Researchers collected 70 samples from Hawaiʻi Island lava tubes and caves of varying age, and fumaroles, which are active geothermal vents from which steam and gases emerge in or near a volcano.
Thirteen UH Mānoa subjects were ranked by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
It is expected to be the main resource to inform policy decisions and promote the sustainable use of wild species.
Karolina Heyduk is the director of the Joseph F. Rock Herbarium, which is housed in the School of Life Sciences.
The $65 million, three-story facility is home to the College of Natural Sciences’ School of Life Sciences and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center.
Donaghy, Le, Rubio, Vunidilo and Walguarnery are recipients of the 2022 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Ernst S. Reese was a faculty member in the Department of Zoology from 1963 until his retirement in 2002.
The study culminates nearly 40 years of research on Hawaiʻi Island, spearheaded by School of Life Sciences Emeritus Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois.
In the top 1% of their fields, UH Mānoa scientists were ranked among 166,880 colleagues.
Priority will be given to students who apply by April 29.
