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Welcome to the School of Marine Sciences Directory. You can browse our directory by category, use the search at right, our quickly browse our phone & email directory.

 

Faculty

James Acheson

James Acheson
Professor of Marine Policy

Email
Phone: (207) 581-1898

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Interests: Economic anthropology, culture and social organization of Maine fishing communities, social and science aspects of fisheries management, marine policy

Emmanuel Boss

Emmanuel Boss
Associate Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4378

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Interests: In alphabetical order: biological-physical interactions, geophysical fluid dynamics, Lagrangian and Eulerian dynamics and kinematics, marine optics

Susan Brawley

Susan Brawley
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2973

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Interests: Phycology, Marine Physiological Ecology, Marine Molecular Genetics, marine biology

Ian Bricknell

Ian Bricknell
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4380

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Interests: Marine aquaculture, finfish culture, parasitology, fish immunology and vaccinology and fish health

Deirdre Byrne

Deirdre Byrne
Research Assistant Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4324

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Interests: Thermohaline Circulation, Climate Variability, Ocean Acoustics, Altimetry

Fei Chai

Fei Chai
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4317

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Fisheries Sciences, Ocean Modeling and Prediction, Marine Biogeochemistry

Yong Chen

Yong Chen
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4303

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Interests: Fisheries Ecology, Fisheries Population Dynamics, Fisheries Stock Assessment and Management, Fisheries Science

Laurie Connell

Laurie Connell
Research Associate Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2470

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Interests: Environmental Oceanography, Marine Physiological Ecology, Marine Molecular Genetics, Marine Biology

John Dearborn

John Dearborn
Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 866-7048

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Interests: Morphology, feeding biology and ecology of Gulf of Maine and polar echinoderms, especially crinoids and ophiuroids

Annette DeCharon

Annette DeCharon
Senior Marine Outreach Education Scientist

Email
Phone: (207) 882-4025

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Interests: Education, Oceanography, Marine Policy

Christopher Duncombe-Rae

Christopher Duncombe-Rae
Research Assistant Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4411

Interests: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical Oceanography

Kevin Eckelbarger

Kevin Eckelbarger
Professor, Director of Darling Marine Center

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x203

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Interests: Reproductive and developmental biology of marine invertebrates, deep-sea biology, Marine Biology

William Ellis

William Ellis
Assistant Director and Associate Professor of Oceanography

Email
Phone: 207-581-4360

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Interests: Introductory courses in marine science and chemistry,

Peter Jumars

Peter Jumars
Director of School of Marine Sciences, Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4381

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Interests: Benthos, Benthic Oceanography, Biological-Physical Interactions, Bioacoustics

Lee Karp-Boss

Lee Karp-Boss
Research Assistant Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4305

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Phycology, Marine Physiological Ecology, Marine Optics

Linda Kling

Linda Kling
Associate Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2735

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Interests: Marine Aquaculture

Irv Kornfield

Irv Kornfield
Associate Director, Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2548

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Interests: Marine Molecular Genetics, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Biology

Sara Lindsay

Sara Lindsay
Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2739

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Interests: Benthic Oceanography, Marine Physiological Ecology, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, sensory biology

Lawrence Mayer

Lawrence Mayer
Agatha B. Darling Professor of Oceanography

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3221 x237

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Interests: Benthic Oceanography, Environmental Oceanography, Marine Biogeochemistry

James McCleave

James McCleave
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4392

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Fisheries Sciences, eel biology, Marine Biology

Henry Perkins

Henry Perkins
Research Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x342

Interests: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Ocean Observing Systems, Physical Oceanography

Mary Jane Perry

Mary Jane Perry
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x245

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Phycology, Ocean Observing Systems, Marine Physiological Ecology

Andrew Pershing

Andrew Pershing
Assistant Research Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 228-1656

Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Fisheries Sciences, Ocean Modeling and Prediction, Biological Oceanography

Neal Pettigrew

Neal Pettigrew
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4384

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Interests: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Ocean Observing Systems, Physical Oceanography

Paul Rawson

Paul Rawson
Associate Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4326

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Interests: Marine Aquaculture, Marine Physiological Ecology, Marine Molecular Genetics, Marine Invertebrate Zoology

Warren Riess

Warren Riess
Research Associate Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x244

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Interests: Underwater Archaeology

John Riley

John Riley
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2715

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Marine Aquaculture, Aquaculture Engineering

Collin Roesler

Collin Roesler
Associate Research Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x249

Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Ocean Observing Systems, Marine Optics, Biological Oceanography

Jeffrey Runge

Jeffrey Runge
Research Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 228-1652

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Fisheries Sciences, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Oceanography

Malcolm Shick

Malcolm Shick
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2562

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Interests: Marine Physiological Ecology, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Biogeochemistry, Phycology

Bruce Sidell

Bruce Sidell
Professor of Marine Sciences, Cooperating Professor of Zoology and Biochemistry

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2563

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Interests: Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Biology of Polar Fishes, Marine Biology

Robert Steneck

Robert Steneck
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3221 x233

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Interests: Benthic Oceanography, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Biology, Biological Oceanography

