Maya Olin is an Undergraduate Researcher in the Franklin Lab and is pursuing a B.S. in Global Environmental Science at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She has received UROP funding for her thesis on predation of the collector urchin, a biocontrol species used to manage invasive algae on Hawaiian reefs. Maya is a certified AAUS Scientific Diver with field experience conducting ecological monitoring and photogrammetry surveys on O‘ahu’s south shore. Her background also includes extensive work in outdoor education and wilderness guiding throughout the western U.S. and Mexico.