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Interested in joining my lab?

Prospective Graduate Students: I do not expect to have new, funded positions for PhD students before Spring 2026 and MS students before Fall 2026.
For future positions, please send a cover letter (stating your graduate degree and career interests), resume or CV, 3 references, and copies of your publications (if applicable). Graduate Students in my lab may earn degrees through the School of Forest Resources, Ecology & Environmental Science Program, or the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine.


Current Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Research Associates

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​      Dr. 
Adrián Naveda-Rodríguez, Postdoctoral Research Associate

      "American Goshawk Range Retraction and Occupancy in the Northeast U.S."

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​      Percy Ulsamer, MS student in Wildlife Ecology

      "Birds as indicators of forest management sustainability in Maine: an evaluation of past           surveys and future approaches"

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​Kylie Brunette, MS student in Wildlife Ecology

"Migration and breeding ecology of woodcock in West Virginia"

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​James Longo, MS student in Ecology & Environmental Science

"High-elevation spruce-fir forest patch dynamics: implications for forestry practices to aid Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) conservation"
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​Rachel Darling, PhD student in Wildlife Ecology (co-advised with Dr. Erik Blomberg)
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"Migration ecology of American Woodcock"

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​Kurt Ongman, PhD student in Ecology & Environmental Sciences

​"Nest and fledgling habitat selection and survival of Vermivora on Fort Drum Army Base, NY"



 
​Former Graduate Students and Postdocs

2024
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​Ryan Brodie, MS student in Ecology & Environmental Sciences


​"An analytical framework to identify migratory airspace, stopover landscapes, and stopover habitat characteristics for Nearctic-Neotropical migrants"

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    Dr. Ethan Royal, Postdoctoral Research Associate

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    "Predicting spatially explicit population viability for Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora          chrysoptera)"

    Current Position: Postdoc in Willson Lab at University of Arkansas

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​Liam Berigan, PhD candidate in Wildlife Ecology (co-advised with Dr. Erik Blomberg)
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"Full annual cycle analysis of of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) distribution, habitat use, and migration ecology."

Current Position: Postdoc in Haukos Lab at Kansas State University​

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​Emily Filiberti, MS student in Wildlife Ecology
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"Spatial and demographic variations in apparent annual survival of Golden-winged Warblers: a range-wide investigation."

Current Position: Maine Department of Environmental Protection
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​Carolina Luciani, Master of Wildlife Conservation student
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"Evaluating management effects to conserve a nesting tern colony on Petit Manan
Island, Maine."


Current Position: Environmental Educator, Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center

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​Aja Quintal, Master of Forestry student

"
Forest management plan for managing vernal pools on the Dwight B. DeMeritt Forest"

2022
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Dr. Jessica Hightower, Postdoctoral Research Associate

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"Predicting range shifts and habitat suitablity for Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera)"

Current Position: Postdoc in Betts Lab at Oregon State University
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​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"

Current position: Research Coordinator, New York Breeding Bird Atlas II





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​Luke Douglas, MS Forest Resources
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​"
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) use of commercial spruce-fir forests of northern New England"

Current position: Environmental Scientist, VHB, Rhode Island.




2021
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Alex Fish, PhD Wildlife Ecology (co-advised with Dr. Erik Blomberg)
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"Migration ecology of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) in eastern North America"


Current position: Endangered & Threatened Species Biologist, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
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2020
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​Michelle Duffy, Master of Wildlife Conservation
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​"Wildlife rehabilitation datasets as an underutilized resource
 to understand avian threats, mortality, and mitigation opportunities
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Sam Anderson, Master of Forestry (co-advised with Dr. Jessica Leahy)
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"Henderson Lot management plan"


Current position: Forester, Irving Woodlands

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Kaitlyn Wilson, MS Wildlife Ecology
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​"Bicknell’s Thrush Habitat Use on Commercial Forests in Maine, USA"

Current position: Wildlife Biologist, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources

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​Chris Roelandt, MS Wildlife Biology at University of Michigan-Flint (co-advised with Dr. Jill Witt)
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​"Assessing Habitat Quality of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) and Validating a Handheld Meter Using Plasma Metabolites"

​Current position: Forester, Consumer Energy


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Sean Ashe, Master of Forestry (co-advised with Dr. Jessica Leahy)
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"Management Plan for Compartment D in the Penobscot Experimental Forest"

Current Position: Forester, Northern Research Station, US Forest Service

​2019
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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

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​2017
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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
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