Fellows

2025 Acadia Science Fellows

Colby Bosley-Smith

forest understory climate

Veronica Winter

aligning bird monitoring data

2024 Acadia Science Fellows

photographs of forest change

amphibian migration

2023 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

Brittany Slabach

small mammals and disturbance

Caroline Kanaskie

southern pine beetle risk

2022 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

Matthew Duveneck

managing Acadia's future forest

invasive plant genetics

Richard Vachula

fire in Acadia, past and future

2021 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

Christina Murphy

invasive fish and aquatic food webs

Melina Giakoumis

sea star population dynamics

Caitlin Littlefield

rising seas and the coastal forest

2020 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

the future of Acadia's lakes

Indigenizing archaeology in Acadia National Park

forests and climate change

2019 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

Caitlin in striped shirt next to experimental garden

Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie

history of subalpine plant communities

Kate Ruskin holding clipboard with grass in background

valuing water resources

Stephanie in lime green vest with fall foliage in background

Stephanie Spera

fall season climate and visitation

2018 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

photo of Allie Gardner

Allison Gardner

park management and tick-borne disease

jennifer smetzer studying bird

Jennifer Smetzer

climate change refugia

2017 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

scientist Allyson Jackson holding small bird

Allyson Jackson

cross-ecosystem subsidies

climate change and model ecosystems

alessio mortelliti setting up trail cam on a tree outside in the snow

Alessio Mortelliti

seed predators and climate change

2016 Second Century Stewardship Fellow

photo of Abbey Paulson taking a water sample

environmental DNA and biodiversity