EECB Evoluncheon Series

Fridays 11:30 to 12:30

Gilmore 306

January
13	Dr. Andrea Barco University of Rome The effects of climatic and oceanographic patterns in shaping the Antarctic marine fauna
20	Dr. Fred Allendorf University of Montana Genetic monitoring and the conservation of populations
27	Dr. Cynthia Riginos University of Queensland Reproductive strategies of reef fishes predict population structure and diversification

February
3	No Evoluncheon
10	No Evoluncheon
17	Marc Kuchner Marketing for scientists
24	Cheryl Lohr Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management Human perceptions of feral cats in Hawaii Alisa Davis Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management Science and policy discussion

March
2	Kosta Stamoulis Department of Geography A multi-scale analysis of gradients of fish biomass across a marine protected area boundary. Evidence of fish spillover?
9	Darcey Iwashita Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management Role of woody debris in Hawaiian montane wet forests
16	No Evoluncheon Tester Symposium
23	Jaynee Kim Department of Biology Geographic range and intermediate hosts of Angiostronglyus cantonensis, the cause of rat lungworm disease, in Hawaii Patrick Curry Department of Biology Factors determining the distribution of the invasive predatory snail Oxychilus alliarius in the Hawaiian Islands
30	No Evoluncheon Spring break

April
6	No Evoluncheon Good Friday
13	Dr. Jeremiah Jarrett Central Connecticut State University Phenotypic plasticity in the barnacle Chthamalus fissus
20	Dr. Amy Ringwood Univeristy of North Carolina, Charlotte Cellular biomarkers for assessment of coastal ecosystem health - realities, uncertainties and the art of the science
27	Dr. Don Drake Department of Botany Books Ecologists, Evolutionary Biologists, Conservation Biologists, and similar types might like to read during the summer break

May
4	Dr. Bob Thomson Department of Biology Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in California

Welcome to EECB

The EECB graduate specialization at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is an interdisciplinary program promoting integration among the traditionally separate disciplines that come together synergistically under the umbrella of Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology. Participation in the program is available to students enrolled in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs of the affiliated Mānoa departments. The program draws on the resources of approximately 60 faculty with research skills in many specialized areas, from various departments in the College of Natural Sciences, the College of Social Sciences, the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, the School of Medicine, and the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, as well as from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo and affiliate faculty from other agencies.

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Latest News from EECB
Dr. Bob Thomson (Biology Department) has joined the EECB faculty
New publication from EECB members: Puritz JB, Addison JA, Toonen RJ (2012) Next-generation phylogeography: a targeted approach for multilocus sequencing of non-model organisms. PLoS ONE 7(3): e34241. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034241
The following graduate students were recently awarded EECB scholarships: Maybelle Roth Scholarship - Christie Wilcox Watson T. Yoshimoto Scholarships - Priscila Albuquerque de Moura, Jean Fantle-Lepczyk, Andersonn Prestes, Randi Rhodes
Drs. Ken Hayes, Rob Cowie and Brenden Holland have been awarded a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study "Hawaiian land snail biodiversity: systematics, phylogenetics and conservation status of a vanishing fauna".