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).

Optional Areas of  Concentration in Ecology and Environmental Science

Aquatic and Wetland Ecology
Biogeochemistry and Environmental Chemistry
Community and Landscape Ecology
Conservation Biology
Ecosystem Analysis and Watershed Studies
Environmental Engineering and Hydrology
Environmental Policy and Management
Forest Ecology
Marine and Estuarine Ecology
Population Ecology/Environmental Physiology
Sustainable Agriculture/Agricultural Ecology

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

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 Kennefic (forest ecology and management)
Alan Kimball (Integrated forest management)
Jessica Leahy (human dimensions of natural resources)
Robert Lilieholm (forest resource economics and land use change)
William Livingston (Forest pathology)
Steve Sader (Remote sensing, GIS)
Robert Wagner (Silviculture, vegetation ecology, and forest management)
Alan White (Forest ecology)

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)

 

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)
Keith Evans (Marine Resource Economics; Non-market Valuation; Applied Econometrics
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

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)
James Wilson (Marine resource economics and modeling)
Gayle Zydlewski (oceanography, fish ecology)