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Veronica Gibson, MS

Marine Botany, Ecology, Coral Reef Conservation

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PhD Candidate | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Botany Department

Marine Botany, Ecology and Conservation

My research interests span the fields of ecology, hydrogeology, botany, and conservation.

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Highlights of 2018: started off in Huahine, rambling VWs at Ka'ena point with family, awesome summer field work team on O'ahu, went to camp with Pele and Lea before the eruption, camped Makalawena with the Ayaus when I needed it most. @oceangirlproject summer surf school! Joined the 100ft or 21m free diving club, led my first field expedition to American Samoa with an epic team, saw the Magic Circus of Samoa in Samoa And Moorea! Hiked Ka'au crater with @jpanehal, Yokohama, reconnected with Kona through my new job at 'Ike Wai, dove and did Kona things with @aileenanana ❤️, presented at two scientific meetings, lots of buddhi yoga and buddhi friends, limu collecting and concerts with my little bro, and Thanksgiving and Christmas with the McBrauns 🦃🎄❤️🎅🏽🤙🏽. Family, work, play, camped, dove, quit drinking, so I actually fulfilled all my resolutions 😊. Looking back is cool because in the moment this year wasn't easy. It wasn't comfortable. It sounds great looking back, but it was a lot of work, frustration, tough love and growth. So thankful for those who were there for me through it all. Thankful for being lucky enough to see so many of my closest and oldest friends this year! Even if you didn't know it, it was the best timing and I needed you all the most ❤️. 2019 I'm going for more surfing, family, friends, data, and research, new paint job for my bug, weight lifting progress, and more eating only local meat and foods and more vegetarianism 🐭 lehhdoit 🏄🏼🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

Beautiful days with @captaintaina and reef friends 🐳🦈🐚🦐🐙🍍not just a tour, Taina is a caretaker of these animals and ecosystems, and a key supporter of Moorea's successful marine protected areas 🌊💙

Mauruuru @captaintaina! 🌊🍈🍍Delicious #Tahitian lunch 😋

Oh what a feeling to be blue🎶 💙 #sargassum #mangarevense thriving in this high light environment. Floating along with the help of air filled #pneumatocysts and soaking up that sunshine 🌞. Limu Kala knows how to live 🌴💙. #limu in Hawaiian is #rimu in Tahitian, referring to #macroalgae as a whole. Rimu akau is the name for this species in Maori (Yeurt 1999). Does anyone know the Tahitian name for this limu? 🤔🙏🏽 #tahitian #rimuakau #reefplants #phycology #marinebiology

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If you’re thinking that looks like a Hawaii girl who found herself a long way from home at her first scientific conference in Monterey, California, then you’re right. What a long strange trip it has been, but I did it! I attended my first scientific conference on my own, got a travel award, and presented […]

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