CAFNRM Faculty

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Faculty Member	Title	Specialization
Norman Q. Arancon Ph.D., The Ohio State University	Assistant Professor of Horticulture	Crop and environmental science
Lorna Arita-Tsutsumi Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi	Professor of Entomology	Apiculture, insect behavior
Erik Cleveland Ph.D., University of Nebraska	Associate Professor of Animal Science	Animal breeding and genetics. Sustainable livestock production methods
Jack Fujii Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi	Emeritus Retired Dean and Professor of Entomology	Insect pathology. sustainable agriculture
Sheldon Furutani Ph.D., Michigan State University	Emeritus Retired Professor of Plant Science	Plant physiology
Armando Garcia Ortega Ph.D., Wageningen University	Assistant Professor of Fisheries & Aquaculture	Fish nutrition, marine fish aquaculture
Maria C. Haws Ph.D., Texas A&M University	Assistant Professor of Aquaculture University of Hawai`i Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension Agent	Aquaculture, coastal management, climate change adaptation
Kevin Hopkins Ph.D., Auburn University	PACRC Director	General aquaculture
Yiqing Li Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico	Associate Professor of Tropical Forestry	Tropical forests
Chris D. Lu Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison	Professor of Animal Science	Ruminant nutrition
Bruce Mathews Ph.D., University of Florida	Professor of Soil Science	Environmental agronomy
Bill Sakai Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi	Professor of Horticulture	Floriculture production
Sabry Shehata Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi	Professor of Agricultural Economics	Agribusiness. marketing, and agroeconomics
Michael Shintaku Ph.D., Cornell University	Professor of Plant Pathology	Plant virology
Michael Tanabe Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi	Professor of Plant Science	Plant tissue culture.
Marcel Tsang Ph.D., Louisiana State University	Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization	Crop processing systems design, post-harvest handling.