People

Current 

Amber Wright

Associate Professor


Curriculum Vitae


I was born and raised in Honolulu, and while my local roots do not go deep (my mom is from the Philippines and my dad is from New York), I have a very strong sense of place and connection to Hawai'i. I grew up catching green anoles as a kid in town in the '80s (before brown anoles and day geckos spread). I left at 18 for school on the mainland, spent 18 years there, then, by amazing luck, I got a job back home. My current research focuses on taking advantage of our non-native herp and mammal fauna to address fundamental ecological questions regarding how species interact with each other and their environment.

Former 

Jose Carranza

MS Zoology

Insights from foraging behavior on competitive interactions in introduced lizards in Hawai‘i


Post-UHM:

Biologist, USFWS

Spencer Alascio

MS Zoology

Life history differences along the fast-slow continuum in introduced lizards in Hawai'i


Post-UHM:

Biologist, USFS


Robyn Screen


PhD Zoology

Insights from an introduced lizard coping with environmental change: is it better to be behaviorally flexible or consistent?


Post-UHM:

Lecturer, UC Davis

Stevie Kennedy-Gold


MS Zoology



Indirect and direct effects of competitor presence on behavior of introduced anoles in Hawai'i


Post-UHM: 

Herpetology Collections Manager, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Carla Piantoni


Postdoctoral Researcher

University of São Paulo


Impact of intra- and inter-specific variation of social interactions on thermoregulatory behavioral syndromes and habitat use 


Current Position:

Lab Coordinator 

School of Life Sciences, UHM

Ty Figueira


Postbaccalaureate Researcher



Head shape predicts isotopic diet in anoles and day geckos


Post-UHM: 

MS University of Zurich

Arielle Crews

Disease Ecology Research Technician


Post-UHM: 

MS San Francisco State University

Marlin Dart III

Disease Ecology Research Technician


Post-UHM:

MS South Dakota State University