Professor Mamane

Professor Mamane is the resident Pokemon Professor of Awali town in the Eterna region. She specializes in studying Shiny Pokemon.

In the Games
Professor Mamane debuts in Pokemon Shining Light and Fading Darkness and presents the player and their rival with their starter pokemon and a Pokedex.

Gives to New Trainers
The Player can select one of the three starters after visiting Professor Mamane's lab. After the player makes their selection, their rival will select the Pokemon with a type advatage towards theirs.

Trivia

 * Professor Mamane's name comes from the Mamane tree, a Hawaiian flowering shrub or tree in the pea and bean family.
 * Originally, Professor Mamane was going to be male. However, after some thought we figured that Mamane sounded like a female name, and that there were too few female Professors