Pacific Southwest Research Station

Pacific Southwest
Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
Albany, CA 94710-0011
(510) 883-8830

Hilo, Hawaii - Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry

The Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry has been a center of research and technology transfer for matters of management, preservation, and restoration of natural ecosystems and landscapes throughout the Pacific. the Institute's area of responsibility includes seven US affiliated political entities in the Pacific: the State of Hawaii, the Territory of Guam, the Territory of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry

Program Manager

• Cordell, Susan - Research Ecologist/Institute Director
• Stefaniak, Frank - Program Assistant

Business Operations

• Hokoana, James - Maintenance Worker
• Mitsuda, John - Facility Operations Specialist
• Moreland, Veronica - Admin Services Clerk

Research Scientists

• Giardina, Christian - Research Ecologist
• Hughes, R. Flint - Research Ecologist
• Johnson, M. Tracy - Research Entomologist
• Kinney, Kealohanuiop - Research Ecologist
• MacKenzie, Richard - Research Ecologist

Post-doctoral Researcher

• Bitume, Ellyn - Research Entomologist
• Ware, Ian - Research Ecologist

Research Staff

• Chaney, Nancy Lou - Biological Sciences Technician
• Francisco, Kainana - Natural Resource Specialist
• Hegemann, Robert - Hydrologist
• Uowolo, Amanda - Ecologist