Faculty and Staff

Full Time Faculty

Stephen Allen, Ph.D., LEED AP (sallen@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Environmental Science

Gideon Berger, Ph.D.  (gberger@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry 

Susan Bolman, M.D.  (sbolman@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Biology

Andrew Brittain, Ph.D.  (abrittain@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Biology
Acting Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs

Michael Canute, M.S.  (mcanute@hpu.edu)
Instructor of Biology

Susan Carstenn, Ph.D.  (scarstenn@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Environmental Science

Yongli Chen, Ph.D.  (ychen@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Program Chair, Physical Sciences

James Chye, Ph.D.  (jchye@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Physics

Angela Costanzo, Ph.D. ABD  (acostanzo@hpu.edu)
Instructor of Biology and Environmental Science

Steven Dye, Ph.D.  (sdye@hpu.edu)
Professor of Physics

Christopher Evans, M.A.  (cevans@hpu.edu)
Instructor of Marine Science

Jiasong Fang, Ph.D.  (jfang@hpu.edu)
Professor of Chemistry

David B. Field, Ph.D.  (dfield@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Marine Science

Valerie Franck, Ph.D.  (vfranck@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Biology

Andrew R. Greene, Ph.D. (agreene@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

Varis Grundmanis, Ph.D. (vgrundmanis@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Warren Hays, Ph.D. (whays@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Biology

Carolyn Holl, Ph.D.  (choll@hpu.edu)                            
Assistant Professor of Biology
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences

F. David Horgen, Ph.D. (dhorgen@hpu.edu)
Professor of Chemistry
Interim Dean, College of Natural and Computational Sciences 

K. David Hyrenbach, Ph.D. (khyrenbach@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Oceanography

Brenda Jensen, Ph.D. (bjensen@hpu.edu)                            
Associate Professor of Biology

Samuel Kahng, Ph.D.  (skahng@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Keith Korsmeyer, Ph.D. (kkorsmeyer@hpu.edu)                     
Professor of Biology
Program Chair, Marine Science          

Regina Ostergarrd-Klem, Ph.D. (rostergaardklem@hpu.edu) 
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
Program Chair, Environmental Science/Studies 

Louis Primavera, Ph.D. (lprimavera@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Pre-Health Professions Coordinator 

Brian Quinn, Capt. (bquinn@hpu.edu)
Instructor of Marine Science

 Catherine Unabia, Ph.D.  (cunabia@hpu.edu)
Associate Professor of Biology
Program Chair, Biology  

Eric Vetter, Ph.D. (evetter@hpu.edu)                                      
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Lei Wang, Ph.D. (lwang@hpu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

 Kristi West, Ph.D.  (kwest@hpu.edu)                                       
Associate Professor of Biology and Marine Science

Chris Winn, Ph.D. (cwinn@hpu.edu)                                       
Associate Professor of Oceanography

Affiliate Faculty

Robin W. Baird, Ph.D. (rbaird@hpu.edu)
Research Biologist Cascadia Research Collective,
Olympia, WA

Colleen E. Bryan, Ph.D. (cbryan@hpu.edu)
Research Biologist, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Charleston, SC

Zac H. Forsman, Ph.D. (zforsman@hpu.edu)
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Postdoctoral Fellow,
Kaneohe, HI

Eric Gilman, Ph.D. (EricLGilman@gmail.com)
Biodiversity and Fisheries Research Scientist,
Honolulu, Hawaii

Jennifer M. Keller, Ph.D. (jkeller@hpu.edu)
Research Biologist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Charleston, SC

Dr. James Potemra (jpotmra@hpu.edu)
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at the University of Hawaii
Manoa, Hawaii

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<td><strong>Niloufar Ataie, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:naraie@hpu.edu">nataie@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>William Gosnell, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:wgosnell@hpu.edu">wgosnell@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>Jack F. McMillan. Ph.D</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:jmcmillain@hpu.edu">jmcmillain@hpu.edu</a></td>

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<td><strong>Allison Bachlet, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:abachlet@hpu.edu">abachlet@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>Mukta Gupta, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:mgupta@hpu.edu">mgupta@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>Malama Minn, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:jmcmillain@hpu.edu">mminn@hpu.edu</a></td>

