American phycologists

Francis Elliott Drouet (1907–1982) was an American phycologist, who collected specimens in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Panama.

Isabella Aiona Abbott (June 20, 1919 – October 28, 2010) was an educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist from Hawaii. The first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science, she became a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.