Faculty Projects and Publications

Malia Rivera

Education Specialist

Email: maliar@hawaii.edu
Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
PO Box 1346
Kane‘ohe, HI 96744

Education

Ph.D. 2002, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley
M.A. 1999, Zoology-Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
B.A. 1995 Zoology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Professional Interests

Research training and education for high school students and teachers in marine science and conservation
Population and conservation genetics in marine systems
Evolution and molecular systematics in terrestrial arthropods

Selected Publications

Rivera, M, In press. New species of endemic kleptoparasitic spiders of the Genus Argyrodes (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science.

M Rivera, 2007. Free-living spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Theridiidae) in Hawai‘i. Journal of Arachnology 35: 11-37.

Rivera, M, C Kelley & G Roderick, 2004. Subtle population genetic structure in the Hawaiian Grouper, Epinephelus quernus as revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 449-468.

Rivera, M, G Graham & G Roderick, 2003. Isolation and characterization of nine nuclear microsatellites from the Hawaiian Grouper, Epinephelus quernus. Marine Biotechnology 5(2): 126-129.

Rivera, M, G Roderick, S Taiti & F Howarth, 2002. Evolution in Hawaiian cave adapted isopods: Vicariant speciation or adaptive shifts? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 1-9.

Gillespie, R, M Rivera & J Garb, 1998. Taxonomy and Phylogeography of Hawaiian Araneae. In Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997. (ed.) P.A. Selden. British Arachnological Society: Burnham Beeches, Bucks. pp 41-50.

Curriculum Projects

Lessons from the Sea: A marine science curriculum for grades 3-5 for Hawai‘i Department of Education and NOAA.

HIMB served as science content writers, advisors and editors for twenty-nine curriculum units: Rivera, M, M Manning, J Dale, M Kaneshiro-Pinero, N Whitney & B K Fox, 2006-2008.

Reef Missions: Exploring Remote Underwater Habitats with Autonomous Vehicles

HIMB created three high school science inquiry modules: Rivera, M, N Whitney, M Manning & B K Fox, 2007-2009.

Selected Grants and Projects

Principal Investigator, Harold K. L. Castle Foundation, $391,418, 2009-2010.

In support of the development of a Marine Science Learning Center at HIMB for K-12 and public education

Principal Investigator, Emmett R. Quady Foundation, $15,000, 2008-2010.

In support of the development of a Marine Science Learning Center at HIMB for K-12 and public education

Co-PI, NOAA Bay-Watershed Education and Training, $99,998, 2008-2009.

Human Impacts and Hawai‘i’s Coral Reef Health: An Environmental Science Education, Stewardship and Research Program for Teachers in Hawai‘i

Co-PI, Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, $85,000; Ameron Hawai‘i, $75,000; Minami Foundation, $20,000; Hawai‘i Community Foundation, $15,000; and others, 2008-2012

Human Impacts and Hawai‘i’s Coral Reef Health: An Environmental Science Education, Stewardship and Research Program for High School Juniors and Seniors in Hawai‘i.

Principal Investigator, NOAA Office of Education/National Marine Sanctuaries Program, $115,000, 2007-2010.

Science content advising for Marine Science Curriculum Lessons from the Sea for grades 3-5 for Hawai‘i Department of Education

Principal Investigator, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, $75,000, 2007-2010.

Outreach through telepresence for HIMB-Northwestern Hawaiian Islands-HIMB research partnership

Principal Investigator, NOAA Office of Education/National Marine Sanctuaries Program, $619,940, 2006-2010.

Science writing advising for Marine Science Curriculum for grades 3-5 for Hawai‘i Department of Education and initiating development of a Marine Science Learning Center at HIMB for middle and high school students

Principal Investigator, NOAA Office of Education/National Marine Sanctuaries Program Pacific Region, $99,982, 2006-2009.

Reef Missions-Exploring reef habitats with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for K-12 education

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