Faculty

Faculty • Emeritus Faculty • Cooperating/Affiliate Faculty

Faculty

Aeby, Greta

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 1998) Coral diseases.

Atkinson, Marlin

Professor
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 1981.) Coral reef biogeochemistry, solid-state sensor technology.

Au, Whitlow

Chief Scientist, Marine Mammal Research Program
(Ph.D. Washington State University, 1970.) Acoustics of marine animals — especially dolphins and whales, echolocation, broadband sonar R&D.

Bidigare, Robert

Professor
(Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 1981.) Bio-optical oceanography; nutrient cycling; phytoplankton pigment biochemistry; intermediary metabolism of marine plankton.

Bowen, Brian W.

Associate Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Georgia, 1992.) Evolution and conservation genetics of marine organisms.

Falter, James L.

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 2002) Biogeochemistry; sensor technology and hydrodynamics of coral reefs.

Gates, Ruth D.

Associate Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 1990) Biology of corals; evolution and development of sensory systems.

Grau, E. Gordon

Professor, Dept of Zoology, UH; Director, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
(Ph.D. University of Delaware, 1978) Environmental physiology and fish endocrinology.

Hirano, Tetsuya

Distinguished Professor, Ocean Research Insitute, University of Tokyo
(Ph.D. University of Tokyo, 1966) Hormonal control of fish osmoregulation; growth and development.

Hochberg, Eric J.

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 2002) Airborne and satellite remote sensing of coral reefs.

Holland, Kim N.

Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1980) Physiology; behavior; ecology of aquatic organisms; shark biology.

Jokiel, Paul L.

Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 1985) Coral reef biology; biogeography; ecology.

Karl, Stephen A.

Associate Researcher
(Ph.D. University of Georgia, 1992) Marine Molecular Ecology and Conservation Genetics.

Lemus, Judith D.

Academic Program Specialist
(Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1998) Program initiatives in coral reef research and education.

Leong, Jo-Ann C.

Director, HIMB
(Ph.D. University of California School of Medicine, 1971) Virology: rhabdoviruses & birnaviruses; Fish Vaccines: genetic vaccination; Aquaculture & Fisheries.

Lewis, Teresa D.

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. Virginia Institute of Marine Science/College of William & Mary, 2000) Immunology and disease of aquatic animals; vaccine development; aquaculture.

Nachtigall, Paul E.

Director, Marine Mammal Research Program
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 1976) Marine mammal behavior; sensory systems.

Rappé, Michael S.

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1997) Molecular ecology of marine prokaryotes.

Rivera, Malia

Education Specialist
(Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 2002) K–12 and public education; population and conservation genetics.

Rodgers, Ku‘ulei S.

Assistant Researcher
(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) Physiological ecology, bio-mechanics, ecosystem function, and reproductive ecology in marine invertebrates, algae, seagrass beds and coral reefs.

Toonen, Robert J.

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2001) Dispersal and recruitment of coral reef invertebrates; population genetics & speciation of marine invertebrates.

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Emeritus Faculty

Losey, George S.

Associate Director, HIMB; Professor, Department of Zoology, UH
(Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1968) Behavioral ecology of symbiosis; vision in coral reef fishes.

Reese, Ernst S.

Professor Emeritus, Dept of Zoology, UH
(Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1960) Behavioral ecology of coral reef fish.

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Cooperating/Affiliate Faculty

Atkinson, Shannon

Associate Researcher, HIMB; Science Director, 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 Hawai‘i, 1973) Impact of introduced marine species in tropical environments; coral bleaching and related temperature-light effects.

Cox, Evelyn (Fenny)

Assistant Researcher
(Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1991) Coral physiology, reproduction, and ecology.

DeMartini, Edward E.

Fishery Biologist, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
(Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington, 1976) Fisheries ecology; fish life histories; behavioral and evolutionary ecology of reef fishes.

DiStefano, Joseph

University of California - Los Angeles

Drazen, Jeffrey C

Assistant Professor, Dept of Oceanography, UH
(Ph.D. UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2000) Trophodynamics and energetics of deep-sea fishes.

Fletcher, Charles

Chair, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, UH
(Ph.D.) Coastal sedimentary processes and remote sensing; sea-level change; fossil reefs and shorelines; coastal records of late Quaternary environmental change.

Friedlander, Alan M.

NOAA/National Ocean Service/NCCOS/CCMA – Biogeography Branch and The Oceanic Institute, Makapu'u Point

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

Dept of Geography and Oceanography, University of New South Wales

Kelly, Christopher

(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 1995) Marine aquaculture.

Kinzie III, Robert A.

Professor, Department of Zoology, UH
(Ph.D. Yale University, 1970) Coral reef ecology and marine ecology.

Krupp, Dave

Professor, 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

Assistant Professor, Dept of Oceanography, UH
(Ph.D. Dominion University, 1996) Physical oceanography.

Menasveta, Piamsak

Dept of Marine Science, Chulalongkorn University

Randall, John E.

Bishop Museum
(Ph.D. University of California, Davis) Indo-Pacific fishes; systematics and population biology.

Richmond, Robert

Kewalo Marine Laboratory, PBRC, UH
(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.

Schusterman, Ronald J.

Marine Biologist Emeritus, Adjunct Professor of Ocean Sciences at UC Santa Cruz
(Ph.D Florida State University, 1961) Marine mammal cognition, auditory communication, and psychophysics.

Sibert, John

Manager, Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, JIMAR, UH
(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.

Professor, Dept of Zoology, UH
(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.

Researcher, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Education, and Office of the Vice President for Research
(Ph.D. University College, Cardiff, UK, 1978) Finfish and crustacean nutrition and feeding; aquaculture development and sustainability, nutrient recycling, and food security.

Taguchi, Satoru

Biological Oceanography, Soka University
(Ph.D. Hokkaido University, 1973) Marine ecosystems.

Tamaru, Clyde

Sea Grant, University of Hawai‘i

Tricas, Timothy C.

Associate Professor, Dept of Zoology, UH
(Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i, 1986) Behavioral ecology and sensory biology of fishes.

Work, Thierry

US Geological Survey
(DVM University of California - Davis, 1990) Diseases of marine animals.

 

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