Andrew Thomas

Andrew Thomas
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4335

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Interests: Ocean plankton patterns, Biological-physical interactions, Satellite oceanography, Digital image processing

David W. Townsend

David W. Townsend
Professor of Oceanography

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4367

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Nutrient Dynamics

Robert Vadas

Robert Vadas
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2974

Interests: Phycology, Marine Invertebrate Zoology

Rebecca van Beneden

Rebecca van Beneden
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2602

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Interests: Environmental Oceanography, Environmental Toxicology, Marine Molecular Genetics, Tumorigenesis

Les Watling

Les Watling
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 563-3146

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Interests: Crustacean taxonomy and phylogeny, benthic oceanography, Biological Oceanography

Mark Wells

Mark Wells
Associate Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4322

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Interests: Phytoplankton Physiology, Trace Metals, Iron, Marine Biogeochemistry

James(Jim) Wilson

James(Jim) Wilson
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4368

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Interests: Fisheries Sciences, Marine Policy

Huijie Xue

Huijie Xue
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4318

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Huije Xue, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical Oceanography

Gayle Zydlewski

Gayle Zydlewski
Research Assistant Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4365

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Interests: Environmental Oceanography, Fisheries Sciences, Biological Oceanography

Affiliates

John Annala

John Annala
Adjunct Professor in the School of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 772-2321

Robert Bayer

Robert Bayer
Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2785

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Brian Beal

Brian Beal
Cooperating Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 255-3313

Interests: oceanography

Daniel Belknap

Daniel Belknap
Professor of Geology and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2159

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Interests: Benthic Oceanography

Nicholas Brown

Nicholas Brown
Cooperating Assistant Professor, Director, University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture

Email
Phone: (207) 422-9096

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Interests: Marine Aquaculture, Integrated aquaculture, marine recirculation systems engineering, marine fish production

Christopher Davis

Christopher Davis
Part-Time Faculty

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2263

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Interests: Marine Aquaculture Shellfish Biology Bivalve Breeding

Adria Elskus

Adria Elskus
Associate Professor and Cooperating Associate Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2579

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Interests: Environmental Oceanography, Fisheries Sciences

James Gilbert

James Gilbert
Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2866

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Interests: Large mammal population dynamics and assessment Whales and seals Harbor seals and gray seals in New England

Daniel Holland

Daniel Holland
Adjunct Professor in the School of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 772-2321

Lawrence Jacobson

Lawrence Jacobson
Adjunct Professor in the School of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (508) 945-2000

Joseph Kelley

Joseph Kelley
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2162

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Interests: Benthic Oceanography, marine policy, geological oceanography

Carol Kim

Carol Kim
Associate Professor of BMMB and Cooperating Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2803

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Interests: zebrafish, zebrafish disease, disease modeling, infection

Michael Kinnison

Michael Kinnison
Associate Professor and Cooperating Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2575

Richard Langton

Richard Langton
Adjunct Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 882-6194

Larry LeBlanc

Larry LeBlanc
Research Scientist

Email
Phone: (207) 581-4376

Greg Mayer

Greg Mayer
Cooperating Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2810

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Interests: Environmental Toxicology

Paul Mayewski

Paul Mayewski
Professor of Geological Sciences & Quaternary Studies and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3019

Laurie Osher

Laurie Osher
Estuary Ecosystem Studies, Soil Biogeochemistry

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2957

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Interests: C cycling, morphology & genesis of estuary soils

Bryan Pearce

Bryan Pearce
Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2119

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Interests: Computer simulations of free surface flow and material transport, simulations using autonomous agents including oil spills and traffic models, hydraulics, wave modeling

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson
Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2129

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Interests: Biological-Physical Interactions, Elastic waves and dynamics, experimental and analytical solutions, applications in biomechanics

Mary Rumpho-Kennedy

Mary Rumpho-Kennedy
Professor

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2806

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Interests: symbiosis, evolution, chloroplasts, kleptoplasts

John Singer

John Singer
Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2808

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Interests: Microbial physiology and genetics, Virulence determinants among pathogenic marine Vibrio species and other bacteria, Molecular methods for detection of fish pathogens, Environmental toxicology of wood-drying condensates

Denise Skonberg

Denise Skonberg
Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-1639

Seth Tyler

Seth Tyler
Professor of Zoology and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-2549

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Interests: Marine Invertebrate Zoology

Bill Wolters

Bill Wolters
Adjunct Professor in the School of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3370

Joseph Zydlewski

Joseph Zydlewski
Research Associat Professor of Quaternary Studies and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

Email
Phone: (207) 581-3441

Support Staff

Amber Bratcher
Scientific Technician I
Amber.bratcher@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-4298

Brenda Cote
Grants Manager/Fiscal Officer
bcote@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-4383

David Cox
Scientific Technician II
David.cox@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2795

Robbie Downs
Darling Marine Center Boat Captain
rldowns@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x306

Jessie Gunning
Manager of Funded Accounts
gunning@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-4366

Linda Healy
Darling Marine Center Science Writer & Events Coordinator
lhealy@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x 200

