Graduate Student Ryo Dobashi

Dobashi, Ryo

Graduate Student
Marine Geology and Geochemistry
Advisor(s): David Ho
Office: MSB 409

Ryo Dobashi is a PhD student in the Marine Geology and Geochemistry division of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa working with Dr. David Ho. He is interested in the ocean carbon cycle, and is now examining factors that control air-sea gas exchange in coastal and inland seas. Through air-sea gas exchange, concentrations of gases such as CO2 and dimethylsulfide change in the atmosphere. Since these gases affect the regional and global climate, an accurate estimate of air-sea gas exchange determined from Ryo’s current research can contribute to the understanding and prediction of climate change. He recently received the Young Scientist Best Presentation Award for his presentation about the air-sea gas exchange in a seagrass ecosystem at the Japan Oceanographic Society Fall Meeting 2022. He was generously supported for two years of study at UH Mānoa by The Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship.