"New Consciousness, New Knowledge" │UH Hilo Faculty Research & Scholarly Activity
Associate Professor Haws conducts applied research in industry development, technology transfer and student training. She also specializes in the fields of invertebrate biology, aquaculture and coastal management, and natural resources management policy.
Professor Hon specializes in volcanology, petrology and mineralogy. His research interests concentrate on basaltic volcanoes in Hawai‘i and large ash-flow caldera eruptions.
Professor Furumo researches virtual work teams. Her research shows that it is harder to develop trust in virtual teams than in traditional face-to-face team settings.
Professor Frueh researches treatments for post traumatic stress disorder. He focuses on clinical trials, epidemiology, and mental health services relevant to innovative treatments and mental health service improvements for people with PTSD.
Professor Emeritus Amundson’s research into the way historians and philosophers view and respond to the history of evolutionary biology is internationally renown—his groundbreaking work is in the study of Evo-Devo.
Professor Im’s primary interest was in quantitative economics. He specialized in transnational terrorism for which he established the internationally recognized benchmark for economic research.
Professor Ostertag is a tropical forest ecologist whose research interests revolve around understanding the structure and function of Hawaiian lowland wet forests.
Professor Marshall is an artist and educator with a focus on building community through his academic work and community service.
Associate Professor Sun is investigating anti-cancer agents. His development of novel anti-TB agents may have the potential to overcome the cross resistance that occurs with current clinically used TB drugs.
Professor Lorna Tsutsumi specializes in honey bees in Hawaiʻi from hive to market to table.
Professor Inglis has devoted her career to studying the history of leprosy in Hawai‘i with focus on the history of kama‘āina who lived on the peninsula of Kalaupapa, Molokai.
Professor Mautz’s research interests are in animal physiological ecology and environmental toxicology. He studies the coqui frog invasion in Hawai‘i and lizards in California.
Professor of Marine Science Jim Beets studies coral reef community ecology and tropical marine fisheries. Notably, he has done important work on fish stocks and shark migration.
