It all started when…

I am from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu, and live just a short walk away from Kāneʻohe Bay. My science teacher encouraged me to apply for the EP’IK program and during the summer of 2022, I got to participate in the program at UH. While the main focus of the program was earth sciences, we had a lesson about marine biology, where I learned the importance of the ocean and how crucial it is to keep it clean and safe for the organisms that call it home. For years, my family and I would collect shells, seaglass, and fossilized coral from the beach. I once thought that fossilized coral looked the same as coral polyps, but I was stunned when I saw actual coral polyps in the ocean. As I grew up a street away from the ocean, I paid more attention to the significance of different environmental effects on coral which led to my desire to explore the decaying rate of coral under multiple circumstances. I knew at that moment, it was something worth pursuing.

My research...

I am assisting on a project which monitors the change in reef halo size found on artificial reefs in Kāneʻohe Bay. We're investigating environmental factors that could potentially impact growth, specifically water temperature, nutrient concentration, and fish population.

What I've written...

Coming soon!

Contact me…

Email:

madinlab@hawaii.edu

Address:

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
PO Box 1346 (for US Postal Service)
46-007 Lilipuna Road (For all other carriers)
Kaneohe, HI 96744 USA