The Undergraduate Student Fellowships program at MDIBL is a unique summer program of hands-on research in marine physiology, comparative functional genomics, molecular biology, developmental biology, and many other areas. Undergraduate students come from universities and colleges across the country, and come together into a community of student scientists on our campus in Salsbury Cove, Maine. Select student profiles from our most recent summer season are below.

2008 Fellowship Recipients:

REU - Research Experience for Undergraduates
Kavita Balkaran, Univ. US Virgin Islands
Salvatore Blaire, Appalachian State University
Kia Burch, Georgia Southern University
Matthew Cronan, The University of Maine
Elizabeth Gary, Bowdoin College
Kaylyn Germ, Texas AM University
Sheena Harmon, Georgia Southern University
Anna Kufner, University of Vermont
Kelly LaRue, Dickinson College
A. Scott McCall, Kansas State University
Casie Reed, College of the Atlantic
Elizabeth Simonik, Ohio University

INBRE - IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
Judi Azevedo, The University of Maine
Emilynne Bell, University of New England
Naveed Davoodian, College of the Atlantic
Christopher Durkin, University of Maine - Farmington
Emily Gabranski, Bowdoin College
Ashley Gard, The University of Maine
Nina Griffin, University of Maine - Farmington
Katharine Harmon, Colby College
Nathaniel Jillette, University of Maine - Machias
Alison Kieffer, University of Maine - Presque Isle
Escar Kusema, Colby College
Molly Kwiatkowski, Bowdoin College
Lauren Okano, Bates College
Maxell Simard, University of Maine - Augusta
Susannah Stone, Bates College
Cecily Swinburne, College of the Atlantic

Select Student Profiles:

2007 REU:

Omar Aquino, Bowdoin College
Patrice Baumhardt, Illinois State University
Ellie Bors, Oberlin College
Kathleen Bradley, The University of Maine
Anya Brown, Brown University
Bethanie Edwards, Hendrix College
Catherine Hall, Georgia Southern University
Peter Knowlton, Duke University
Bailey Miles, Ohio University
Gar Secrist, Maryville College
John VanderHeide, Calvin College

[Student participants prior to 2007 not currently listed]

For more information on the undergraduate program:
Michael McKernan
Director of Education
207-288-9880 ext. 102
internships@mdibl.org