Leadership
Jason Leigh
Principal Investigator, Data Science Lead
Professor of Information and Computer Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Shivani Tanaka
Co-Principal Investigator, Education Lead
Student Research Program Manager, University of Hawaiʻi System
Tom Giambelluca
Co-Principal Investigator, Climate Science Lead
Professor of Geography and Environment, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Helen Turner
Co-Principal Investigator, Education Co-lead & Broadening Participation Lead
Professor of Biology , Chaminade University, Research Director UN CIFAL Honolulu
Climate Science
Kasey Barton
Professor, School of Life Sciences,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Makena Coffman
Director of the Institute for
Sustainability and Resilience
and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Christian Giardina
Research Ecologist, Forest Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Keri Kodama
Fellow, East-West Center,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa,
and Water Resources
Research Center
Matthew Lucas
Geography and Environment
Data Analyst,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ryan Longman
Oceania Research Fellow,
East-West Center,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Alison Nugent
Associate Professor of
Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Rebecca Ostertag
Professor of Biology,
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Chris Shuler
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Hydrology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ryan Perroy
Professor of Geography and Environmental Science,
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Giuseppe Torri
Associate Professor of
Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Yin-Phan Tsang
Associate Professor in Surface
Hydrology and Ecosystem,
Natural Resources and
Environmental Management,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Han Tseng
Post-Doctoral Researcher in
Geography and Environment,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cyberinfrastructure
Sean Cleveland
Interim Director of Cyberinfrastructure,
University of Hawaiʻi System
Jennifer Geis
Cyberinfrastructure Software Engineer, University of Hawaiʻi System
Jared McLean
Cyberinfrastructure Software Engineer, University of Hawaiʻi System
Data Science
Mahdi Belcaid
Associate Professor of
Information and Computer Science,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
John Burns
Associate Professor of Marine Science and Data Science,
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Sukhwa Hong
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Data Science, University of Hawai’i at Hilo
Nurit Kirshenbaum
Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Travis Mandel
Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Mehdi Tarrit Mirakhorli
Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Peter Sadowski
Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Haopeng Zhang
Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Education and Workforce Development
Rylan Chong
Assistant Professor of Data Science, Chaminade University, NSF ALL-SPICE coPI
Troy Wooten
Data Scientist, Chaminade University
Connor Flynn
Data Scientist, Chaminade University
Alexander Stokes
Associate Professor of CMB, University of Hawaii: NIH AIM AHEAD PI and NSF ALL-SPICE coPI
Mariane Uehara
Sustainability Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Chaminade University
Emerging Areas and Seed Funding
Steven Auerbach
Interim Director of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization and chief Innovation Officer UH Ventures, University of Hawaiʻi System
Rosie Alegado
Associate Professor of Oceanography and Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Investigator, Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: research and Education
Kamuela Enos
Director of Indigenous Innovation, University of Hawaiʻi System
Alberto Martinez-Gonzalez
Postdoctoral Researcher in Pharmacologic Analytics, Chaminade University of Honolulu
Katy Hintzen
Associate Extension Agent, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Project and Partner Coordinator, Ulana ‘Ike Center of Excellence
Kari Noe
Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Rachelle Robley
Operations Coordinator, Office of Indigenous Innovation, University of Hawai’i System
Project Management and Communication
Adriana Comerford
Interim Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Project Administrator, University of Hawaiʻi System
Maria Dumanlang
Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Communications Director, University of Hawaiʻi System
Project Alumni
Gwen Jacobs
Former Principal Investigator, Retired
Laura Tipton
Assistant Professor in Residence of Data Science Chaminade University of Honolulu
Candace Edwards
Former Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Project Administrator, University of Hawaiʻi System
Philip Johnson
Former Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Co-PI, Education Lead