{"id":163498,"date":"2022-08-16T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=163498"},"modified":"2024-03-14T22:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:34:38","slug":"volcano-shrimp-feral-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/16\/volcano-shrimp-feral-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcano shrimp, feral species research earn graduate fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Nalani Olguin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For their work with volcano shrimp and researching links between zoonotic disease (spread between animals and people) and feral species, two graduate students in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa Marine Biology Graduate Program<\/a> were awarded Ford Foundation Fellowships<\/a> from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.<\/p>\n

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From left, Nalani Olguin and Kuʻi<\/span> Keliipuleole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kuʻi<\/span> Keliipuleole<\/strong> and Nalani Olguin<\/strong> were selected to receive the predoctoral Ford Fellowship based on their superior academic achievement and commitment to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The award provides an annual stipend of $27,000 for three years, an invitation to attend the Conference of Ford Fellows and access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons, a network of former fellows who provide mentoring and support to current recipients.<\/p>\n

Kuʻi<\/span> Keliipuleole<\/h2>\n

Keliipuleole\u2019s research focuses on ʻōpaeʻula,<\/span> also known as the Hawaiian red shrimp or volcano shrimp, with Rosie Alegado<\/strong>, associate professor in UH<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (SOEST<\/abbr>), as her advisor.<\/p>\n

“The long-term goal of my work is to support ʻōpelu<\/span> (mackerel scad) fishers, resource managers and community members in perpetuating customary ʻōpelu<\/span> fishing practices which depend on restoring, protecting and maintaining loko waiʻōpae<\/span> (anchialine pool) and the organisms that live in them, such as ʻōpaeʻula,<\/span>” said Keliipuleole.<\/p>\n

Nalani Olguin<\/h2>\n

Through her research, Olguin investigates the health of the wai (water) by assessing the role of introduced species as vectors of disease in coupled human-natural marine systems.<\/p>\n

Also based in Alegado\u2019s laboratory, Olguin\u2019s research links zoonotic disease and feral species that have been introduced to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>—specifically those animals whose environmental impacts are balanced by their cultural significance, for example, puaʻa<\/span> or wild boar, and introduced species without a historical function, such as cats.<\/p>\n

“\u2018Aʻo<\/span> aku aʻo<\/span> mai\u2019 means ‘we teach, we learn’ and is the guiding ethos of my research,” said Olguin. “I\u2019m most interested in carrying out this work because it is the product of a community partnership between several Indigenous community stakeholders, practitioners, and members living and working within the Heʻeia<\/span> ahupuaʻa.<\/span> This research will promote Indigenous knowledge and health while working to answer questions and inform management in that area and possibly throughout Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span>”<\/p>\n

For more information, see SOEST<\/abbr>\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

–By Marcie Grabowski<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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