The Team

The oceans are too big to work alone. Over the last few years, the lab has grown. Below, you can see who's working in the lab and how you can connect with them.

Who are we?
Well, first it was just me, Nick Hawco. Since I started at UHM in January 2020 as an Assistant Professor and have been working hard to get the lab ready for others to join in and collaborate.
I also teach OCN201: Science of the Sea, OCN320: Aquatic Pollution and OCN636: Aquatic Chemistry at UHM.
Since then the lab has grown, and is still growing. We're currently looking for a postdoc to join our team. 

Nick Hawco

Lab Gecko (RIP)

Graduate Students

Eleanor Bates

Focus: The Iron cycle on Hawaii Ocean timeseries cruises

Kalena Genesis

Focus: Phosphate, dust and iron links in subtropical gyres

Naomi Rohrbauch

Focus: coastal metal inputs and coral health

Postdoctoral Researchers

Nicole Travis

Focus: Prochlorococcus nutrient transporters

Logan Tegler

Focus: phytoplankton metal contents by single-cell ICPMS 

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Carbon and trace metal fluxes in oligotrophic gyres!

Everyone Else

Steph Briones

Undergraduate Researcher

Micah Soriano

Undergraduate Researcher

Carlo van Dijken

Technician (Fmr. Undergrad Researcher)

Past Lab Members

Megha Rudresh (2022 - 2024)

Rhea Foreman (2021 - 2023)