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Eric VanderWerfEric VanderWerf

Eric VanderWerf earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1988 and Master of Science degree from the University of Florida in 1992. In 1999, he completed a Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii, where his research focused on plumage variation and effects of habitat disturbance and diseases on population biology of the Hawaii Elepaio.

He has worked on a variety of conservation and ornithological projects in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific since 1991 during stints with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife. He has continued and expanded upon that work since founding Pacific Rim Conservation in 2007.

Eric has authored over 70 scientific papers and technical reports, and serves as the leader of the Hawaiian Forest Bird Recovery Team and as an associate editor of the Birds of North America for Hawaiian species.

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Lindsay Young

Lindsay YoungLindsay Young earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science from the University of Hawaii. In 2009, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii where her dissertation research focused on the population genetics, at sea foraging ecology, and conservation needs of Laysan Albatross.

Lindsay has worked on multiple conservation projects in Hawaii and the Pacific region and is currently the project coordinator for the Kaena Point Ecosystem Restoration Project which will be installing the first predator proof fence in the U.S. at Kaena Point on Oahu.

Lindsay also serves as the North Pacific correspondent for ACAP (agreement on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels), as a reviewer for multiple refereed journals and as the president of the North Pacific Albatross Working Group.

You can download her dissertation here (6.5 MB, 150 pages)

 

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