Megan Barnes, phd
Research Fellow
University of Hawaii
Dr. Megan Barnes is a Research Fellow at the University of Hawaii. Megan’s research focuses on understanding conservation impacts to improve conservation policy planning and practice. Megan has expertise in decision science, structured decision making, impact evaluation, vertebrate population monitoring, protected areas, and conservation policy. As a quantitative ecologist at UH Megan works with partners across the Pacific, including in Hawaii, Indonesia and Australia to understand whether MPAs and other conservation management mechanisms meet social and ecological goals.