Michelle Jungbluth completed a M.S. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in December 2012. During that time she developed a novel DNA-based method to identify and quantify early life stages of copepods (nauplii) in mixed plankton samples. Michelle is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the same field, aimed at understanding the … Continued
Eric Tong is a doctoral student in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is advised by Dr. Robert Toonen at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Eric’s dissertation research examines the connectivity of reef organisms across sites in the Society Islands. This cruise provides a training opportunity to develop … Continued
Chantel is a graduate research assistant within the Biological Oceanography division at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her research in the Neuheimer lab focuses on biophysical modeling of copepods and global genetic connectivity. Chantel has been involved in research projects on sea level rise in the NE Pacific and mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in … Continued
Stephanie Chang is an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Stephaine is currently a junior majoring in biological engineering. Stephaine will be on the R/VFalkor to gain important research experience, aiding with graduate student experiments and research aboard the vessel. During her free time, Stephanie enjoys running, reading, and watching crime tv … Continued
Dr. Carolyn Faithfull is an aquatic ecologist, who has recently joined the team at the University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology (SOEST), for a 3 year post-doc research project. Dr. Faithfull specialises in studying food web interactions in pelagic ecosystems and how the balance of algal to bacterial food for zooplankton … Continued
Erica Goetze is a biological oceanographer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her research focuses on the ecology, genetics and evolution of marine zooplankton. She is currently funded by the National Science Foundation to work in two primary research areas: (1) population genetics/genomics of marine zooplankton, and … Continued
Thomas Decloedt is a postdoctoral researcher in physical oceanography at the University of Hawaii. Originally from Belgium, Thomas obtained an M.S. in physics from Imperial College in the UK followed by a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Hawaii. His dissertation work focused on the spatial distribution of small-scale turbulent mixing in the deep … Continued
Danielle Hoen is a second year master’s student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She earned her B.S. in global environmental science from UH Manoa where she worked in Dr. Brian Popp’s Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab. Her research tested the applicability of a unique isotopic technique—compound specific isotope analysis of amino acids—in food web … Continued
Natasha Griswold is currently pursuing her undergraduate B.S. degree in global environmental sciences at University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is originally from Orange, California and transferred after one year at Irvine Valley College. She plans to spend her summer at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology working on her thesis, and obtaining her scuba … Continued
Florian Hillenhagen is a Ph.D. student at the University of Hawaii. He graduated from the University of Stuttgart, Germany with an M.S. in mechanical engineering in 2011. After two years of aerodynamic simulations work for the automotive industry he moved to Hawaii in 2014 to get a Ph.D. in ocean and resources engineering. His research is … Continued
