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Asui, Dionne

Administrative Assistant II
  

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Email:  dasui@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8236
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Asuncion, Carrie Ann

Institutional Support
  

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Email:  caasunci@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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Bennington, Julie

Lecturer
  

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Email:  julieben@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-956
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Bustamante, Yunuen

Assistant Extension Agent
  

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Email:  yunuenb@hawaii.edu
Phone:  453-6050
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Butel, Jean (Jeannie)

Assistant Specialist - Community Nutrition
  

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Email:  jbutel@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7069
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Cota-Kumagai, Linda

EFNEP Prog Asst
  

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Email:  lindack@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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DuPonte, Michael W

Emeritus County Extension Agent
  

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Email:  mduponte@hawaii.edu
Phone:  969-8201
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Specialization:  
Livestock and Pasture Management
Esquivel, Monica

Professor and Dietetics Program Director
  

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Email:  monicake@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8691
Interests:  
Community food access and health
Child health
Childhood obesity prevention
Dietetics, education
Interprofessional education in Health

Specialization:  
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, community based participatory nutrition, child health promotion, food and nutrition security
Fox, Bradley (Kai)

Assistant Professor
  

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Email:  bradleyf@hawaii.edu
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Fukumoto, Glen K

Emeritus
  

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Email:  gfukumot@hawaii.edu
Phone:  322-0165
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Pasture, Livestock & Waste Management
Garzon Proano, Jorge

Research Support
  

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Email:  jgarzonp@hawaii.edu
Phone:  887-6183
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Hackney, Lara

Assistant Professor
  

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Email:  laraj27@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-3837
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Hedvig, Lynne

EFNEP Prog Asst
  

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Email:  lynnemh@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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He, Yanghua

Associate Professor - Genomics and Epigenomics
  

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Email:  yanghua.he@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7090
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Research interests:

Animal Genomics and Epigenomics; Environmental genome-wide association studies (GWAS); Genomics Selection; Impacts of climate changes on livestock production; Nutrigenomics; Metagenomics; Gut health and microbiome diversity; CRISPR-Cas9.


Lab members: 

Past graduate students:
1. Huong Thanh Vu, M.S.; currently working in a Bio-tech company located in San Francisco
2. Mandeep Adhikari, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering

 Graduate students:

1. Natalie Deans, M.S. Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
2. Mohammad Hasan Pabitra, M.S. Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
3. Urmita Chowdhury, M.S. Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences

Undergraduate students:
1. Christopher Aguirre, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering
2. Jacey Mitchell, Molecular Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences
3. Angela Camino, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering
4. Casey Ku, Molecular Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences


Specialization:  
1. Benchwork: Sequencing platforms: Illumina HiSeq; Mi-seq; 10x Genomics; Nanopore sequencing. Library constructions for sequencing: DNA-seq; RNA-seq; ChIP-seq and CUT&RUN; MBD-seq; MeDIP-seq; WGBS; RRBS; Bisulfite cloning sequencing; pyrosequencing; HiC; PLAC-seq; ATAC-seq. CRISPR-based technologies (Genome-editing and Epigenome-editing). sgRNA Library Screening. 2. Data analysis: Bioinformatics in Genetic and Epigenetic data analysis; Galaxy platform; Linux Operating System; Computational languages: Perl, Python, R, Matlab, SAS, C++
Hill, Erik

Computer Specialist
  

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Email:  erikhill@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4758
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Ho, Kacie

Associate Professor
  

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Email:  kacieho@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8286
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Ishisaka, Brian

EFNEP Prog Asst
  

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Email:  bishisak@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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Jha, Rajesh

Department Chair of FCS / Professor of Animal Nutrition
  

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Email:  rjha@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4122
Interests:  
Monogastric Animal Nutrition, Gut Health and Physiology, Feed and Feed Additive Evaluation
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Monogastric Animal Nutrition, Gut Health and Physiology, Feed and Feed Additive Evaluation
Jun, Soojin

