Our Lab Hui
Matthew Christopher Ikaika Medeiros
Principal Investigator
Assistant Research Professor
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
1993 East-West Rd. Honolulu, HI, 96822
(808) 956-8187
mcmedeir@hawaii.edu
Ph.D., Biology, 2013, University of Missouri-St. Louis
B.S., Zoology, 2006, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Chasen Griffin
Ph.D. haumana
Zoology Graduate Program
B.S., Biology, 2013, Clayton State University
M.S. Biology, 2018, Georgia State University
Project: Environmental modulators of the capacity of mosquito populations to vector disease
Maria Steadmon
Ph.D. haumana (co-advised with Dr. Kiana Frank)
Oceanography Graduate Program
B.S. 2019, Marine Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Project: Environmental correlates of pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus among Hawaiian watersheds (ahupua‘a)
Danya Weber
M.S. haumana
Zoology Graduate Program
B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2015, University of California, Santa Cruz
Project: Environmental sources of the mosquito microbiome.
Mamo (Lorraine) Kamamoaliʻiʻaimokuakamakeaweamahi Waianuhea
Ph.D. haumana/NSF GRFP fellow
Zoology Graduate Program
B.S., Biology, minors Chemistry and Fisheries and Wildlife, 2018, Oregon State University
Project: Landscape-scale mosquito control for avian conservation in Hawai‘i.
Ph.D. haumana/NSF GRFP fellow
Zoology Graduate Program
B.S., Biology, minors Chemistry and Fisheries and Wildlife, 2018, Oregon State University
Project: Landscape-scale mosquito control for avian conservation in Hawai‘i.
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Emily Ka‘anelamakamae Stone Undergraduate Honor Student/REU Intern Columbia University (major: Environmental Biology) Project: Assembly of the Culex mosquito microbiome through interaction with environmental substrates |
Lab Affiliates
Nicole Yoneishi
COBRE Research Technician, InSTAR Manager
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
1993 East-West Rd. Honolulu, HI, 96822
(808) 956-2713
ny9@hawaii.edu
B.S., Biology, 2015, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Projects: Various projects associated with rat-borne, avian, and mosquito-borne disease, and the microbiotas of these systems. Nicole also maintains our mosquito colony and manages the day-to-day activity in the lab.
COBRE Research Technician, InSTAR Manager
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
1993 East-West Rd. Honolulu, HI, 96822
(808) 956-2713
ny9@hawaii.edu
B.S., Biology, 2015, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Projects: Various projects associated with rat-borne, avian, and mosquito-borne disease, and the microbiotas of these systems. Nicole also maintains our mosquito colony and manages the day-to-day activity in the lab.
Randi Rollins
Ph.D. haumāna (Advisor: Robert Cowie)
Zoology Graduate Program
BS., Zoology (major), Chemisty (minor), 2014, Weber State University
Project: Transmission dynamics and consequences of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Hawai‘i
Randi is a graduate student working within our rat-borne zoonotic disease research group at UH-Mānoa.
Lab Alumni
Dr. Priscilla Seabourn
Ph.D. haumana (currently APHL-CDC Postdoctoral Fellow)
Entomology Graduate Program
B.S., Biology, 2011, University of Central Oklahoma
M.S. Tropical Medicine, 2014, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i
Project: The distribution of mosquitoes and their microbial symbionts in Hawai‘i.
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Kahiwahiwa Davis (left)
REU haumana (Hawai‘i) Project: The influence of native Hawaiian and introduced plant detritus on the development of larval mosquitoes and the assembly of their microbiotas. Currently a senior at Gonzaga University majoring in Biology and Psychology Jeromayln "Joma" Santos (right) REU haumana (Saipan) Project: The diversity of Wolbachia strains in Culex quinquefasciatus on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Currently a senior at the University of Guam majoring in Agriculture and Life Science |
Kristen Feato
REU haumana (Hawai‘i)
Project: The microbiome of O‘ahu forest birds.
Ma. Vida Amor Echaluse
REU haumana (Saipan)
Project: Angiostrongylus cantonensis transmission in suburban environments across a rainfall gradient.
Currently a pre-med student and EXITO scholar at Portland State University
Rachelle Legaspi Tom
B.A., Business, Seattle University
REU haumana (Hawai‘i)
Project: Mosquito Diversity within the Mānoa-Makīkī watersheds
Currently a Master's student in Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Hoa hana
Dr. Robert Cowie, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Nicole Hynson, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Amber Wright, Department of Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Floyd Reed, Department of Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Jolene Sutton, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Dr. Durrell Kapan, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences
Dr. Kiana Frank, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Nicole Hynson, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Amber Wright, Department of Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Floyd Reed, Department of Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Jolene Sutton, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Dr. Durrell Kapan, Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences
Dr. Kiana Frank, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa