College of Natural and Health Sciences Faculty
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Tracy Ahern - Assistant Professor of Nursing
- B.S.N., Viterbo University
- M.S.N., University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Lehuanani “Lehua” Akau - Instructor of Nursing
- B.S.N. 2010, University of Phoenix, Honolulu
- M.S.N. 2016, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
James L. “Jim” Anderson - Associate Professor of Geology
- B.S., M.S., Portland State University
- Ph.D., University of Southern California
Bryon Applequist - Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
- M.S., University of Nevada
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha
Ozan Atalag - Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
- B.S. 2003, Anadolu University
- Ph.D. 2012, Ege University
Jonathan Awaya - Professor and Chair of Biology
- B.S. 2001, Ph.D. 2005, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jeanette Ayers-Kawakami - Assistant Professor of Nursing
- B.S.N. 2001, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.S.N. 2010, University of Phoenix
- D.N.P. 2017, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Christine W Banker - Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
- B.S. 2008, Oregon State University
- M.S. 2010, Ph.D. 2013, University of Kentucky
Harald Barkhoff - Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
- B.A. 1991, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
- M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 1999 University of Stuttgart
James Beets - Interim Dean
- B.A. 1974, M.S. 1979, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Ph.D. 1990, University of Georgia
Erica Bernstein - Instructor of Mathematics
- B.A. 1984, State University of New York (SUNY)
- Ph.D. 1992, University of Maryland at College Park
Philippe Binder - Professor of Physics
- B.S. 1982, University of Virginia
- M.S. 1983, University of Pennsylvania
- M.A. 1988, St. John’s College at Santa Fe
- Ph.D. 1989, Yale University
John H. R. Burns - Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Ruthie Clearwater - Instructor of Nursing
- B.S.N. 2000, University of South Florida
- M.S.N. 2013, Walden University
Steven Colbert - Associate Professor and Chair of Marine Science
- B.A. and B.S. 1996 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- M.S. 2001, Ph.D. 2004 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Kathy Cooksey - Associate Professor and Chair of Physics and Astronomy
- B.S. 2003, Valparaiso University, Indiana
- M.S. 2005, Ph.D. 2009 University of California, Santa Cruz
Katharyn Daub - Professor of Nursing
- B.S.N. 1984, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M. Nursing Ed. 1996, University of Phoenix-Hawaiʻi
- Ed.D. 2001 California Coast University
Alice Davis - Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
- B.S.N. 1973, M.S.N. 1984 University of Pittsburgh
- Ph.D. 1989, Georgia State University
Marta deMaintenon - Professor of Marine Science
- B.S. 1987, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- M.S. 1990, University of Miami, Florida
- Ph.D. 1996, University of California, Berkeley
Harry Edwards - Professor and Chair of Computer Science
- B.A. University of Michigan
- M.A. Eastern Michigan University
- Ph.D. University of Western Ontario
Scott Ferguson - Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
Ramón Figueroa-Centeno - Associate Professor of Mathematics
- B.A. 1992, M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 1998, Western Michigan University
Norbert Furumo - Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry
- B.S. 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ph.D. 1988, University of Akron
Lincoln Gotshalk - Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
- B.S. 1976, Northeastern University
- M.Ed. 1980, Temple University
- Ph.D. 1999, Pennsylvania State University
Timothy B. Grabowski - Adjunct Associate Professor or Marine Science
- B.S. 1999, M.S. 2002, Texas A & M University
- Ph.D. 2006, Clemson University
Jenni Guillen - Instructor of Biology
- B.A. 1999, University of Hawaii at Hilo
- M.S. 2005 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mazen Hamad - Professor of Chemistry
- B.S. 1997, Humboldt State University
- Ph.D. 2003, University of Washington
Patrick Hart - Professor of Biology
- B.A. 1985, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Ph.D. 2000, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Patricia Hensley - Assistant Professor of Nursing
- B.S.N. 2006, California State University Sacramento
- D.N.P. 2015, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Kenneth Hon - Professor of Geology and Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- B.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1987, University of Colorado at Boulder
Raina Ivanova - Professor of Mathematics
- M.S. 1984, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Ph.D. 1998, University of Tsukaba, Japan
Heather M. Kaluna - Assistant Professor of Astronomy
- B.A. 2008, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- Ph.D. 2015, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Bobbie Kelii - Instructor of Nursing
- B.S.N. 1993, M.S.N. 1995, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Matthew Knope - Assistant Professor of Biology
- B.A. 1999, University of California at Santa Cruz
- M.A. 2004, San Francisco State University
- Ph.D. 2012, Stanford
Zorana Lazarevic - Instructor of Mathematics
