Sea Grant Bio
Catherine Schmitt
Catherine Schmitt

Catherine came to Maine from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) in Cambridge, MD, where she worked on scientific publications dedicated to coastal and marine science and Chesapeake Bay issues. Before UMCES, she worked as an environmental scientist in western Massachusetts and conducted coastal ecology research with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Besides translating scientific information for the public in her position at Sea Grant, Catherine enjoys freelance writing for several newspapers, exploring the Maine coast by sea kayak, and hiking and biking the mountains.

B.S. (Environmental Sciences) University of Massachusetts, 1998
M.S. (Ecology and Environmental Sciences) University of Maine, 2003

 

Contact Information

Catherine Schmitt
Science Writer

Maine Sea Grant
5784 York Complex
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5784
Phone: 207.581.1434
Fax: 207.581.1426
Email:Catherine Schmitt