I’m an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, where I am also a UHERO Research Fellow. I was recently appointed as the Director of the Graduate Ocean Policy Certificate. I am an Affiliated Researcher at the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University and have held regular Visiting Professor appointments in the Economics Department and the Program in Human Biology at Stanford. I have an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). I also have a Masters degree in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology from UCSB. I did my undergraduate work at Trinity College, University of Dublin. My research interests are in environmental/resource economics, marine ecology and behavioral economics. I am a Pacific Century Fellow, class of 2012. In 2013, I was honored to receive the Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching.