Symposium Presenters & Attendees
Greta S. Aeby - greta@hawaii.edu
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
PO Box 1346
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 USA
Phone: (808) 236-7437
Fax: (808) 236-7443
Greta Aeby leads the Marine Disease Research Lab, which performs studies of coral, fish and crustose coralline algae diseases in Hawaii (main and northwestern Hawaiian Islands) and in other areas of the Indo-Pacific. Using a combination of field surveys and laboratory investigations, including histopathology and microbiology, she documents lesions in marine organisms and determines their potential causes.
Sam Bader - sbader@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 349-3976
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Sam’s research interests involve birds including their interactions with parasites, pathogens, invasive species, and environmental change. He received his B.S. in Environmental Studies from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma and is working with the Zoology Department’s Dr. Leonard Freed.
Shannon N. Bennett - sbennett@hawaii.eduAssistant Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
651 Ilalo Street, BSB rm 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 692-1602
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Shannon Bennett is the head of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She studies the molecular evolution and epidemiology of infectious diseases and is particularly interested in the evolutionary ecology of zoonotic infectious diseases.
Maria M Berzunza Sanchez - Marimar.berzunza@gmail.comGraduate student
University of Queensland
Center for Marine Studies
Erasmus Mundus, Applied Ecology
Universite de Poitiers
Phone: (33) 676 08 69 49
Interests include the dynamics of marine ecosystems and anthropogenic drivers of change in the natural environment; as well as strategies for marine conservation in developing countries.
Brian Bowen - bbowen@hawaii.eduAssociate Researcher
Department of Zoology, University of Hawai`i
PO Box 1346
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 USA
Phone: (808) 236-7426/7471
Fax: (808) 236-7443
Brian Bowen studies the connectivity of marine reef fishes to resolve the life history traits that influence dispersal and population separations, to test evolutionary models for how biodiversity is generated in the sea, and to define management units.
Tom Brewer - tom.brewer@jcu.edu.auPhD Candidate
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Phone: +61 433 976 561
Tom has assisted with field work throughout Melanesia, which awakened an understanding of the connectedness of people to their environment, and inspired Tom to work towards enhancing human well being without expense to the environment. Tom’s Ph. D research focuses dynamic human and coral reef systems across the Pacific, through time.
Rebecca Cann - rcann@hawaii.edu
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
1960 East-West Road
Biomedical Sciences Bldg. T514
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848
Phone: (808) 956-5521
Fax: (808) 956-9812
Dr. Cann has been interested in how humans have altered their own landscape, as well as that of other species, for her entire professional life as a biologist. Her research concerns include, human molecular evolution, mitochondrial genetics, especially genetic conflicts of interest, Hawaiian conservation biology, and avian malaria, host-parasite coevolution and detection in multiple host communities. Currently she has two foci of interest: indigenous people of the Pacific and endangered Hawaiian forest birds. Dr. Cann collaborates extensively with behavioral ecologists and anthropologists and encourages her students to develop multidisciplinary approaches to their particular questions of interest.
David Carlon - carlon@hawaii.eduAssistant Professor
Department of Zoology
2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmonson 152
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-9523
Fax: (808) 956-9812
Dave Carlon is interested in the origin and maintenance of species boundaries in tropical corals and the genetic structure of keystone species on coral reefs. He is currently using population genetic techniques to identify the sources and sinks of important herbivores on Hawaiian coral reefs, with the hopes that this research will inform management decisions.
Healani Chang - healani@pbrc.hawaii.eduAssociate Specialist
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
1993 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-8268
Fax: (808) 956-2892
Healani Chang is the Director of Haumana Biomedical Program, which strives to increase the diversity of the workforce in the biosciences field.
Joshua Cinner - joshua.cinner@jcu.edu.auPostdoctoral Fellow
ARC Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University
Townsville Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 07 4781 6751, 04 3103 6393
Fax: 61 7 4781 6722
Josh Cinner’s research investigates the socioeconomic factors that drive successful marine conservation, exploring the ability of communities to maintain traditional management practices and the applicability of Western conservation models to developing countries. He also studies resource abuse such as overfishing, ecological impacts from coral bleaching, and the ecological impacts of coral bleaching.
Abby C. Collier - acollier@hawaii.eduAssistant Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 692-1613
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Abby Collier is the Head of the Pharmacology Program of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Her interests include: metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, transplacental xenobiotic exposure and teratogenesis.
Kris M. Coontz - kcoontz@hawaii.eduGraduate Student
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 927-0048
Kris Coontz is a graduate student in public health specializing in infectious disease epidemiology. He is currently involved in developing global health curriculum and policy at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Rob Cowie - cowie@hawaii.eduAssociate Researcher
Center for Conservation Research and Training
3050 Maile Way, Gilmore 408
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-4909
Fax: (808) 956-9812
Rob Cowie’s research is aimed primarily at understanding the origins and determinants of biological diversity in the islands of the Pacific, and using this understanding in support of conservation of non-marine snails.
Stuart Donachie - donachie@hawaii.eduAssistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
2538 The Mall, Snyder 207
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-6452
Stuart Donachie focuses on hydrothermal and freshwater microbial diversity.
Angela Fa’anunu - fanifo@gmail.comIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 227-8855
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Angela is in the Urban & Regional Planning department with interests in environmental planning and resource management particularly in the coastal zone; community-based marine protected area management in the Pacific Islands; and the impacts of globalization and urbanization on public health and the environment in the Pacific Islands.
Melissa L. Finucane - FinucanM@EastWestCenter.orgSenior Fellow
East-West Center 1601
East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848
Phone: (808) 944-7254
Dr. Finucane’s research interests include, cognitive, emotional, and socio-psychological factors affecting human judgment and decision making; the role of cultural values in the perception of environmental, health, and financial risks; the role of feedback in coupled natural systems and responses to environmental and health risks; risk communication; and aging and decision competence. Dr. Finucane’s current research focuses on understanding judgment and decision-making by citizens and policy makers about environmental and health risks such as climate change and avian influenza in the Asia-Pacific region.
Simon Firestone - simonfirestone@gmail.comVeterinarians without Borders - Canada
SE Asia Regional Coordinator
582/263 Soi U Charoen 11
Asoke-Dindaeng Road
Din Daeng District
Bangkok, Thailand 10400
Phone: (66) 83 187-8834
Simon is a veterinarian and a public health epidemiologist, now working as the South East Asia regional coordinator for Veterinarians without Borders/ Vétérinaires sans Frontières – Canada. He graduated from the veterinary school at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2000, and completed his Masters of Applied Epidemiology through the Australian National University, in 2007
Jefferson Fox - FoxJ@EastWestCenter.orgEast West Center
1601 East West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 USA
Fax: (808) 944-7298
Telephone: (808) 944-7248
Jefferson Fox is the Coordinator of Environmental Change, Vulnerability and Governance and a Senior Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in Development Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. Dr. Fox’s scholarship focuses on land-use and land-cover change in Asia and the possible cumulative impact of these changes on the region and the global environment
Alan Friedlander - afriedlander@oceanicinstitute.org (?)Hawaii Cooperative Fisheries Unit
Department of Zoology
University of Hawaii
Tel: (808) 956-6170
Alan Friedlander has extensive experience in ecological assessment. His current projects include: community based fishery management, Hawaii coral reef assessment and assessment of reef fish populations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Duane J. Gubler - dgubler@hawaii.edu
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
651 Ilalo Street, BSB rm 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 692-1600
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Dr. Gubler’s research interests include arbovirology, zoonotic pathogens, and emerging zoonotic diseases. He has professional training in zoology, entomology, parasitology, virology, epidemiology and tropical disease ecology, with extensive experience in laboratory and field epidemiologic research, and in managing complex, interdisciplinary research and public health programs. Principal interests are in developing effective surveillance, prevention and control programs for vector-borne diseases.
