Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science - M.S. Program Seminars

This week's seminar:

TCBES Natural Resource Management Seminar Series presents Dr. Susan Jarvi, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences here at UH Hilo. Her topic is titled, "SARS-CoV-2 the virus, COVID-19 the disease: an update on currently available vaccines" on Friday February 26 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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