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Kim Bridges Vita

Curriculum Vita

Kent ("Kim") W. Bridges 

Retired Professor of Botany
University of Hawai`i at Manoa 

Previous Positions
  • Professor of Botany, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 2006-2009
  • Associate Professor of Botany, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 1984-2006.
  • Asst. Professor of Botany, University of Hawaii, 1980-1984. 
  • Asst. Director, Hawaii Inst. of Trop. Ag. and Human Res., Univ. of Hawaii, 1977-1980. 
  • Asst. Director, US/IBP Island Ecosystems IRP, University of Hawaii, 1972-1977. 
  • Asst. Professor & Asst. Director (US/IBP Desert Biome), Utah State University, 1970-1972. 
Education
  • 1970, PhD. (Biology), University of California/Irvine.
  • 1967, M.S. (Zoology), University of Hawai`i.
  • 1965, B.A. (Zoology), University of Hawai`i.
Contracts and Grants

Example Previous Grants 
  • Long term, minimal maintenance platform for remote sensing, Hawai`i Technology Development Venture (HTDV), $50,000 (with M. Lurvey and E. Biagioni) 
  • Travel grant for Pacific-area students to attend the International Association of Vegetation Science Meeting, 2004, Cooke Foundation, $5,000 
  • A Remote Ecological Micro-Sensor Network, DARPA, $545,000 (with E. Biagioni and B. Chee) 
  • Classroom support grant, University of Hawai`i Womens Campus Club, $900. 
  • New Media and New Technology: Practical Experience in Empowering Science and Math Teachers, Eisenhower Math and Science Education Act, $22,015 (with S. Itoga) 
  • Visualizing Botanical Processes, Instructional Development Projects Grant, Office of Faculty Development & Academic Support, $650 
  • 3D Animation Software, Wavefront Technologies, Inc. $271,500 (with S. Itoga) 
  • International Biological Program, Hawaiian Ecosystems, National Science Foundation. (with D. Mueller-Dombois) (~$2.5 million) 
  • Seagrass Ecosystem Component Study: Distribution and Conceptual Modelling, National Science Foundation. (~$200,000) 
  • Seagrass Ecosystem Component Study: Management, National Science Foundation. (~$250,000) 
  • South Pacific Regional Agricultural Development Project, US Agency for International Development. (~$2.5 million) 
Awards and Honors
  • 2001, University of Hawai`i Regents' Medal for Teaching Excellence 
  • 2001, Pono Tech Award (for PODS research) 
  • 2008, Fine Fellow
Example Invited Presentations
  • Festschrift anlässlich der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Herrn Prof. Dr. Dieter Mueller-Dombois, 2004. A perspective from the other side of the world. Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität, Cottbus, Germany.
  • University of Hawai`i President’s Founders Club biennial dinner 
  • Academic Year Opening Address, Higher Colleges of Education in the United Arab Emirates 
  • Keynote Address, The Art of Synthesis, Missouri Botanical Garden Fall Symposium, St. Louis, MO, 1992 
  • 2nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific and Asian University Presidents, The Role of Data Interpretation. Anchorage, AK, 1993 
  • Tutorial, Teaching Computer Graphics, National Computer Graphics Association, 1985.
Recent Meetings and Symposia
Recent Field Expeditions
  • PABITRA field trips
  • Marshall Islands
    • 2001: Rongelap Atoll
    • 2002: Ailinginae & Rongelap Atolls
  • Southeast Asia
    • 2006: Thailand, Lao PDR, China, Cambodia
  • Alaska
    • 2007: Craig
    • 2009: Katmai National Park
  • North America
    • 2010: 29 State, 10K mile drive (California to Maine and back)
    • 2011: Southern California Deserts
    • 2011: Northern California Redwoods
    • 2011: Western United State
Selected Recent University Committees
  • UHM Faculty Senate, 2004-2006, 2009
  • UH Manoa Landscape Committee (2007-2009)
  • Banner Steering Committee (UH system-wide), 2004-2006 
  • Study Abroad Council (UHM), 2002-2006
  • Distributed Learning Advisory Council (UH system-wide) 2004-2006
  • UHM A&S Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2002-2003 (Chair, 2003) 
  • All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs (UH system-wide), 2003 




Relevant Publications

Books 

Mueller-Dombois, K. W. Bridges and C. C. Daehler (eds.), 2008. Biodiversity Assessment of Tropical Island Ecosystems: PABITRA Manual for Interactive Ecology and Management. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 

Bridges, K. W. and Jon Pitko. 1986. Design Ideas Using TABLES. ISSCO, San Diego, CA. 

Bridges, K. W. and S. Kim. 1985. Scientific Chart Design. ISSCO, San Diego, CA. 

Mueller-Dombois, D., K. W. Bridges and H. Carson (eds), 1981. Island Ecosystems. Biological Organization in Selected Hawaiian Communities. Hutchinson Ross Publ. Co., Stroudsburg, PA. 

Journal Articles 

Releford, Jodi Stevens, Jonathan Stevens, K. W. Bridges and Will McClatchey. 2009. Flora of Rongelap and Ailinginae atolls, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 572, 13 pp.
 
Bridges, K. W. and Will C. McClatchey. 2009. Ethnoecological insights from people living on the margin: Environmental observations of Marshall Islanders at Rongelap atoll. Global Environmental Change 19:140-146.

