People in the Lindsay Lab

PI: Sara M. Lindsay
Assistant Professor, Marine Sciences

My research, teaching and outreach pages describe most of what I do here at the University of Maine. Since coming to UM in 1998 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I've worn several hats including Research Assistant Professor, Education Coordinator for Maine Sea Grant, and Undergraduate Coordinator for the School of Marine Sciences. Now in the tenure track, I'm spending more time in the classroom, which entails a different kind of work, but is also a great deal of fun. The best part of my job is that I get to do things I like -- teaching and learning with students, mucking in the mud, figuring out how to answer cool questions about marine ecology, talking about science with other folks who think its cool, and exploring the microscopic beauty of marine invertebrates. When I have free time in the lab, I enjoy pushing the envelope in photomicroscopy, and one of my images won Honorable Mention in the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Contest (2005). You can see some of the images I've captured in the Gallery.

One part of my job that I take seriously is my role as a mentor. I enjoy working with high school students, undergraduates and graduate students alike. I usually have only 2-3 students working with me at a time. Current and past lab members are listed below.

Current Lab Members

Graduate Students

Fall 2008: I am recruiting one or two graduate students for Fall 2009 to work on the ecology of injury project. If you are interested in my research program, please contact me by email.

Megan McOsker (Master of Science Teaching)
Megan's thesis research focuses on students becoming scientists and the development of expertise in research communication. She is evaluating students in the writing intensive Integrative Marine Science class that I teach.

Undergraduate Students

I am looking for an undergraduate research assistant for spring and summer 2009.

Past Lab Members

Graduate Students

Tim Riordan (M.S. in Marine Biology, 2001)
Chemosensory mediated deposit-feeding in the spionid polychaete Dipolydora quadrilobata

David (Skip) Forest (M.S. in Marine Biology, 2005)
The nervous systems of spionid polychaetes: structure, composition and effects of serotonin on behavior.

Marlene Tsie (M.S. in Marine Biology August, 2006)
Marlene identified g-proteins from the spionid polychaete Dipolydora quadrilobata and examined their tissue localization using immunocytochemisry.

Undergraduate Students

Matthew Babineau (Senior Capstone, Marine Science)
Matt studied responses of Dipolydora quadrilobata to waterborne food cues following loss of their feeding palps.
Justin Barnes (Senior Capstone, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Justin studied the effect of tissue regeneration on neutral and polar lipids in the spionid polychaete Streblospio benedicti.
Amanda Brooks (Senior Capstone, Marine Science)
Amanda researched the impacts of exploitation on the American Horseshoe Crab
Andrea Dufour (Senior Capstone, Marine Science)
Andrea examined muscle regrowth during regeneration in spionid polychaetes.
Si Qing (Erica) He (summer intern)
When home from Brown University, Erica helped us with many different projects.
Jennifer Jackson (Honors Thesis, Marine Science)
Jenn completed a multi-year project examining anterior regeneration in three spionid polychaete species.
Toni Lombardi (Marine Science student worker)
Toni was our worm-sorter and digitizer extraordinaire for two years until she decided to move on to bigger things.
Gordon Lorenson (Senior Capstone, Marine Science)
Gordon studied the effect of diet on the development of skin color in clownfish.
Kirsten Tomlinson (Senior Capstone, Marine Science)
Kirsten studied feeding behavior of Polydora cornuta following palp loss

High School Interns

Jennifer Jackson. (Bangor H.S.)
Lucy Gross (Bangor H.S.)
Si Qing He (John Bapst Memorial H.S.)

©2006-2008
Sara Lindsay
updated 09/04/2008

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