Prospective Students
Current Students
Faculty
Donald Price donaldp@hawaii.edu
Director TCBES Graduate Program
Professor, Biology
Ph.D., University of Illinoise, Urbana-Chamapaign,
Ecology, Ethology and Evolution.
Evolutionary and conservation genetics, behavioral ecology and genetics and specialtion
and local adaptation in insects and birds.
http:www.2.hawaii.edu/~donaldp/
Jason E. Adolf jadolf@hawaii.edu
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Ph.D., University
of Maryland College Park
Coastal phytoplankton ecology, real-time continuous monitoring
http://www.plankton.uhh.hawaii.edu/
Norman Arancon normanq@hawaii.edu
Assistant Professor, CAFNRM
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Assistant Professor of Horticulture Crop and Environmental Science
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/academics/cafnrm/NormanArancon.php
Jonathan D. Awaya awayaj@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, 2005.
Assistant
Professor, Biology
Molecular microbiology, bioremediation, iron-trafficking pathways, secondary metabolite production
www2.hawaii.edu/~awayaj
Jim Beets betts@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Georgia, Zoology, 1990.
Associate Professor, Marine Science
Marine ecology, fish/fisheries ecology, ecological monitoring
Kathryn Besio besio@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Gegoraphy, 2001
Associate Profesoor, Geography
Cultural geography, tourism, nature-society relations
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/depts.geography/faculty.php
Daniel Brown dbrown@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Cornell Unviersity, Anthropology,1978.
Professor, Anthropology; Interim Vice
Chancellor for Research.
Human environmental physiology, stress, health risk, Pacific population emphasis
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/%7Eanthro/dbrown.htm
Lee Chee Chang lengchee@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Natural
Products Chemistry, 1998.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy
Isolation, characterization, and biological evaluation of natural products of marine and microbial origin
Steven Colbert colberts@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Southern California, Geological
Sciences 2004.
Assistant Professor Marine Science
Coastal hydrogeology, nutrient and
element cycling in the subterranean estuary
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~colberts
Abby Cuttriss abbyc@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Australian University, 2006
Assistant Professor, Biology
Plant molecular biology, development, environmental stress and pigments
http://www.hawaii.edu/uhhbiology/index.php?Page+person&id=52
Marta deMaintenon demainte@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. UC Berkeley, Intergrative Biology, 1996.
Associate Professor & Chair, Marine Science;
Affiliate Graduate Faculty of EECB (UH-Manoa)
Phylogeny, biogeography and evolution
of gastropod molluscs
http://inverts.uhh.hawaii.edu/
Patrick Hart (pjhart@hawaii.edu)
Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Zoology & Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, 2000.
Assistant Professor, Biology
Ecology and conservation-Hawaiian forests/forest birds
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pjhart/
Maria Haws haws@aol.com
Ph.D. Texas A&M Univ., Wildlife &Fisheries Sciences, 1993.
Associate Professor, CAFNRM
Extension Specialist, University of Hawai’I Sea Grant Program;
Pearl research, aquaculture, marine invertebrates, coastal zone management, natural resources policy, international economic development
Kevin Hopkins hopkins@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Auburn University, Fisheries & Allied Aquacultures, 1979.
Professor, Aquaculture, CAFNRM; Interim Director of the Pacific Aquaculture and fisheries development including their environmental impacts
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~pacrc
Susan Jarvi jarvi@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, 1989.
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Host-parasite co-evolution, avian disease systems
Earnest Kho ekho@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. UC-Santa Cruz, Organic Chemistry, 1978.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Marine natural products chemistry, isolation and characterization of organic molecules from marine organisms
Yiqing Li yiqing@hawaii.edu
Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, 1999.
Assistant Professor, Forestry
Forest soil ecology, carbon sequestration of tropical forests, tropical silviculture and forest ecosystem restoration
Bruce Mathews bmathews@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Florida, Agronomy and Soils, 1992.
Professor, Soil Science & Agronomy
Environmental agronomy, nutrient cycling, water quality, grassland management
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/academics/cafnrm/faculty/mathews.php
William J. Mautz mautz@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Cornell Univ., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1979.
Professor & Chair, Biology
Environmental toxicology, physiological ecology of reptiles and amphibians
http://132.160.51.185/biology/index.php?page=person&id=14
Fiona McCormack fionam@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Auckland, 2006.
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Fisheries (indigenous; traditional management tools; regulations; property rights)
Karla McDermid mcdermid@hawaii.edu
Ph. D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Botanical Sciences, 1988.
Professor, Marine Science Seaweed/seagrass taxonomy, ecology, biogeography and chemical composition, marine education
Jon-Pierre Michaud jonpierr@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Arizona, Toxicology & Pharmacology, 1994.
Associate Professor & Chair, Chemistry Toxicology
environmental chemistry, pesticides in water and biota, epidemiology of volcanic fog (vog)
https://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/academics/chemistry/
Jene Michaud jene@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Arizona, Hydrology, 1992.
Associate Professor, Geology Hydrology, watersheds, geomorphology, modeling
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~geology/faculty/jene/JIndex.php
Peter Mills millsp@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
Professor of Anthropology
Archaeology, historic archaeology, lithics
http://hilo.hawaii.edu/uhh/faculty/millsp/
Cam Muir cmuir@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Simon Fraser University, 1998.
Associate Professor, Biology Ecological genetics/conservation genetics, phylogeography,
and local adaptation of endemic Hawaiian fauna
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~cmuir
Rebecca Ostertag ostertag@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Florida, Botany, 1998.
Associate Professor, Biology (UH-Hilo);
Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology (UH-Mānoa) Structure and nutrient dynamics of tropical forest ecosystems http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ostertag
Adam Pack pack@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Hawa‘ii at Mānoa, Human and Animal Cognition: Marine Mammal Science, 1994.
Assistant Professor, Psychology and Biology. Marine mammal behavior, humpback whales, dolphin behavior and cognition
Brian A. Perry baperry@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, 2006.
Assistant Professor, Biology Fungal evolution, systematics and taxonomy, phylogeography, conservation biology
www2.hawaii.edu/~baperry
Jonathan Price jpprice@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of California at Davis, Geography, 2002.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Biogeography and landscape/vegetation ecology
http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/depts/geography/faculty.php
Michael Shintaku shintaku@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Cornell University, Plant Pathology, 1991.
Associate Professor, Plant Pathology Plant virology h
ttp://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~shintaku/
Elizabeth Stacy estacy@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Boston University, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, 2001.
Assistant Professor, Biology
Plant population biology, evolutionary genetics, and speciation
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~estacy/
Misaki Takabayashi misakita@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. University of Queensland, Centre for Marine Studies, 2000.
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Coral reef ecology, coral molecular biology, marine microbial molecular biology
www.marinegenetics.uhh.hawaii.edu
Jason Turner jpturner@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, Wildlife and Fisheries, 2004.
Assistant Professor, Marine Science Marine ecology, trophic dynamics of food webs, biochemical tracers http://foodweb.uhh.hawaii.edu
Tracy Wiegner wiegner@hawaii.edu
Ph.D. Rutgers University, Oceanography, 2002.
Associate Professor, Marine Science
Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in freshwater and marine environments
http://www.chemocean.uhh.hawaii.edu/
