CURRICULUM VITAE TOM A. RANKER Address: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Life Sciences 3190 Maile Way, Room 101 Honolulu, HI 96822 USA email:
[email protected] Degrees: Ph.D. Botany, University of Kansas (with Honors) M.A. Biology, Humboldt State University B.A. Environmental Studies, California State University, Sacramento PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019–present: Professor Emeritus, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2014–present: Graduate Faculty, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology specialization 2008–2019: Professor, Department of Botany, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2008–2011; 2013–2015; 2017 (Fall): Chair, Department of Botany, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2016–2017: Interim Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2016 (Fall): Interim Dean, College of Natural Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2015–2016: Associate Chair and Graduate Chair, Department of Botany, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2012–2013: Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, Systematics and Biodiversity Science Cluster, Arlington, Virginia 2008–present: Associate in Science, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 2012–2015: Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 2008–2013: Curator Adjoint, University of Colorado Museum, Botany Section 2008–2011: Graduate Faculty, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder 2006–2007: Interim Director, Museum of Natural History,