Micah Hahn - mbhahn@wisc.eduPhD Student and CHANGE Fellow
Environment & Resources / Population Health Sciences
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1710 University Ave, Room 144
Madison, Wisconsin 53726 USA
Phone: (865) 406-5929
Micah Hahn is a joint degree doctoral student in Environment & Resources and Population Health Sciences and National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin - Madison. Micah completed her MPH in Global Environmental Health at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University where her research focused on designing a method for quantifying climate change vulnerability on the local level in Mozambique.
Amy Beth Henry - amyhenry@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
Center for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases
SC2 Building, Room SC2,
999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road,
Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
Phone: (66) 87 338-8872
Amy is a doctoral student in the Department of Microbiology and is part of the collaboration between Mahidol University and the University of Hawaii. She is currently working on her dissertation research in Thailand under the supervision of Dr. Shannon Bennett, Dr. Pattamaporn Kittayapong and Dr. Bruce Wilcox. Her research concerns the evolutionary ecology of infectious diseases, with a particularly interest in mosquito species diversity and emerging arboviruses and the microdynaimcs and epidemiology of dengue in a two vecotor system.
Courtlin Holt - courtlin@hawaii.eduIGERT Associate
Department of Botany
University of Hawaii
2404 Maile Way, E-303
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Courtlin is currently pursuing an M.S. Botany – Ecology degree and recently completed an MBA from the UH Shidler College of Business.
Holly Jessop - jessop@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (707) 980-4107
Fax: (808) 692-1979
During previous lives Holly was a technical writer, computer programmer, and an astrophysicist. In summer 2008 she completed a transition into the life sciences, with a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. Her research thesis involved a study of the morphology and genetics of the diadematid Echinothrix sea urchins of Hawai’i. She is now a PhD student in the Zoology Department at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, with interests in marine biodiversity, speciation, epizootiology, and the evolutionary effects of anthropogenic stressors upon marine life.
Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro - kykanesh@hawaii.eduDirector
Center for Conservation Research and Training
3050 Maile Way, Gilmore 406
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-6739
Fax: (808) 956-9608
Dr. Kaneshiro helped found the Hawaii Evolutionary Biology Project. From this project he worked with colleagues to launch the University of Hawaii’s graduate program in EECB (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology), of which he was chair between 1991 and 1999. He also aided in the establishment of the Secretariat for Conservation Biology, now known as the Hawaii Conservation Alliance. In 1993 with funding from the state and federal governments and the MacArthur Foundation, Ken started CCRT (Center for Conservation Research and Training) at the University of Hawaii.
Durrell D. Kapan - durrell@hawaii.eduHead of IGERT curriculum
Center for Conservation Research and Training
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 956-1659
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Durrell D. Kapan is an Assistant research professor in the Center for Conservation and Research Training. As head of curriculum for UH’s NSF IGERT ECPB program Dr. Kapan focuses on applying evolutionary ecology to understand and mitigate biodiversity loss, biological invasion and emerging infectious disease. Dr. Kapan’s disciplinary research focuses measuring the genomics of insect adaptation and speciation
Alan Katz - katz@hawaii.eduGraduate Chair/Professor, Epidemiology
1960 East West Road, Biomed D104M
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Fax: (808) 956-5818
Phone: (808) 956-5741
Dr. Katz’s research interests include epidemiology and infectious diseases. He has professional training in public health, preventive medicine, and infectious disease epidemiology. Particular interest in screening tests, leptospirosis, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Mike Kido - mkido@hawaii.eduAssistant Specialist
Director, Hawaii Stream Research Center
Center for Conservation Research and Training
3050 Maile Way, Gilmore 406 Snyder Rm. 412
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-4907, 808-822-4984 ext. 235
Fax: (808) 956-2647, 808-822-2190
Mike Kido has professional training in aquatic ecology with interests in the ecology of Hawaiian stream ecosystems on ‘catchment-to-sea’ scales and their role in Hawaiian socioecological systems.
