Shannon N. Bennett  

Assistant Professor

Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and
Infectious Diseases, Department of Tropical
Medicine, J.A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa
651 Ilalo St., BSB 320D, Honolulu, HI 96813

TEL (808) 692-1603

FAX (808) 692-1979

email: sbennett@hawaii.edu

 

 

 

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

B.S.

1991

Biology

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ph.D.

1999

Zoology

 

 

Professional Experience

1990

Research Assistant, Department Fisheries and Oceans, Institute Maurice-Lamontagne, PQ "Stock Identification and Distribution of Atlantic herring"

1991-93

Postgraduate Researcher, University of British Columbia, BC "Impact of parasites on the population dynamics of sockeye smolts" Before beginning Dissertation research, I collborated with Dr. L. Margolis, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC

1994-1999

Postgratuate Researcher, Dissertation, University of British Columbia, BC. "Life cycle, ecology, and host specificity of parasitic nematode Pseudodelphis oligocotti in coastal marine fishes."

2000

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas at Austin, TX "Phylogenetic determinants of host specificity of parasitic nematode Pseudodelphis oligocotti."

2000-2004

Research Associate, University of Puerto Rico’Äì Rio Piedras, PR ’ÄúMolecular epidemiology and evolution of dengue in Puerto Rico.’Äù

2004-Present

Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Molecular evolution of viruses and other infectious diseases.

 

Research Interests

 

Publications