Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science

Affiliated Faculty

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

These faculty serve on graduate committees, occasionally teach graduate courses, seminars or workshops, and can co-chair graduate committees with a UHH faculty member.

 

Dr. Carter Atkinson
Ph.D. University of Florida, Veterinary Parasitology, 1985.
USGS-BRD
Effects of disease on wildlife populations; epidemiology, pathogenicity, and vector ecology of avian blood parasites; life cycles, development and fine structure of protozoan parasites

 

George Balazas
M.S. UH Manoa
Zoologist and leader, Marine Turtle Research Program

 

Dr. Paul Banko
Ph.D. University of Washington, Wildlife Science, 1988.
USGS-BRD
Terrestrial ecology on islands with emphasis on avian foraging ecology and population restoration

 

Dr. Brian Bowen
Ph.D. University of Georgia
HIMB UH-Manoa

 

Dr. Frank Chapman
Ph.D. UC-Davis
Associate Professor University of Florida

 

Dr. Susan Cordell
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Manoa, Botany, 1999.
USDA Forest Service, Plant Physiological Ecologist
Ecophysiology, Restoration Ecology, Functional Ecology, Tropical Dry Ecosystems, Grass Invasions, Hawaiian Ecosystems

 

Dr. Julie Denslow
Ph.D. University of Wisconson, Madison, 1978.
USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist and Team Leader - Invasive Species Unit
Ecology of invasive exotic species; risk assessment and cost/benefit models for invasive species; population, community, and ecosystem processes associated with disturbances to tropical and warm temperate forests; effects of changing hydrology on nutrient processes and forest dynamics in bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern US.

 

Dr. Chris Farmer
USGS-BRD

 

Linda Shea Flanders
Executive Director, Cape Kumukahi Foundation (retired Southeast Regional Supervosor of Habitat and Restoration Dvision in Alaska Dept of Fish and game)

 

Dr. Peter Follett
ED.
USDA, Research Entomologist
Conducting research on insect pests in tropical fruits and vegetables, and postharvest treatments for export. Expertise in irradiation, mango, lychee, longan, rambutan, sweetpotato, and tropical crop IPM.

 

Dr. Ruth Gates
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Manoa
HIMB Associate Research Faculty

 

Dr. Grant Gerrish
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1988.
UH Hilo Biology Department
Plant Ecology, Conservation

 

William Gilmartin
B.S. Los Angeles State University
Director of Research, Hawaii Wildlife Fund

 

Dr. Arnold Hara
Ph.D. University of California at Davis, Entomology, 1982.
UH Manoa CTAR - Beaumont Center
Horticultural entomology, post-harvest insect control, regulatory entomology

 

Dr. Maria Haws
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 1993.
Director, Pearl Research and Training Program; Co-Deputy Director, Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems Program; Extension Specialist, University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program. Associate Professor, CAFNRM
Aquaculture, marine invertebrates, integrated coastal zone management, natural resources policy, international economic development

 

Dr. David Helweg
Ph.D.University of Hawaii at Manoa, Behavioral Biology, 1993.
Deputy Center Director, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
R.I.

 

Dr. Darcy Hu
ED
US NPS, Ecologist and Science Advisor
R.I.

 

Dr. Flint Hughes
Ph.D.Oregon State University,  Forest Science, 1997.
USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist
Ecosystem-scale impacts of invasive species and land cover/land use change, fire ecology, carbon and nutrient storage and cycling, primary and secondary forest succession.

 

David Itano
ED.
UH Manoa Research Associate
R.I.

 

Dr. James Jacobi
Ph.D University of Hawaii, Manoa, Botanical Sciences, 1990.
USGS-BRD
R.I.

 

Jack Jeffery
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Senior Wildlife Biologist

 

Dr. Tracy Johnson
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Entomology, 1995.
USDA Forest Service, Research Entomologist
Biological control of weeds, Insect ecology, Post-release monitoring of biocontrol agents, Non-target impacts of biocontrol, Plant-herbivore-enemy interactions

 

Dr. Boone Kaufman
Director and Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, IPFI Hilo

 

Dr. Lisa Keith
ED.
USDA Research Pathologist
R.I.

 

Stacy Kubis
M.S. NOAA - JIMAR Marine Turtle Research Biologist

 

Dr. Dennis Lapointe
Ph.D. UH-Manoa
USGS-BRD, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Ecologist

 

Dr. Harilaos Lessios
Ph.D. Yale
Staff Biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

 

Dr. Rhonda Loh
ED.
National Park Service
R.I.

 

Dr. Steven Lundblad
Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Visiting Assistant Prof. UH Hilo

 

Dr. Fred Mackenzie
Ph.D. Lehigh University
Professor Emeritus, Department of Oceanography

 

Dr. Richard MacKenzie
Ph.D.University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Invertebrate Zoology, Biogeochemistry minor 2001.
USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist
Ecology of aquatic insects, invertebrates, and nekton in coastal systems; linkages between landscape components of watersheds; food web structure of coastal systems; longitudinal gradients in community structure of detritivore in the Pacific

 

Dr. Lisa Muehlstein
Ph.D. University of Georgia,
UH Hilo Biology and Marine Science Department
Marine Microbiology, Botany & Seagrass Ecology.

 

Kate Nishijima
ED.
USDA, Plant Pathologist
R.I.

 

Dr. Robert Nishimoto
ED.
Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR
R.I.

 

Dr. Thane Pratt
Ph.D. Rutgers University, Ecology, 1983.
USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research, Center Project Leader
R.I

 

Dr. Jonathan Price
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geography Department, UH Hilo

 

Dr. William Pitt
ED.
USDA, National Wildlife Research Center
R.I.

 

Dr. Richard Pyle
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Zoology
Associate Zoologist, Database Coordinator, Bishop Museum
Evolutionary biology of marine fishes, with particular emphasis on systematics, biogeography, hybridization, and mimicry. Exploration of deep coral reefs using advanced diving technology. Design and development of computer databases for biological data.

 

Dr. Michelle Reynolds
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University, Conservation Biology, 2002.
USGS-BRD
R.I.

 

Mike Robinson
M.A. UH Manoa
Property Management Agent, Hawaiian Homelands

 

David Schofield
M.S. NOAA - Marine Mammal Response Network Coordinator

 

Dr. Craig Severance
Ph.D. University of Oregon
Retired UHH Faculty in Anthropology and TCBES

 

Dr. David Shively
Ph.D. Oregon State University
Assistant Professor, University of Montana

 

Dr. Michael Steinberg
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Geography, 1999.
Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies

 

Dr. Robert Toonen
Ph.D. University of California Davis
HIMB UH-Manoa, Assistant Research Prof.

 

Dr. William Walsh
PhD. University of Hawai`i at Manoa,
Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR
Behavioral biology of coral reef fishes

 

Dr. Debbie Weeks
Ph.D. University of California at Santa Cruz, Chemistry, 2002.
Assistant Professor Chemistry
Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Cycling, Environmental Chemistry

 

Sharon Ziegler-Chong
M.S. University of South Carolina, Biology, 1991.
Associate Director, Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC); Coordinator, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit (USGS-BRD)
Experiential education, environmental internships, Pacific Islands