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<td><strong>Chatham K. Callan, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:ccallan@hpu.edu">ccallan@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>Spencer Hamada, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:shamada@hpu.edu">shamada@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>Dustin R. Moss, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:dmoss@hpu.edu">dmoss@hpu.edu</a></td>

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<td><strong>Sarah Courbis, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:scourbis@hpu.edu">scourbis@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>Roy Ilaga, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:rilaga@hpu.edu">rilaga@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>Virendra Nayyar, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:vnayyar@hpu.edu">vnayyar@hpu.edu</a></td>

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<td><strong>Didier Dumas, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:ddumas@hpu.edu">ddumas@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>Jessica Jacob, M.S. Candidate</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto: jjacob@hpu.edu">jjacob@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>Justin Reinicke, M.S. Candidate</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:jreinicke@hpu.edu">jreinicke@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>Domonkos Feher, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:dfeher@hpu.edu">dfeher@hpu.edu </a><br />

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<td><strong>Irina Kolotyrkina, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:ikolotyrkina@hpu.edu">ikolotyrkina@hpu.edu</a><br />

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<td><strong>James Salvail, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:jreinicke@hpu.edu">jsalvail@hpu.edu</a></td>

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<td><strong>Vilma Fermin, M.S.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:vfermin@hpu.edu">vfermin@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>David M. Lamb, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:dlamb@hpu.edu">dlamb@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>Barbara Saunders-Price, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:bsaudersprice@hpu.edu">bsaudersprice@hpu.edu</a></td>

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<td><strong>Anne Gasc, Ph.D.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:agasc@hpu.edu">agasc@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>James Lawrence, M.S.</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:jlawrence@hpu.edu">jlawrence@hpu.edu</a></td>

<td><strong>Timothy Thomas, M.S. Candidate</strong><br />

Email: <a href="mailto:bsaudersprice@hpu.edu">tthomas@hpu.edu</a></td>

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Adjunct Faculty

Niloufar Ataie, Ph.D.
Email: nataie@hpu.edu		 Leon Geschwind, M.S.
Email: lgeschwind@hpu.edu		 Jack F. McMillan, Ph.D
Email: jmcmillain@hpu.edu
Allison Bachlet, Ph.D.
Email: abachlet@hpu.edu		 William Gosnell, Ph.D.
Email: wgosnell@hpu.edu		 Dustin R. Moss, Ph.D.
Email: dmoss@hpu.edu
Chatham K. Callan, Ph.D.
Email: ccallan@hpu.edu
 Mukta Gupta, Ph.D.
Email: mgupta@hpu.edu		 Virendra Nayyar, Ph.D.
Email: vnayyar@hpu.edu
Sarah Courbis, Ph.D.
Email: scourbis@hpu.edu
 Spencer Hamada, Ph.D.
Email: shamada@hpu.edu		 Justin Reinicke, M.S. Candidate
Email: jreinicke@hpu.edu
Didier Dumas, Ph.D.
Email: ddumas@hpu.edu
 Roy Ilaga, Ph.D.
Email: rilaga@hpu.edu		 James Salvail, Ph.D.
Email: jsalvail@hpu.edu
Keith Earnshaw, Ph.D.
Email:kearnshaw@hpu.edu
 Jessica Jacob, M.S. Candidate
Email: jjacob@hpu.edu		 Barbara Saunders-Price, Ph.D.
Email: bsaudersprice@hpu.edu
Domonkos Feher, Ph.D.
Email: dfeher@hpu.edu 		 Irina Kolotyrkina, Ph.D.
Email: ikolotyrkina@hpu.edu		 Timothy Thomas, M.S. Candidate
Email: tthomas@hpu.edu
Vilma Fermin, M.S.
Email: vfermin@hpu.edu		 David M. Lamb, Ph.D.
Email: dlamb@hpu.edu
Anne Gasc, Ph.D.
Email: agasc@hpu.edu		 James Lawrence, M.S.
Email: jlawrence@hpu.edu