Prestigious scholarship supports research on microplastics, reef health
In support of her dissertation research on the effects of microplastics on coral reef health and resilience, Keiko Wilkins, a doctoral student in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Marine Biology Graduate Program, has been awarded a prestigious and highly competitive NOAA Nancy Foster Scholarship. Wilkins received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology from Miami University (Oxford, OH) and joined the Richmond Lab at the Kewalo Marine Laboratory in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology in the Fall of 2020.