Evolutionary Biology & Ecology

Dr. Brian Bowen - phylogeography and conservation genetics of marine vertebrates.

Dr. Robert Cowie - geographic and evolutionary origins of biological diversity; ecological factors influencing distribution patterns and diversity on particular islands and archipelagos; geographic and phylogenetic origins of Pacific island land snails?

Dr. H. Gert de Couet - the function and evolution of genetic networks responsible for the development and function of the cytoskeleton and neuro-muscular systems of animals.

Dr. Leonard Freed - life history theory, mating system theory, and optimal foraging theory; adaptation, particularly with bird species that display geographical variation in the characteristics of interest.

Dr. Kenneth Kaneshiro - the dynamics of sexual selection of Hawaiian Drosophilidae and the role it plays in the speciation process; the biology of small populations and the role of sexual selection in populations faced with extinction.

Dr. Michael Hadfield - demography, speciation and extinction of endemic Hawaiian tree snails; comparing genetic identities of tree snails, analyze the degree of inbreeding in very small, remnant field populations, and devise breeding plans for captive-rearing.

Dr. Mark Martindale - the cellular, molecular, and evolutionary basis of biological pattern formation: formation of metameric body plans, the relationship between radially symmetrical and bilaterally symmetrical organisms, and the role of the early cleavage program in the segregation of developmental potential in a wide variety of animals which share a mode of embryogenesis known as spiral cleavage.

Dr. Robert Toonen - evolution of larval life history modes, patterns and consequences of larval dispersal and settlement cues for marine species; phylogeography and population structure in marine invertebrates; quantifying patterns of connectivity and distribution of genetic structure for the purpose of designing marine protected areas (MPAs); stock structure and management of fisheries species; the ecology, biogeography and impact of invasive marine species on Hawaii's coral reef communities.