PI: Leah Bremer, Associate Specialist and Conservation Scientist, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Sebastian Church, NREM, UH Mānoa
Co-Is: Tamara Ticktin, Professor of Botany, UH Mānoa; Kiana Frank, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, UH Mānoa; Zoe Hastings Silao, Postdoctoral Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Funded: FY2024
In this talk, Dr. Bryan Falk will discuss how the impacts from disasters can be exacerbated by invasive species and what mechanisms are available to lessen this burden and improve outcomes for local communities and ecosystems.
PI: John Burns , Associate Professor of Marine Science and Data, UH Hilo, MEGA Lab
MCC Graduate Scholar: Skyler Chong, TCBES, UH Hilo
Co-I: Jonathan Price, Professor of Geography, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2024
In this talk, Dr. Katie Kamelamela, Dr. Nick Reo, and Dr. Cilla Wehi will highlight meaningful and effective, place-based conservation initiatives rooted in knowledge of species and relationships with invasive species that are useful to and appreciated by Indigenous peoples.
PI: Susan Cordell, Research Ecologist, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USFS
Co-Is: Amanda Uowolo, U.S. Forest Service; Rebecca Ostertag, UH Hilo; Ruddy Estoy, Guam Dept. of Agriculture; Christine Fejeran, Guam Dept. of Agriculture; Romina King, Guam PI-CASC
Funded: FY2024
The new season of our “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar series will continue in October with a presentation by Dr. Laurie Raymundo and UOG student Ashley Castro, sharing their work on the restoration of coral reefs in Guam.
In this talk, James McCallen, Matthew Kurano, and Dr. Jeomhee Hasty will discuss how climate change is affecting invasive vectors and vector-borne diseases in Hawaiʻi, and the proactive measures being taken by the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s Vector Control Branch.
PI: Judith Drexler, Research Hydrologist, USGS California Water Science Center
Co-Is: Helen Raine, Pacific Bird Habitat Joint Venture; Laura Farwell, PBHJV; Pūlama Lima, Ka Ipu Makani; Nahulu Maioho, Ka Ipu Makani; Willow Hetrick-Price, Chugach Regional Resources Commission
Funded: FY2024
The new season of our “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar series will be begin in September with a presentation by Dr. Shellie Habel from the Climate Resilience Cooperative, sharing their work on the influence of sea-level rise on Oʻahu’s groundwater and some adaptation applications of their results.
PI: Lucas Fortini, Research Ecologist, USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center
Co-Is: Christina Leopold, Conservation Ecologist, Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit, UH Hilo; Chad Wilhite, Quantitative Spatial/Research Analyst, HCSU, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2024