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Ellen M. Koenig Foundation Award in Medicine and 2016 Scholar of the Year |
Columbia Communications Award in Astronomy |
Sarah Ann Martin Award in Biology |
Bretzlaff Foundation Award in Engineering |
![]() Haunani KaneToby Lee Award in Geology and Geophysics Haunani studies a past sea level event known as the mid-Holocene highstand to improve understanding of the potential impacts of future near-term sea-level change. She analyzes subsurface sediment from the coastal environment to reconstruct the timing and magnitude of an island’s response to sea-level change. The findings may be related to the early human migration and occupational histories, as well as modern and future societal implications associated with living along the coast. She plans to pursue an academic career that blend western and indigenous values in teaching and provides data for local adaptive strategies to deal with sea-level change. A crew member and science-at-sea coordinator for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she enjoys ocean sports and stewardship. |
![]() Jonathan Bradley ReilARCS Honolulu Award in Tropical AgriculturePlant and Envionmental Protection Sciences (Entomology), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa BBA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in Entomology, Cornell University Brad has used population genetics to identify invasion pathways by which the destructive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle spreads through the Pacific and will use genetic metabarcoding to identify the diet and density of arthropods on Mauna Kea to understand the food webs and ecological networks involving native insects. He won best student talk at the International Congress of Entomology last year and received a Trellis Foundation fellowship to work on fruit fly suppression in Uganda. In the future, he hopes to garner public appreciation for insects as a museum curator or educator or through ecological monitoring and outreach. |
Sarah Ann Martin Award in Mathematics |
![]() Seth TravisHelen Jones Farrar Award in OceanographyOceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa BS in civil engineering, Cornell University; MS in environmental fluid mechanics, Stanford University Eddies are important mechanisms for transport and mixing in the ocean. Seth studies eddy activity in the South Pacific and how it is changing over long time scales. He is lead author on a 2017 paper about decadal variability in the South Pacific subtropical countercurrent and eddy activity published in the Journal of Physical Oceanography. He will use his ARCS award to fund travel for collaboration. Seth's goal is to contribute to environmental and climate research. He enjoys hiking, travel and dancing. |
Maybelle Roth Award in Conservation Biology |
Shelagh Kresser Award in Engineering |