06-24-2021, 01:46 AM
Good news for students at UH-Hilo, the university was one of 10 institutions which received an ocean studies grant for the next three years:
University of Hawaii Systems, Hilo
Quantifying Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise Across Multiple Coastal Typologies
The proposal seeks to address the impact of climate change, particularly sea level rise and coastal inundation, on land/ocean interfaces and nearshore ecosystems such as corals and reefs. The project uses the Big Island of Hawaii as a case study regarding how the vulnerability of nearshore aquatic, intertidal, and coastal ecosystems will accelerate when sea level rise exceeds a critical elevation point.
https://www.nasa.gov/stem/feature/nasa-a...n-research
Unrelated to the NASA grant, a Hilo High graduated working at UH Manoa recently received a grant as well:
Making waves in the fight against disease at the University of Hawaiʻi is the Institute for Biogenesis Research’s (IBR) youngest full-time faculty member, 36-year-old Jesse Owens. Owens, who also earned his PhD in cell and molecular biology from UH Mānoa
Born on Hawaiʻi Island, Owens shares his Hilo High School alma mater with renowned Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, who developed CRISPR gene therapy. He hopes to inspire other children from Hawaiʻi to pursue a career in science.
“I think the schools here in Hawaiʻi are underestimated really, but you can succeed coming out of Hawaiʻi, for sure,” Owens said.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/05/09/f...apy-grant/
University of Hawaii Systems, Hilo
Quantifying Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise Across Multiple Coastal Typologies
The proposal seeks to address the impact of climate change, particularly sea level rise and coastal inundation, on land/ocean interfaces and nearshore ecosystems such as corals and reefs. The project uses the Big Island of Hawaii as a case study regarding how the vulnerability of nearshore aquatic, intertidal, and coastal ecosystems will accelerate when sea level rise exceeds a critical elevation point.
https://www.nasa.gov/stem/feature/nasa-a...n-research
Unrelated to the NASA grant, a Hilo High graduated working at UH Manoa recently received a grant as well:
Making waves in the fight against disease at the University of Hawaiʻi is the Institute for Biogenesis Research’s (IBR) youngest full-time faculty member, 36-year-old Jesse Owens. Owens, who also earned his PhD in cell and molecular biology from UH Mānoa
Born on Hawaiʻi Island, Owens shares his Hilo High School alma mater with renowned Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, who developed CRISPR gene therapy. He hopes to inspire other children from Hawaiʻi to pursue a career in science.
“I think the schools here in Hawaiʻi are underestimated really, but you can succeed coming out of Hawaiʻi, for sure,” Owens said.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/05/09/f...apy-grant/
