Sonia Hrehorczak Stephens

Department of Botany

University of Hawai'i
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: (808) 956-9036
email: sanoe@aloha.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Tropicalstream ecology, watershed management.

Hawaiian ecosystemsand conservation, ecology and evolution of island species.

EDUCATION

2000-presentUniversityof Hawaii at Manoa, Botany Department and

Ecology,Evolution and Conservation Biology Program

Master’sCandidate

1995-1999 Universityof Hawaii

Bachelorof Science in Biology, Cell&Molecular Emphasis

Minorin Music

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-2001TeachingAssistant, Botany Department

Laboratoriestaught: Introductory Biology, Algal Physiology.

1999-2001Volunteer,Hawaii Stream Research Center

Assistedin field work and collection of data. Created database to organize biologicalcollections.

1999BiologyIntern, US Fish&Wildlife Service, Kauai Refuge Complex

Involvedin seabird banding and monitoring studies, native wetland bird monitoring,and native plant propagation and outplanting.

1997-1998UndergraduateResearch Assistant, Center for Conservation Research&

Training,University of Hawaii

Populationgenetics of endemicTetragnathaspiders.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Familiaritywith SAS and Minitab statistical software, Microsoft Access

GRANTS&AWARDS

1999PartialTuition Waiver, Biology Department

1995TakehikoHasegawa Memorial Award

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