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Area of Expertise:
- Aquaculture
- Mariculture Policy
- Integrated Coastal Management
- Sustainable Coastal Communities
Experience:
- 1999-present Director, Pearl Research and Training Program, PacificAquaculture and Coastal Resources Center, University of Hawai‘i-Hilo and Extension Specialist, University of Hawai‘i Sea College Program
- 2005-present Co-Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems Project, University of Rhode Island and the University of Hawai‘i-Hilo
- 2004 US Embassy Fellow, US Embassy of the Republic of theMarshall Islands
- 2001-present Associate Professor of Aquaculture, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Management, University of-Hawaii Hilo, University of Hawaii-Hilo
- 1994-2004 Coastal Ecologist and Mariculture Policy Specialist, Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island
- 1996-1999 Director of Operations, BioPacific Development, Inc.
- 1996 Regional Aquaculture Extension Agent, Center for Tropicaland Subtropical Aquaculture
- 1994-1995 Chief of Party and Senior Scientist, Lagoon Ecology andPearl Farming Program, Cook Island Black-lip Pearl Culture Project (USAID/RDA International, Inc.)
- 1993-1994 Senior Scientist and Hatchery Manager, Lagoon Ecologyand Pearl Farming Program, Cook Island Black-lip Pearl Culture Project (USAID/RDA International, Inc.)
Education:
- B.A. 1985 Biology, Reed College
- Ph.D.1993 Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University
Affiliations:
- Marine and Environmental Laboratory of of Pohnpei
- World Aquaculture Society
- National Shellfisheries Assocation
- Affliate Faculty, College of the Marshall Islands
- Technical Committee Member, Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program
- Technical Committee Member, Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, USDA
Current Projects:
- Co-Principal Investigator: A Regional Pacific Island-Hawai'i Partnership to Strengthen and Expand Capacity in Applied and Vocational Aspects of Aquaculture and Marine Science Education for Improved Management and Conservation.
- Co-Principal Investigator: Vocational training in aquaculture for outer island high schools in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Principal Investigator: Synopsis of the live seafood market.
- Co-Deputy Director: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems (SUCCESS) Program.
- Project Manager, Co-Author and Editor: Research and management needs assessment for the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands-continuation.
- Principal Investigator: MBA summer internship program.
- Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director: Bridging gaps to insure long-term viability of small and medium mariculture ventures in Hawaii and the U.S.-Affiliated Islands.
- Technical Advisor: Best Management Practices for Alaskan Oyster Farms.
- Principal Investigator: Outreach and Extension in Aquaculture, Agriculture and Agro-forestry for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in Micronesia, Hawaii and Alaska.
- Principal Investigator: Health Related Impacts and Aquaculture-Phase III.
- Principal Investigator: Health Related Impacts and Aquaculture-continuation.
- Principal Investigator: Health Related Impacts and Aquaculture.
- Co-Project Director: Insular Pacific Regional Research, Information Planning and Coordination.
Project Partners:
- Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center, University of Hawai‘i-Hilo: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~pacrc
- Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa: http://www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/
- Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island: http://www.crc.uri.edu/
- University of Alaska Fairbanks: http://www.uaf.edu/
- Marine and Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei
- Conservation Society of Pohnpei: http://www.sidsnet.org/eco-tourism/pohnpei
- Pohnpei State Marine Resources
- College of the Marshall Islands: http://64.129.3.54/
- Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center, United States Geological Survey:
http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/
- Ministry of Education, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority
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