About
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
We do research for the benefit of Maine and beyond.
For more than 160 years, the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV has advanced inquiry and education to serve our state and the wider world.
As a learner-centered R1 university, we are committed to engaging students directly in innovation.
Together, we work to create knowledge and develop solutions to make life better for Mainers and people everywhere.
Meet UMaine’s Interim Vice President for Research
Giovanna Guidoboni, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President for Research | Dean of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing
As Interim Vice President for Research, Giovanna Guidoboni oversees UMaine’s research enterprise, supports faculty and student scholarship, and builds new opportunities for collaboration with industry, government and community partners.
Guidoboni’s research focuses on mathematical modeling and data science applied to engineering and life sciences. She collaborates with colleagues nationally and internationally in areas such as ocular blood flow and risk factors associated with ocular diseases, the function of the lower urinary tract, and noninvasive health monitoring. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the European Commission. She is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Guidoboni earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Engineering of Materials from the University of Ferrara in Italy. Before joining the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV in 2023, she served on the faculties of the University of Houston (TX), Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IN), the Université de Strasbourg (France), and the University of Missouri (MO).
Guidoboni is co-founder of Modeling and Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology (Kugler Publications, the Netherlands), an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal for which she serves as co-Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor. She is also the founder of Gspace LLC, a consulting company that provides modeling and computational solutions for complex problems in engineering and life sciences.
Infrastructure for Innovation
Research Support
OVPRDGS supports UMaine’s research ecosystem, and its units, institutes, centers and research labs.
Centers and institutes
These bastions of innovation bring students and faculty together to pursue research, teaching and outreach.
Research initiatives
University-wide initiatives transcend silos and campus organizations to advance global research and creative impact.