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She is working on experimental feeding trials for red and white abalone in the lab.https://dkokamoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_1835.jpegIMG_1835https://dkokamoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ellington.jpegellingtonEllington Chen is a second year undergraduate working on bioenergetics of red abalone in the lab. https://dkokamoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ruffins.jpegRuffinsOlivia Ruffins is a first year PhD student with a background in ecophysiology and is brand new to marine science! Welcome to the lab Olivia!https://dkokamoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_0982.jpgIMG_0982Becca Ward-Diorio is a lab tech at UC Berkeley. She graduated from Brown University in 2023, where she studied species behavior and interactions at the Witman Lab. Becca's research interests include community ecology of benthic organisms, alongside behavioral and population ecology of marine mammals. 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