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Graduate Faculty
Departmental Graduate Faculty · Other Graduate Faculty · Associate Graduate Faculty · Emeritus Faculty

 Departmental Graduate Faculty (Zoology Department Teaching and Research Faculty)
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Bailey-Brock, Julie
808-956-6149
jbrock@hawaii.edu Marine invertebrate zoology; coral reef polychaetes; invertebrate community structure on reefs and near outfalls
Birkeland, Charles
808-956-8350
charlesb@hawaii.edu Coral reef ecology and management; marine community ecology
Butler, Marguerite 808-956-4713 mbutler@hawaii.edu Evolutionary ecology of lizards and damselflies, sexual dimorphism, adaptive radiation, functional morphology, locomotion, biomechanics
Carlon, David
808-956-4722
carlon@hawaii.edu Population biology, adaptation, speciation
Cole, Kathleen
808-956-8618
colek@hawaii.edu Fish mating systems; fish development under microgravity conditions
Conant, Sheila
808-956-8617
conant@hawaii.edu Life history, ecology and conservation biology of endemic Hawaiian birds
Cooke, Ian
808-956-6776
ian@pbrc.hawaii.edu Cellular control of secretion from neurons and endocrine cells
de Couet, Heinz Gert
808-956-9686
couet@hawaii.edu Molecular genetics and developmental biology
Freed, Leonard
808-956-8655
lfreed@hawaii.edu Avian biology; evolutionary and behavioral ecology; conservation
Friedlander, Alan
808-956-6170
alan.friedlander@hawaii.edu Coral reef community ecology, fisheries science, marine conservation biology, and traditional marine resource use and management
Hadfield, Michael
808-539-7319
hadfield@hawaii.edu Chemical signaling in marine invertebrates; metamorphosis; conservation and evolutionary biology of Hawaiian tree snails
Kinzie, Robert
808-956-6147
kinzie@hawaii.edu Aquatic ecology; coral biology; limnology

Parrish, James
(retired)

808-956-8350
parrishj@hawaii.edu Trophic ecology of fishes; fishery biology; marine community ecology
Robinow, Steven
808-956-8088
robinow@hawaii.edu Hormonal regulation of nervous system development
Stimson, John
808-956-6174
jstimson@hawaii.edu Population and community ecology of corals and reef fishes
Taylor, Andrew
808-956-4706
taylor@hawaii.edu Population ecology, particularly of interspecific interactions
Tricas, Timothy
808-956-8677
tricas@hawaii.edu Behavior, ecology and sensory biology of fishes
Watling, Les 808-956-8621 watling@hawaii.edu Impacts of humans on benthic environments; crustacean biology
Womersley, Christopher
808-956-8622
womersle@hawaii.edu Physiology ecology and adaptive biochemistry; dehydration and freezing stress; biological control
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Other Graduate Faculty (Faculty in Affiliated Research Units)
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Au, Whitlow
808-247-5026
wau@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Echolocation, hearing and acoustics of marine mammals
Bowen, Brian
808-236-7426
bbowen@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Marine Vertebrates
Cowie, Robert
808-956-4909
cowie@hawaii.edu Center for Conserv. and Research Training Evolution and conservation of non-marine snails; alien species
Donahue, Megan
808-236-7417
donahuem@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Broadly interested in spatial dynamics & connecting spatial theory with data
Duffy, David
808-956-8218
dduffy@hawaii.edu Botany Department, UHM
Gates, Ruth
808-236-7420
rgates@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Biology of corals, evolution of animal sensory systems
Grau, Gordon
808-956-7031
grau@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Environmental physiology and comparative endocrinology of estuarine fish
Hartline, Daniel
808-956-8003
danh@pbrc.hawaii.edu Bekesy Lab of Neurobiology, PBRC Neurophysiology
Holland, Kim
808-236-7410
kholland@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Physiology and behavior of aquatic animals; resource conservation
Humphreys, Tom
808-539-7327
htom@hawaii.edu Kewalo Marine Lab Invertebrate immunity; evolution of the immune system; development of hemichordates; evolution of chordates
Hunter, Cynthia
808-956-4748
cindyh@hawaii.edu
Biology Program  
Jokiel, Paul
808-236-7436
jokiel@hawaii.edu
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Coral reef ecology
Kaneshiro, Kenneth
808-956-6739
kykanesh@hawaii.edu Center for Conserv. and Research Training Speciation, evolutionary biology, sexual selection theory, Hawaiian Drosophilids
Karl, Stephen A.
808-236-7478
skarl@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Molecular Ecology, systematics, and phylogeography of Marine animals
Lenz, Petra 808-956-8003 petra@pbrc.hawaii.edu Bekesy Lab of Neurobiology, PBRC Neuroecology of zooplankton sensory systems
Martindale, Mark
808-539-7330
mqmartin@hawaii.edu
Kewalo Marine Lab Evolution of developmental patterns and processes
Nachtigall, Paul
808-247-5297
nachtiga@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Cetacean sensory and perceptual processes
Richmond, Robert 808-539-7331 richmond@hawaii.edu Kewalo Marine Lab Coral ecology, evolution and conservation
Seaver, Elaine
808-539-7324
seaver@hawaii.edu Kewalo Marine Lab Comparative developmental biology of marine annelids
Thomas, Florence 808-236-7418 fithomas@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Physiological Ecology, and Ecosystem Function
Toonen, Robert
808-236-7401
toonen@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Invertebrate larvae, population genetics, evolution & ecology of marine invertebrabtes
Wikramanayake, Athula
305-284-4134
athula@bio.miami.edu University of Miami Developmental biology of marine invertebrates; evolution of pattern formation
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 Associate Graduate Faculty (Not available to chair dissertation committees)
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Aeby, Greta 808-236-7401 greta@hawaii.edu Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Understanding the role that biological interactions play in structuring the coral reef community
Allison, Allen 808-848-4145 allison@hawaii.edu Bishop Museum, HI Population biology, systematics, herpetology
Banko, Paul 808-967-7396 Paul_Banko@usgs.gov

Pacific Is. Ecosystem Research Center, HI

Avian biology, conservation biology
Basch, Larry
808-236-7426
lbasch@hawaii.edu EECB Marine benthic and larval ecology; invertebrate zoology
Fukami, Tadashi
808-956-6170
fukamit@stanford.edu Stanford University Historical perspectives on communities & ecosystems
Holland, Brenden 808-956-6581 bholland@hawaii.edu CCRT/PBRC Phylogeography, conservation genetics and molecular ecology of threatened insular species
Miller, Stephen 808-541-3441 stephen_e_miller
@fws.gov
US Fish & Wildlife, HI Conservation biology of ecosystems and populations
Polhemus, Dan
808-586-0100
DLNR.aquatics@hawaii .gov Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR  
Randall, John 808-848-4130 jackr@hi.net Bishop Museum, HI Taxonomy and biogeography of tropical marine fishes
Stillman, Jonathon
415-435-7144
stillmaj@sfsu.edu San Fransisco State University Ecological physiology and functional genomics of marine invertebrates
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 Emeritus Faculty (Retired Zoology Faculty, no longer accepting new Graduate Students)
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Kay, Alison
808-956-8620
  Biogeography, ecology, morphology and systematics; Indo-West Pacific marine molluscs
Losey, George
808-956-8619
losey@hawaii.edu Ethology and ecology of reef fishes
Reese, Ernie

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808-956-8677
ereese@hawaii.edu Behavioral ecology of fishes