<h2>Research Team</h2>

E. Han Tan (he/him) Principal Investigator PhD, Washington University in St Louis, 2011 AB in Visual Arts, Duke University, 2005 BS in Biology, Duke University, 2005 email: ekhtan@maine.edu

Professional Staff

Diane Spencer (she/her) Laboratory Manager MS, University of Maine, 2022 MS of Env Sci, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2019 B of Eng, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2004 email: diana.spencer@maine.edu

Graduate Students

	Daniel Balderrama (he/him) PhD Student BS, University of Puget Sound, 2020 email: daniel.balderrama@maine.edu
	Salem Ermish (they/them) PhD Student MS, North Carolina State University, 2023 BS, North Carolina State University, 2021 email: salem.ermish@maine.edu

Undergraduate Students

	Brygid Sawitsky (she/her) Student Laboratory Assistant, Undergraduate Intern University of Maine, Class of 2026 email: brygid.sawitsky@maine.edu
	Adam Carnes (he/him) Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2026 email: adam.carnes@maine.edu
	Holden Zuras (he/him) Capstone Student University of Maine, Class of 2025 email: holden.zuras@maine.edu
	Izzy Weigand (she/her) Undergraduate Intern University of Maine, Class of 2026 email: isabella.weigand@maine.edu

Past members

	Zoë Colwell (she/her) Research Associate MS, University of Maine, 2024 BS, University of Arizona, 2021 email: zoe.colwell@maine.edu
	Noah Williams MS Student BA, Skidmore College, 2022 email: noah.williams2@maine.edu
	Strix Kugler (she/they) Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2026 email: strix.kugler@maine.edu
	Sydnie Brahan (she/her) Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2027 email: sydnie.brahan@maine.edu
	Kristen Brown-Donovan (she/her) Research Associate PhD, University of Maine, 2020 MS, University of Maine, 2013 BS, Susquehanna University, 2011 email: kristen.m.brown@maine.edu
	Hakon Teceno (he/him) Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2026 email: hakon.teceno@maine.edu
	Margaret Perotta Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2024 email: margaret.perotta@maine.edu
	Jacob Caruson Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2024 email: jacob.caruson@maine.edu
	Karla Mendoza (she/her) Undergraduate Intern University of Maine, Class of 2023 email: karla.mendoza@maine.edu
	Lucas Heroux MS Student MS, University of Maine, 2022 BS, University of Maine, 2020 email: lucas.heroux@maine.edu
	Declan Schilling Highschool Intern, Summer 2022 Maine School of Science and Mathematics email: declan.schilling@maine.edu
	Amy Twohig Research Intern University of Maine, Class of 2024 email: amy.l.twohig@maine.edu
	Kat Klebon Summer Research Intern Capstone Student University of Maine, Class of 2021 email: kathryn.klebon@maine.edu
	Femi Alaba Graduate student University of Maine email: oluwafemi.alaba@maine.edu
	Thomas Bertsch Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2024 email: thomas.bertsch@maine.edu
	Ben Moore Student Laboratory Assistant 2019 CUGR Summer Fellow University of Maine, Class of 2021 email: benjamin.moore1@maine.edu
	Katie Tims Honors Student University of Maine, Class of 2021 email: kathleen.tims@maine.edu
	Dominic Crowley Research Intern University of Maine, Class of 2023 email: dominic.crowley@maine.edu
	Lily Webber Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2023 email: lily.webber@maine.edu
	Gage O'Bannon NSF-REU-RAHSS Intern R. B. Stall Highschool, South Carolina email: na
	Lily McLaughlin Top Scholar Intern University of Maine, Class of 2023 email: lily.m.mclaughlin@maine.edu
	Matt Davis Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2021 email: matthew.l.davis@maine.edu
	Grace Lee Research Intern Colby College, Class of 2022 email: glee22@colby.edu
	Betelhem Abay Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2020 email: bethelhem.abay@maine.edu
	Charles-Alexandre Roy Student Laboratory Assistant 2018 CUGR Fellow University of Maine, Class of 2019 email: roy.charlesalexandre@gmail.com
	Courtney Hatton Student Laboratory Assistant Capstone Student University of Maine, Class of 2019 email: courtney.hatton@maine.edu
	Jillian Doyle Student Laboratory Assistant Capstone Student University of Maine, Class of 2019 email: jillian.a.doyle@maine.edu
	Alison Eaton Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2020 email: alison.eaton@maine.edu
	Rob Murray Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2022 email: robert.f.murray@maine.edu
	Tashawna Spellen Capstone Student University of Maine, Class of 2018 email: tashawna.spellen@maine.edu
	Mallori Morris Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2018 email: mallori.morris@maine.edu
	Anna Landry Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2018 email: anna.landry@maine.edu
	Katie Asalone Research Intern BS, University of Maine, 2017 email: kathryn.asalone@maine.edu
	Katelyn Brown Student Laboratory Assistant University of Maine, Class of 2019 email: katelyn.e.brown@maine.edu