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Fall 2023
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | Dr. Noelani Puniwai | University of Hawaiʻi | ʻOiwi Stories; Climate change, management, and restoryation |
| Sep 18 | Moana Ulu Ching, Corie Yanger, Shalan Crysdale | Conservation International, Three Mountain Alliance, The Nature Conservancy | Finding funding: Grant Writing and Reporting Strategies for Graduate Students, Researchers, & NGOs PANEL FOCUS: Tips and tricks for successful grant searching, writing, & reporting |
| Sep 25 | Dr. Celia Bardwell-Jones | Philosophy and Gender & Women's Studies, UH Hilo | What does Decolonial Conservation Ethics Look LIke? Rethinking the Nature of Elemental Nature |
| Oct 2 | Dr. Scott A. Bonar | USGS Arizona Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona | How you can ethically influence people about natural resources conservation |
| Oct 9 | Dr. Travis S. Mandel | Department of Computer Science, UH Hilo | Exploring and Developing Computer Vision Algorithms for Hawaiʻi Island Datasets |
| Oct 16 | Franny Kinslow Brewer | Big Island Invasive Species | Committee Utilizing Social Psychology to Enhance Conservation Behavior |
| Oct 23 | Dr. Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado | Sea Grant College Program, Microbial Ecology & Evolution in Hawaiʻi Laboratory, Ulana ʻIke Sea Grant Center of Excellence, SOEST Maile Mentoring Bridge Program, Center for Microbial Oceanography | O ke kahua ma mua, ma hope o ke kūkulu: What is Indigenous data sovereignty & knowledge stewardship? |
| Oct 30 | Dr. Amber Wright | School of Life Sciences UH Mānoa | Behavior, Population, and Community Ecology |
| Nov 6 | Dr. Susan Cordell | Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station | Restoration of Hawaiian Ecosystems – a personal journey |
| Nov 13 | Dr. Patrick Hart | Department of Biology, UH Hilo | How bird song can inform conservation and management of Hawaiʻs birds |
| Nov 20 | Dr. Erica Newman | Department of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin | Towards a dynamic macroecology |
| Nov 27 | Dr. Andrew J Rominger | School of Life Sciences, UH Mānoa | Data hungry models and data ethics in the study of biodiversity on Indigenous homelands |
| Dec 4 | Dr. David Hembry | Department of Biology, University of Texas Permian Basin | Coevolution and macroevolution of leafflower trees (Phyllanthaceae: Glochidion) and leafflower moths (Lepidoptera: Epicephala) in Southeastern Polynesia and the Pacific |
Fall 2022
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | Noelani Puniwai, PhD | Oceanic insights: A weaving of Indigenous ways of knowing the kai | UH Mānoa, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies |
| Sep 19 | Celia T. Bardwell-Jones, PhD | What would a Decolonial Conservation Ethics look like? | UH Hilo |
| Sep 26 | Panelists: Moana Ulu Ching, Colleen Cole, & Shalan Crysdale Moderator: Lisa Canale |
Finding funding: Grant writing & reporting strategies for graduate students, researchers, & NGOs | Conservation International Three Mountain Alliance The Nature Conservancy UH Hilo, Office of Research |
| Oct 3 | Rebecca Chong, PhD, & Megan Porter, PhD | Hawaiian lava tube biology and evolution along the space-time continuum | UH Mānoa, School of Life Sciences |
| Oct 10 | Scott A. Bonar, PhD & Author | Verbal Judo! A Method to Improve Your Ability to Talk to Those Hostile to Conservation | Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona, American Fisheries Society |
| Oct 17 | Franny Kinslow Brewer | Utilizing social psychology to enhance conservation behavior | Big Island Invasive Species Committee |
| Oct 24 | Jay W. Davis | Roads to Ruin or Treading Water: How Contaminants in Stormwater Runoff Impact Aquatic Critters | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (retired) |
