Interested in joining my lab?
Prospective Graduate Students: Please send a cover letter (stating your graduate degree and career interests), GRE scores, resume or CV, references, and copies of your publications (if applicable). Graduate Students in my lab may earn degrees through the School of Forest Resources or the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine.
Current Position Openings (click on announcements for more info):
no vacant, supported positions available
Prospective Graduate Students: Please send a cover letter (stating your graduate degree and career interests), GRE scores, resume or CV, references, and copies of your publications (if applicable). Graduate Students in my lab may earn degrees through the School of Forest Resources or the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine.
Current Position Openings (click on announcements for more info):
no vacant, supported positions available
Current Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Research Associates
Dr. Jessica Hightower, Postdoctoral Research Associate
"Predicting range shifts and spatially explicit population viability for Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera)"
Dr. Jessica Hightower, Postdoctoral Research Associate
"Predicting range shifts and spatially explicit population viability for Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera)"
Emily Filiberti, MS student in Wildlife Ecology
"Annual survival of Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)"
Liam Berigan, PhD student in Wildlife Ecology (co-advised with Dr. Erik Blomberg)
"Migration ecology of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) in eastern North America"
Alex Fish, PhD student in Wildlife Ecology (co-advised with Dr. Erik Blomberg)
"Migration ecology of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) in eastern North America"
Luke Douglas, MS student in Forest Resources
"Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) use of commercial spruce-fir forests of northern New England"
Carl Pohlman, MS student in Forest Resources
"Assessing the long-term effects of an expanding gap silvicultural system on the avian assemblage at the Acadian Forest Ecosystem Research Program"
John Furniss, Master of Forestry student
"A landowner manual for conducting remote sensing analysis for purposes
of forest inventory and monitoring"
Former Graduate Students
2020
Michelle Duffy, Master of Wildlife Conservation
"Wildlife rehabilitation datasets as an underutilized resource
to understand avian threats, mortality, and mitigation opportunities"
Current position: Program Assistant, Maine Audubon
Sam Anderson, Master of Forestry (co-advised with Dr. Jessica Leahy)
"Henderson Lot management plan"
Current position: Operations Forester, Landvest Inc.
Kaitlyn Wilson, MS Wildlife Ecology
"Bicknell’s Thrush Habitat Use on Commercial Forests in Maine, USA"
Current position: Education Program Specialist, University of Minnesota
Chris Roelandt, MS Wildlife Biology at University of Michigan-Flint (co-advised with Dr. Jill Witt)
"Assessing Habitat Quality of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) and Validating a Handheld Meter Using Plasma Metabolites"
Sean Ashe, Master of Forestry (co-advised with Dr. Jessica Leahy)
"Management Plan for Compartment D in the Penobscot Experimental Forest"
Current Position: Forester, NRCS-National Wild Turkey Federation
2019
Anna Buckardt-Thomas, MS Wildlife Ecology
"Evaluation of young forest management and private landowner participation to aid declining bird species"
Current position: Avian Ecologist, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
"Evaluation of young forest management and private landowner participation to aid declining bird species"
Current position: Avian Ecologist, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
2017
Photo by Bob Seymour
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Karin Bothwell, MS Forest Resources (co-advised with Dr. Mindy Crandall) "Economic and spatial impacts of a wildlife habitat policy on forest management" Current position: Forest Analyst/Operations Forester, Prentiss & Carlisle |
