FACULTY DIRECTORY
(by department, unit or institution, with membership of affiliated graduate program(s) in parentheses)
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Department of Anthropology
School of Life Sciences
Kasey E. Barton (Botany)Evolutionary ecology
Rebecca Chong (Zoology)Genomics and evolution of symbiotic interactions
Kathleen S. Cole (Marine Biology, Zoology)Evolution of sexual patterns; behavioral ecology
Sheila Conant (Marine Biology, Zoology, emerita)Conservation biology, life history and ecology of Hawaiian birds
Curtis C. Daehler (Botany)Invasive plants, plant-insect interactions
Donald R. Drake (Botany)Plant Ecology, conservation biology, plant-animal interactions
David Cameron Duffy (Botany, Zoology)Conservation biology (basic and applied)
Mark A. Hixon (Marine Biology, Zoology)
Marine ecology and conservation biology, especially regarding coral-reefs
Peter B. Marko (Marine Biology, Zoology)
Evolution, biogeography and conservationMark D. Merlin (Botany, Geography)
Clifford W. Morden (Botany)
Biogeography, ethnobotany, Pacific natural historyMolecular systematics and evolution of plants and algae
Christopher Muir (Botany)
Megan L. Porter (Marine Biology, Zoology)
Plant evolution and ecophysiology, biostatistics
Molecular evolution, visual system evolution
Tom Ranker (Botany, emeritus)
Origin and evolution of the flora of oceanic and other islandsFloyd Reed (Zoology)
Population geneticsAlison R. Sherwood (Botany, Marine Biology)
Celia M. Smith (Botany, Marine Biology)
Evolution, systematics and population genetics of Hawaiian algaePhysiological ecology of marine macrophytes, marine ecology
Andrew D. Taylor (Zoology, emeritus)
Population and community ecology of interspecific interactions; applied statisticsRobert C. Thomson (Zoology) EECB Program Chair
Phylogenetics and conservationTamara Ticktin (Botany)
Ethnoecology and conservationTimothy C. Tricas (Marine Biology, Zoology)
Amber N. Wright (Zoology)
Sensory biology, behavior and behavioral ecology of reef fishPopulation, community and behavioral ecology; conservation of reptiles, amphibians and mammals
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
No current EECB faculty
Department of Geography
Qi (Evan) Chen (Geography)
Use of field observations, GIS, remote sensing and ecological modeling for addressing key environmental challenges
Camilo Mora (Geography)
Biogeography, threats to biodiversity, global conservation assessments and methods for macroecologyDepartment of Geology and Geophysics
Brian N. Popp (Marine Biology, Oceanography)Stable isotope biogeochemistry, primarily in marine systems
Department of Information and Computer Sciences
Lee AltenbergEvolutionary computation and theoretical population genetics; Hawaiian dry forest conservation and biosecurity for Hawaii
Lyon Arboretum
Zak Zahawi
Tropical ecology with a particular focus in restoration ecologyHawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
Brian W. Bowen (Cell and Molecular Biology, Marine Biology, Zoology)Phylogeography, evolution and conservation genetics of marine vertebrates
Robert Toonen (Marine Biology, Oceanography, Zoology)Population biology and larval ecology of marine invertebrates
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM)
Travis W. Idol (NREM)Forest soils and nutrient cycling
Creighton M. Litton (NREM)
Forest ecologyMelissa Price (NREM)
Conservation ecology and geneticsPacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
Anthony Amend (Botany)
Robert H. Cowie (Zoology)
Ecology and biogeography of biotrophic fungal communitiesBiodiversity, invasive species, conservation, extinction; rat lungworm disease and parasitic nematodes
Nicole Hynson (Botany)
Ecological factors that shape plant and fungal communitiesKenneth Y. Kaneshiro (Entomology, Zoology)
Sexual selection and biology of small populationsMatthew C. I. Medeiros (Entomology, Zoology)