| Oct 31 | Jesse A. Eiben, PhD | Applied insect conservation management research in HI and PA: Insect biodiversity monitoring from Maunakea to the Appalachians | Department of Biology, Geology, & Environmental Sciences, PennWest California |
| Nov 7 | Matthew L. Knope, PhD | The research projects of four recent TCBES graduates: from the ecology of Hawaiian plants, fungi, algae, and invertebrates to global assessments of extinction risk in vertebrates | UH Hilo |
| Nov 14 | Trisha Atwood, PhD | Managing and protecting carbon stored in marine sediments: A challenge for marine conservation | Professor of Watershed Sciences and the Ecology Center |
| Nov 21 | Lillian J. Tuttle Raz, PhD | Think Global, Act Local: Stewardship of Coral Reefs Facing Multiple Coastal Stressors | Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, UH Hilo |
| Nov 28 | Dr. Rebecca (Becky) Ostertag | Hybrid Ecosystems and Forest Restoration: Lessons from Hawaiʻi | Professor, Biology and TCBES, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo |
| Dec 5 | Stella Capoccia, PhD | Waterfowl migration, protection, and mitigation efforts at the Berkeley Pit, Butte, Montana (In person) | Department of Biological Sciences, Montana Technological University |
Spring 2022
Natural Resource Management Seminar Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 24 | Jessica Kirkpatrick | Natural Resource Management on Maunakea |
| Jan 31 | Lauren Van Heukelem & Carmelita Villalobos | Hawaiian Monk Seal Stewardship: The Marine Mammal Center |
| Feb 7 | Mark Manuel | Connected by the Sea and Combating Debris in the Pacific |
| Feb 14 | Malu Dudoit | ʻO Ka ʻĀina Ke Kumu: A Glimpse Into Environmental Kinship Through Protocols and Land Acknowledgment |
| Feb 28 | TCBES Grad Students | Ignite Talks |
| Mar 7 | TCBES Grad Students | Ignite Talks |
| Mar 21 | Elliott Parsons, PhD | Moving toward to meaningful community engagement in Natural Resource Management |
| Mar 28 | Sarah-Mae Nelson | Social Emotional Resilience and Self Care in the Climate Context |
| Apr 4 | Rhiannon “Rae” Tereari‘i Chandler-‘Īao, Lily Lee, & David Yogi | Civility in Civic Engagement |
| Apr 11 | Leslie Cole-Brooks, LLLC | Environmental Advocacy and the Legislative Process |
| Apr 18 | Springer Kaye | Action in BIISC |
| Apr 25 | Candace Fujikane, PhD | Mapping Abundance |
| May 2 | Luna Kekoa | Holomua: Marine 30x30 – Our nearshore aquatic resources management plan for Hawai‘i |
Fall 2021
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | John Burns, PhD | Personal Health in the Field of Conservation: Sourcing Grit & Courage [Closed section] | UH Hilo, Marine Science |
| Sep 2 | Noelani Puniwai, PhD | Using Pono Science to Achieve an ʻĀina Momona | UH Mānoa, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge |
| Sep 9 | Celia Bardwell-Jones, PhD Margary Martin, PhD |
Ethics of Diversity and Understanding Microaggressions in Conservation Fields | UH Hilo |
| Sep 16 | Panelists: Shalan Crysdale Megan Blazak Colleen Cole Moderator: Lisa Canale |
Finding Funding: Grant Writing Strategies for Graduate Students, Researchers, & NGOs | The Nature Conservancy The Kohala Center Three Mountain Alliance UH Hilo, Office of Research |
| Sep 23 | Panelists: Ulu Ching Tara Holitzki Kalā Asing Moderator: Lisa Canale |
Professionalism in Conservation and Environmental Science Careers | Conservation International- Hawaiʻi Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project UH Hilo, Office of Research |
| Sep 30 | Christopher Hawkins, PhD | The Science of Stakeholders: The Human Dimensions of Conservation Planning and Quantitative Methods to Operationalize Them | Sustainable Pacific Program, Lynker |
| Oct 7 | Franny Kinslow Brewer | Utilizing Social Psychology to Enhance Conservation Behavior | Big Island Invasive Species Committee |
| Oct 21 | Katelyn M. Cooper, PhD Maya J. Munstermann, PhD student |
Aspects of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) That Improve Student Affective Outcomes | School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Ecology and Evolution, Florida State University |
