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Kirsten Ness Alumnus: Kirsten Ness

Thesis Title: Defining reference conditions for measuring the effects of shoreline development on lakes in Maine

Current Position: Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Colby College, Maine

Photograph of Lisa Fretwell taking water samples at Lower Hadlock Brook, ANP Alumnus: Lisa Fretwell

Thesis Title : Periphytic Algae as an Indicator of Nutrient Loading to the Meduxnekeag River

Lucner Charlestra

Alumnus: Lucner Charlestra

Thesis Title: Monitoring pesticide levels in Downeast rivers near blueberry fields.

Photo of Catherine Rosfjord taking water samples

Alumnus: Catherine Rosfjord

Thesis Title: Did the Clean Air Act work? A 20-year statistical resampling of northeastern lakes

Current Position: Watershed Assessment Section, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Photo of Kit Sheehan in the field

Alumnus: Kit Sheehan

Thesis Title: Quantifying the flux of mercury in forest litter at Acadia National Park, Maine

Current Position: Environmental Scientist, Air Bureau, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Heather Caron

Alumnus: Heather Caron

Thesis Title: Nutrient and Groundwater Dynamics in Fresh Meadow Estuary, Maine

Current Position: Aquatic Ecologist/Chemist, Bowdoin College, Maine

 

Alumnus: Laura Wilson

Thesis Title: Evaluation of a constructed dry swale for treatment of stormwater runoff

Current Position: Assistant Scientist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, Maine

Emily Seger

Alumnus: Emily Seger

Thesis Title: Seepage lake chemistry as an indicator of climate change

Current Position: Physical Science Technician, Acadia National Park, Maine

Bjorn Lake

Alumnus: Bjorn Lake

Thesis Title: The use of semipermeable membrane devices for monitoring dioxin levels in Maine rivers

Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UMaine

Catherine Schmitt

Alumnus: Catherine Schmitt

Thesis Title: The effects of the 2001-2002 drought on Maine surface water supplies

Current Position: Science Writer, Maine Sea Grant and Senator George J. Mitchell Center

Ken Johnson

Alumnus: Ken Johnson

Thesis Title: Fire and its effects on mercury and methylmercury dynamics for two watersheds in Acadia National Park

Current Position: Research Assistant and Field Coordinator, Senator George J. Mitchell Center

Sarah Nelson

Alumnus: Sarah Nelson

Thesis Title: Determining atmospheric deposition inputs to two small watersheds at Acadia National Park

Current Position: Assistant Scientist (and PhD candidate), Senator George J. Mitchell Center

Heather Shoven

Alumnus: Heather Shoven

Thesis Title: Monitoring dioxin levels in Maine rivers with semipermeable membrane devices

Current Position: Program Analyst, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

 

Alumnus: Chandler Morse

Thesis Title: The response of first and second order streams to urban land-use in Maine, USA

Current Position: Congressional Aid, Washington, DC

 

Alumnus: Ewan Whitaker

Non-thesis

Current Position: Toxics Cleanup Division, Department of Ecology, Lacey, Washington

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