The Moran Lab

Aloha!

The home of the Moran Lab is the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Research in the Moran Lab is broadly centered on the ecology, evolution, and physiology of marine invertebrates, with particular focus on life history biology, larval ecology, and ecophysiological responses of larvae and adults to climate change factors. We combine field and laboratory approaches to address these questions in environments from the tropics to the poles, and using a wide variety of organisms and life stages. Members of the Moran lab are also very active in marine education and science outreach.

Recent news from the Moran Lab

Kanoe Morishige defended her PhD dissertation, "Reproductive Ecology of Hawaiian Intertidal Invertebrates, Hāʻukeʻuke and ʻOpihi: Drivers, Seasonal Patterns, and the Impacts of Temperature, Wave Energy, Limu, and Habitat Structure," on Dec. 2nd. Congratulations Kanoe! 

The Moran and Marko labs recently visited remote Pacific Islands on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson as part of a project investigating larval connectivity across the Pacific. Read the UH News Story and check out our video about the trip.

Moran Lab research featured in National Geographic magazine, June 2024!

School of Life Sciences