| Oct 28 | Armando García-Ortega, PhD | TCBES Students Only The future of our seafood: Is sustainable production a reality or a fantasy? |
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, UH Hilo |
| Nov 4 | Haunani Kane, PhD | Science in sacred spaces- reimagining native science and research in Pāpahanaumokuākea | School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Global Center for Discovery & Conservation Science, Tempe, AZ & Hilo, HI, Arizona State University |
| Nov 18 | Lisa Marrack, PhD | Assessing the response of groundwater-fed anchialine pool ecosystems to sea level rise on the island of Hawaiʻi | UH Hilo Marine Ecosystem Research Program, Santa Catalina School State University |
| Dec 2 | José Cerca, PhD | A chromosome-resolved genome of Darwin’s giant daisy trees (Scalesia; Galápagos endemics) shows the genomic basis of the plant island syndrome | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Spring 2021
Natural and Cultural Resource Seminar Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan-29 | Kualii Camara, Nicholas Krueger, & Cheyenne Perry | GORSE Panel |
| Feb-6 | Ashley Morrow | Natural System Technologies |
| Feb-12 | Kealoha Pisciotta | Koholā, Palaoa, and Kai Palaoa |
| Feb-19 | Rhiannon "Rae" Tereariʻi Chandler-ʻIao | Our Water, Our Health |
| Feb-26 | Dr. Sue Jarvi | COVID-19 |
| Apr-9 | Alex Wang | Finding uaʻu in Kohala |
Fall 2020
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| 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 |
Spring 2020
Natural and Cultural Resource Seminar Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-17 | Shawn Larson, Amy Olsen, Joel Holander, Kaela Wuesthoff | Longitudinal study of West Hawaiʻi reef ecosystem, highlighting fish diversity and abundance, coral health, and water quality | Seattle Aquarium |
| Jan-24 | Lauren Kurpita | Honu‘ea: the critically endangered Hawksbill turtle of Hawai‘i Island | Director, Hawai‘i Island Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project |
| Jan-31 | Chris Farmer | Saving Hawai‘i’s forest birds: translocations, climate change, and landscape-scale mosquito control | Hawai‘i Program Director, American Bird Conservancy |
| Feb-7 | Shawn Young | Kootenai River Ecosystem Restoration: Hatcheries and Habitat | Fish Restoration and Conservation Aquaculture Program Supervisor, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho |
| Feb-14 | Jon Koch | From pupation to flight: Adventures of a would-bee biologist | Program Specialist, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| Feb-21 | Darla J. White | From UH at Hilo to Aquatic Resource Management and Research Professional in Hawaii - One Student's Journey | Fisheries Habitat Specialist, Lynker Technologies, Hawaii, Eyes of the Reef Co-coordinator, Maui |
| Feb-28 | Franny Kinslow Brewer | Using the Science of Communication to (effectively!) Communicate Science | Communications Director, Big Island Invasive Species Committee |
| Mar-6 | IgniteTalk | Student Presentations | Seminar to end at ~5:00pm |
| Mar-27 | Scott Laursen | Engaging Collaborative Action through Socio-Ecological Change | Program Specialist, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| Apr-17 | Sierra McDaniel | From the Brink of Extinction: Saving Rare Plants at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park | Botanist, Hawai'i Volcano National Park |
| Apr-24 | Ulu Ching | Kuleana: Yours, Mines, Ours | Senior Program Manager, Conservation International Hawaiʻi |
| May-1 | Corinna Pinzari | ʻōpeʻapeʻa ecology and conservation research efforts | Wildlife Biologist, Hawai'i Cooperative Studies Unit and USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center |
Fall 2019
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug-30 | Ken Ikeda | Biosafety Training with optional Bloodborne Pathogens Training | UH Hilo Environmental Health & Safety Office |
| Sep-6 | Dr. John Burns | Personal Health in the Field of Conservation: Sourcing Grit & Courage - CBES602 enrolled students only | UH Hilo, Marine Science |
| Sep-13 | Springer Kaye, Megan Blazak, & Keahi Makaimoku | Finding Funding: Grant Writing Strategies for Graduate Students, Researchers, and NGOs | Big Island Invasive Species Committee, The Kohala Center, & Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation, respectively |
| Sept-20 | Colleen Cole, Amanda Uowolo, & Dr. Sonia Juvik | Professionalism & Career Growth in the Field of Conservation | Three Mountain Alliance watershed partnership, U.S. Forest Service, & UH Hilo, Geography and Environmental Studies, respectively |
| Sept-27 | Frannie Kinslow Brewer | Utilizing Social Psychology to Enhance Conservation Behavior | Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) |
| Oct-4 | Dr. Grady Weyenberg | Diagnostic Accuracy of Coral Health Survey Methods | UH Hilo, Mathematics |
| Oct-11 | Dr. Nicole Hynson | Fungi and their functions: from individuals to the globe | Pacific Biosciences Research Center at UH Mānoa |
| Oct-18 | Dr. Christopher Knudson | The end of sugar and the start of a just transition of water in Maui, Hawai‘i | UH Hilo, Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Oct-25 | Dr. Sara Brownell | Towards more inclusive active learning classrooms: How groups of students are differentially impacted by active learning | School of Life Sciences Associate Professor at Arizona State University |
| Nov-1 | Lucas Mead | Loko iʻa rehabilitation: Grounding learning in places that feed us | Kumuola Marine Science Education Center |
| Nov-8 | Rebecca Most | The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii Marine Program: Connecting Conservation, Culture, and Community | The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii |
| Nov-15 | Shea Uehana and Rob Hamnett | The National Ecological Observatory Network: an open data resource for long-term ecological monitoring | National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Program |
| Nov-22 | Dr. Ian Ware | Climate mediates geographic patterns in eco-evolutionary plant-soil dynamics | United States Forest Service |
| Dec-6 | Dr. Katherine McClure | Disease ecology of avian malaria in introduced and native birds in lowland Hawaiʻi | Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University |
Spring 2019
Natural and Cultural Resource Seminar Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-18 | Scott Laursen | Engaging Collaborative Action through Socio-Ecological Change | Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| Jan-25 | Cheyenne Hiapo Perry | Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance: E ho‘ohuli ka lima i lalo, grassroots management | Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance |
| Feb-1 | Lisa Spain & Anya Tagawa | Science communication at ʻImiloa - CBES603 enrolled students only | ʻImiloa Astronomy Center |
| Feb-8 | Patrick Kim | The importance of positive community engagement in the conservation efforts of the Hawaiian Monk Seal | The Marine Mammal Center at Ke Kai Ola |
| Feb-15 | Leah Sherwood, Thathmini Kularatna, Amanda Irish, Wilson Malone, David Arakawa, Erica Ta, and James Melcher | TCBES Student Lightning Talks | UH Hilo, TCBES |
| Feb-22 | Petrisha Alvarez, Melanie Dudley, Blake Miles, Alexander Bischer, Bobbie Suarez, Maya Goodoni, and John Flint | TCBES Student Lightning Talks | UH Hilo, TCBES |
| Mar-1 | Kelsey Meagher, Talavi Cook, Samantha Devivo, Emma Sinclair, Vanessa Zepeda, Bryan Tonga, Jazmine Panelo, and Kelsey Keister | TCBES Student Lightning Talks | UH Hilo, TCBES |
| Mar-8 | Pelika Andrade | Na Kilo ʻĀina: Building communities of keen observers | Na Maka o Papahānaumokuākea |
| Mar-15 | Springer Kaye | Conservation in the Community | Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) |
