Heather Hamlin

Expertise

? Aquaculture, ? Climate change, ? Coastal and marine topics, ? Environmental sciences, ? Fish, ? Health and the environment, ? Land and natural resource use, ? Lobster, ?Water quality, ? Wildlife

Hamlin is an environmental physiologist and reproductive endocrinologist who studies how the environment influences the reproduction and development of aquatic animals.혻 Specifically, her research examines: the influence of endocrine-disrupting contaminants in reproductive and developmental disfunction; reproductive and developmental challenges in commercial aquaculture; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); climate change and American lobsters. Visit Hamlin’s biography to learn more.

A bubble graph demonstrating a 75% research and 25% teaching appointment split.
Hamlin balances time between teaching (25%) courses about research experience in marine sciences, and research (75%) the influence of endocrine disrupting contaminants in reproductive and developmental dysfunction, reproductive and developmental challenges in commercial aquaculture, and methods to reduce contaminant burdens in aquaculture species.

Appointment details

Hamlin��셲 work is supported by:

  • School of Marine Sciences at the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
  • Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Experiment Station contributions

  • Current project: Examining environmental influences on Maine’s critical seafood resources. Hatch project number ME022319.