Person: Chantel Chang

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

Person: Stephanie Chang

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

Person: Carolyn Faithfull

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

Person: Erica Goetze

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

Person: Thomas Decloedt

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

Person: Danielle Hoen

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

Person: Natasha Griswold

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

Person: Florian Hillenhagen

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

Person: Whitney Ko

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

Person: Sherry Chou

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