Sophia Rahnke is a PhD student at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, conducting research at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology in the Marine Ecological Theory Lab. She is a part of the 2023 National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Fellowship program through the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant. Her research explores Hawai‘i’s nearshore fisheries across historical and future timescales, using simulation modeling to investigate how management, climate change, and predator-prey interactions shape these important resources. Through collaboration with scientists and managers at the He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve, Sophia aims to examine questions at the intersection of fisheries science and policy to help achieve conservation and sustainability goals in Hawai‘i. Sophia also received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa in marine biology. As an undergraduate student, Sophia worked with the Coral Resilience Lab (CRL) at the HIMB where she completed her undergraduate honors thesis, which focused on developing protocols for optimal growth of Montipora capitata, an important reef building coral, for restoration. As an undergraduate student, Sophia also participated in Our Project in Hawai‘i’s Intertidal (OPIHI) program where she studied the potential impact of invasive ant species on native crab populations at James Campbell Wildlife Refuge.