SOEST faculty and staff engage in a broad range of exciting research opportunities in diverse marine habitats and ecosystems around the globe, from tropical to polar oceans and from the air-sea interface to the deep-ocean floor. Using coastal and open-water research ships, submersibles, satellite data, and a range of oceanographic sensing systems, students and faculty study charismatic megafauna like tuna, sharks, whales, and dolphins; survey and sample deep and shallow-water coral reefs, explore hydrothermal vent systems on the ocean floor, examine the interplay between complex planktonic, fishery, and microbial food webs, and lead the global research community on microbial ecology and biology.
People
- Alegado, Rosie
- Allen, James
- Barkley, Yvonne
- Bejder, Lars
- Bowen, Brian R.
- Cunanan, Tiffany
- de Silva, Anamica Bedi
- Deauna, Josephine Dianne L.
- DeLong, Edward
- Donahue, Megan
- Donovan, Mary
- Drazen, Jeffrey
- Edwards, Kyle
- Ferrón, Sara
- Franklin, Erik C.
- Gajdzik, Laura
- Gavey, Karen A.
- Goetze, Erica
- Grau, E. Gordon
- Hadfield, Michael
- Hite, Corinne
- Karl, David M.
- McFall-Ngai, Margaret
- McManus, Margaret
- McMurtry, Gary M.
- Miller-Greene, Dianna
- Neuheimer, Anna
- Richards, Kelvin
- Richmond, Robert
- Rooms, Teagan
- Selph, Karen E.
- Shantz, Andrew
- Silbiger, Nyssa
- Smith, Craig
- Steward, Grieg F.
- Suan, Aviv
- Tortorelli, Giada
- Weng, Kevin
- Young, Richard E.
Facilities and Labs
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Flow Cytometry Facility Providing state of the art instrumentation for analyzing and sorting particles. Flow cytometers detect particles based on their size and fluorescence,... -
Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Studying the biology of marine organisms and the complex interactions of marine ecosystems, and developing new methods and technologies to... -
Hawai‘i Ocean Time-series Providing a comprehensive description of the North Pacific subtropical gyre by taking repeated observations at a representative site north of...
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Kewalo Marine Lab Located on a two-acre, ocean-front site in urban Honolulu, Kewalo Marine Lab provides support for faculty, students, and visiting researchers...
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Marine Mammal Research Program Studying the hearing and bio-sonar capabilities of dolphins and whales, in both field and laboratory settings.
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) One of eleven regional-scale ocean observing programs in the country, focused on collection of ocean data, prediction of ocean conditions,...
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Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology (SCOPE) Focused on understanding the biology, ecology, and biogeochemistry of microbial processes in the global ocean.
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SOEST Laboratory for Analytical Biogeochemistry (SLAB) Providing per-sample measurement capability for solid-phase and dissolved organic and inorganic nutrients (C, P, N, Si), dissolved oxygen, salinity, and...
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Uehiro Center for the Advancement of Oceanography (UC•AO) A nexus of consequential support, resources, and opportunity for faculty and students engaged in vital oceanographic research, encouraging discourse and debate...
