IDEXX, Westbrook, ME

Bethany Fortier is a Scientist in Research and Development at IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., headquartered in Westbrook, ME. IDEXX is a global leader in innovation, offering diagnostic products and services to customers in over 175 countries for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, water testing, and dairy markets. At IDEXX, Bethany works as part of an interdisciplinary discovery research team to support assay development from the R&D phase through the entire New Product Development process. Prior to entering industry, Bethany was a secondary science educator in Maine for 15 years and holds dual certification in both the life and physical sciences.

Bethany earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of Maine and her M.S. in Biology through a collaborative research-intensive program between MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) and the University of Southern Maine, completing her thesis in the Center for Molecular Medicine at MHIR under the mentorship of Dr. Lucy Liaw.