On February 12, 2020, Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) research staff, Marine Gouezo, and Dawnette Olsudong, along with researchers from Australia Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and Southern Cross University and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO), published a study in the journal Scientific Report from the publishers of Nature. Titled “Relative roles […]
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PICRC Researcher, Lincoln Rehm, in Palau on the verge of completing his PhD
After five years of doctoral studies, PICRC researcher, Lincoln Rehm, returns to Palau to conclude long-term experimentation. Currently studying at Yale University, and on the verge of concluding his PhD studies, Lincoln will be in Palau for two weeks to collect data for his PhD thesis. Lincoln Rehm’s research has two main components: 1) Studying […]
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PICRC welcomes a research team member
In May, Palau International Coral Reef Center welcomed Ms. Christina Muller-Karanassos onto the Research Team. Her parents are originally from Greece and Brazil, but she grew up in Oman. Muller-Karanassos earned her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Birmingham in the UK and her Master of Research in Marine Biology from […]
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Palau Community College-Cooperative Research Extension conducts breadfruit workshop
The Palau Community College – Cooperative Research Extension hosted a one-day workshop on meduu planting, care, and maintenance on June 19, 2019 at the PCC-CRE office in collaboration with the Bureau of Agriculture, Palau Forestry, and the USDA Forest Service-Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Meduu, also known as breadfruit or Artocarpus altilis, is an important […]
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PICRC gets a new intern
A recent graduate from Palau Community College (PCC), is now an intern in the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) Summer Internship Program. For his internship project, Tristen Isaac will be monitoring small but chronic coral bleaching on the shallow coral reefs in the inner bays of Palau. Isaac graduated from PCC this past spring […]
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PICRC Researcher completes her Masters in Environmental Sciences
Shirley Koshiba in the middle Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) researcher, Shirley Koshiba, the daughter of Fritz and Martha Koshiba, has completed her Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences focusing on Socio-economics from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Koshiba received a full scholarship by Government of Japan in 2016. This was through Japans Master’s […]