| Mar-22 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar-29 | Josh VanDeMark | Rare Plant Conservation in Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi Island Plant Extinction Prevention Program, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU) |
| Apr-5 | Troy Sakihara | Unfiltered: Aquatic Resource Management in Hawaiʻi | Division of Aquatic Resources |
| Apr-12 | 11th Annual TCBES Research Symposium | Campus Center 301 | Symposium Information |
| Apr-19 | Holiday: Good Friday | ||
| Apr-26 | Heather Kimball | From science to advocacy - how to do it and why we should | Consultant, Pacific Science Advocacy |
Fall 2018
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept-7 | Riley Taitingfong | Community engagement and gene drives: Challenges and ethical considerations | University of California, San Diego |
| Sept-14 | Melissa Johnson | Developing Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) as a model system for understanding plant dispersal and diversification in the Pacific Basin | USDA ARS |
| Sept-21 | Kathleen Stacey | Library Resources | Mookini Library |
| Sept-28 | TCBES instructors & guest speakers: (1)Ulu Ching, (2)Colleen Cole, & (3)Megan Blazak | Finding funding: Strategies for graduate students | (1)Conservation International, (2)Three Mountain Alliance, & (3)The Kohala Center |
| Oct-5 | Thomas Ibanez | From New Caledonia to Hawaii: Explaining variations in the composition and structure of tropical island forests at different spatial scales | UH Hilo, Dept. of Biology |
| Oct-12 | Chris Wall | Physiological ecology of scleractinian reef corals | HIMB |
| Oct-19 | Shane Siers | Research for reducing invasive predators impacts on Pacific Islands | USDA Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center |
| Oct-26 | Anthony Amend | The mold that grows where no man has gone before: Using biogeography theory to put Hawaiian fungi on the map | UH Mānoa, Dept. of Botany |
| Nov-2 | Noelani Puniwai | Seascape ecology: Knowing our oceans through times of change | UH Mānoa, Dept. of Hawaiian Studies |
| Nov-9 | John Burns | Biomes to microbes: Harnessing technological advancements to identify physical and biological drivers of coral-reef dynamics | UH Hilo, Dept. of Marine Science |
| Nov-16 | Kealoha Kinney | Nānā i ke kumu: Lessons of resilience from a Hawaiian sub-alpine dryland chronosequence | USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry |
| Nov-23 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Nov-30 | Susan Jarvi | Rat lungworm disease: (caused by Angiostongylus cantonensis): Advances in research and education | UH Hilo |
Spring 2018
Natural Resource Management Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-22 | TCBES 2017 Cohort | Richard Masse, Gina McGuire, Bret Mossman, Jake Rodrique, Jeremy Schrader, Katie Strong |
UHH TCBES |
| Jan-29 | TCBES 2017 Cohort | Ricky Tabandera, Eszter Collier, Erin Netoskie, Devon Aguiar, Marty Kawasaki, Maya Munstermann |
UHH TCBES |
| Feb-5 | TCBES 2017 Cohort | Karen Gallardo Cruz, Sydney Gamiao, Clifford Kow, Koa Matsuoka, Ashley Pugh, Jared Nishimoto |
UHH TCBES |
| Feb-12 | Bethany Morrison | Natural resource based planning: a glimpse at long range planning in Hawaiʻi | County of Hawaiʻi |
| Feb-26 | Cheyenne Hiapo Perry | Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance: E hoʻohuli ka lima i lalo, grassroots management | Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance |
| Mar-5 | Springer Kaye | Pathways to Invasive Species Management | Big Island Invasive Species Committee |
| Mar-12 | Steve Kendall | Following the Way of the Kolea from the Wilds of Alaska to the Hawaiian Forest: A Journey in Avian Conservation | Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge |
| Mar-19 | Elliott Parsons | From Wilderness Survival to Wildlife Conservation: Reflections on my journey and lessons learned | University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo |
| Apr-2 | J.B. Friday | Pathways from Ecology to Forestry and Agriculture | CTAHR, Extension Forester |
| Apr-9 | Natalie Kurashima | My pathway in Malama ʻAina: ʻAina-based graduate research and Hawaiian resource management | Kamehameha Schools |
| Apr-16 | Kehau Springer | Navigating TCBES Grad School and Landing my Job in Community-Based Ocean Stewardship | Conservation International |
| Apr-23 | Scott Laursen | UH Hilo Manager Climate Corps: Collaborative Action Through Change | Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Center, UHH |
| Apr-30 | Moana "Ulu" Ching | Community-based conservation: Bottom-up approaches to resource management at Conservation International Hawaiʻi | Conservation International |
Fall 2017
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Email address | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug | Amy Saxton | Introduction to Library Resources | saxton@hawaii.edu | UH Hilo Moʻokini Library |
| 28-Aug | Huihui Kanahele-Mossman | O pihapiha. Where does the water go and where it came from, an brief look at Native Hawaiian ancestral Hydrology | hkanahel@hawaii.edu | UH Hilo Kipuka |
| 4-Sep | Holiday | |||
| 11-Sep | Matt Knope | Ecology, evolution, and conservation of Hawaiian Asteraceae | knope@hawaii.edu | UH Hilo Biology |
| 18-Sep | Michael Shintaku | Developing genetic tools for the protection and preservation of kalo | mhshintaku@gmail.com | UH Hilo CAFNRM |
| 25-Sep | Grant finding | |||
| 2-Oct | Chris Niebuhr | Avian malaria transmission dynamics: a New Zealand perspective | cniebuhr@gmail.com | USDA |
| 9-Oct | Becky Ostertag | Restoration of Hawaiian lowland wet forest using a hybrid ecosystem approach | ostertag@hawaii.edu | UH Hilo Biology |
| 16-Oct | Salma Arous | Potyviruses detection strategies / new viruses detection via metagenomics | salma.arous@ufl.edu | |
| 23-Oct | Carter Atkinson | Rapid detection methods and environmental sampling for the fungi that cause Rapid Ohia Death | catkinson@usgs.gov | USGS |
| 30-Oct | Kristina Paxton | Loss of cultural diversity in native Hawaiian birds | kristina.paxton@gmail.com | UH Hilo TCBES |
| 6-Nov | Alison Greggor | Using animal behavior and learning as conservation tools | AGreggor@sandiegozoo.org | Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global |
| 13-Nov | Martin Helmkampf | The origin, phylogeny, and cultivation history of Hawaiian taros: a genome-wide SNP analysis | mhelmkam@hawaii.edu | UH Hilo |
| 20-Nov | Chad Wiggins | How science stole my dream job and gave me a better one – from zeros to heroes for coral reefs in West Hawaiʻi | cwiggins@tnc.org | TNC |
| 27-Nov | Stephanie Yelenik | Multi-trophic drivers of understory regeneration in restored koa forest | syelenik@usgs.gov | USGS |
| 4-Dec | Evan Rehm | Rewilding a tropical island: lost frugivores and seed dispersal on Guam | emrehm@gmail.com | UC Santa Barbara |
Spring 2017
Natural Resource Management Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb-13 | Lucas Mead, M.S. | Your degree, your career, your community: finding balance | County of Hawaiʻi |
| Feb-27 | Corie Yanger, M.S. | Building community understanding and engagement for Rapid ʻOhiʻa Death | UHM-Komohana |
| Mar-6 | Dr. Natalie Kurashima | My pathyway in Malama ʻAina: ʻAina-based graduate research & Hawaiian resource management | Kamehameha Schools |
| Mar-13 | Rogelio Doratt, M.S. & Josh Pang-Ching, M.S. |
Coexistence the balance of supporting the military mission and managing endangered species | Pohakuloa TA |
| Mar-20 | Dr. Ishakh Thodi | Invasive species research: An introduction to coffee berry borer in Hawaiʻi | UHM-CTAHR |
| Apr-3 | Troy S. Sakihara, M.S. | All life aquatic and the duties of DAR | DAR |
| Apr-10 | Dr. Jonathan B. Koch | Getting started as a successful proposal writer | UH Hilo |
