Day: April 26, 2011

NSFA Agriculture Award winner announced

NSFA Agriculture Award Seanna Annis, Associate Professor of Mycology School of Biology & Ecology Seanna Annis contributes to Maine agriculture through an excellent program of research, teaching, and service. Her research focuses on the diseases affecting Maine’s wild blueberries. She examines the basic biology of fungal pathogens, their impact on the crop, and ways to […]

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NSFA 2011 faculty awards

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture announces the winners of this year’s faculty awards. NSFA Outstanding Public Service Award—2011 Andrei Alyokhin, Professor of Applied Entomology, School of Biology & Ecology Entomologist Andrei Alyokhin’s primary research focus is on potato insect pest management, with a secondary focus on the ecology of invasive insect species, […]

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G. Peirce and Florence Pitts-Webber Award winners named for 2011

G. Peirce and Florence Pitts-Webber Award for Outstanding Research in Forest Resources Robert S. Seymour, Curtis Hutchins Professor of Silviculture School of Forest Resources Robert Seymour is an expert on the silviculture of natural forests and ecological forestry. An active and productive researcher, in the last two years he has published 13 refereed papers and […]

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