Amber Wright
Associate Professor
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.
Justin Chan
Zoology MS
I was born and raised on Oʻahu and have been catching lizards here all my life. My broad interests are in how organisms respond to environmental change, ecology, and evolution. I will be studying these topics using clonal geckos in Hawaii to determine whether the parental environment influences offspring phenotype. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, surfing, spearfishing, and being in nature!
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
PhD Zoology
Insights from an introduced lizard coping with environmental change: is it better to be behaviorally flexible or consistent?
Post-UHM:
Lab Coordinator, UC Davis
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
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
Postbaccalaureate Researcher
Head shape predicts isotopic diet in anoles and day geckos
Post-UHM:
MS University of Zurich
Disease Ecology Research Technician
Post-UHM:
MS San Francisco State University
Disease Ecology Research Technician
Post-UHM:
MS South Dakota State University