awards
2025
KYLE CONNOR
OUTSTANDING DATA VISUALIZATION AWARD
Awarded for the best oral presentation at the Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS). Presentation title: Towards a Raman-based proxy for calcite saturation state: addressing confounding effects from element impurities in biogenic samples. February 20-21, 2025, Honolulu, HI, USA.
SHANNON CRANSTON
OUTSTANDING ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD
Awarded for the best oral presentation at the Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS). Presentation title: Implementing the Coral Bleaching Automated Stress System: A Maldivian Reef Case Study. February 20-21, 2025, Honolulu, HI, USA.
RYO DOBASHI
YOUNG SCIENTIST BEST PRESENTATION AWARD
The Young Scientist Best Presentation Award was presented by the organizing committee of the Japan Oceanographic Society Fall Meeting 2025. Presentation title: Air-sea gas exchange in a shallow coastal environment. September 21-25, Hokkaido, Japan.
RAYNA MCCLINTOCK
OUTSTANDING ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD
Awarded for the best oral presentation at the Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS). Presentation title: The effect of alkalinity enhancement on coral metabolism at multiple life stages. February 20-21, 2025, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS) 2025 Award winners. (Left to right) K. Conner, R. McClintock, S. Cranston, J. Leaning, R. Clegg.
2024
KATE FELOY
OUTSTANDING ORAL PRESENTATION
Awarded for the best oral presentation at the Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS). March 7, 2024, Honolulu, HI.
AGU EDITORIAL BOARD FEATURED ARTICLE
Kate’s published manuscript was selected by AGU’s editorial board as a featured article. Her work was showcased on their website and broadcast across social media platforms. It also appeared on the websites of several news outlets here in Hawai’i.
Feloy K, Powell BS, & Friedrich T. (2024). Remote impacts of cyclonic eddies on productivity around the Main Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(10), e2023JC020670.
ANDRIAN GAJIGAN
NATIONAL MICROBIOME DATA COLLECTIVE AMBASSADOR – MAR 2024
A highly competitive program through the Department of Energy and the Joint Genome Institute, the program trains and supports early career researchers motivated to engage with microbiome research communities and share knowledge.
OUTSTANDING DATA VISUALIZATION
Awarded for exceptional presentation of data through visualizations at the Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS). March 7, 2024, Honolulu, HI.
JACOB GUNNARSON
OUTSTANDING ORAL PRESENTATION
Awarded for the best oral presentation at the Breakthroughs: Uehiro Oceanography Yearly Symposium (BUOYS). March 7, 2024, Honolulu, HI.
2023
RYO DOBASHI
YOUNG AUTHOR AWARD – SEPT 2023
The Young Author Award from The Oceanographic Society of Japan is presented to a young member of the Society who has published an outstanding scientific paper, and is the lead author in one of the two journals published by The Oceanographic Society of Japan (these include the Journal of Oceanography and Oceanography in Japan). Please see the citation below to learn more about the exciting work for which Mr. Dobashi won this award.
ANDRIAN GAJIGAN
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR – JAN 2023
United States Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute New Investigator Grant for the proposal titled Genomics and metatranscriptomics profiling of a novel dinoflagellate-giant virus system. The grant covers all sequencing costs. Mr. Gajigan is working with Co-Principal Investigator Grieg Steward.
FELLOWSHIP – FEB 2023
Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator (COBRA) Master Class at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine, USA. COBRA is an international network focused on the structure, function, resilience, and ecosystem services of the crustal ocean biosphere to inform decision-making for human uses of the deep sea.
VISITING SCIENTIST – SEPT 2023
Visiting Scientist for Lindblad Expedition and National Geographic Society. Mr. Gajigan’s research topic was the phytoplankton variety of the South Pacific. He was awarded ship time aboard the National Geographic Resolution, and funds for his research.