Reel Aloha Life Award

REEL ALOHA LIFE AWARD—Congratulations to graduate student Christina Comfort! She is a recent recipient of the Reel Aloha Life Award. The fund awards graduate students in the UH Department of Oceanography whose research examines the sources and effects of pollutants and pathogens in the coastal waters of Hawai’i. 

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Congratulations to Christina Comfort recipient of the Reel Aloha Life Award.

Christina is a dedicated researcher tackling land-based pollution in coastal waters. She's using fluorescence-based measurements for rapid detection of wastewater contamination, aiming to alert ocean managers and users to hazardous conditions. Her work will also shed light on how pollution inputs vary over time. 

Christina is also studying circulation and water quality in Poka'i Bay, O'ahu, to better understand how polluted water moves and lingers in the bay. Her work is vital for protecting our oceans and all the communities that they support! 

Do you study ocean pollution? If so, we encourage you to learn more about Reel Aloha Life. 

PHOTOS: Graduate student Christina Comfort samples water from the Ala Wai harbor to study how traditional wastewater indicators compare to in-situ measurements of fluorescent dissolved organic matter. Photos by A. Toperoff.