Seaver Lab Members

Aldine Amiel
  • Aldine Amiel, Ph. D.

  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow
  • aamiel@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: I am interested in the signaling networks involved in early patterning events of the spiralian embryo.

Nanea Cavaco
  • Nanea Cavaco

  • Undergraduate Student, MARC Program
  • naneac@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: I am interested in cell and molecular biology and will work on development and regeneration in Capitella teleta. I hope to learn a lot from Dr. Seaver, Emi, Aldine, and Richard.

Neva Meyer
  • Danielle de Jong, Ph. D.

  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow
  • ddejong@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: I am interested in the origin and identity of cells which contribute to regneration in juvenile and adult Capitella, and the putative involvement of somatic stem cells which may be specified early in larval development.

Nakisa Gilani

Richard Moore
  • Richard Moore

  • Undergraduate Student
  • moorere@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: I am interested in the development of glia in Capitella teleta and their potential role in neural regeneration, and the functional interactions between glia and neurons.

Kate Nesbit
  • Kate Nesbit

  • Undergraduate Student
  • knesbit@hawaii.edu 
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: I am interested in marine biology, specifically investigations of larval biology and development of marine invertebrates.

Emi Yamaguchi
  • Emi Yamaguchi

  • Graduate Student
  • emiy@hawaii.edu
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: I am interested in the development of the nervous system in Capitella teleta, a polychaete annelid. My research focuses on the role of the gene Pax6 during neurogenesis.

John Zobian
  • John Zobian

  • Undergraduate Student
  • john.zobian@gmail.com
  • ph: (808) 539-7323
  • office: KML 322
  • Research Interests: