Education

•  Ph.D. candidate, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
•  M.S., Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
 B.S., Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Research Interests

• Biogeography and evolution of Pacific Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies).
• Biology of tropical Pacific Island aquatic habitats.
• Alien species impacts.
• Conservation of aquatic habitats in the tropical Pacific.

Field Work and Museum Studies

• Extensive field and survey work in the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, Christmas (Kiritimati) Island, Fiji, Borneo, and tiny towns in North America.

Professional Experience

• Aquatic Biologist, Bishop Museum (1997-present)
• Principal Environmental Scientist, Pacific Aquatic Environmental, Inc., (1994-1997)
• BHP Environmental Technologies International, Honolulu, Hawaii (1992-1994)
• Ecosystems Research Institute and Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah (1990-1991)
• Utah State University Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service), Logan, Utah (1987-1990)

Selected Publications

Englund, R.A. 2002. The loss of native biodiversity and continuing nonindigenous species introductions in freshwater, estuarine, and wetland communities of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Estuaries 25(3): 418-430.

Englund, R.A. and D.A. Polhemus. 2001. Evaluating the effects of introduced rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on native stream insects on Kauai Island, Hawaii. Journal of Insect Conservation 5: 265-281.

Englund, R.A. and L.G. Eldredge. 2001. Fishes. In: Hawaii's Invasive species. A guide to invasive plants and animals in the Hawaiian Islands (eds. Staples, G.W. & Cowie, R.H.), p. 32-40. Mutual Publishing & Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

Englund, R.A. 2001. Long-term monitoring of one the most restricted insect populations in the United States, Megalagrion xanthomelas (Selys-Longchamps), at Tripler Army Medical Center, Oahu, Hawaii (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 30 (3): 255-263.

Englund, R.A. and E. Baumgartner. 2000. The Fang-Toothed Blenny Omobranchus ferox (Herre, 1927) from Pearl Harbor, O`ahu, a probable unintentional introduction to the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64: 61-63.

Englund, R.A. 1999. The impacts of introduced poeciliid fish and Odonata on endemic Megalagrion (Odonata) damselflies of Oahu Island, Hawaii. Journal of Insect Conservation 3: 225-243.

This page last revised 27 March 2005