Take 5 minutes and check out Van’s latest talk at the Zoology mini-symposium!
Kaleo article
Check out Val’s new article in Kaleo here!
Field work on Lanai.
I’m just back from some field work on Lana’i. Lots of lizards, beautiful landscapes, a dead sperm whale, and more aloha than I’ve experienced in a long time.
Photos below!
Standard issue amazing hawaiian sunsets.
Fawn in a sea cave.
A dead sperm whale.
A field team of Roberts.
Spring 2020 lab meeting schedule
- Jan 23 – National academies mentoring report discussion
- Jan 30 – tba
- Feb 6 – Sean? Lab beers?
- Feb 13 – Veronica
- Feb 20 – tba
- Feb 27 – Robyn
- March 5 – City Nature Challenge planning meeting
- March 12 – Luke
- March 19 – no meeting, spring break
- March 26 – No meeting, Kuhio Day
- April 2 – Jordan
- April 9 – Van
- April 16 – Practice talks
- April 23 – no meeting, Tester Symposium
- April 30 – Riley
- May 7 – Val
Luke judges science fair
Luke and fellow UH graduate student, Sarah Tucker, getting ready to judge a local science fair.
I recently volunteered to judge at the annual science fair for a local middle school. It was really inspiring to see all the creativity in the room. The whole experience was a good reminder of why I got into science in the first place. I feel that as we get more and more focused on a single subject (e.g., speciation of island birds), we tend to forget that our work should still be fun and exciting. These kids reminded me of that. What a great experience!
- Luke
Fieldwork on Kauai
Luke recently returned from conducting fieldwork in the upper reaches of the island of Kauai. Here, in some of the last remaining intact Hawaiian forests, native birds actually outnumber introduced birds!
Seen here is ‘anianiau, a Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Kauai.
The view from camp!
Fieldwork on Oahu’s offshore islets!
Val is conducting herpetological surveys on Oahu’s windward offshore islets and is also sampling two species of lizard to gain insight into introduction rates and population structure.
Luke represents NatSci at SACNAS
Luke and colleagues represent the University of Hawaii College of Natural Sciences at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science conference in Honolulu this week.
Fall 2020 Lab meeting schedule
- Sept. 17 – Phylogenetic Path Models
- Sept. 24 – Amber
- Oct. 1 – Van
- Oct. 8 – Veronica
- Oct. 15 – Jan
- Oct. 22 – Val
- Oct. 29 – AJ
- Nov. 5 – Open
- Nov. 12 – Robyn
- Nov. 19 – Jordan
- Nov. 26 – Luke
- Dec. 3 – Riley
- Dec. 10 – Andy
Article in Kaleo student newspaper by Val
Val has a new popular article out in the University’s student newspaper Kaleo on bioplastics. Check it out here.
