ME*E Lab Director

Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado, PhD

Associate Professor, Oceanography & Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program

KEY COLLABORATORS

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Shimi Rii, PhD

Research Coordinator, Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve

Assistant Specialist, Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology

Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Oceanography & Graduate Program in Marine Biology

Co-Founder, Science Communicators ʻOhana

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Kuʻi Keliipuleole, MS, PhD program in Marine Biology

  • Hauʻoli Mau Loa Fellowship (2020-2022); Ford Foundation Fellow (2022-2025)

  • Funded by NSF Geopath/SOEST Maile Mentoring Bridge, Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiʻi Pacific Foundation

  • Characterizing bottom-up controls on ʻōpaeʻula populations in anchialine habitats

Lani Musselman, MS candidate in Oceanography (Co-advised with Shimi Rii)

  • Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation Graduate Fellowship (2022-2024)

  • Funded by Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve

  • Characterizing primary producers of Heʻeia Fishpond and Kāneʻohe Bay

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Nalani Olguin, PhD candidate in Marine Biology

  • Hauʻoli Mau Loa Graduate Fellowship (2019-2021); NOAA Margaret A. Davidson Fellow (2022 - 2024); Ford Fellow (2022-2025);

  • Funded by Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve and Hawaiʻi Pacific Foundation

  • Impact of introduced mammals on Pacific Island watersheds using microbial source tracking

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Eric Tong, MS candidate in Oceanography (co-advised with Rob Toonen, HIMB)

  • Recipient, Hauʻoli Mau Loa Graduate Fellowship (2021-2023)

  • Comparative analysis of Tahitian reef species population genetics under distinct management regimes

Kyle Bosworth , MS candidate in Marine Biology (co-advised with Shimi Rii

  • Funded by He’eia National Estuarine Research Reserve

  • Characterizing ‘ama’ama gut microbiome and exploring trophic cascades in He’eia fishpond

ALUMNI

Staff

  • Mirielle Lopez-Guzman, MS: Technian

  • Nalani Olguin (UH Mānoa): NHSEMP fellow, 2017 NSF REU

  • Helen Turano, PhD: Staff Scientist

Postdoctoral researchers

  • Kiana Frank, Associate Professor, UH Mānoa Pacific Biosciences Research Center

  • Daniel Amato, Environmental Scientist, EnviroServices and Training Center

Graduate students

  • Aka Beebe, MS Oceanography

  • Kilika Bennett, MA Hawaiian Language, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language

  • Kuʻi Keliipuleole, MS Marine Biology

  • Kelsie Kuniyoshi, STEMM2 MEd Curriculum Studies, Interdisciplinary Education

  • Becca Lensing, PhD Marine Biology

  • Paula Moehlenkamp, MS Oceanography (co-advised with Margaret McManus)

  • Hoaka Thomas, MS Marine Biology

  • Sheldon Rosa, Oceanography

Undergraduates

  • Jaimie Archambault (Sitting Bull Tribal College): 2017 NSF Biodiversity REU

  • Mikela Branco (UH Mānoa): NHSEMP fellow, Hulili Career Development Award, 2015 NSF Tribal REU

  • Nakoa Farrant (Harvard University): 2014 C-MORE Summer Fellow

  • Caleb Hsu (UH Mānoa): 2018-2019 GES thesis

  • Akamu Jaber (UH Mānoa): 2014-2015 C-MORE Scholar

  • Noeau Machado (UH Mānoa): GES thesis, Native Hawaiian Student Services ʻŌiwi Scholar

  • Madison Miura (Williams College): 2017 NSF Biodiversity REU

  • Allie Oxley (Heritage Tribal College): 2018 NSF Pacific Islander REU in Environmental Biology

  • Nicole Panos (UH Mānoa)

  • Keanu Rochette-Yu Tsuen (UH Mānoa): GES thesis, UROP, NIH-MARC Scholar

  • Leah Shizuru (Kapiolani Community College/UH Mānoa): 2015 NSF Tribal REU

  • Ryan Ueunten (UH Mānoa): GES thesis (co-advised with Axel Timmermann)

  • Shaun Wriston (UH Mānoa): 2018 NSF Pacific Islander REU in Environmental Biology

  • Kyle Yoshida (Harvard College): 2015 NSF Tribal REU

High School students

  • Hope Ushiroda-Garma (Kamehameha Schools Kapālama): 2015 C-MORE Summer Fellow