Reedy, D., W. C. McClatchey, C. Smith, Y. H. Lau, and K. W. Bridges. 2009. A mouthful of diversity: Knowledge of cider apple cultivars in the United Kingdom and Northwest United States. Econ. Bot. 63: 2-15.  [pdf]

Lau, Han, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Kealii Chock, Kim W. Bridges, Zak Ritchey. 2009. Are Our Students Taxonomically Challenged or Not? Ethnobotany Research and Applications 7: 29-37.  [pdf]

McClatchey, Will, and K. W. Bridges. 2008. The importance of scale in determining the human population distributions in the Marshall islands. Pages 25-37 in: U. P. de Albuquerque and M. A. Ramos (eds.) Current Topics in Ethnobotany 2008, Research Signpost Press, Kerala.  [pdf]

Bridges, K. W. 2008. Editorial: ePublishing 2.0. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 6: 1-2. [pdf]

Bridges, K. W. and Will McClatchey. 2006. Expecting the unexpected: Safety considerations for ethnobotany field research. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4: 41-50.  [pdf]

Bridges, K. W. and Y. Han Lau. 2006.  The skill acquisition process relative to ethnobotanical methods. Editorial: Ethnobotany Research and Applications 4: 115-118.  [pdf]

Bridges, K. W., and W. McClatchey. 2005. Complementing PABITRA high-island studies by examining terrestrial plant diversity on atolls. Pacific Science 59: 261-272.   [pdf]

Bridges, K. W., and Edo Biagioni. 2005. Plant Monitoring with Special Reference to Endangered Species. Pages1039-1047 in: S. S. Iyengar and R. R. Brooks (eds.) Distributed Sensor Networks, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL. 1123 p.   [pdf]

Bridges, K. W., 2004. Give and Take. Editorial: Ethnobotany Research and Applications 2(2): 75.   [pdf]

Biagioni, Edoardo S., and K. W. Bridges. 2002. The application of remote sensor technology to assist the recovery of rare and endangered species. International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications 16(3): 15 pages. [pdf]

Bridges, K. W., 1993. Rule-based Decision Making: A Way to Determine Which Alien Species to Control. In: Stone, C. P, C. W. Smith and J. T. Tunison (eds) Alien Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems of Hawai'i: Management and Research. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI.   [pdf]

Itoga, S. Y., K. Bridges, L. Frederick and R. I. Uyeda, 1989. The AI Microscope Learning Environment. J. Educ. Techn. Syst. 18(1): 3-14.   [pdf]

Gerrish, G., D. Mueller-Dombois, and K. W. Bridges. 1988. Nutrient limitation and Metrosideros forest dieback in Hawai`i. Ecology 69(3): 723-727.  [pdf]

Bridges, K. W. 1986. Special characters. Personal Publishing, Aug. 2986: 34-36.  [pdf]

Bridges, K. W. and C. McMillan, 1986. The Distribution of Seagrasses of Yap, Micronesia, with Relation to Low Tide Conditions. Aquat. Bot. 24: 403-407.   [pdf]

Bridges, K. W., R. C. Phillips and P. C. Young, 1982. Patterns of Some Seagrass Distributions in the Torres Strait, Queensland. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 33: 273-283.   [pdf]

Turner, F. B., P. A. Medica, K. W. Bridges, and R. I. Jennrich, 1982. A Population Model of the Lizard Uta stansburiana in Southern Nevada. Ecol. Monogr. 52(3): 243-259.  [pdf]

McMillan, C. and K. W. Bridges, 1982. Systematic Implications of Bullate Leaves and Isozymes for Halophila from Fiji and Western Samoa. Aquat. Bot. 12: 173-188.  [pdf]

McMillan, C., K. W. Bridges, R. L. Kock and M. Falanruw. 1982. Fruit and Seedlings of Cymodocea rotundata in Yap, Micronesia. Aquat. Bot. 14: 99-105. [pdf]

Phillips, R. C., C. McMillan and K. W. Bridges, 1981. Phenology and Reproductive Physiology of Thalassia testudinum from the Western Tropical Atlantic. Aquat. Bot. 11: 263-277.  [pdf]

Gerrish, G. and K. W. Bridges. 1979. Botanical summary of the terrestrial ecosystems of the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. In: Byrne, J.E. (ed.) Literature review and synthesis of information on Pacific Island ecosystems.  Coastal Ecosystems Project, Biological Services Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Dept. Interior, Washington, DC.  [pdf]

Valentine, D. and K. W. Bridges. 1969. High incidence of deformities in the serranid fish, Paralabrax nebulifer, from Southern California. Copeia 1969 (3): 637-638.  [pdf]

Muir, B., G. Nelson, and K. Bridges. 1965. A method for measuring the swimming speed in oxygen consumption studies on the Aholehole Kulia sandwicensis.  Trans. American Fisheries Soc. 94: 378-382.  [pdf] 

Photo Essay

Savo, Valentina, Y. Han Lau, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Keali`i Chock, Kim W. Bridges, Zak Ritchey. 2009. Botany Segue: A Photo Essay. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 7: 123-134. [pdf]


Recent Off-Campus Activities
  • Carbon BioEngineers, Inc. (Board of Directors)
  • Winterhouse (Board of Directors)