Dr. PI Joshua
Supervisor: Prof. THIBODEAU Benoit
Room 508, 5/F, Mong Man Wai Building
Education
| 2025 | PhD Oceanography | Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA |
| 2025 | Master Marine Affairs | Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA |
| 2018 | BS Natural Science: Biology | University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, USA |
Academic Employments
| 2026 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2025 | Program Manager, One People One Reef, Santa Cruz, CA, USA |
| 2020 - 2025 | Graduate Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA |
| 2020 | Research Assistant, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Oceanography
- Isotope Geochemistry
- Marine Ecology & conservation
- Socio-Ecological System
Selected Recent Publications
- Pi, J. (2025). A Socio-Ecological Investigation of Ulithian Spearfishing(Doctoral dissertation, University of Rhode Island).
- McMahon, K. W., Thorrold, S. R., Langan, J. A., Pi, J., & Berumen, M. L. (2025). Highly siloed nutrient pathways fuel meso-predator fishes on coral reefs. Current Biology, 35(14), 3451-3460.
- Burnham, K. A., Nowicki, R. J., Hall, E. R., Pi, J., & Page, H. N. (2022). Effects of ocean acidification on the performance and interaction of fleshy macroalgae and a grazing sea urchin. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 547, 151662.







