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  The Medeiros Hui

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Our Lab Hui


​Lab Members

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​Matthew Christopher Ikaika Medeiros
Principal Investigator

Associate 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


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Dr. Nicola Kriefall
Post-doctoral Researcher

Ph.D., Biology, 2022, Boston University
B.A., Biological Sciences, 2016, CUNY Hunter College

​Project: Microbiome modulation of food web complexity

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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

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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.

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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. ​


Lab Affiliates

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Mehanaokalāikapōmaika‘i (Mehana) Leafchild
​Undergraduate Researcher
Former REU Intern
Chaminade University (major: Environmental Studies)

​Project: Symbiotic microbes and cold tolerance in Culex quinquefasciatus 

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Caleb-Matthew Olaso
MARC Scholar/Undergraduate Researcher
​University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (major: Biology)

Project: Microbiome assembly and lipidomics of Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus

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   Randi Rollins
   Ph.D. haumana (Advisor: Robert Cowie)
   Zoology Graduate Program
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   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. ​​

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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)  

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 Nicole Yoneishi
 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.


Lab Alumni​

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​Dr. Priscilla Seabourn
Ph.D. haumana 

Ph.D. Entomology, 2021, University of Hawai‘i​
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.


​Currently a research scientist with Amazon

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Abigail Bierwert
UHROP-funded Undergraduate Researcher
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (major: Biology)

Project: Fungal symbionts of Aedes albopictus

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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.
Gonzaga University BS:  Biology and Psychology

Jeromayln "Joma" Santos (right)
REU haumana (Saipan)
Project: The diversity of Wolbachia strains in Culex quinquefasciatus on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
University of Guam BS: Agriculture and Life Science

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Kristen Feato
REU haumana (Hawai‘i)

Project: The microbiome of O‘ahu forest birds.

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Ma. Vida Amor Echaluse
REU haumana (Saipan)

Project: Angiostrongylus cantonensis transmission in suburban environments across a rainfall gradient.
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​Currently a pre-med student and EXITO scholar at Portland State University

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Joshua Schreiber
UHROP-funded Undergraduate Researcher
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (major: Biology)

Project: Fungal symbionts of Aedes albopictus

Currently a mosquito technician for Maui Forest Bird Recovery

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​Emily Ka‘anelamakamae Stone
former Post-Bacc Researcher and Undergraduate Honors haumana/REU Intern
Columbia University (major: Environmental Biology)
Project: Assembly of the Culex mosquito microbiome through interaction with environmental substrates

Currently an Environmental Scientist with Jacobs 
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​Rachelle Legaspi Tom
B.A., Business, Seattle University

​REU haumana (Hawai‘i)
Project: Mosquito Diversity within the Mānoa-Makīkī watersheds

​Currently a natural resource manager with Paepae O He‘eia


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. Anthony Amend, 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. Kiana Frank, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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