Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science

Welcome and Aloha to the TCBES website!

University of Hawaii Master of Science in Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science

On this website you will find information about the overall mission of the program, how you go about applying to the program, the degree requirements once you are in the program and the research and educational interests of the faculty and students in the program. Please contact us if you have any questions.

The Master of Science Program in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (TCBES) is a well established program involving 30 faculty, 41 affiliated faculty mentoring more than 40 graduate students. The participating faculty reside in the Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, and Marine Science Departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, and in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management. As a multidisciplinary, multicollege program, TCBES encourages and facilitates sustained collaboration across the research areas of ecological and evolutionary genetics, ecosystems analyses and responses to environmental change, cyberinfrastructure for environmental research and geospatial analyses. The Island of Hawaii offers fantastic opportunities for research in topics related to TCBES. Faculty and students engage in projects in environments that range from marine coastal habitats, tropical rain forests, mesic and dry forests and shrublands, and rivers. A core component of the TCBES Program involves research collaborations between faculty/students and Federal/State agencies on the Island of Hawai`i. These agencies provide stipends and/or research funds for several of our TCBES students.

News & Events

"HSP70 gene and protein expression in the Hawaiian coral, P. meandrina, exposed to long-term nutrients and elevated sea water temperature"

Date: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Place: Marine Science Building 101 (University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Main Campus)

Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science Thesis Defense
Holly Jessop

"Sibling Sea Urchin Species of the Genus Echinothrix in Hawai‘i: Morphology, Genetics, & Ecology"

Date: Friday, May 9th, 2008
Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Place: Marine Science Building 101 (University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Main Campus)
Cake & refreshments afterwards at the MSB picnic tables

Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science Thesis Defense
Brandon Cody Chapin

"Preliminary Fishery Assessment for the Potter's Angelfish, Centropyge potteri (Pomacanthidae) in the Hawaiian Islands"

Date: Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Place: Marine Science Building 101 (University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Main Campus)