Kieran Mitchell monitors ciguatera on Kauaʻi as a graduate research assistant in the Sustainable Fisheries Graduate Program, bringing knowledge of local culture and food systems from his time working with the native Hawaiian fishpond, Nōmilu Loko ʻIa, on Kauaʻi. He also served as an undergraduate lab technician studying age-growth ratios of warty sea cucumbers with the goal of placing sized-based regulations on harvest.

Key Research Interests:
Community outreach and education
Food systems
Culture, with emphasis on fisheries management in Hawaiʻi