Students in the Spotlight

  • Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Student, Stacia Dreyer Receives 2012 Endeavor Research Fellowship from Australian Government

    Posted December 5, 2011

    Stacia Dreyer, an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. student with the School of Economics, Department of Psychology and the Sustainability Solutions Initiative, was selected to receive a 2012 Endeavor Research Fellowship from the Government of Australia to conduct research with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Perth, Western Australia.  The Endeavour Award is an internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia.
     
    As part of her research, Stacia and her advisors will develop a survey to investigate environmental decision making and support for sustainable technologies, conservation practices and/or policies.  This interdisciplinary research will attempt to integrate the fields of environmental psychology and behavioral economics.  She will be advised by Dr. Iain Walker (CSIRO) in Western Australia and Drs. Mario Teisl (School of Economics) and Shannon McCoy (Dept. of Psychology) at the University of Maine.  Stacia is excited to begin her international research collaboration at the end of this summer and will be back for Spring semester 2013.

  • Physics Ph.D. Student, Edward Allgeyer Starts Post-Doc Position at Yale University

    Posted December 1, 2011

    Edward Allgeyer, who successfully defended his Ph.D. in Physics in October, has started a postdoctoral position at Yale University where he will continue to build on the skills learned during his graduate studies at UMaine. His doctoral research, under the mentorship of Drs. Michael Mason and David Neivandt (both professors in Chemical Engineering), focused on developing a unique instrument that combines traditional high resolution confocal fluorescence microscopy with a novel imaging modality, based on vibrational spectroscopy, that can elucidate surface specific lateral organization in a broad range of systems.

    Dr. Allgeyer's postdoctoral work will continue his efforts in the fields of quantitative microscopy and instrument development. Under the direction of Dr. Joerg Bewersdorf in the Cell Biology department at the Yale School of Medicine Dr. Allgeyer will be part of a team developing two new super resolution microscopes for biological applications. The completed instruments will allow researchers to peer into cells and biological systems at length scales well below the resolution limit of classical visible light microscopy.

  • Master of Business Administration Student Anna Assenmacher Making a Difference

    Posted November 28, 2011

    Anna Assenmacher graduated from the University of Maine in May 2011 where she majored in Business Management and minored in Political Science. As an undergraduate, she was a Senator on Student Government, Secretary of the Class of 2011, and Secretary of the American Marketing Association.  Immediately after starting the MBA program, Ms. Assenmacher took a leadership role in the MBA program with her work in the MBS Corps.  The MBS Corps is the volunteer outreach and social responsibility arm of the Maine Business School.  As soon as she began the program, Ms. Assenmacher "hit the ground running".  She planned, researched and organized the MBS Corps contingent to help with the annual Acadia National Park cleanup.  She is also currently planning and organizing a toy drive to help area children in need for the holidays, taking the initiative to involve both MBS students as well as one of the service sororities on campus.  She also assisted with the "Paint Penobscot Purple" campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence and helped with the food drive to benefit the Old Town Crossroads food pantry.  Ms. Assenmacher currently works at the Foster Center for Student Innovation as a graduate research assistant, where she helps with the Innovation Engineering curriculum, editing and compiling the teaching guides.  She also plans and promotes the events that the Innovation Center and recently has been helping with business counseling for students and community members.

  • Jason Canniff, a Master of Arts in English Student Receives 2011 Millay Prize

    Posted November 8, 2011

    A Master of Arts in English student, Jason Canniff is the 2011 recipient of the Frank and Helene Crohn Edna St. Vincent Millay Prize.  Canniff, originally from Mid-Coast Maine, will offer a reading along with nationally known poet, David Trinidad on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 4:30pm in the Soderberg Auditorium in Jenness Hall.  The annual Millay poetry prize comes with a $1,500 cash award.  For the full press release, please click here.

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