MAINE: Luke Goldman – Using eDNA to save the Atlantic cod

University of Maine

Maine EPSCoR eDNA student Luke Goldman was working as an ocean rescue lifeguard on the Jersey Shore when he decided that he wanted to study ecology. Now, he has moved up the East Coast to become a marine protector of a different sort: a researcher at the forefront of using eDNA to try and save the Atlantic cod. Goldman is working on a project that uses eDNA to determine cod spawning locations in the Gulf of Maine.