Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS)

HNFAS Faculty

FACULTY	INFORMATION
Yang, Jinzeng
Professor & Chair see more...	Email: jinzeng@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-6073 Special Skills and Knowledge: Molecular biology, animal biotechnology, transgenic animals, genetics, gene regulation, muscle biology, lactation physiology, mammary gland biology
Butel, Jean (Jeannie)
ASST SPEC OF COMM NUTRN see more...	Email: jbutel@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-7069 Special Skills and Knowledge:
Banna, Jinan
Professor in Human Nutrition see more...	Email: jcbanna@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-7857 Special Skills and Knowledge: Nutrition Education, Community Nutrition
Cacpal, Kristina
Junior Extension Agent see more...	Email: kcacpal@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 567-6929 Special Skills and Knowledge: Farm to School
Dela Cruz, Rica Ann
DATA MANAGER see more...	Email: ricadc@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 649-0847 Special Skills and Knowledge:
Esquivel, Monica
Associate Professor and Dietetics Program Director see more...	Email: monicake@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-8691 Special Skills and Knowledge: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, community based participatory nutrition, child health promotion, food and nutrition security
Fukumoto, Glen K
Emeritus see more...	Email: gfukumot@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 322-0165 Special Skills and Knowledge: Pasture, Livestock & Waste Management
Hackney, Lara
Instructor see more...	Email: laraj27@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-3837 Special Skills and Knowledge:
He, Yanghua
Assistant Professor of Genomics and Epigenomics see more...	Email: yanghua.he@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-7090 Special Skills and Knowledge: 1. Benchwork: Sequencing platforms: Illumina HiSeq; Mi-seq; 10*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++
Ho, Kacie
Associate Professor see more...	Email: kacieho@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-8286 Special Skills and Knowledge:
Jha, Rajesh
Professor and Graduate Chair of Animal Sciences see more...	Email: rjha@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-4122 Special Skills and Knowledge: Monogastric Animal Nutrition, Gut Health and Physiology, Feed and Feed Additive Evaluation
Jun, Soojin
Professor see more...	Email: soojin@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-8283 Special Skills and Knowledge: Food Engineering, Food Processing, Food preservation, Biosensing
Kim, Yong-Soo
Researcher see more...	Email: ykim@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-8335 Special Skills and Knowledge: Growth physiology; muscle biology ; meat science: Cattle-ProductionSwine-Production-all aspectsCattle-PostharvestSwine-Postharvest
Lee, Cheng Sheng
Researcher and Exec Dir Ctr for Trop & Subtrop Ag see more...	Email: chenglee@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-3385 Special Skills and Knowledge: 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 see more...	Email: leemj7@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-9565 Special Skills and Knowledge:
Li, Yong
Professor see more...	Email: liyong@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-6408 Special Skills and Knowledge: Food Microbiology, Food Safety
Mishra, Birendra
Associate Professor see more...	Email: bmishra@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-7021 Special Skills and Knowledge: 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.
Morgan Bernal, Lydi
Jr Extn Agent - Oahu Farm to School see more...	Email: lydi@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-7095 Special Skills and Knowledge: Farm-to-School, school gardens, teacher professional development, coalition building
Nakamoto, Stuart T
Extension Economist/Spec see more...	Email: snakamo@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-8125 Special Skills and Knowledge: Agribusiness marketing/adding value (marketing of Specialty crops and products), agribusiness management, agribusiness economics, risk management, tea, blueberries
Novotny, Rachel
Professor see more...	Email: novotny@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-3848 Special Skills and Knowledge: Community and global nutrition; Maternal and child nutrition; Public health nutrition; Field assessment of nutrition status
Oshiro, Melelani
Assistant Extension Agent see more...	Email: mabran@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 322-0165 Special Skills and Knowledge: Small ruminant support and livestock
Reichhardt, Caleb Case
Assistant Professor of Livestock Animal Production see more...	Email: CCReichh@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-7691 Special Skills and Knowledge: Beef cattle management and muscle biology.
Seale, Andre P.
Researcher see more...	Email: seale@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 956-8961 Special Skills and Knowledge: Comparative endocrinology, fish physiology, cell and molecular biology, signal transduction, aquaculture.
Thorne, Mark
Specialist see more...	Email: thornem@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 887-7625 Special Skills and Knowledge: Grazing management and beef cattle support

28 September 2018

Puppy Love

A photo of Kaleigh Morrison, DVM, was featured on the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospital’s Facebook page. A graduate of the ANSC program in HNFAS, Kaleigh went on to earn her DVM from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

12 September 2018

Healthy Eating with the Kaleiopu‘u Keiki

Monica Esquivel (HNFAS) took a visit to the Kaleiopu‘u Elementary kindergarten classrooms to share information about nutrition, physical activity, and community resources for healthy eating and food. The presentation was a part of a project to help the 135 kindergarteners at Kaleiopu‘u learn about healthy food choices and exercise.

12 September 2018

Connecting Cultures with Food

The Dietetics Program’s Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP) interns recently met with visiting Chuo University Policy and Business Communications students for a morning of culture and noodles! The ISPP interns prepared a variety of noodle dishes representing the diverse cultures of our state, from long rice to chap chae.

12 September 2018

He’s Aces

HNFAS alumnus Nate Black, who earned an MS in Nutritional Sciences, has just co-authored a book with his brother Ben. Both graduates of BYU, the brothers created a guide to assist BYU students entitled Acing BYU that includes everything from lists of resources for scholarships, internships, and other opportunities to broader tips and life lessons.

6 September 2018

Composting Helps Water Quality

Extension agent Glen Fukumoto (HNFAS) recently returned from the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, where he was doing work on water quality and piggery systems as part of his MultiState Extension project with the college’s Pacific Island land-grant partners.

6 September 2018

How Tilapia Expend Their Energy

Andre Seale (HNFAS) co-authored a recent study on fish endocrinology, “Leptin Stimulates Cellular Glycolysis Through a STAT3-Dependent Mechanism in Tilapia,” published in Frontiers of Endocrinology.

30 August 2018

Reproductive Success from Hawai‘i to Brazil!

Kyle Caires (HNFAS) gave two presentations on his collaboratory research at the XXIVth Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Embryo Technology in Florianopolis, Brazil, on improving reproductive success in Wagyu or ‘Japanese Black’ cattle and characterizing the microbiota of the vaginal tract of sheep.

30 August 2018

Editor Extraordinaire

Rajesh Jha (HNFAS) was appointed associate editor of the journal Poultry Science. Published by the Poultry Science Association, it is considered the best in the field. Rajesh has also been serving as associate editor of other two prestigious journals, Frontiers in Veterinary Science – Animal Nutrition and Metabolism and Animal Science Journal.

30 August 2018

Where the Pigs Are

Swine specialist Halina Zaleski (HNFAS) is quoted in an article about the resurgence of Hawai‘i’s pork industry published in Honolulu Civil Beat. She explains that pork is a critical part of many cultures in Hawai‘i—not just any pork, but the whole pig, which makes it unique in terms of livestock production and opens a critical space for local producers.

22 August 2018

Land and Sea

Co-PIs Andre Seale and Rajesh Jha (both HNFAS), in collaboration with Darren Lerner and Darren Okimoto of the UH Sea Grant College Program, recently received a 3-year NOAA Sea Grant 2018 Aquaculture Initiative award of $749,815.

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