Professor of Botany; Graduate Professor of Zoology and of Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology; and Unit Leader, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Staff: 300. Director (2004-) of the Hawaiian Pacific Island Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.

Research:   Principal Investigator. Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawaii: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems. National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity Award, 2000-2006: Research: 1) Avian malaria and avian pox and their ecological context in Hawai`i ($4.2 M). 2) Review of the state of conservation science in Hawai`i. 3) Hawaiian seabirds: potential effects of climate change and management/research interactions. 4) Why did the po`ouli go extinct?

Administration: Approximately 950 grants and cooperative projects with state, federal and private agencies, totaling $97 million as of April 2007, focusing on natural and cultural management in Hawaiian and Pacific natural areas.

Hawaii Teaching: undergraduate: Conservation Biology and Natural Resource Management in Hawaii, summer field courses for Hawaiian high school students and undergraduates on natural resource management on four islands; graduate seminars: Conservation Genetics, Restoration Ecology, Conservation Planning.

Graduate advisor to 4 Ph.D. and 7 M.S. students.

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