Lab News

Jamie Fogg, a Cammen Lab undergraduate research assistant and a Maine Top Scholar, was invited on to the Maine State Science podcast to chat about some of the research she has been working on at UMaine!  From whale watch research with Allied Whale (College of the Atlantic) during a summer internship, to using environmental DNA (eDNA) to study gray seals in Cape Cod with the Cammen Lab, Jamie has participated in a wide range of research during her undergraduate career thus far.

Most recently, she was awarded a prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholarship, and this summer, she will be working at the Woods Hole Laboratory of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service studying North Atlantic Right Whale passive acoustics.

Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Dr. Alice Hotopp on her successful PhD defense!!!

Jamie Fogg, a Maine Top Scholar and undergraduate research assistant in the Cammen Lab, was recently featured in the Maine Epscor newsletter. Check out the article which describes her research and how she got here.

Kristina, Julia, and Jamie sampling eDNA with collaborators from Center for Coastal Studies

Jamie has worked on multiple projects as part of the Maine-eDNA research program and developed and funded her own research with a grant from the University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research.  This past year, Jamie conducted a study in collaboration with the Center for Coastal Studies,  and co-advised by PhD student Julia Sunnarborg, which expands our understanding of eDNA dynamics around seal haulout sites. Her poster presentation of this research at the UMaine Student Symposium won the award for best undergraduate poster in Natural Sciences.