Ruth Gates, coral researcher and director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on Coconut Island, using a confocal microscope to look at coral. © Elyse Butler
Dr. Ruth Gates was a world-renowned scientist and champion of coral reefs. The Dr. Ruth D. Gates Memorial Student Support Fund continues her legacy of world-class research and efforts to preserve coral reefs in the face of warming seas by supporting the next generation of coral reef scientists. Gifts to this fund will support undergraduate and graduate students studying and researching coral reefs at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology.