Marine Science Faculty

Gideon Berger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Principal Investigator  INBRE Project

Andrew Brittain, Ph.D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Associate Professor of Microbiology

Dean, College of Natural and Computational Sciences
Office: 206A Hawaii Loa Campus
Office Phone Number: (808) 236-5288
Fax: (808) 236-5880
E-mail: abrittain@hpu.edu

John Culliney, Ph.D. Duke University, Professor of Biology

College of Natural and Computational Sciences
Office: Hawai'i Loa Campus HL 246
Office Phone Number: (808) 236-5839
Voice Mail: (808) 236-5839
Fax: (808) 236-3590
E-mail: jculliney@hpu.edu

Christopher Evans
Instructor of Marine Biology

Office Phone: (808) 236-5899
Email: cevans@hpu.edu

Jiasong Fang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Office Phone: (808) 236-3555
Email: jfang@hpu.edu

David B. Field, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences

Office Phone: (808) 356-5231
Email: dfield@hpu.edu

Valerie Franck, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

Office Phone: (808) 236-7907

Email: vfranck@hpu.edu

Andrew R. Greene Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

Office phone: 808-236-7906
Email: agreene@hpu.edu

Varis Grundmanis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Office Phone: (808) 236-5840
Email: vgrundmanis@hpu.edu

David Horgen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Office Phone: (808) 236-5864
Email: dhorgen@hpu.edu

K. David Hyrenbach, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Oceanography 

Office Phone: (808) 236-3563
Email: khyrenbach@hpu.edu

Brenda Jensen, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Natural and Computational Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biology

Samuel Kahng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Oceanography

Office Phone: (808) 236-3562
Email: skahng@hpu.edu

Keith Korsmeyer, Ph.D. University of California at San Diego, Associate Professor of Biology

College of Natural and Computational Sciences
Office: Hawai'i Loa Campus HL 242
Office Phone Number: (808) 236-5862
Voice Mail: (808) 236-5862
Fax: (808) 236-3590
E-mail: kkorsmeyer@hpu.edu

Brian Quinn
Instructor of Marine Biology

Office Phone: (808) 236-5857
Email: bquinn@hpu.edu

Catherine Unabia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology


Office Phone: (808) 236-7921

Email: cunabia@hpu.edu

Eric Vetter, Ph.D.
University of California at San Diego
Associate Professor of Marine Biology


Office Phone: (808) 236-5832


Email: evetter@hpu.edu

Kristi West, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

Office Phone: (808) 236-5841
Email: kwest@hpu.edu

Chris Winn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Office Phone: (808) 236-5819
Email: cwinn@hpu.edu