Lindsay Young
Lindsay Young earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science from the University of Hawai. In 2009, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of Hawai where her research focused on the population genetics, at sea foraging ecology, and conservation needs of Laysan Albatross. Lindsay has worked on numerous conservation projects in Hawai`i and the Pacific region since 2003 with a variety of state, federal, and private partners.
Lindsay has authored several dozen scientific papers, is the current chair of the World Seabird Union, served as the treasurer for the Pacific Seabird Group, the chair of the North Pacific Albatross Working Group, is the former North Pacific correspondent for ACAP (Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels), and as a reviewer for multiple refereed journals. Lindsay was one of the 2011 recipients of the US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Recovery Champion Awards for her work on the Nihoa Millerbird Translocation, she and Eric VanderWerf have jointly received the 2019 Koa Award for Conservation Leadership from the Conservation Council of Hawaii, and are the 2022 recipients of the Ralph Schreiber Conservation Award from the American Ornithological Society which honors extraordinary conservation-related scientific contributions by an individual or small team. She currently serves as an affiliate graduate faculty member at the University of Hawai`i Natural Resources and Environmental Management Department, was a faculty member on the Fall 2018 voyage of Semester at Sea through Colorado State University and a visiting faculty member at Hokkaido University in 2019.