  {"id":31,"date":"2010-01-27T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:14:32","slug":"faculty-staff-directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>For general assistance, please call the main office at 207.581.2862.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sbe.umaine.edu\/olsen-2\/\">Brian Olsen<\/a>,<\/strong> Interim Chair and Professor of Ornithology in the School of Biology and Ecology<br \/>\nPh.D. 2007, Virginia Tech<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 206 &#8211; brian.olsen@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2909<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Erik Blomberg\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/erik-blomberg\/\">Erik J. Blomberg<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Ecology<br \/>\nPh.D. 2012, University of Nevada<br \/>\n<strong>Research:<\/strong> Population dynamics of avian wildlife<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching:<\/strong> Wildlife population ecology and demographic estimation<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 216 &#8211; erik.blomberg@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2904<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=8700&amp;preview=true\">Noah D. Charney<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology<br \/>\nPh.D. 2010, University of Massachusetts Amherst<br \/>\n<strong>Research:<\/strong> Landscape Ecology, Climate Change Impact Modeling, Vernal Pool Conservation, Urban Ecology, Natural History, Unisexual Salamanders<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching:<\/strong> Conservation Biology, Wildlife Ecology<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 230 &#8211; noah.charney@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.1284<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/stephen-m-coghlan-jr-2\/\">Stephen M. Coghlan, Jr.<\/a>, Associate Professor of Freshwater Fisheries<br \/>\nPh.D. 2004, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry<br \/>\n<strong>Research: <\/strong>Effects of dams and dam removal on fish communities in the Penobscot River watershed; anadromous Sea Lamprey as ecosystem engineers; fish-forest relations in headwater streams; commercial harvest impacts on White Sucker; competition among Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, and Smallmouth Bass; sustenance and recreational fishing; biophysical economics of homesteading<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching: <\/strong>Ecological Statistics; Freshwater Fisheries Ecology and Management; General Ecology; Biophysical Economics<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 234 &#8211; stephen.coghlan@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2880<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/jessica-jansujwicz\/\">Jessica S. Jansujwicz<\/a>, Research Assistant Professor<br \/>\nPh.D. 2011, 91爆料<br \/>\n<strong>Research:<\/strong> Human dimensions of natural resources, environmental policy, sustainability science<br \/>\nNorman Smith Hall, Room 222 &#8211; jessica.jansujwicz@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.9405<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/merz-margaret-maisie\/\">Margaret (Maisie) Merz (she\/her)<\/a>, Lecturer of Wildlife Ecology<br \/>\nPh.D. 2025, 91爆料<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wildlife Population Dynamics and Conservation<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 240A &#8211; margaret.merz@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2867<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=6117&amp;preview=true\">Sabrina Morano<\/a>, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator<br \/>\nPh.D. 2016, University of Nevada<br \/>\n<strong>Research:<\/strong> Habitat use and population dynamics of large mammals<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 222 &#8211; sabrina.morano@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2908<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/staff-profiles\/christina-a-murphy\">Christina A. Murphy<\/a>, Assistant Professor and Assistant Unit Leader-Fisheries, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit<br \/>\nPh. D. 2019, Oregon State University<br \/>\n<strong>Research: <\/strong>Top-down and bottom-up responses to disturbance, especially hydrological alteration. This includes evaluations of nutrient, light, and habitat availability, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic insects, fish pathogens, and diverse fish assemblages.<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching: <\/strong>Fish ecology and conservation<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 236 &#8211; christina.murphy@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.3010<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/maine.edu\/record-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydne Record<\/a>, Professor of Landscape Conservation<br \/>\nPh.D. 2010, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<br \/>\n<strong>Research: <\/strong>Understanding drivers of biodiversity across scales of space, time, and biological organization<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching: <\/strong>Introduction to Wildlife Conservation; Population Dynamics<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 226 &#8211; sydne.record@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2865<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ambermroth.weebly.com\/\">Amber M. Roth<\/a>, Associate Professor in Forest Wildlife Management<br \/>\nPh.D. 2012, Michigan Technological University<br \/>\n<strong>Research:<\/strong> Forest-wildlife interactions in temperate and tropical forests, forest management practices to improve declining wildlife species, migratory bird ecology, wildlife habitat best management practices, conservation planning<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching:<\/strong> Forest wildlife management<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 229 &#8211; amber.roth@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2856<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/lindsay-seward\/\">Lindsay Seward (she\/her)<\/a>,\u00a0 Undergraduate Program Coordinator and\u00a0Principal Lecturer<br \/>\nM.S. 2002, 91爆料<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching:<\/strong> Ecology, field research techniques, natural history, habitat evaluation<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 238 &#8211; lseward@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2847<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/staff-profiles\/joseph-zydlewski\">Joseph D. Zydlewski<\/a>, Professor and Unit Leader, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit<br \/>\nPh.D. 1998, University of Massachusetts<br \/>\n<strong>Research: <\/strong>Physiology, behavior, and ecology of migratory fishes, both in the laboratory and in the field<br \/>\n<strong>Teaching:<\/strong> Animal migration<br \/>\nNutting Hall, Room 258 &#8211; josephz@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2853<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty For general assistance, please call the main office at 207.581.2862. Brian Olsen, Interim Chair and Professor of Ornithology in the School of Biology and Ecology Ph.D. 2007, Virginia Tech Nutting Hall, Room 206 &#8211; brian.olsen@maine.edu &#8211; 207.581.2909 Erik J. 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