Faculty

Michael Hadfield
  • Michael G. Hadfield, Ph. D

  • Professor of Zoology, Principal Investigator
  • Marine Invertebrate Zoology & Conservation Biology
  • hadfield@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7319
  • fax:(808) 599-4817

  • Areas of Research: Settlement & metamorphosis of marine invertebrate larvae, emphasizing experimental analyses of metamorphic inducers and larval responses at the cellular level; chemosensory biology of marine invertebrates; demography, evolutionary and conservation biology of endemic Hawaiian tree snails, utilizing both field and lab studies; biofouling.

Mark Martindale
  • Mark Q. Martindale, Ph. D.

  • Director of Kewalo Marine Laboratory
  • Professor of Organismal Biology, Principal Investigator
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief of EvoDevo
  • mqmartin@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7330
  • fax: (808) 599-4817

  • Areas of Research: Relationships between radially symmetrical and bilaterally symmetrical organisms; the role of the early cleavage program in the segregation of developmental potential in a wide variety of animals which share a mode of embryogenesis known as spiral cleavage.

Robert Richmond

Elaine Seaver
  • Elaine C. Seaver, Ph. D.

  • Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
  • seaver@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7324
  • fax: (808) 599-4817

  • Areas of Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metameric body plan formation in annelids; evolution and development of the nervous system; evolution of larval and adult features through modifcations of the spiral cleavage program; development of Capitella teleta as an annelid model for developmental studies .