Pattamaporn Kittayapong - grpkt@mahidol.ac.thCenter for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases
SC2 Building, Room SC2,
999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road,
Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
Phone: (66) 2 441-9816-20
Fax: (66) 2 441-0227
Dr. Pattamaporn is the Deputy Head of the Department of Biology and the Center for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases. Her professional training is in medical entomology with experience in dengue epidemiology and controlling dengue vectors by integrated, community-based approaches. Recent interest involves applying molecular technologies in disease vector control and dengue vector control intervention using network based tools and eco-bio-social strategies.
Jack Kittinger - jkitt@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
Department of Natural Resource & Environmental Management
1910 East-West Road, Sherman 101
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (858) 945-2011
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Jack Kittinger’s research interests include anthropogenic threats to habitat quality and conservation of marine resources in conjoint coastal terrestrial and near-shore marine ecosystems. Jack’s dissertation research will focus on the development of viable, ecosystem-based management strategies and novel concepts in governance to mitigate evolving threats to coral reef ecosystems and coastal communities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Kira Krend - krend@hawaii.eduIGERT Alumni
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 956-4717
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Kira Krend is a Ph.D. student in the Zoology Department at the University of Hawaii. She is studying the malarial infection rates of Amakihi, one of the few species of native forest bird on Oahu.
Christoph Kueffer - kuffer@hawaii.eduDepartment of Botany
University of Hawaii - Hilo
Phone:(808) 956-392
Fax: (808) 372-8329
Dr. Christoph Kueffer focuses his research on species distribution modeling, functional traits of invasive plant species, restoration ecology on oceanic islands and transdisciplinary research methodology. He is the founder and steering member of Seed Sustainability, which is a student-based platform for transdisciplinary sustainability research. He is also coordinator of the Mountain Invasion Research Network and is affiliated with many other reputable organizations.
Theresa Kurisiu - tfunk@hawaii.eduIGERT Assocaite
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 384-5732
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Theresa studies Dengue virus serotypes and their immunological responses with Dr. Allison Imrie and Dr. Shannon Bennett. In her free time she thoroughly enjoys golfing, swimming, ridge hikes, skiing, photography and spending time with loved ones.
Jo-Ann C. Leong - joannleo@hawaii.eduDirector
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
PO Box 1346
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744 USA
Phone: (808) 236-7401
Jo-Ann Leong, Ph.D., is Director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of California School of Medicine. Dr. Leong’s research interests focus on virology, including the study of rhabdoviruses and birnaviruses, fish vaccines, and, specifically, genetic vaccination and aquaculture and fisheries.
Nancy Lewis - LewisN@EastWestCenter.orgDirector - Research Programs
East West Center
1601 East West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 USA
Phone: (808) 944-7245
Fax: (808) 944-7399
Nancy Lewis is interested in health and development, the geography of disease and the impact of global change on human health. She is the secretary general of the Pacific Science Association and is president of the Hawaii chapter of Sigma Xi.
Amy Luers - amyleuers@google.comProgram Manager
Environment/Vulnerability Mapping
Predict and Prevent
Google.org
345 Spear St, 4th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105 USA
Phone: (415) 736-1013
Amy Luers is program manager of environment and vulnerability mapping for Google.org’s Predict and Prevent Emerging Threats Initiative. Prior to joining Google.Org, Amy directed the Climate Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists California’s office and spent 10 years working on water resources management in Latin America and California. Amy is co-founder and former executive director of a small NGO dedicated to supporting rural water supply in Latin America. Her research and publications have focused on issues of vulnerability and adaptive capacity to global environmental changes and on climate policy. Amy holds a Ph.D. in environmental science and an M.A. in international policy studies, both from Stanford University, and a M.S. and B.S. in environmental resources engineering from Humboldt State University.
Sean MacDuff - macduff@hawaii.eduIGERT Associate
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Sean earned a BS in marine biology at UH Manoa and is currently a Zoology PhD student in Dr. Bob Richmond’s lab workng on the interactions between coral reefs and adjacent watersheds. He is from Saipan and understands the importance of preserving and protecting coral reefs.
Brandi Mueller - muellerb@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
Department of Tropical Medicine
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 499-4352
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Brandi Mueller is a Ph.D. student in the Tropical Medicine department at the University of Hawaii. She is studying the environmental and evolutionary ecology of dengue virus and the effects of anthropogenic change on infectious diseases.
