Tetsuzan Benny Ron

As the University of Hawai'i Aquaculture Program Coordinator I wish to bring together and enhance system-wide aquaculture research, education and outreach programs. My goal is to help advance the development and implementation of a system-wide Aquaculture Program, involving collaboration between both internal and external entities relevant to the University's mission towards aquaculture. Working together we can strategically plan, nurture, develop, integrate and increase funding for the Aquaculture Program to realize a shared vision for future excellence and expansion. Currently, since I believe that humans must share information in order to build a better world for the next generations I am promoting the use of aquaponics in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, developing the www.aquaculturehub.org, online eduction programs, scientific journals in Open Access and aquaculture on Second Life. To watch Benny Ron on "Finding a Way for Aquaculture in Hawai"i interviewed by Jay Fidell (ThinkTech Hawaii) click on http://www.aquaculturehub.org/video/finding-a-way-for-aquaculture During the 1990s I have joined the National Center for Mariculture of the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute to serve as the Head of the Fish Physiology Department and since 2003 as the Head of the Genetics and Physiology Department. In 2004 I founded the Society of Israeli Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology and serves as the president of the society and the board or directors’ of the Israel Journal of Aquaculture – Bamidgeh. My interest in mariculture and marine biotechnology lead me to partner with Ben Gurion University of the Negev in order to open a new Marine Biotechnology undergraduate and graduate program that includes a variety of aquaculture courses. In addition, I have served as the Chairman of the National Organizing Committee of the 8th International Marine Biotechnology Conference 2007 and as an advisor to the European Commission. My research interested included fish biological clocks, stress responses, marine and brackish water aquaculture, larvae metamorphosis and biological markers in fish for the monitoring of environmental changes. Since 2003 I also worked on breeding programs, population genetics and aquaculture genomics in marine fish species. My interest in the conservation of aquaculture fish species and the biodiversity of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea lead me to work on DNA-barcoding and to serve as the Regional Chairman of the FISH-BOL Middle East Work Group. During the years I held teaching and mentoring positions at both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Specialties: Fish physiology, genetics, breeding programs, biorhythm, marine biology, endocrinology, metabolism, environmental physiology, education, nonprofit organizations, aquaponics, online education, Open Access. This is my personal profile and all the information associated with this link do not reflect the official policies and views of the University of Hawai'i or the State of Hawai'i.