultural and historical geography, environmental anthropology, agriculture, fisheries)
Darren Ranco (cultural anthropology, indigenous communities, and environmental justice)
Paul Roscoe (cultural anthropology, ecological anthropology)
School of Biology and Ecology
Andrei Alyokhin (Applied insect ecology, behavior and management)
Seanna Annis (Physiology of plant-pathogenic fungi)
Christopher Campbell (Plant systematics and genetics, rare plants)
Christopher Cronan (Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry)
Francis Drummond (Insect population dynamics)
Adria Elskus (Aquatic toxicology)
Jacquelyn Gill (Paleoecology, plant ecology)
Hamish Greig (Stream ecology)
Eleanor Groden (Applied insect ecology)
David Hart (Aquatic ecology, river restoration)
Rebecca Holberton (Endocrine physiology and ecology of migrant birds)
Michael Kinnison (Evolution and population ecology of fish)
Joyce Longcore (Chytridiomycete systematics and phytogeny; chytrid pathogen of amphibians)
Brian McGill (Large scale ecology and global change)
Brian Olsen (Avian ecology and behavior)
Jasmine Saros (Paleoecology and aquatic ecology)
Department of Chemistry
Barbara Cole (Plant and wood chemistry)
Howard Patterson (Environmental chemistry)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Aria Amirbahman (Environmental chemistry, pollutant fate and transport)
Shaleen Jain (Hydroclimatology)
Jean MacRae (Environmental microbiology)
Department of Communication and Journalism
Laura Lindenfeld (Environmental communication)
School of Forest Resources
Michael Day (Tree physiology, physiological ecology)
Ivan Fernandez (Climate Change Institute)
Shawn Fraver (Forest ecosystems)
Laura Kenefic (forest ecology and management)
Jessica Leahy (human dimensions of natural resources)
William Livingston (Forest pathology)
Steve Sader (Remote sensing, GIS)
Robert Wagner (Silviculture, vegetation ecology, and forest management)
School of Earth and Climate Sciences
Joseph Kelley (Coastal geology)
Andrew Reeve (Groundwater geochemistry, hydrology, wetlands, modeling)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Richard Judd (Environmental history)
Department of Mathematics
David Hiebeler (Mathematical population ecology)
School of Food and Agriculture
Susan Erich (Soil and environmental chemistry)
Eric Gallandt (Sustainable agriculture, weed ecology and management)
Jianjun (Jay) Hao (Plant Pathology)
Tsutomu Ohno (Soil chemistry)
Bryan Peterson (Ornamental horticulture)
School of Economics
Kathleen Bell (Environmental and resource economics, land use, GIS)
Xuan Chen (Risk Management, Agricultural Finance, Production Economics, Spatial Econometrics)
George Criner (Waste management)
Sharon Klein (Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy Economics & Policy, Environmental Impacts of Energy, Thermal Energy Storage, Energy Poverty, Multi-Criteria Decision Making)
Jonathan Rubin (Energy and environmental policy)
Mario Teisl (Environmental labeling, resource economics)
Timothy Waring (sustainability, cultural evolutions, human culture and cooperation)
School of Computing and Information Science
Kate Beard-Tisdale (GIS)
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology
Erik Blomberg (Wildlife population ecology)
Aram Calhoun (Wetland ecology)
Daniel Harrison (Mammal ecology)
Malcolm Hunter (Conservation biology, landscape ecology)
Cynthia Loftin (Systems and wetlands ecology, hydrology, GIS)
Joseph Zydlewski (Fish ecology and physiology)
School of Marine Sciences
Yong Chen (Professor of Marine Sciences)
Teresa Johnson (Marine policy)
James Wilson (Marine resource economics and modeling)
Gayle Zydlewski (Oceanography, fish ecology)