Deborah Niewijk - niewijk@hawaii.edu
IGERT Associate
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Fax: (808) 692-1979
A former USAID foreign service officer, Deborah participated in AID missions in Africa, Iran and Afghanistan. She also served as a US Air Force epidemiologist. Deborah earned an MPH from Yale and is now pursuing a PhD in geography.
Ron Paik - rpaik@hawaii.eduAdministrator
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 692-1632
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Ron coordinates IGERT ECPB operations, procurement and communications. He spent over two decades working with community public health programs on the local, state and national level including the NIH, specializing in program development and communications. He holds an MPH and BA from the University of Hawaii.
Rodolph Pan - rodolf@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (703) 863-6537
Fax: (808) 692-1979
From a B.B.A. in Accounting from The College of William and Mary, and a career as an information technology consultant, Rodolf has entered the UH Zoology program. He is interested in invasive species, particularly the epifaunal community that inhabits one of Hawaii’s five invasive algae, Gracilaria salicornia. Rodolf’s research will explore the possibility of invasional synergisms occurring within the epifaunal community, leading to a possible ‘invasional meltdown.’
John Pandolfi - j.pandolfi@uq.edu.auAssociate Professor
ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland 4072
Australia
Phone: (+61 ) 7-3365-3050
In his research, John Pandolfi strives to integrate long-term ecological and environmental time series data over broad spatial scales to elucidate past and potential influences of natural variability and human impact on coral reef resilience. He has published more than 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is one of the world’s leading experts on coral reef palaeoecology.
Jonathan Patz - patz@wisc.eduCenter for Sustainability and the Global Environment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1710 University Ave, Room 258
Madison, Wisconsin 53726 USA
Telephone: (608) 262-4775
Fax: (608) 265-4113
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is Professor of Environmental Studies & Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he directs a university-wide initiative on Global Environmental Health. His areas of research investigation include the effects of climate change on heat waves, air pollution and water- and vector-borne infectious diseases, as well as the link between deforestation and the resurgence of malaria in the Amazon.
Rebecca Prescott - rebeccap@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 366-6813
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Originally from Tucson, Rebecca attended the University of Arizona where completed her B.S. in Ecology and her M.S. in Natural Resources. Her research focuses on positive ecological interactions between species in benthic marine environments, specifically interactions involving settlement processes, habitat structure and microbial biofilms. She is also studying how humans can manage both watersheds and near-shore marine resources as a continuous unit.
Robert Richmond - richmond@hawaii.eduKewalo Marine Laboratory
41 Ahui Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 539-7331
Fax: (808) 599-4817
Bob Richmond’s research interests include reproductive biology, larval ecology, conservation biology, ecotoxicology and evolutionary biology, focusing on corals and reef organisms.
Luc Rougée - rougee@hawaii.eduIGERT Alumni
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 271-2254
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Luc Rougée has recently finished work on the establishment, characterization and viral susceptibility of two different goldfish cells lines. Current research projects are: 1) elucidating the mechanism of toxicity in human liver cells and corals; 2) Establishment of a permanent coral cell line.
Daniel Rubinoff - rubinoff@hawaii.eduDepartment of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
3050 Maile Way, Room 310
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-8432
Fax: (808) 956-2428
Dr. Daniel Rubinoff is an Associate Professor of Entomology and Director of the University of Hawaii Insect Museum. His research is focused on the use of phylogenies constructed with molecular and morphological characters to describe patterns in the evolution of ecological traits in insects, as well as systematics, invasive species, conservation biology, and evolution.
Jennifer Schultz - jschultz@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 282-5217
Fax: (808) 236-7443
Jennifer Schultz studies the evolution of animal behavior and the conservation of marine species (Hawaiian monk seals, lemon sharks, and pygmy angelfish) and ecosystems. She works with Brian Bowen in the Department of Zoology.
