Rayna McClintock

Position

PhD Student - Oceanography 

Biography

My interest in marine science began when I was twelve and got SCUBA certified. I started learning more about the threats to our oceans. I started collaborating with Ximena Escovar-Fidul a former researcher who works for Ocean Doctor. In high school, was able to go on an expedition to Cuba where I worked with student from the University of Havana performing coral transects and monitoring the reef. This collaboration sparked my passion for coral reefs and inspired me to start a non-profit in Denver, Colorado to get land-locked student interested in the ocean and create projects that could be carried out during a SCUBA expedition to Curacao.

Research Interests

Rayna McClintock is a PhD student in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa working with Dr. Craig Nelson. Rayna received her BS in Global Environmental Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. SHe worked as a laboratory assistant in Dr. Nelson’s laboratory and focused on coastal oceanography and microbial community ecology. She is a recipient of the Uehiro Graduate Student Fellowship which will support her research working to understand the effects of enhanced alkalinity on coral reef ecosystems through biogeochemical, microbial, and physiological lenses. This research combines her interest in the response of reef ecosystems to anthropogenic forcing, conservation ecology, and advancing carbon removal technologies.

Education

2022 - BS Global Environmental Science University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa