Candidate for director of Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology to visit UH Mānoa

Dr. Eleanor Sterling, candidate for director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

Dr. Eleanor Sterling, Jaffe Chief Conservation Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, has been selected as a finalist for the position of director of the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa.

Sterling will visit the UH campus for a two-day interview that will include meetings with faculty, staff, students, post-doctoral researchers and members of the UH Mānoa and HIMB communities as well as two presentations.  Campus and community members, and the general public, are encouraged to attend the public presentations, as they will be available via Zoom links.

Dr. Eleanor Sterling’s talks have been scheduled as follows:

April 26, 2021, 10:00 – 11:00 am
“Strategic Directions for HIMB”
Large Pauley Classroom, HIMB
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83253227200?pwd=cXc0c084YnpFSHFpSkR4ZVlaUTNPUT09 
Meeting ID: 832 5322 7200
Passcode: 613939

April 27, 2021, 11 am – 12:00 pm
“HIMB: A global vision for the future”
POST 723, UH Mānoa campus
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85772577402?pwd=OFpHY0tDa1BUTFVzcXgwTWZXVURlQT09
Meeting ID: 857 7257 7402
Passcode: 121066

“Dr. Sterling is a world-class scholar, and we are thrilled that she might become our next director,” said Dave Karl, oceanography professor in SOEST and chair of the search committee for the HIMB director position.

See the full announcement for more information about Dr. Sterling.