Mark Speck - speck@hawaii.eduIGERT Fellow
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
Department of Microbiology
2358 The Mall, Snyder 202
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-8386
Fax: (808) 956-5339
Mark Speck’s interests include microbial ecology, coral disease, and the effects of microbial populations on coral disease. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Rutgers University where he continued on as a laboratory technician working in microbial ecology laboratories. That work spanned diverse environments ranging from coastal estuaries to deep-sea hydrothermal vent systems. Mark earned his masters in Microbiology at the University of Hawaii and now is exploring the microbial communities associated with Pocillopora coral mucus for his dissertation work.
James Spencer - jhs@hawaii.eduDepartment of Political Science
2424 Malie Way
Saunders Room 613
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
Phone: (808) 956-8928
Fax: (808) 956-6870
Dr. James Spencer is the Director of the University of Hawaii Globalization Research Center where he focuses on environmental issues in developing countries, especially urbanization in Southeast Asia, the governance of water and sanitation, emerging infectious diseases, environmental security and urban inequality. His research includes urbanization, infrastructure development and planning, urban planning and health, economic development, and public policy.
Brandy St. Laurent - bstlaure@nd.eduGLOBES IGERT
Eck Family Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 USA
Brandy is focused on studying mosquito vectors of infectious disease. Her research include insect biology and human health. She enjoys traveling, practicing Tae Kwon Do, and rock climbing.
Argon Steel - argon@hawaii.eduIGERT Associate
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 358-5726
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Argon works with Dr. Shannon Bennett, carrying out phylogenetic comparisons of Dengue virus strains to find evidence for genotypic changes correlating with variations in virulence and epidemic severity.
Rose Sutrabutra - rojjanakle19@yahoo.comCollege of Education
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
A PhD student in curriculum studies, Rose is keenly interested in place based education emphasizing application-based science. She and IGERT are planning a joint school based/public health project in northern Thailand. In her spare time Rose practices classical Thai dance.
Tomas Tamulis - tamulis@hawaii.eduDepartment of Public Health Sciences
1960 East-West Road, Biomed D-104 AB
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Phone: (808) 956-5745
Fax: (808) 956-5818
Dr. Tomas Tamulis is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Health if the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Panpim Thongsripong - panpim_th@hotmail.comIGERT Associate
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 230-3455
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Panpin, a biology student from Thailand’s prestigious Mahidol University, is a Ph.D student in the Department of Tropical Medicine. She has been an integral part of IGERT’s Thai research efforts, spending extensive time in the field assisting staff and fellow students.
Sophie O. Vanwambeke - sophie.vanwambeke@uclouvain.beAssistant professor
Department of Geography
University of Louvain
Place Louis Pasteur, 3
B1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
BELGIUM
Phone: +32/10/47.28.71
Fax: +32/10/47.28.77
Sophie O. Vanwambeke is a geographer with a background in remote sensing and land use science who focuses on the links between the environment, including human land uses, and vector-borne diseases transmission.
Bruce A. Wilcox - bwilcox@hawaii.eduIGERT Director
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 692-1602
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Dr. Wilcox’s interests include human-ecosystem interactions, within the context of human health, and sustainable land and natural resource management and policy. His current research focuses on interdisciplinary applications of ecology, including human ecology and the ecosystem health model to humans in place-based communities. He has experience in cross-disciplinary integration involving conservation, ecology and health sciences. His research interests also includes infectious disease ecology, the linkages between community, culture and health, population biology, and conservation biology.
Jon Winchester - Jwin74@gmail.comIGERT Associate
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 256-5015
Fax: (808) 692-1979
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Major in the U.S. Army, Jon is a part of the Entomology Department studying mosquito ecology. Upon graduation he plans to be a military entomologist.
Mayee Wong - mayee@hawaii.eduIGERT Alumni
IGERT ECPB - Division of Ecology and Health
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu Hawaii 96813 USA
Phone: (808) 382-3595
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Mayee is currently pursuing a PhD in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology under the direction of Dr. Bruce Wilcox. Her research involves investigations in a local watershed on the ecology of leptospirosis, a tropical infectious zoonotic disease that is endemic amongst small mammals in Hawaii.