⭐️ Publications & Awards ⭐️

📖 Publications

  • Rochette-Yu Tsuen, K., Alegado, R. (2023). Analysis of Environmental Parameters Correlating with the Presence of Leptospiraceae in He’eia Fishpond. [Undergraduate Thesis, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa]. SOEST, Department of Oceanography, GES Theses.
  • Rochette-Yu Tsuen, K., Chancerelle, Y. & Planes, S. (2022). Learning Coral Survey Methods Through the Polynesia Mana Project at the CRIOBE. Pueo o Kū Journal of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), 10-11.
  • Tsuen, K. R. Y., Lager, C., Ross, M. C., & Hagedorn, M. (2021). Examining the UV-Absorbing Properties of Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) and Its Potential Use as a Sunscreen. Pacific Science, 75(2), 225-236.
  • Rochette-Yu Tsuen, K., Lager, C., & Hagedorn M. (2020). Analysis of toxic effects of native Hawaiian plant Scaevola taccada on Porites compressa coral fragments. Pueo o Kū Journal of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

🏆 Awards

🏅 Scholarships and Fellowships 📚

🏅 Presentation Awards 🎤

  • Outstanding Poster Presentation“Environmental Microbiology”, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students (ABRCMS) (2023), Phoenix, AZ
  • Best Poster PresentationAlbert L. Tester Symposium (2023), Honolulu, HI.
  • Third Place Undergraduate Poster Presentation“Ecology and Environmental Science” Emerging Researchers National Conference (2020), Washington, D.C.
  • First Place Outstanding Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation“Indigenous Knowledge” Hawai‘i Conservation Conference (2019), Honolulu, HI.