Andrea Blas

Dr. Andrea Blas, based in Guam, is the Regional Research Coordinator for Climate Change and Invasive Species for the Micronesia Conservation Trust. She has broad experience in plant pathology and plant genetics, and now focuses on projects to manage the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle, as well as provides technical assistance and training opportunities to invasive species and biosecurity professionals across Micronesia. She earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and B.S. in Environmental Biology from Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt).