  {"id":12614,"date":"2025-07-18T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/?p=12614"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:44:48","slug":"umaine-students-faculty-to-present-at-2023-maine-sustainability-and-water-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/2025\/07\/18\/umaine-students-faculty-to-present-at-2023-maine-sustainability-and-water-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"91¸£Àû students, faculty to present at 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 27, 2023&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/earthclimate-archived\/category\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of University of Maine students and faculty members will present at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on March 30. 91¸£Àû\u2019s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is the lead organizer of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and to register, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/home\/2023-maine-sustainability-water-conference\/\">event webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Session chairs include Parker Gassett, Climate Resilience Coordinator, Maine Climate Science Information Exchange, Maine Sea Grant, for the session Applied Research to Advance Coastal Climate Resilience; Andres Urcuqui-Bustamante, Ph.D. student at the School of Forest Resources, for the session Protecting Key Ecosystems through Integrated Pest Management in Maine; Sharon Klein, professor at the School of Economics and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, for the session Maine Community Resilience Partnership: Supporting Local Climate and Energy Action; and Caroline Noblet, associate professor at the School of Economics, and masters student Charity Zimmerman for the session Voices of the PFAS Issue in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Session presenters include Jessica Reilly-Moman, former Ph.D. student at the Darling Marine Center;&nbsp;Sean M.C. Smith, associate professor at the Earth and Climate Sciences and&nbsp; Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions;&nbsp;Mark Jordan, Ph.D. student at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences;&nbsp;Julie Gosse, associate professor of biochemistry; Andrei Alyokhin, professor of applied entomology; Stephanie Hurd, Ph.D. student in ecology and environment sciences; Regina Smith, program manager at the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit; David Handley, vegetable and small fruit specialist at 91¸£Àû Extension; Alex Scearce, masters student of plant, soils and environmental science; Erin Percival Carter, assistant professor of marketing at the Maine Business School; and Kathleen Bell, professor at the School of Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate student poster presenters include Noah Burby, Honors College, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences;&nbsp;Angeline Casella and Robert \u201cCade\u201d King, School of Earth and Climate Sciences;&nbsp;Hayden Libby, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and Molly Shea and Bruce Wyatt, School of Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate student poster presenters include Yuksel Rudy Alkarem, Liam Hanley, Nicolas Cyr and Debora Barros, Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI); Taylor Bailey, Vanessa Mahan, Elisabeth Younce, Grace Johnson and Simin Moavenzadeh Ghaznavi,&nbsp;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Abigail Bennett, School of Forest Resources; Beth Davis, School of Biology and Ecology; Gabrielle Hillyer and Rachel White, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences; B Lauer and Jennifer Smith-Mayo, Department of Communication and Journalism; Alissa Miller-Gonzalez, Charity Zimmerman and Benjamin Cotton, School of Economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2023&nbsp;&nbsp;News A number of University of Maine students and faculty members will present at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on March 30. 91¸£Àû\u2019s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is the lead organizer of the event. 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