Ecology and evolutionary biology of infectious diseaseDepartment of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences (PEPS)
Daniel Rubinoff (Entomology)
Insect systematics, conservation biology, and the evolution of ecological traitsMark Wright (Entomology)
Insect biological control, insect conservation, invasive species managementDepartment of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences (TPSS)
Michael Kantar (TPSS)Plant breeding, genetics/genomics, domestication, crop wild relatives
Nhu Nguyen (TPSS)
Soil microbial ecology, diversity and systematicsUniversity of Hawai‘i at Hilo
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM)
Lorna H. Arita-TsutsumiBehavioral ecology of insects
Department of Biology
Ecology, evolution and conservation biology of plants and animals; evolution of new ecological strategies
Community structure and nutrient dynamics; ecosystem function of tropical forests
Department of Marine Science
Marta J. DeMaintenonEvolution of gastropod organogenetic patterns
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
Bishop Museum
Allen Allison (Zoology)Systematics and population biology
Neal L. Evenhuis (Entomology)
Systematics and evolution of DipteraNorine W. Yeung
(affiliate in PBRC)
Phylogenetics and conservation of Hawaiian land snailsHawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Charles Birkeland (emeritus)
Coral reef ecology and management, marine community ecologyHawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
Lisa Cali Crampton
Ecology and conservation of birds and mammalsNational Geographic Pristine Seas
Alan M. Friedlander (NREM)
Nearshore fisheriesNational Tropical Botanical Garden
Diane RagoneHorticulture and ethnobotany of breadfruit
Nina Rønsted
Evolution of plant diversity and the relationship between people and plants
STUDENT DIRECTORY
(by graduate program)
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Anthropology
- Daniel Cusimano
Botany (School of Life Sciences)
- Jesse Adams
- Feresa Cabrera
- Solomon Champion
- Juan Francisco Guisado Chavez
- Olivia Clark
- Thomas Chapin
- Elizabeth Conlon
- Devon DeBevoise
- Julia Douglas
- Kevin Faccenda
- Ana Flores - graduate student representative 2023
- Jimmy Fumo
- Veronica Gibson
- Zoe Hastings
- Holden Jones
- Ashley McGuigan
- Sunyoung Park
- Joseph Pryzdia
- Smrity Ramavarapu
- Manya Singh
- Scott Van De Verg
- Leah Thompson
- Dachuan "Frank" Wang
- Peter Wiggin
- Emilee Wong
Cell and Molecular Biology
- No current EECB students
Entomology (Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences)
- Kyhl Austin
- Jared Bernard
- Kenneth Choi
- Kirsten Poff
- Brad Reil
- Mason Russo
Geography
- Aurora Kagawa-Viviani
- Kira Webster
Marine Biology
- Erika Alvarado
- Evan Barba
- Danielle Bartz
- Eric Dilley
- Daniela Escontrela
- Isabella Gaw
- Mykle Hoban
- Trevor Johannsen
- Derek Kraft
- Elaine Luo
- Paolo Marra-Biggs
- Marisa McDonald
- Megan McElligott
- Sefa Munoz
- Sitara Palecanda
- Leon Tran
- Sarah Tucker
- Syrena Whitner
Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering
- No current EECB students
Natural Resources and Environmental Management
- Kristina Estrada
- Kristen Harmon
- Kaleiheana-a-Pohaku Stormcrow
- Emily Thyroff
Oceanography
- Wesley Sparagon
- Eric Tong
Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences
- Quinn Campbell
- Aleta Corpuz
- Ishwora Dhungana
- Nathan Fumia
- Karen Parada
Zoology (School of Life Sciences)
- Spencer Alascio
- Valentina Alvarez
- Melissa Atkins
- Erik Brush
- Sean Canfield
- Jose Carranza
- Maria Costantini
- Noah Doeden
- Taylor Ely
- Jordan Gossett
- Chasen Griffin - graduate student representative 2023
- Ryan Jones
- Anne Lee
- Alison Meeth
- Hannah Moon
- Natalie Myers
- Patrick Nichols
- Randi Rollins
- Helen Sung
- Cecile Vimond
- Mamo Waianuhea
- Ginevra Walker
- Michael Wallstrom
- Danya Weber
- McLean Worsham