Michael Ross

POSITION/DEPARTMENT
Assistant Professor, Botany

CONTACT INFORMATION
mikeross@hawaii.edu
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COURSES TAUGHT
BOT 101/101L General Botany & Lab
BOT 105 Ethnobotany
BOT 130/130L Plants in Hawaiian Environment & Lab
BOT 201/201L Plant Evolutionary Diversity & Lab
SCI 295BT Undergraduate Research in Botany
BIOL 171/171L Introduction to Biology I & Lab

RESEARCH
Plant ecology, systematics, ethnobotany, and rare plant propagation. Lowland mesic forest restoration in Wailupe Valley. Documenting the distribution and abundance of rare plants in the Southern Koʻolau Mountains

SERVICE
Invasive algae clean-ups. Forest restoration. Rare plant surveys

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Recent publications: Keanu Rochette-Yu Tsuen, Claire Lager, Michael C. Ross, and Mary Hagedorn. 2021. Examining the UV-Absorbing Properties of Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) and Its Potential Use as a Sunscreen. Pacific Science 75 (2), 225-236. https://doi.org/10.2984/75.2.5