 Eric VanderWerf
Wildlife Biologist, co-owner
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
Wildlife Biologist, co-owner
 Lindsay 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 numerous conservation projects in Hawaii and the Pacific region over the last ten years and was the project coordinator for the Kaena Point Ecosystem Restoration Project which installed the first predator proof fence in the U.S. at Kaena Point on Oahu.
Lindsay serves as treasurer for the Pacific Seabird Group, the chair of the North Pacific Albatross Working Group, the North Pacific correspondent for ACAP (Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels), and as a reviewer for multiple refereed journals.
Jessica Behnke
Ecologist
 Jessica Behnke earned a Bachelor of Science from Humboldt State University in 2006, and a Master of Science degree from Southern Illinois University, where her research focused on heavy metal contaminants in Pacific Scoters. Prior to obtaining her masters degree, Jessi worked for the Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project for several years to survey for and assist in the conservation of Newell’s Shearwaters. Jessi is based on Kauai and is conducting ecological monitoring to assist with a new pest proof fence being built to serve as a translocation site for Newell’s Shearwaters.
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