Dr. Mike Henley is a postdoctoral researcher in the Hagedorn Lab based at HIMB. Prior to graduate school, he worked for 12 years as an aquarist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Invertebrate Exhibit and taught Human Anatomy and Physiology and Coral Reef Ecology courses for 10 years at George Mason University. A graduate of UH’s Marine Biology program, where he completed his dissertation at HIMB, the focus of his work involves coral reproduction, impacts to their gamete development and quality in a warming ocean, restoration strategies of coral reefs, and using cryopreservation as part of a toolkit to preserve species and genetic diversity. When he is not tending his flock of carnivorous plants, he can likely be found working as a servant for his two adorable-yet-destructive cats.