Whitney Ko is an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii studying to receive a B.S. in global environmental science. She spent the past summer in the Peruvian Amazon Forest, interning for Associación Fauna Forever, studying and contributing to the long-term wildlife monitoring project of Caimans. Her interests are mainly biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. … Continued
Sherry Chou was born in Taiwan and moved to California with her family when she was 7. She studied physics and mathematics at the University of California, and then international education policy at Harvard University. After some years working with non-profits and Peace Corps, in 2010 Sherry joined the Oceanography Department at UH Manoa, where … Continued
Cait Demers grew up in Rhode Island and has been living in Hawaii for two years. Although she enjoys her career as a CT Technologist, she is pursuing a new career in global environmental science to take her love of nature even further. She enjoys traveling, hiking, stand up paddle boarding, yoga, scuba diving, and … Continued
Born and raised in Hawai’i, Eric Shimabukuro has overcome his childhood fear of the ocean and embraced the immersive worlds of environmental and oceanographic science. He will graduate from the University of Hawai’i this summer with a degree in global environmental science (GES), a program that he highly recommends to any incoming freshmen seeking a … Continued
Casey Cebreros is an undergraduate at UH Mānoa studying global environmental science. Her interests are anthropogenic impacts on the environment, climate change, conservation biology, coastal ecosystems, and coastal geology. The world is her playground! Currently, she is preparing to start her first research project, which will focus on the effects of ocean acidification on calcifying … Continued
Conor Jerolmon recently completed a B.S. in global environmental science at the University of Hawaii and will be starting work on a master’s degree in physical oceanography in the fall of 2014. In addition to his undergraduate studies, he has been working for the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) for the past two years … Continued
Brandon D’Andrea is an undergraduate student and researcher at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He developed an interest in coastal physical oceanography through his work at He’eia Fishpond with Dr. McManus and Dr. Ruttenberg. His research focuses on understanding flow patterns and other physical characteristics within the pond through an ongoing series of monthly … Continued
Ted Conroy is currently a junior in the global environmental science program at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is looking to start his thesis project soon on a physical oceanography topic, and is planning on applying for graduate school back home in California after completion of his bachelors degree. He enjoys surfing, hiking, and … Continued
Gerianne Turlouw is a first year Ph.D. student in Eric de Carlo’s lab at the University of Hawaii Oceanography Department. Her research focuses on ocean acidification and calcium carbonate dissolution rates. She received an M.S. in chemistry from the VU University Amsterdam, where she worked on stable isotope method development. These methods are used to … Continued
Katie Smith is a Ph.D. candidate in physical oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She received her B.S.E. in civil and environmental engineering from Princeton University in 2007. She then worked at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory, researching a variety of topics including the interplay between oysters, … Continued