- Ph.D. 1992, University of Wisconsin
Shuguang Li - Professor of Mathematics
- B.S. 1982, Beijing Normal University
- M.S. 1988, Sichuan University
- Ph.D. 1998, University of Georgia
Steven Lundblad - Professor of Geology and Program Coordinator, Natural Sciences Program
- B.A. 1985, Harvard University
- M.S. 1988, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Ph.D. 1994, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Travis Mandel - Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- B.S. 2011, Carnegie Mellon
- M.S. 2013, Ph.D. 2017, University of Washington
Rene Martin - Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Observatory Director
- B.S. 1984, University of Quebec
- M.S. 1988, Laval University, Canada
- Ph.D. 1992, Laval University, Canada
Karla McDermid Smith - Professor of Marine Science
- B.S. 1980, B.A. 1980, Stanford University
- Ph.D. 1988, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jené Michaud - Professor and Chair of Geology
- B.S. 1982, University of Washington
- M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1992, University of Arizona
Jon-Pierre Michaud - Associate Professor of Chemistry
- A.A. 1978, Phoenix College
- B.S., 1980, M.S., 1989, Ph.D. 1994, University of Arizona
Cedric Muir - Associate Professor of Biology
- B.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1998, Simon Fraser University
Stan Nakanishi - Assistant Professor of Biology
- B.A. 1999, Ithaca College
- Ph.D. 2005, Emory University
Joyce Norris-Taylor - Instructor of Nursing, DNP Coordinator
- B.S.N. 2014, D.N.P. 2017, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Daniel “Dan” O'Connor - Instructor of Physics and Astronomy
- Ph.D. 1991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Rebecca Ostertag - Professor of Biology, Associate Program Chair of Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science
- B.A. 1991, Carleton College
- Ph.D. 1998, University of Florida
Misty Pacheco - Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
- Dr.PH. 2012, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M.H.A. University of Southern California
- B.S. 2003, California State University- Sacramento
Joan Thompson Pagan - Associate Professor of Nursing, Director, School of Nursing
- A.S. 1991 Hawaiʻi Community College
- B.S. 1994 University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.S. 2001 University of Phoenix
- Ph.D, 2013 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Lisa Parr - Instructor of Marine Science
- B.A. 1983, Humboldt State University
- M.E.S. 1989, University of Tasmania
Michael Peterson - Associate Professor of Computer Science
- B.S. 2001, M.S. 2003, Ph.D. 2008, Wright State University
Matthew Platz - Professor of Chemistry
- B.Sc. 1973, State University of New York at Albany
- Ph.D. 1977, Yale University
Shawon Rahman - Associate Professor of Computer Science
- B.S. 1998, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- M.S. 2002, North Dakota State University
- Ph.D. 2006, North Dakota State University
Zinat Rahman - Instructor of Mathematics
- M.A. 2003 The Australian National University
- M.Sc. 2000, B.Sc. 1999 University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Efren Ruiz - Professor and Chair of Mathematics
- B.S. 1999, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- M.S. 2001, Ph.D. 2005, University of Oregon
Ted V. Shaneyfelt - Instructor of Computer Science
- B.S. 1986, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.S.E.E. 1995, University of California, San Diego
- Ph.D. 2012, University of Texas at San Antonio
Charles Simmons - Associate Professor of Chemistry
- B.S. 1971, Brigham Young University Hawaiʻi
- M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1980, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jolene Sutton - Assistant Professor of Biology
- B.Sc. Memorial University of Newfoundland
- M.Sc. Acadia University
- Ph.D. University of Otago
Marianne Takamiya - Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- B.S. 1992, Universidad de Chile
- M.S. 1993, University of Chicago
- Ph.D. 1999, University of Chicago
Li Tao - Associate Professor of Biology
- B.S., M.S. Nanjing University
- Ph.D. University of California Davis
Aaron Tresham - Instructor of Mathematics
- B.S. 1999, Lewis & Clark College
- M.S. 2001 University of Oregon
- M.Div. 2007, Th.M. 2008, Th.D. 2011 The Master’s Seminary
Jason Turner - Associate Professor of Marine Science
- B.S. 1994, Texas A&M University at Galveston
- M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2004, Texas A&M University
Simona Văduvescu - Instructor of Chemistry
- B.Sc. 1996, University of Bucharest, Romania
- M.Sc. 2002, York University, ON, Toronto, Canada
- M.S. 2008 University of Hawaii at Hilo
Diane Van Hoose - Assistant Professor, Nursing
- B.A. Humboldt State University
- M.S.N. California State University Dominquez Hills
- Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Grady Weyenberg - Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- B.S. 2006, University of Arizona Tuscon
- M.S. 2013, Ph.D. 2015, University of Kentucky
Tracy Wiegner - Professor of Marine Science, Program Chair of Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science
- B.S. 1995, Cornell University
- Ph.D. 2002, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Brian Wissman - Associate Professor of Mathematics
- B.S. 2002, M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2007 University of California, Davis