Senator Angus King, along with his director of innovation and economic development, Adam Lachman, and regional representative, Chris Rector, visited and toured DEI on September 2. While at DEI, he met with Executive Director, Dianne Tilton, board members Jane Hinson, Doug Chapman, and Denis-Marc Nault as well as DEI employees Ben Ellis, Cody Jourdet, and Kyle Pepperman. The senator learned about our expansion plans and needs, current National Science Foundation research on Arctic surfclams and blue mussels, and how we are working with local schools and teachers to bring marine science to the K-12 curriculum.

Senator King learns about our work with Arctic surfclams from DEI’s aquaculture research and production assistant, Cody Jourdet.