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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

(Botany)

Evolutionary ecology

(Botany)

Conservation biology, environmental and conservation decision-making

(Zoology)

Genomics and evolution of symbiotic interactions

(Marine Biology, Zoology, emerita)

Evolution of sexual patterns; behavioral ecology

(Marine Biology, Zoology, emerita)

Conservation biology, life history and ecology of Hawaiian birds

(Botany)

Invasive plants, plant-insect interactions

(Botany, Zoology, emeritus)

Conservation biology (basic and applied)

(Marine Biology, Zoology)
Marine ecology and conservation biology, especially regarding coral-reefs

Ecology, evolution and conservation biology of plants and animals; evolution of new ecological strategies

(Marine Biology, Zoology)
Evolution, biogeography and conservation

(Marine Biology, Zoology)
Marine community ecology

(Botany, Geography, emeritus)
Biogeography, ethnobotany, Pacific natural history

(Botany, emeritus)

Molecular systematics and evolution of plants and algae

(Marine Biology, Zoology)
Molecular evolution, visual system evolution

(Botany, emeritus)
Origin and evolution of the flora of oceanic and other islands

(Zoology)
Population genetics

(Botany, Marine Biology)
Evolution, systematics and population genetics of Hawaiian algae

(Botany, Marine Biology)

Physiological ecology of marine macrophytes, marine ecology

(Botany)
Ex situ conservation, seed physiology and storage, in vitro culture and cryopreservation

(Zoology, emeritus)
Population and community ecology of interspecific interactions; applied statistics

(Zoology) EECB Program Chair
Phylogenetics and conservation

(Botany)
Ethnoecology and conservation

(Marine Biology, Zoology)
Sensory biology, behavior and behavioral ecology of reef fish

(Zoology)

Population, community and behavioral ecology; conservation of reptiles, amphibians and mammals

Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

No current EECB faculty

Department of Geography

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(Geography)
Use of field observations, GIS, remote sensing and ecological modeling for addressing key environmental challenges

(Geography)
Biogeography, threats to biodiversity, global conservation assessments and methods for macroecology

Department of Geology and Geophysics

(Marine Biology, Oceanography)

Stable isotope biogeochemistry, primarily in marine systems

Department of Information and Computer Sciences

Evolutionary computation and theoretical population genetics; Hawaiian dry forest conservation and biosecurity for Hawaii

Lyon Arboretum

(Botany)
Plant Ecology, conservation biology, plant-animal interactions

Tropical ecology with a particular focus in restoration ecology

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)

(Cell and Molecular Biology, Marine Biology, Zoology)

Phylogeography, evolution and conservation genetics of marine vertebrates

(Marine Biology, Oceanography, Zoology)

Population biology and larval ecology of marine invertebrates

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM)

(NREM)

Forest soils and nutrient cycling

(NREM)
Forest ecology

(NREM)
Conservation ecology and genetics

Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)

(Botany)
Ecology and biogeography of biotrophic fungal communities

(Zoology)

Biodiversity, invasive species, conservation, extinction; rat lungworm disease and parasitic nematodes

(Botany)
Ecological factors that shape plant and fungal communities

(Entomology, Zoology, emeritus)
Sexual selection and biology of small populations

(Entomology, Zoology)
Ecology and evolutionary biology of infectious disease

(Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences)
Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability

(Cell and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Zoology)
Neurobiology of chemical communication in Drosophila, biochemistry of lipid pheromones, development of mass spectrometry for lipid analysis

Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit(PCSU)

Conservation, ecology, evolution, entomology, natural resources management; pollinator management

Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences (PEPS)

(Entomology)
Insect systematics, conservation biology, and the evolution of ecological traits

(Entomology)
Insect biological control, insect conservation, invasive species management

Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences (TPSS)

(TPSS)

Plant breeding, genetics/genomics, domestication, crop wild relatives

(TPSS)
Soil microbial ecology, diversity and systematics

University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM)

Behavioral ecology of insects

Department of Biology

Community structure and nutrient dynamics; ecosystem function of tropical forests

Affiliate Graduate Faculty

Bishop Museum

(Zoology)

Systematics and population biology

(Entomology)
Systematics and evolution of Diptera

(affiliate in PBRC)
Phylogenetics and conservation of Hawaiian land snails

Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

(emeritus)
Coral reef ecology and management, marine community ecology

Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

Ecology and conservation of birds and mammals

National Geographic Pristine Seas

(NREM)
Nearshore fisheries

STUDENT DIRECTORY

(by graduate program)

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

• Daniel Cusimano

(School of Life Sciences)

Sam Bosio
Gabe El Hajji
Makoa Elgin
Ana Flores
Kauanoe Greene
Amanda Jennings
Kassandra Jensen
Holden Jones
Emmett Kearns
Neal Kelso
Sebastian Maʻa
Nick Mattson
Emma Piʻianāiʻa
Smrity Ramavarapu
Anna Szalay
Shyla Villanueva
Alison Westberry

• No current EECB students

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• Sami Akiba
• Kyhl Austin
• Jared Bernard
• Meagan Haubner
• Spencer Pote

• Penmai Chongtoua
• Kira Webster

• Kacie Kajihara
• Paolo Marra-Biggs
• Sefa Munoz
• Nalani Olguin
• Sophie Paradis
• Syrena Whitner

• No current EECB students

��Claire Atkinis

• No current EECB students

• Quinn Campbell
• Karen Parada

Zoology (School of Life Sciences)

• • Danielle Bartz
  • Jackie Benson
  • Justin Chan
  • Stefan Cranston
  • Beth Davis
  • Noah Doeden
  • Taylor Ely
  • Diana Gao
  • Jordan Gossett
  • Sophia Hanscom
  • Kylie Holt
  • Mei Iwamoto
  • Mackenzie Jahnke - graduate student rep 2025-6
  • Alison Meeth
  • Karina Moreno
  • Emily Parent
  • Kersten Plicner
  • Trevor Proctor
  • Ives Rdialul
  • Manuel Spor Leal
  • Sarah Stengel
  • Amir Pono Van Gieson - graduate student rep 2025-6
  • Cecile Vimond
  • Mamo Waianuhea
  • Rin Wallace