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Brooke Dolhay ’25 (center) was accepted into a summer program at the Institute for Marine Research (IMR), where she performed her Senior Integrated Project while scuba diving and researching corals off the small island Negros Oriental in the Philippines.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dolhay had daily scenes like this to look forward to after taking a week to receive advanced certification in scuba diving.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dolhay’s work is helping IMR research how it can help coral reef, which are dying as a result of warming waters caused by climate change.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in Chicago, Brooke Dolhay \u201925 enjoyed reading about the world\u2019s oceans, but her Midwest location never allowed her to take much of a deep dive into them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That continued into college as she followed her parents, Amy \u201995 and Kevin Dolhay \u201994, to Kalamazoo College. From a distance perspective, the move got her only marginally closer to making waves along saltwater shores in her chosen field of biochemistry<\/a>. Then a whale of an opportunity came along for her Senior Integrated Project<\/a> (SIP). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Influenced by her study abroad experience in Oaxaca, Mexico, Dolhay decided to investigate programs overseas.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw the SIP as an opportunity to do exactly what I wanted to do and create my own experience, so I started randomly Googling phrases like \u2018diving internships,\u2019 and I came across the Institute for Marine Research (IMR), which is in the Philippines,\u201d Dolhay said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She decided to apply to the institute and was accepted into IMR\u2019s summer program, conducting research into the coral reef there and why so many of them are dying. The only issue she needed to resolve in advance was funding an experience in the Philippines, which she discussed with her SIP advisor, Regina Stevens-Truss, a professor of chemistry and department co-chair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe said the college actually has a lot of different ways to fund a SIP experience, so I emailed a bunch of people about it,\u201d Dolhay said. \u201cI talked to the Center for Career and Professional Development<\/a>. They had an unpaid internship stipend, so I applied to tha.t. The Center for International Programs<\/a> has a list of grants on its website for SIP-related funding<\/a>, so I also applied for the Hough Grant through the Hough Foundation<\/a>. That helped me, too, and the experience ended up being fully funded, which was awesome.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dolhay had days off from her research to visit waterfalls, hike on a mountain and explore rain forest. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Negros Oriental’s remote location, where cars are uncommon, required her and some of her fellow diving researchers to ride around on a moped with the nearest town being about 40 minutes away.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Negros Oriental is known for its natural beauty along with Apo Island Marine Sanctuary, the Manjuyod White Sandbar and Mount Talinis, a dormant volcano with old-growth forests and five lakes in the vicinity.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

With financing concerns behind her, accepting the one-month opportunity was a no-brainer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was excited because I also traveled to Europe with family, but I\u2019d never been as far away from home as the Philippines,\u201d Dolhay said. \u201cI really loved my study abroad experience, too, so I knew I could travel alone, and I thought ‘why not?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMR is located on the small island of Negros Oriental, which required her to take flights from Chicago to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to the Philippines capital of Manila, and Manila to Negros Oriental. The remote location, where cars are uncommon, forced her to ride around on a moped with the nearest town with a mall being about 40 minutes away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once settled, though, Dolhay found her first order of business was to prepare for her research by earning an advanced certification in scuba diving. For her first six days, she completed two dives in the morning and two in the afternoon in a physically demanding process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then came her research. Going in, she knew that algae and corals have a symbiotic relationship. Typically, algae provide corals with food and photosynthesis, and the corals give algae access to sunlight and a protected environment. Climate change, however, is warming ocean waters. That causes corals to bleach and then expel algae. The processes are killing off some varieties of fish and are affecting humans, too, as island communities have less fish to eat and less protection from disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armed with this knowledge, it was Dolhay\u2019s job to operate a variety of underwater cameras while scuba diving before using software to collect data and analyze the pictures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of the methodologies Dolhay and her fellow researchers used while scuba diving involved varieties of cameras including a GoPro to examine the ocean floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Climate change is warming ocean waters and causing corals to bleach and then expel algae. The processes are killing off some varieties of fish and affecting humans, too, as island communities have less fish to eat and less protection from disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dolhay received advanced certification in scuba diving during her time in the Philippines.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were looking at the corals, the fish and also the ocean floor,\u201d Dolhay said. \u201cNearly all of IMR\u2019s methodologies involved a kind of camera. For the fish, we had a long metal bar that had two cameras on either side of it. For the ocean floor, we had a GoPro we used along a transect line where we would take pictures about every meter or so. For the corals, we would swim along a transect line and look for different obstructions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMR will continue the research that she helped start for a few more months yet. But within the data, a variety of scientists like Dolhay are finding reason for hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are labs at different universities that are trying to genetically modify corals so they can grow in the increasing water temperatures,\u201d she said. \u201cIMR also is growing baby corals under water in a coral nursery and using the larvae to try to respawn areas that haven\u2019t been doing well. There\u2019s a lot of cool science going on between genetic modification and artificial development with scientists dropping cages like the ones fishermen use to replant corals using zip ties. A lot of the fish are attracted to that because it works like a real reef.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opportunity in the Philippines, Dolhay said, clearly wouldn\u2019t have been available to her had she decided to attend a school other than K. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve talked with friends who have gone places like the University of Tampa and the University of Illinois,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have this kind of experience at all. They might work in a lab with a professor, but I don\u2019t hear of them speaking about outside opportunities where they can get involved and be supported by the college at the same time. I really love that I could do that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coral reef are key to protecting beneficial algae and fish in the Philippines while also protecting island communities during hurricanes and tsunamis.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dolhay expects the experience she had in the Philippines to be beneficial as she applies for master\u2019s programs in environmental science at institutions such as DePaul University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Illinois Chicago.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dolhay said some scuba diving scientists are introducing artificial coral reefs in ocean environments by dropping cages, like the ones fishermen use, to replant corals using zip ties.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

And now, she expects the experience will be beneficial as she applies for master\u2019s programs in environmental science at institutions such as DePaul University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Illinois Chicago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really interested in decarbonization and the chemical side of being a biochemistry major because the CO2<\/sub> that we emit is directly affecting the oceans and the way that the corals grow,\u201d she said. \u201cI’m also looking into ocean acidification and how we can try to mitigate that because it just keeps happening as a result of our carbon emissions. In the meantime, I\u2019m trying to find ways to educate others on the importance of being aware of your carbon footprint and doing the little things throughout the day that can help the planet.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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