Professor
  

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Email:  soojin@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8283
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  • Novel food processing techniques: ohmic heating, selective far infrared (FIR) heating, pulsed UV light treatment and high pressure processing.
  • Nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes (CNT) application: CNTs can be applied not only to special surface treatment but also biosensing in food industries, i.e. CNT modified electrode.
  • Biosensors: SPR biosensor for detection of pathogens such as Salmonella and Listeria in eggs, meat, juice, and milk. Fiber optic fluorescence based biosensors will be applied to monitor pathogens in food and health sectors.
  • FTIR spectroscopy: Measurement of sugars and sweeteners in dairy and other liquid type foods, kavalactones in kava juices, and microbial detection in liquid foods.
  • Food packaging: Development of retort pouches for beef products to be value added.

Specialization:  
Food Engineering, Food Processing, Food preservation, Biosensing
Lacanaria, Kiani

Institutional Support
  

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Email:  kianil@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4878
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Lee, Chin Nyean

Emeritus
  

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Email:  chinl@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4882
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Dr. Lee's research interests include postpartum cow reproduction, dairy production and management. Stress physiology in food animals under the tropical and subtropical environment have been his emphasis. His work can be found in a wide range of journals such as Dairy Sci., ASABE, Int'l Biometrology, Andrology, Environmental Entomology, Zygote, etc. He had also contributed 2 chapters to text books for professionals.
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Reproductive Physiology Dairy Science: Cattle-Dairy -Pasture ManagementForage Crops in gen.-MarketingCrops in gen.-Agricultural DevelopmentAnimals in gen.-Agricultural DevelopmentPasture in gen.-Management
Lee, Cheng Sheng

Researcher and Exec Dir Ctr for Trop & Subtrop Ag
  

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Email:  chenglee@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-3385
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Reproduction control in marine finfish and marine shrimp; Early life history of fish and shrimp; Ecology of live feed organisms; and Aquaculture Management in general.
Lee, Mi-Jeong

Associate Professor
  

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Email:  leemj7@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-9565
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Leon Guerrero, Rachael

Affiliate Graduate Faculty
  

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Email:  rachaeltlg@triton.uog.edu
Phone:  671-735 ext. 2170
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Li, Yong

Professor
  

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Email:  liyong@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-6408
Interests:  
• Novel detection methods for foodborne pathogens
• Natural antimicrobials 
• Prebiotics, probiotics and gut health
• Microbial survival and virulence during food processing

Specialization:  
Food Microbiology, Food Safety
Lopez, Leigh Ann

EFNEP Prog Asst
  

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Email:  leigh25@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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Lozano, Chloe

Affiliate Graduate Faculty
  

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Email:  cpanizza@hawaii.edu
Phone:  586-5861
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Mahato, Prem Lal

Junior Extension Agent
  

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Email:  pmahato@hawaii.edu
Phone:  969-8218
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Small scale livestock production and waste management
Poultry science and poultry production

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Poultry production, specialized in eggshell strength measurement and evaluation
Ma, Maggie

Institutional Support
  

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Email:  myma@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-3974
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Martinez, Linda M

EFNEP Prog Asst
  

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Email:  lindamm@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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Mishra, Birendra

Associate Professor & Chair
  

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Email:  bmishra@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7021
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Dr. Mishra’s research interest includes the regulation of egg formation in the oviduct of laying hens, effects of nutrition and/or environmental stress on meat and egg production, Ovarian and uterine physiology of poultry and cattle.
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Reproductive Physiology of Domestic Animals and Poultry, Environmental stress on reproduction, Transcriptional regulation of egg formation in the laying hens, nutritional programming to increase the reproductive efficiencies.
Mishra, Rajeev Kumar

Assistant Specialist
  

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Email:  rajeevkm@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-3847
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Nishimura, Shaye

Research Support
  

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Email:  shayen@hawaii.edu
Phone:  322-4892
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Novotny, Rachel

Professor
  

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Email:  novotny@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-3848
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My research interests focus on diet, physical activity and body size factors, their influence on the process of growth and maturation, and implications for health and disease. My work focuses on periods of rapid growth, including pregnancy, infancy, and adolescence. Research areas include the role of breast-feeding in maturation and growth, and the importance of variability of body size in different population groups for risk of disease. I especially focus on diverse understudied populations. I seek systems change to political, economic, social and biologic factors to improve nutrition and health.
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Community and global nutrition; Maternal and child nutrition; Public health nutrition; Field assessment of nutrition status
Oshiro, Melelani

Associate Extension Agent
  

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Email:  mabran@hawaii.edu
Phone:  322-4892
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Livestock production and husbandry, Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training, small ruminant production.
Reichhardt, Caleb Case

Assistant Professor - Livestock Animal Production
  

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Email:  CCReichh@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7691
Interests:  

-Livestock Management
-Vitamin supplementation strategies
-Skeletal Muscle Growth
 

Specialization:  
Ruminant Livestock Management, Production, and Muscle Biology.
Sanchez Guerrero, Eileen

Educational Specialist
  

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Email:  ersanche@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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Seale, Andre P.

Researcher and Professor
  

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Email:  seale@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8961
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With broader implications to aquaculture and biomedical research, my main interests are in: 1) osmoreception: the signal transduction of environmental salinity changes into physiological responses at the cellular and organismic levels in fish; regulation of prolactin cells by external and neuroendocrine factors and the role of second messenger systems; 2) osmoregulation: salt and water balance and its interplay with growth, metabolism and stress in fish; and 3) environmental adaptation and growth in aquatic organisms: endocrine and specialized cellular responses to changing environmental conditions.
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Comparative endocrinology, fish physiology, cell and molecular biology, signal transduction, aquaculture.
Thorne, Mark

Specialist
  

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Email:  thornem@hawaii.edu
Phone:  887-7625
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Rangeland Ecophysiology, Plant-Animal Interactions, Sustainable Grazing Management Practices, Foraging Efficiency in Cattle.
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Grazing management and beef cattle support
Tousman, Amy

Lecturer
  

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Valero, Johanna

Office Assistant
  

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Email:  jbvalero@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7095
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Vincent, Douglas

Emeritus
  

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Email:  vincent@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7095
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Wallick, Cheryl

EFNEP Prog Asst
  

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Email:  cwallick@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-4124
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Wall, Marisa Maiero

Affiliate Graduate Faculty
  

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Email:  marisa.wall@usda.gov
Phone:  932-2100
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West, Kristi

Associate Researcher
  

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Email:  kristiw@hawaii.edu
Phone:  384-4485
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Wise, James TF

Assistant Professor
  

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Email:  jw410@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8337
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Metals, energy metabolism, xenobiotic metabolism, environmental health, lung cancer, marine mammals
Yan, Feixue

Administrative and Fiscal Support Specialist
  

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Email:  fyan@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-5319
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Yang, Jinzeng

Professor
  

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Email:  jinzeng@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-6073
Interests:  
1. Molecular biology of animal development and metabolism
2. Skeletal muscle and diabetes prevention
3. Animal genetics Program in beef cattle  
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Molecular biology, animal biotechnology, transgenic animals, genetics, gene regulation, muscle biology, lactation physiology, mammary gland biology
Yang, Zhi

Assistant Professor in Food Chemistry
  

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Email:  zhiy@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7411
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Food Biopolymers; Alternative Proteins; Food Ingredients Technology; Thermal and Non-thermal Food Processing; Food Chemistry and enzymology, Food Characterisations, Food Material Sciences; Food Microstructures; Peptides self-assembly; Dairy Science and Technology; Emulsion Science and Technology; Food Rheology; Small-angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SAXS and SANS); Starch and Non-starch Polysaccharides; Food Formulations


Specialization:  
Food biopolymers, Rheology, Non-thermal processing, food microstructures
Zaleski, Halina

Emeritus
  

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Email:  halina@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7095
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