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Graduate students in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciencies who are interested in visiting area classroom
are listed on this page. Here you will also find information on their research interests, teaching experience, science
topics they are familiar with and feel comfortable teaching, and contact information for each one. If you're interested
in having a student come into your classroom or have any questions about this page, feel free to contact
any of the graduate students directly. We're looking forward to working with you! Graduate Student Expertise
Graduate Students
Alison Chase Degree Program: PhD, Oceanography Thesis: Identifying Phytoplankton Pigments Using Absorption Spectra
I was a K-12 substitute teacher for a year.
Availability: Tuesdays and Fridays
Preferred Grades: Any
Contact: (603) 731-3708 or alison.p.chase@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? Beantown! (Boston)
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: That it covers most of the planet and provides half the oxygen we breath ... and that we still have so much to learn.
Kerstin Cullen Degree Program: MS, Oceanography Thesis: Satellite Measured Variability of Phytoplankton and Suspended Sediment in the Gulf of Alaska
This year I was a TA for SMS 402 Oceans and Climate Change and got to do a little lecturing. In Bozeman I was a Girl Scout
co-leader for cadets, and also got to do a mentoring gifted children program which meant having fun with math and science with
sixth graders once a week.
Availability: Wednesdays and possibly Thursdays
Preferred Grades: Any
Contact: kerstin.cullen@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? Skiing and studying physics in Montana, a bit removed from the ocean. Before that I grew up in Alaska.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: It's gorgeous, fun and you can describe it with pretty math.
Nicholas Foukal Degree Program: MS, Oceanography Thesis: Satellite-Measured Phytoplankton Phenology in the California Current
I have taught sailing for the past 10 summers to kids from ages 5-16, so I have experience teaching, just not in a classroom
environment.
Availability: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Preferred Grades: 6th-12th
Contact: nicholas.foukal@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? I graduated from Dartmouth in 2010 and then took a year off to ski in Park City. Following that I coached rowing at a high school in Boston and sailing at a sailing club on MDI.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: I like the fisheries side of ocean studies, and how lower trophic levels (such as phytoplankton) can
control the ecosystem from the bottom up.
Michael Kersula Degree Program: Dual MS, Marine Biology/Marine Policy Thesis: Bio: Spiny Dogfish Trophic Dynamics; Policy: System and Species-Level Feedback for Fishermen Participating in Diverse Fisheries
I was a substitute teacher in Vermont six years ago for a brief stint: one day with pre-K, three days in high school. Recently, I
guest taught three hour-long high school biology classes on lessons in evolution from Gulf of Maine cod. I volunteered two summers
at a local environmental education center (focusing on bugs), during high school and college. I also worked as a summer camp
instructor for 3-10 year olds for one summer during college, concentrating on topics in agriculture, botany, and other fun stuff.
Availability: Contact me to schedule!
Preferred Grades: 3rd-12th
Contact: michaelkersula@yahoo.com
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? I grew up in Vermont. I've been in Maine since 2005.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: So much of it is edible!
Melissa May Degree Program: PhD, Marine Biology Thesis: Larval Physiology and Gene Expression of Blue Mussels
I was an adjunct professor for four years at a community college teaching Oceanography and taught Human Biology and all of the
aquatics courses at the University of San Diego. I've also given lectures on my research to a 5 grade class.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursdays
Preferred Grades: K-12th
Contact: melissa.may@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? I was teaching Oceanography at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: The sound of waves crashing!
Mark Neary Degree Program: MS, Oceanography Thesis: Slope Water Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine
In March 2012, I spent a day at Bangor High School teaching concept mapping to 9th grade Earth Science students. I've also
taught some basic sports classes (Martial Arts, Life Guarding).
Availability: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Preferred Grades: K-12th
Contact: mark.neary@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? Before we came to Maine, we were living in Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland, where I grew up.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: Waves. How ancient it is. That we know so little about it. The amount of structure in the Ocean - that
it's not a just a big inert pond.
Noah Oppenheim Degree Program: Dual MS, Marine Biology/Fisheries Policy Thesis: Creating a predictive model for future lobster landings based on juvenile abundance; exploring the municipal dependence on the lobster fishery across a spectrum of harbors in Maine
I spent three years during college teaching several weekly hour-long biology classes to 4th and 5th graders in the Portland, Oregon
public schools
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
Preferred Grades: Any
Contact: (207) 233-0400
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? I was working for NOAA fisheries and gillnetting for sockeye salmon in Alaska.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: SCUBA diving!
Karen Stamieszkin Degree Program: PhD, Biological Oceanography Thesis: I am studying the role of copepods in oceanic carbon cycling
I have taught and tutored 1st and 3rd graders, as well as tutored 7th graders.
Availability: TBA
Preferred Grades: Any
Contact: (207) 730-1843 or karen.stamieszkin@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? Cape Cod.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: How it teaches us to think in a different medium and on a different scale from what we experience
in our everyday lives.
Jeffrey Vieser Degree Program: Dual MS, Marine Biology/Marine Policy Thesis: Social and Environmental Implications of Tidal Power in Cobscook Bay
I was an informal educator with Americorps in the New Jersey Watershed Ambassador's Program for 8 months. We went into classrooms
and I have experience putting together full-day lesson plans. We taught lessons at various events and in various parks. I also
know a lot of watershed themed activities that deal with freshwater resources.
Availability: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays after 9:00am.
Preferred Grades: K-12th
Contact: jeffrey.vieser@maine.edu
Where Were You Before You Came to Maine? Before being a grad student at UMaine I studied marine biology at Rutgers University in New Jersey. From there I interned for a summer with the NY/NJ Baykeeper. I then became an Americorps Watershed Ambassador in NJ. I left the program early to start my research here in Cobscook Bay.
Favorite Thing About the Ocean: I'm a huge fisherman, have been since I was 4!
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