Dr. Cameron T. Hodgdon, son of Tracy Northrup of Whitefield and Tyler Hodgdon of Boothbay, received his doctorate of philosophy in marine biology from the University of Maine on May 6.

After completing his dual degree in marine science and applied mathematics at the University of New England, Hodgdon started his Ph.D. under the advisement of Dr. Yong Chen at the University of Maine in the fall of 2017. His dissertation work was focused on Maine’s scallop and lobster fisheries: trying to predict how these stocks and industries will change in the future. This work led Hodgdon to 14 peer reviewed publications in international journals.

Hodgdon is a National Marine Fisheries Service and National Sea Grant Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Fellow, an ICES Stock Assessment Review Group leader for European fish stocks, a member of the Lenfest Ocean Program’s International Crustacean Task Force, a member of the Maine Department of Marine Resources Lobster Research Collaborative, and winner of the University of Maine’s Three Minute Thesis Competition.

In New York, Hodgdon has already started a postdoctoral research position at Stonybrook University where he will continue his work with the lobster fishery as a member of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science