![Natalie Barrett](https://usm.maine.edu/department-biological-sciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/2023/01/Natalie_Barrett_wide-info-block.jpg)
Natalie Barrett
B.S. Biology, University of Southern Maine (2022)
Advisor: Catherine Miller
Thesis topic: Mosquito vector research related to bird pox
![Sam Bengs](https://usm.maine.edu/department-biological-sciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/2024/01/Sam_Bengs_wide-info-block_template.jpg)
Samantha Bengs
B.S. Biology, University of Southern Maine (2022)
Advisor: Rachel Lasley-Rasher
Thesis topic: Characterization of phenology and habitat use in river herring and their zooplankton prey using eDNA technology
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Olivia Bubar
B.S. Biology, University of Southern Maine (2022)
Advisor: Doug Currie
Thesis topic: Effects of toxins on nervous system development in Drosophila
![Allison Fogg](https://usm.maine.edu/department-biological-sciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/2022/09/Allison_Fogg_wide-info-block.jpg)
Allison Fogg
B.S. Biology, University of Southern Maine (2022)
Advisor: Rachel Lasley-Rasher
Thesis topic: Characterizing benthic mysid (Neomysis americana) ecology in the Damariscotta Estuary
![Morgan Regnier](https://usm.maine.edu/department-biological-sciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/2022/09/Morgan_Regnier_wide-info-block.jpg)
Morgan Regnier
B.S. Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth (2021)
Advisor: Joe Staples
Thesis topic: Using respirometry to measure effects of exposure to sublethal doses of pesticides on insect metabolism
![Sam White in a canoe](https://usm.maine.edu/department-biological-sciences/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/2024/01/Sam_White_2_wide-info-block.jpg)
Samantha White
B.S. Biology, University of Southern Maine (2019)
Advisor: Catherine Miller
Thesis topic: Microbial diversity and chemical composition of wild-fermented American coolship ale