| Apr-17 | Dr. Sheila McKenna | Informing coral reef management decisions at four US national parks in the Pacific using long-term data | Pacific Island Network, National Park Service |
| Apr-24 | Dr. Ron Terry | Observations on 25 Years of EIS Practice in Hawaiʻi | Geometrician Assoc. LLC |
| May-1 | Moana “Ulu” Ching, M.S. | Community-based conservation: Bottom-up approaches to resource management at Conservation International Hawaiʻi | Conservation International |
Fall 2016
Research Seminar Series (CBES602)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22 | Robin Baird | Hawai‘i’s resident whales and dolphins: studies using satellite tagging, genetics, photo-identification, and habitat use | Cascadia Research |
| Sep 12 | Ron Swaisgood | Approaches to species conservation science | San Diego Zoo |
| Sep 26 | Matt Knope | Ecological differentiation and body size evolution in marine animals | UH Hilo Biology |
| Oct 3 | Tim Grabowski | Suckers, bass, and 'o'opu: Protecting fluvial specialists trapped in an increasingly thirsty world | UH Fisheries Coop Unit |
| Oct 10 | Marina Karides | Islandness and Social Research | UH Hilo Sociology |
| Oct 17 | Huihui Kanahele Mossman | Haumea | UH Hilo Kipuka |
| Oct 24 | Anita Leinweber | Seasonal to annual variability across a decade of observations for dissolved inorganic carbon in a coastal setting: results from a time-series station in Santa Monica Bay, CA | UH Hilo Marine Science |
| Oct 31 | Sahadev Sharma | Impact of land use type on mangrove forest carbon stocks | UH Manoa |
| Nov 7 | Julian Dupuis | Speciation, hybridization, and conservation quandaries in North American butterfly systems | USDA Agricultural Research Service |
| Nov 14 | Chris Balzotti | Remote sensing: Reinventing landscape ecology | Carnegie Institution, Stanford |
| Nov 21 | Martin Helmkampf | Holotranscriptome analysis reveals Symbiodinium clade identity may influence coral host gene expression | UH Hilo - CREST Postdoc |
| Nov 28 | Jolene Sutton | Developing genomic resources to aid ‘alalā reintroductions | UH Hilo Biology |
| Dec 5 | Steve Hart | Flying dust, melting snow, and giant trees: trials and tribulations of an ecosystem ecologist | UC Merced |
Spring 2016
Natural Resource Management Series (CBES603)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | Katya Ovchinnikova & Theodore Alexandrov |
UC San Diego - Computation Methods in Life Science | European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| Feb 1 | Jonathan Koch | Why the bad buzz? Decline and conservation status of North America's bumble bee pollinators | Utah State University & USDA-ARS Bee Biology, Management and Systematics Research Lab, Logan, UT |
| Feb 8 | Eric Jang | The zen of toilet paper collecting: 30 years thinking outside the box | USDA-ARS U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center |
| Feb 22 | Cheyenne Hiapo Perry | E hoʻohuli ka lima i lalo, grassroots management | Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance |
| Feb 29 | Shalan Crysdale | The Nature Conservancy | |
| Mar 7 | Bryce Masuda | Captive breeding and release: An important tool for the recovery of endangered Hawaiian birds | Keauhou Bird Conservation Center |
| Mar 14 | Flint Hughes | Rapid Ohia death | USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Island Forestry |
| Mar 28 | Julien Petillon | Sea, salt and sun: an intertidal spider life | Universite de Rennes |
| Apr 4 | Stephanie Yelenik | The role of seed dispersal and grass competition in limiting natural understory regeneration in koa restoration sites | USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center |
| Apr 11 | Rosemary Gutierrez | Macademic nut pests | Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, CTAHR |
| Apr 18 | Peter Follett | Flat bark beetle predators of the invasive pest coffee berry borer in Hawaii coffee: are there risks to augmentative biological control? | USDA-ARS U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center |