Randy Lackovic
Darling Marine Center Librarian
randy.lackovic@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x 226

Tim Miller
Darling Marine Center Laboratory Manager
temiller@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x218

Lisa Ouellette
Darling Marine Center Administrative Assistant II
lisao@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x206

Chris Rigaud
Diving Safety Officer; Safety and Envmtl. Manager
crigaud@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-3321 ext 232

Susanne Thibodeau
Administrative Associate
susanne.thibodeau@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-4381

Scientific Staff

Robert Bell
rbell@umeoce.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4248

Jennifer Boehme
Assistant Research Scientist
jboehme@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3321 x408

Peter Brickley
Peter@grampus.umeoce.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4334

Stephen Cousins
Steve.Cousins@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4302

Scott Feindel
Hatchery Manager/ Research Assistant
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sfeindel@maine.edu
Phone: 563-3146 x 289

Patrick Fikes
cpfikes@umeoce.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4467

Robert Fleming
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bfleming@maine.edu
Phone: 581-4379

Sheri Floge
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sheri.floge@maine.edu
Phone: 207-563-3146 Ext.212

Neil Greenberg
neiljg@maine.edu
Phone: 581-2759

Kathleen Hardy
Research Specialist
khardy@maine.edu
Phone: 581-3321 x238

Emily Kallin
emily.briggs@maine.edu
Phone: 581-3321 x334

Guimei Liu
Guimei.Liu@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4338

James Loftin
James.loftin@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4277

Linda Mangum
Ljm@bluefox.umeoce.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4320

Wendy Morrill
wendy.morrill@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-2772

Dan Pendleton
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dpendleton@gmri.org
Phone: 228-1670

Gregory Perkins
greg.perkins@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4386

Nicholas Record
Research Associate
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nrecord@gmri.org
Phone: 207-228-1670

Karl Schlenker
Ocean Engineer
karls@umeoce.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4273

Lei Shi
Leishi@maine.edu
Phone: 581-4349

Patty Singer
singer@maine.edu
Phone: 581-2795

Lisa Taylor
lisa.taylor@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4277

Maura Thomas
mthomas@maine.edu
Phone: 581-4314

John Wallinga
Johnw@fram.umeoce.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4321

Ryan Weatherbee
Research Associate
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ryan.weatherbee@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4299

Ying Xue
Ying.xue@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4405

Grad Students

Alia Al-Humaidhi
alia.alhumaidhi@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4405

Suzanne Arnold
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suzanne.arnold@maine.edu
Phone: 207-563-3146 Ext. 274

Witold Bagniewski
witold.bagniewski@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4348

Charlene Bergeron
cbergeron@bigelow.org
Phone: 581-4312

Nic Blouin
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nicolas.blouin@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-3495

Jennifer Bowdoin
jennifer.bowdoin@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4399

Danielle Brzezinski
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danielle.brzezinski@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4432

Jui-Han Chang
jui-han.chang@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4432

Rodolfo Chang Bennett
rodolfo.chang@umit.maine.edu

Darcie Couture
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Heather Deese-Riordan
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heather.deese@maine.edu
Phone: 207-785-2351

Dan DenDanto
Dan_DenDanto@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2539

Phillip Dionne
phillip.dionne@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4356

Andrea Drzewianowski
andrea.drzewianowski@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 563-1898

Yi Du
Yi.du@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4319

Angela Eash
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Phone: 614-247-4351

Michael Errigo
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michael.errigo@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4328

Margaret Estapa
PhD student
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margaret.estapa@maine.edu
Phone: 581-3321 x220

Scott Hamilton
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shamilto@gmail.com
Phone: 216-235-5854

Leslie Harris

Eugene Katsman
eugene.katsman@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-2627

Jennifer Meyers
jennifer.meyers@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-2544

Celeste Mosher
celeste.mosher@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-3321

Mateja Nenadovic
mateja.nenadovic@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4375

David Olson
david.olson@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-3495

Erin Owen
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erin.owen@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2574

Artur Palacz
artur.palacz@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4338

Lisa Pickell
lisa.pickell@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-563-3146 Ext. 341

Christopher Proctor
christopher.proctor@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4319

Martha Ratner
martha.ratner@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-3321

Martha Ratner
mratner@mdibl.org
Phone: 207-288-9880 Ext. 403

Kathleen Reardon
kathleen_reardon@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4405

Nathan Rebuck
nathan.rebuck@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4348

Eric Roy
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eric.roy@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4413

Michael Sauer
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michael.sauer@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-563-3146 xt 275

Anne Simpson
anne.simpson@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-563-3146 Ext. 254

Wayne Slade
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wayne_slade@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4277

Keri Stepanek
keri.stepanek@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 581-4432

Robert Stessel
stessel@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4393

Kathryn Vogel
kathryn.vogel@maine.edu
Phone: 581-4364

Jody Wujcik
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jody.wujcik@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2544

Danya Xu
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danya_xu@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4319

Yi Xu
yi.xu@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4266

Liying Yan
liying_yan@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4328

Yuying Zhang

 
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