A conversation with Julia Brown, Senior Research Scientist at Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences. Julia has been working on ocean science research at Bigelow since 2016. Her current research aims to characterize the diversity and roles of marine viruses and microbes in order to better understand their activity within climate relevant ecosystems, such as the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine and large marine oxygen minimum zones.

A conversation with LeAnn Whitney, Associate Professor of Oceanography in the Corning School of Ocean Studies at Maine Maritime Academy. LeAnn is a phytoplankton molecular ecologist, or, according to her daughter, a phytoplankton nerd. LeAnn grew up in Machias, and thanks to her participation in the Keller BLOOM Program at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences as a junior in high school, she found her love for plankton and studying the ocean for a living. After receiving her

A conversation with Jessica Pawlak, Director New Product Development at LGC Clinical Diagnostics. Jessica has had a cool path in biochemistry, with work in both academia and industry, as well as an internship at the National Institutes of Health. She is the Director of New Product Development at LCG Clinical Diagnostics, where she oversees the R&D department. In addition to her work at LCG Clinical Diagnostics, Jessica has been an enthusiastic volunteer for both the Maine Sci

A conversation with Jane Disney, Associate Professor of Environmental Health at MDI Biological Laboratory. Jane found her way to science via her high school biology class and earned her PhD studying trout and salmon evolution. After research positions at Washington State University and The Jackson Laboratory, she transitioned to teaching high school biology, which she did for for 10 years. Jane then launched the MDI Water Quality Coalition and later joined MDI Biolab to focus

A conversation with Matt Mahoney, Principal Computational Scientist at The Jackson Laboratory. Matt is a Principal Computational Scientist at The Jackson Laboratory. Trained as a mathematician, Matt then moved into the area of systems biology - driven by a lifelong curiosity and the opportune timing of the 2009 financial crisis. He is currently working on two main projects: studying aging biology and understanding mechanisms of cardiotoxicity for drugs. This conversation was

A conversation with Kelley Strout, Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Maine. Kelley is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Maine, and her research focuses on addressing burnout for nursing students, faculty, and staff. Under her leadership, UMaine Nursing was ranked by U.S. News and Reports in the top 11% of baccalaureate of science in nursing programs nationwide, and in 2022, she received the Presidential Award for Public Engagement at UMa