Ornamental plants are a major component of any outdoor landscape. Adding diversity to the current plant palette provides more color, texture and functional choices, creating new plant combinations and designs. Recent trends in ornamentals indicate a focus on sustainable resource…

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The structure of many plant communities in the Hawai’ian Islands has been altered to the point where they may never again resemble their original state. This is facilitated by the frequent inability of native Hawaiʻian plants to naturally recolonize degraded…

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Coastal hazards caused by short-term and long-term shoreline erosion have created escalating risks to the built and natural environment as well as coastal communities. Conventional approaches of shoreline stabilization suffer major disadvantages, such as substantial structural construction, continual sand resources,…

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In the Intergroup Social Perception (ISP) Lab, we examine what influences stereotyping, prejudice, and intergroup relations. By integrating insights from both social and developmental psychology, we are able to advance our theoretical understanding of social perception and intergroup processes and…

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My lab studies the mechanisms plants use to control and coordinate their growth and development. We primarily focus on how diverse plant hormones interact to control these processes. To do this, we use maize (corn) as a model system, as…

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In Hawaii, there is a need to introduce new ornamentals, particularly new forms of native Hawaiian plants for landscaping, interiorscaping and floriculture. While native Hawaiian plants are currently being utilized for landscaping, little to no research has been conducted to…

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With a phase diagram of more than 15 phases, the structure and properties of H2O ices are fundamental knowledge in condensed matter physics. The student will help PI develop a new resistively-heated diamond anvil cell (RHDAC) for high pressure and…

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This proposed project involves growing crops under different kinds of artificial lighting. It offers a choice of working in several research areas: 1) comparing the effectiveness of high output fluorescent lighting and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting; 2) comparing the effectiveness…

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The HIMB MakerLab is designed to give undergraduate students an opportunity to design a scientific study of their own choosing under the mentorship of a scientific researcher and educator. The project is different than a traditional research internship in which…

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The soil contains an extremely rich diversity of microbial and macrobial life: bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, mites, collembola, nematodes and more. My lab studies the diversity of these organisms as a single unit and how that diversity affect the functional…

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