Faculty
Atkinson, Marlin
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1981. Coral reef biogeochemistry, solid-state sensor technology.
Au, Whitlow
Ph.D. Washington State University, 1970.
Acoustics of marine animals - especially dolphins and whales, echolocation, broadband sonar R&D.
Bidigare, Robert
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1981.
Bio-optical oceanography, nutrient cycling, phytoplankton pigment biochemistry, intermediary metabolism of marine plankton.
Bowen, Brian W.
Ph.D. University of Georgia, 1992.
Evolution and conservation genetics of marine organisms.
Falter, James L.
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 2002.
Biogeochemistry, sensor technology and hydrodynamics of coral reefs.
Gates, Ruth D.
Ph.D. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 1990.
Biology of corals; evolution and development of sensory systems.
Grau, E. Gordon
Ph.D. University of Delaware, 1978.
Environmental physiology and fish endocrinology.
Grubbs, R. Dean
Ph.D. College of William & Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Science. 2001.
Ecology of marine and estuarine fishes.
Hirano, Tetsuya
(Affiliation: Ocean Research Insitute, University of Tokyo)
Ph.D. University of Tokyo, 1966. Hormonal control of fish osmoregulation; growth and development.
Hochberg, Eric J.
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 2002. Airborne and satellite remote sensing of coral reefs.
Holland, Kim N.
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1980. Physiology; behavior; ecology of aquatic organisms; shark biology.
Jokiel, Paul L.
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1985. Coral reef biology; biogeography; ecology.
Laws, Edward
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1971. Phytoplankton ecology, water pollution, aquaculture.
Leong, Jo-Ann C. (Director)
Ph. D. University of California School of Medicine, 1971. Virology – rhabdoviruses & birnaviruses;
Fish Vaccines – genetic vaccination; Aquaculture & Fisheries.
Lewis, Teresa
Ph. D. Virginia Institute of Marine Science/College of William and Mary, 2000.
Immunology and pathobiology of aquatic organisms, immunotoxicology, pearl oyster population genetics.
Losey, George S.
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1968. Behavioral ecology of symbiosis, vision in coral reef fishes.
Nachtigall, Paul E.
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1976. Marine mammal behavior; sensory systems.
Rappé, Michael S.
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1997. Molecular ecology of marine prokaryotes.
Riley, Larry G.
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 2003. Fish physiology; aquaculture endocrinology.
Rodgers, Ku'ulei S.
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 2005.
Coral reef ecology; biogeography; coral reef assessment and monitoring.
Thomas, Florence I. M.
(Associate Researcher)
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1992.
Physical environment influences on key physiological, ecological and ecosystem processes in tropical seagrass beds,
coral reefs, and other shallow coastal habitats.
Toonen, Robert J.
Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2001.
Dispersal and recruitment of coral reef invertebrates; population genetics & speciation of marine invertebrates.
Cooperating/Affiliate Faculty
(Affiliations are in parentheses)
Aeby, Greta (Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources)
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 1998. Coral diseases.
Atkinson, Shannon (Alaska SeaLife Center; University of Alaska - Fairbanks)
Ph.D. Murdoch University, 1985. Ecophysiology of marine mamals; conservation biology
Benoit-Bird, Kelly (Oregon State University)
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 2003. Resource effects on interactions between organisms in pelagic marine ecosystems.
Coles, Stephen L. (Bishop Museum)
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1973.
Impact of introduced marine species in tropical environments; coral bleaching and related temperature-light effects.
Cox, Evelyn (Fenny) (Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology)
Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1991. Coral physiology.
DiStefano, Joseph (University of California - Los Angeles)
Fletcher, Charles
(Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. Coastal sedimentary processes and remote sensing; sea-level change; fossil reefs
and shorelines; coastal records of late Quaternary environmental change.
Fox, Helen (World Wildlife Fund)
Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley, 2002. Coral reef conservation and recovery.
Hagedorn, Mary(Smithsonian Institution)
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego, 1983. Cryopreservation of corals.
Hearn, Cliff
(Department of Geography and Oceanography, University of New South Wales)
Kelly, Christopher
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 1995. Marine aquaculture.
Kinzie III, Robert A. (Department of Zoology, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. Yale University, 1970. Coral reef ecology and marine ecology.
Krupp, Dave Windward Community College, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1982. Coral reproductive biology.
Lim, Chorn (United States Department of Agriculture)
McFall-Ngai, Margaret (University of Wisconsin - Madison Medical School)
Ph.D. UCLA, 1983. Symbiotic associations between animals and prokaryotes.
McManus, Margaret (Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. Dominion University, 1996. Physical oceanography.
Menasveta, Piamsak
(Department of Marine Science, Chulalongkorn University)
Randall, John E. (Bishop Museum)
Ph.D. University of California, Davis. Indo-Pacific fishes; systematics and population biology.
Reese, Ernst S. (Department of Zoology, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1960. Behavioral ecology of coral reef fish.
Richmond, Robert (Kewalo Marine Laboratory - PBRC - University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. State University of New York - Stoney Brook, 1983. Coral reef environmental biology.
Ruby, Edward G. (Ned) (University of Wisconsin - Madison Medical School)
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego (SIO), 1977. Bacterial responses, molecular genetics.
Sibert, John (JIMAR, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1968.
Analysis of the movement and population dynamics of tunas; inclusion of spatial structure into fisheries stock assessment.
Stimson, John S.(Department of Zoology. University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. University of California at Santa Barbara, 1968. Population ecology; coral reef ecology.
Supin, Alexander Y. (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Ph.D. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1963. Marine mammal acoustics.
Tacon, Albert G.J.
(Aquatic Farms, Hawai'i)
Ph.D. University of Wales (UK), 1978. Finfish and crustacean nutrition and feeding; Aquaculture & Sustainability.
Taguchi, Satoru (Biological Oceanography, Soka University)
Ph.D. Hokkaido University, 1973. Marine ecosystems.
Tamaru, Clyde (Sea Grant, University of Hawai'i)
Thibault-Botha, Delphine
(Centre de Oceanologie, Universite de la Mediterranee)
Ph.D. Universite of Aix-Marseilles II, France, 1994. Zooplankton
ecology; role of zooplankton in carbon cycle; zooplankton taxonomy;
gelatinous zooplankton, invasive species, impact on fisheries and humane
activities.
Tricas, Timothy C.
(Department of Zoology, University of Hawai'i)
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i. Behavioral ecology and sensory biology of fishes.
Work, Thierry (US Geological Survey)
DVM University of California - Davis, 1990. Diseases of marine animals.
