Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science
Affiliated Faculty
University of Hawaii Master of Science in Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science
These faculty serve on graduate committees, occasionally teach graduate courses, seminars or workshops, and can co-chair graduate committees with a UHH faculty member.
Dr. Carter Atkinson
Ph.D. University of Florida, Veterinary Parasitology, 1985.
USGS-BRD
Effects of disease on wildlife populations; epidemiology, pathogenicity, and vector ecology of avian blood parasites; life cycles, development and fine structure of protozoan parasites
George Balazas
M.S. UH Manoa
Zoologist and leader, Marine Turtle Research Program
Dr. Paul Banko
Ph.D. University of Washington, Wildlife Science, 1988.
USGS-BRD
Terrestrial ecology on islands with emphasis on avian foraging ecology and population restoration
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Basch
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz
Marine Ecology and Science Advisor, National Park Service
Analysis of natural and human-mediated ecological processes affecting spatial and temporal variation of coastal animal and plant populations and communities.
Dr. Francis L. Benevides Jr.
PhD., Ocean Engineering, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Manager/Engineer/Technician, Federal Aviation Administration
Technical Operations, Hilo, Honolulu, Kona, Maui and Guam
Dr. Brian Bowen
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Research Provessor, Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology, UH-Manoa
Dr. Frank Chapman
Ph.D. University of California at Davis
Associate Professor University of Florida
Dr. Susan Cordell
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Manoa, Botany, 1999.
USDA Forest Service, Plant Physiological Ecologist
Ecophysiology, Restoration Ecology, Functional Ecology, Tropical Dry Ecosystems, Grass Invasions, Hawaiian Ecosystems
Dr. Julie Denslow
Ph.D. University of Wisconson, Madison, 1978.
USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist and Team Leader - Invasive Species Unit
Ecology of invasive exotic species; risk assessment and cost/benefit models for invasive species; population, community, and ecosystem processes associated with disturbances to tropical and warm temperate forests; effects of changing hydrology on nutrient processes and forest dynamics in bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern US.
Dr. Chris Farmer
Ph.D.
USGS-BRD
Linda Shea Flanders
Executive Director, Cape Kumukahi Foundation (retired Southeast Regional Supervosor of Habitat and Restoration Dvision in Alaska Dept of Fish and game)
Dr. Peter Follett
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
USDA, Research Entomologist
Conducting research on insect pests in tropical fruits and vegetables, and postharvest treatments for export. Expertise in irradiation, mango, lychee, longan, rambutan, sweetpotato, and tropical crop IPM.
Dr. David Foote
Ph.D. Ecology, Universityof California at Davis
Research Ecologist
USGS, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center,
Kilauea Field Station,
Hawaii National Park,
Dr. Ruth Gates
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Manoa
HIMB Associate Research Faculty
My overarching interest lies in the biological mechanisms and traits that drive the ability of marine organisms to respond to changes in their environment.
Dr. Grant Gerrish
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1988.
UH Hilo Biology Department
Plant Ecology, Conservation
Dr. Christian Giardina
Ph.D. University of Denver
Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service
Restoration ecology, Forest repsonses to global change, Forest ecology and management, Forest ecophysiology, and Tree-soil interactions.
William Gilmartin
B.S. Los Angeles State University
Director of Research, Hawaii Wildlife Fund
Dr. Arnold Hara
Ph.D. University of California at Davis, Entomology, 1982.
UH Manoa CTAR - Beaumont Center
Horticultural entomology, post-harvest insect control, regulatory entomology
Dr. David Helweg
Ph.D.University of Hawaii at Manoa, Behavioral Biology, 1993.
Deputy Center Director, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
R.I.
Dr. Darcy Hu
Ph.D.
US NPS, Ecologist and Science Advisor
Dr. Flint Hughes
Ph.D.Oregon State University, Forest Science, 1997.
USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist
Ecosystem-scale impacts of invasive species and land cover/land use change, fire ecology, carbon and nutrient storage and cycling, primary and secondary forest succession.
David Itano
ED.
UH Manoa Research Associate
Dr. James Jacobi
Ph.D University of Hawaii, Manoa, Botanical Sciences, 1990.
USGS-BRD
Jack Jeffery
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Dr. Tracy Johnson
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Entomology, 1995.
USDA Forest Service, Research Entomologist
Biological control of weeds, Insect ecology, Post-release monitoring of biocontrol agents, Non-target impacts of biocontrol, Plant-herbivore-enemy interactions
Dr. Boone Kaufman
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Director and Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, IPFI Hilo
Ecosystems, community, disturbance, and restoration ecology.
Dr. Les Kaufman
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Biology
Boston University Marine Program
Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Department of Biology
Dr. Lisa Keith
Ph.D. University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1998.
USDA, Research Plant Pathologist
Biology, ecology and management of bacterial and
fungal diseases of fruit, nut, beverage, vegetable and
ornamental crops grown under tropical or subtropical conditions.
Stacy Kubis
M.S. University of Central Florida
NOAA - JIMAR Marine Turtle Research Biologist
Dr. Dennis Lapointe
Ph.D. UH-Manoa
USGS-BRD, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Ecologist
Dr. Harilaos Lessios
Ph.D. Yale
Staff Biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dr. Rhonda Loh
Ph..D.
National Park Service
R.I.
Dr. Fred Mackenzie
Ph.D. Lehigh University
Professor Emeritus, Department of Oceanography
Dr. Richard MacKenzie
Ph.D.University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Invertebrate Zoology, Biogeochemistry minor
USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist
Ecology of aquatic insects, invertebrates, and nekton in coastal systems; linkages between landscape components of watersheds; food web structure of coastal systems; longitudinal gradients in community structure of detritivore in the Pacific
Dr. Lisa Muehlstein
Ph.D. University of Georgia,
UH Hilo Biology and Marine Science Department
Marine Microbiology, Botany & Seagrass Ecology.
Kate Nishijima
ED.
USDA, Plant Pathologist
R.I.
Dr. Robert Nishimoto
Ph.D.
Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR
R.I.
Dr. Thane Pratt
Ph.D. Rutgers University, Ecology, 1983.
USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research, Center Project Leader
R.I
Dr. William Pitt
Ph.D.
USDA, National Wildlife Research Center
R.I.
Dr. Richard Pyle
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Zoology
Associate Zoologist, Database Coordinator, Bishop Museum
Evolutionary biology of marine fishes, with particular emphasis on systematics, biogeography, hybridization, and mimicry. Exploration of deep coral reefs using advanced diving technology. Design and development of computer databases for biological data.
Dr. Michelle Reynolds
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University, Conservation Biology, 2002.
USGS-BRD
R.I.
Mike Robinson
M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa
Property Management Agent, Hawaiian Homelands
David Schofield
M.S. University of Maryland
NOAA - Marine Mammal Response Network Coordinator
Dr. Craig Severance
Ph.D. University of Oregon
Retired UHH Faculty in Anthropology and TCBES
Dr. David Shively
Ph.D. Oregon State University
Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Montana
Robert P. Smith
M.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Michael Steinberg
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Geography, 1999.
Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Dr. Robert Toonen
Ph.D. University of California Davis
HIMB UH-Manoa, Assistant Research Prof.
Dr. William Walsh
PhD. University of Hawai`i at Manoa,
Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR
Behavioral biology of coral reef fishes
Dr. Debbie Weeks
Ph.D. University of California at Santa Cruz, Chemistry, 2002.
Assistant Professor Chemistry
Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Cycling, Environmental Chemistry
Sharon Ziegler-Chong
M.S. University of South Carolina, Biology, 1991.
Associate Director, Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC); Coordinator, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit (USGS-BRD)
Experiential education, environmental internships, Pacific Islands