Fellow Story

Myra Finkelstein and Shaye Wolf in Honolulu Star Advertiser on cleanup of lead paint killing albatross chicks

Fellow(s): Myra Finkelstein, Shaye Wolf

Myra Finkelstein (1998) and Shaye Wolf (2000) were quoted in the Honolulu Star Advertiser about work that will begin on Midway Atoll next month to remove lead-based paint that dooms 10,000 Laysan albatross chicks each year to a heartbreaking and apparently painful death.

Meet the Fellows in this Story

Myra Finkelstein

1998 Fellow
Myra Finkelstein’s research focuses on human impacts to wildlife with an emphasis on contaminant-induced effects. To fulfill this goal, her research seeks to develop links in the often difficult-to-understand causal chain between...

Shaye Wolf

2000 Fellow
Shaye is the Climate Science Director at the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. She is interested in understanding the impacts of climate change on wildlife species and ecosystems, and securing science-based protections for...