Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science - M.S. Program Seminars
This week's seminar:
Fall 2021 Weekly Seminar Schedule
Past Seminars
Details of past seminars can be found in our Archived Seminars section
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | John Burns, PhD | Personal Health in the Field of Conservation: Sourcing Grit & Courage [Closed section] | UH Hilo, Marine Science |
| Sep 4 | Celia Bardwell-Jones, PhD | Ethics in Conservation | UH Hilo, Environmental Health & Safety Office |
| Sep 11 | Noelani Puniwai, PhD | Pono Science | UH at Mānoa, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge |
| Sep 18 | Panelists: Springer Kaye, Ulu Ching, Megan Blazak, & Moderator: Sharon Ziegler-Chong |
Finding Funding: Grant Writing Strategies for Graduate Students, Researchers, & NGOs | Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC), Conservation International - Hawaiʻi, The Kohala Center, Director, Research & Community Partnerships, UH Hilo |
| Sep 25 | Panelists: Colleen Cole, Amanda Uowolo, & Kalā Asing, & Moderator: Terrilani Chong, PhD |
Professionalism & Career Growth in the Field of Conservation | UH Mānoa Three Mountain Alliance, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry USDA-Forest Service, & Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project; Moderator: UH Hilo, Office of Research |
| Oct 2 | Christopher Hawkins, PhD | The Science of Stakeholders: The Human Dimensions of Conservation Planning and Quantitative Methods to Operationalize Them | Sustainable Pacific Program, Lynker |
| Oct 9 | Franny Kinslow Brewer | Utilizing Social Psychology to Enhance Conservation Behavior | Big Island Invasive Species Committee |
| Oct 16 | Noa Kekuewa Lincoln | Historical and Modern Ecology of Kukui (Aleurites moluccanus) | College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources, UH Mānoa |
| Oct 23 | Sheina B. Sim, PhD | Fruit flies when you're having fun: a brief introduction to tephritid genomics and implications for the sterile insect technique | USDA-ARS Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center |
| Oct 30 | M. Renee Bellinger, PhD | Hawaiian taro: an exploration of genetic history, genome architecture, and disease resistance | Hawai'i Cooperative Studies Unit, Department of Biology, UH Hilo |
| Nov 6 | Peter Sadowski, PhD | AI Applications for Sustainability | Information and Computer Sciences Department, UH Mānoa |
| Nov 13 | Jamison Gove, PhD | The Importance of Ocean Processes in Shaping Nearshore Marine Ecosystems in Hawaiʻi | Ecosystem Sciences Division, NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
| Nov 20 | Robin Martin, PhD | Unlocking the Functional Biogeography of Forests: Lessons Learned from Spectranomics | School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University |
| Nov 27 | N/A | Non-instructional Day | |
| Dec 4 | Kristen C. Harmon, PhD Candidate | Integrating Indigenous and Conventional Practices for the Recovery of Endangered Hawaiian Waterbirds | College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |