Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Graduate Students

Last, First	Email	Degree	Advisor	Research Interests
Aldrich, Pat	paldrich@hawaii.edu	PhD	Taylor	Habitat fragmentation and landscape ecology
Albuquerque de Moura, Priscila	padm@hawaii.edu	PhD	Carlon	Evolution and conservation genomics of Hawaiian drosophila
Ambrosino, Christine	cm22@hawaii.edu	MS	Tricas	Elasmobranch electrosensory array, particularly scalloped hammerhead shark
Anderson, James	ja25@hawaii.edu	MS	Tricas/Holland	Investigating the mechanisms of putative magnetic field discrimination by elasmobranch fishes
Bader, Samuel	sbader@hawaii.edu	PhD	Freed	Forest bird ecology
Bayless, Alexandra	baylessa@hawaii.edu	MS	Nachtigall	Bycatch mitigation of false killer whales in the Hawaii longline fishery
Berryman, Jessica	jberryma@hawaii.edu	PhD	Duffy	Australian fire ecology & dispersal patterns of Rock Ringtail possums
Bodner, Gustav	bodner@hawaii.edu	PhD	Freed	Golden Plover migration and Hawaiian forest ecology
Boswell, LeighAnn	lboswell@hawaii.edu	PhD	Tricas	Effect of environmental toxins on the olfactory system of the juvenile scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Burns, John	johnhr@hawaii.edu	PhD	Gates	Coral reef biology
Burns, Michael	mdburns@hawaii.edu	MS	Cole	Teasing apart the evolutionary relationships within certain gobiid clades through the analysis of the reproductive morphology
Chen, Jessica	jchen2@hawaii.edu	MS	Au	The song behavior of humpback whales, & in determining if populations of humpbacks are discrete using their song units.
Coleman, Richard	rcolema@hawaii.edu	MS	Bowen	Phylogentic relationships of marine organisms across broad distances
Copeland, Adrienne	acopelan@hawaii.edu	PhD	AU	Marine mammal behavior using acoustics
Copus, Joshua		PhD	Bowen	Molecular ecology of coral reef
Cros, Annick	acros@hawaii.edu	MS	Karl	Population genetics of coral reefs, ecology of coral reefs and conservation of coral reefs
Curry, Patrick	currypat@hawaii.edu	MS	Cowie	Invasive snails
Dacks, Rachel	rdacks@hawaii.edu	PhD	Hunter
Davies, Justin		PhD	Cowie	Evolutionary biology of apple snails
Donovan, Mary	mdono@hawaii.edu	MS	Friedlander	Marine, community, & fisheries ecology, population dynamics, marine conservation & resource management
Dubuc, Tim	dubuc@hawaii.edu	PhD	Hadfield	Developmental biology/ecology
Dunlap, Matt	mjdunlap@hawaii.edu	PhD	Toonen	Coral reef ecology and molecular systematics
Evers, Shannon	snevers@hawaii.edu	MS	Butler	The effects load-bearing has on locomotion in Anolis
Fantle-Lepczyk, Jean	fantle@hawaii.edu	MS	Conant	Conservation biology, especially the impacts of introduced wildlife on native imperiled species
Ferguson, Nicole	nrf@hawaii.edu	PhD	Gates	Coral symbioses
Fisher-Pool, Pollyanna	pfisher@hawaii.edu	PhD	Au	Coral reef ecosystems, sustainable reef ecosystems management
Franklin, Erik	erik.franklin@hawaii.edu	PhD	Jokiel	Coral reef ecology, marine resource management, fisheries, population dynamics, coral reef restoration, GIS, spatial ecology
Fung, Jennifer	jkfung@hawaii.edu	MS	Thomas	Conservation biology within the marine ecological scientific community
Groom, Kasie	kasielb@hawaii.edu	PhD	Tricas	Sex-dependent neuropeptide modulation of behavior in the saddleback wrasse
Halbert, Kristin	khalbert@hawaii.edu	MS	Carlon	Molecular ecology of marine populations
Hart, Alfred	alhart@hawaii.edu	MS	Stimson	Coral reef ecology
Haverkort, Roxanne	rdh@hawaii.edu	MS	Toonen	Coral phylogenetics & systematics
Higashi, Michelle	mlkhigas@hawaii.edu	MS	Duffy	Control methods for feral cats in Hawaii
Hollingsworth, Lea	lealh@hawaii.rr.com	PhD	Kinzie	Coral-zooxanthellae symbiosis, the function of fluorescent proteins in reef corals
Holt, Hillary	hnholt@hawaii.edu	MS	Freed	Conservation Ecology looking at habitat preferences of an endangered, native bird species
Hutchinson, Melanie	melanier@hawaii.edu	MS	Holland	Mitigation techniques for elasmobranch by catch in longline fisheries
Iacchei, Matt	iacchei@hawaii.edu	PhD	Toonen	Community ecology, conservation biology, population genetics
Iglesias, Illysa	ilysa@hawaii.edu	MS	Watling/ Stimson	Marine community ecology
Kandel, Frederique	frederiq@hawaii.edu	PhD	Kinzie	UVR protective mechanisms in marine fish
Keylon, Rachel	rkeylon@hawaii.edu	PhD	Nachtigall	The hearing & echolocation of marine mammals.
Kim, Jaynee	jaynee@hawaii.edu	MS	Cowie	Snail & slug vectors of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (the rat lung worm)
Kloepper, Laura	kloepper@hawaii.edu	PhD	Nachtigall	Cetacean bioacoustics
Koike, Haruko	hkoike@hawaii.edu	PhD	Friedlander	Spatial & temporal dynamics of ecosystem-based fisheries management, sustainable resource management
Kokami, Christy	kokami@hawaii.edu	MS	Butler	Phyogenectics and evolutionary biology
Krause, Emily	ekrause@hawaii.edu	PhD	Brock	Population genetics of polychaete worms
Lapoint, Abby	abbylap@hawaii.edu	MS	Watling	Deep-sea corals, marine conservation
Laruson, Aki	akijl@hawaii.edu	PhD	Carlon	Molecular ecology and invasion genetics
Lin, David	davidlin@hawaii.edu	PhD	Brock	Marine food web ecology
Lynch, Garrett	glynch@hawaii.edu	MS	Brock	Copods, molusca larvae recruitment
Macduff, Sean	macduff@hawaii.edu	PhD	Richmond	Coral reef/watershed interactions
Magalhaes, Wagner	wagnerfm@hawaii.edu	PhD	Brock	Taxonomy & ecology of polychaetes from the Hawaiian Island.
Maypa, Aileen	maypa@hawaii.edu	PhD	Birkeland	Coral reef ecology and management
Musberger, Craig	craig@musburger.com	PhD	Holland	Spawning aggregations/MPA's
Nakayama, Sanami	snakayam@hawaii.edu	MS	Nachtigall	Effects of anthropogenic sound on odontocetes
Nedved, Brian	nedved@hawaii.edu	PhD	Hadfield	Chemoreception
Pacini, Aude	aude@hawaii.edu	PhD	Nachtigall	Odontocetes acoustics & hearing
Pan, Rodolf	rodolf@hawaii.edu	PhD	Stimson	Coral reef ecology
Pang, Kevin	kpang@hawaii.edu	PhD	Martindale	Evolution/Developmental Biology
PerezIII, Kaipo	kaipop@hawaii.edu	PhD	Jokiel	Coral reef ecology, & playing an integral role in the sustainability of our precious reefs
Podlacha, Kathrin	podlacha@hawaii.edu	PhD	Cowie	Systemics of apple snails
Prescott, Rebecca	rebeccap@hawaii.edu	PhD	Gates	Marine habitat facilitators, positive ecological interactions that occur in benthic marine communities
Putnam, Hollie	hputnam@hawaii.edu	PhD	Gates	How corals transduce physical and environmental signals into physiological and molecular responses
Reeve, Lora	lreeve@hawaii.edu	PhD	Watling	Cetacean acoustics, physiology, & conservation
Rhodes, Randi	rarhodes@hawaii.edu	MS	Freed	Hawaiian forest birds
Richlen, Michael	richlen@hawaii.edu	PhD	Au	Marine mammal acoustic behavior
Rivera, Julio	julior@hawaii.edu	MS	Butler	Anuran frogs, microhylids found in Papua New Guinea
Rodgers, Jason	jrodgers@hawaii.edu	PhD	Jokiel	Coral reef ecology
Roncalli, Vittoria	roncalli@hawaii.edu	PhD	Lenz	Chemical ecology & copepod ecology, reproduction & physiology
Ross, Megan	mcolvin@hawaii.edu	MS	Jokiel	Coral population dynamics along environmental gradients
Royer, Mark	royerm@hawaii.edu	MS	Holland
Rudd, Alexis	rudd@hawaii.edu	MS	Au	Cetacean & seabird biology
Salerno, Jennifer	salerno@hawaii.edu	PhD	Birkeland	Effects of sedimentation on corals, coral associated bacteria, coral reef ecology
Scales, Jeff	jscales@hawaii.edu		Butler	Ecology, evolution, herpetology
Schemmel, Eva	evam@hawaii.edu	PhD	Cole	Reproductive biology of fishes
Shannon, Lee	shanno@hawaii.edu	PhD	Au	Anthropogenic effects of naval operations, training & construction on marine ecosystems
Shelton III, Austin	austinjs@hawaii.edu	PhD	Richmond	Coral reef ecology, fisheries science, and ocean policy and management
Silbiger, Nyssa	silbiger@hawaii.edu	PhD	Donahue	The effects of climate change on coral reef communities and spatial modeling
Siple, Margaret	mcsiple@hawaii.edu	PhD	Donahue	Spatial ecology & the impacts of introduced species on marine food webs.
Sischo, David	sischo@hawaii.edu	PhD	Hadfield	Molecular ecology & conservation biology
Skillings, Derek	derekjs@hawaii.edu	PhD	Toonen	Echinoderm and Polychaete population genetics & marine ornamental aquaculture
Smith, Adam	adambsmi@hawaii.edu	PhD	Nachtigall	Acoustic communication system to toothed whales
Smith, Derek	smithder@hawaii.edu	MS	Gates	Population & community ecology
Smith, Thomas	tahsmith@hawaii.edu	MS	Freed	Interspecific competition between native and introduced bird species
Snelgrove, Brent	brents@hawaii.edu	PhD	Bowen
Sogin, Emilia	esogin@hawaii.edu	PhD	Gates	Coral-zooxanthellae symbiosis.
Stankus, Austin	stankus@hawaii.edu	MS	Holland	Aquaponics, aquaculture feeds, and predator/prey interactions between sharks and endangered species
Sukhraj, Nadiera	sukhraj@hawaii.edu	PhD	Stimson	Coral reef ecology; coral-algal-herbivore interactions
Sziklay, Jamie		PhD	Aeby/Donahue	How temperature and water quality affects the spread of coral disease at fine and broad scales
Tran, Cawa	cawa@hawaii.edu	PhD	Hadfield	Invertebrate larval settlement on coral reefs
Trejo, Tonatiuh	tonatiuh@hawaii.edu	PhD	Bowen	Population genetics of marine fishes
Usseglio-Lizcano, Paolo	usseglio@hawaii.edu	PhD	Friedlander	Processes and patterns affecting Marine Protected Areas
Vinnikov, Kirill	vinni@hawaii.edu	PhD	Cole	Fish evolution, morphology and systematic
Wainwright, Benjamin	bw2@hawaii.edu	MS	Karl	Molecular ecology & conservation biology of marine systems
Waldrop, Ellen	ewaldrop@hawaii.edu	MS	Bowen
Walton, Maya	waltonm@hawaii.edu	MS	Hunter	Marine ecosystems with a concentration in marine biology
Whitney, Jonathan	jw2@hawaii.edu	PhD	Karl	Ecological Speciation of Coral Reef Fishes
Wijesundara, Chaminda	chaminda@hawaii.edu	PhD		Avian Ecology
Williams, Kelly	kewilli@hawaii.edu	MS	Tricas	Neuroanatome & directional selectivity of electroreception in Scalloped Hammerhead sharks
Yamaguchi, Emi	emiy@hawaii.edu	MS	Seaver	Nervous system development in polychaetes
Ylitalo-Ward, Heather	hyw@hawaii.edu	PhD	Watling	Sexual selection & mating displays in cephalopods

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