Tai McClellan Maaz
I research and teach soil fertility at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. My work is rooted in biogeochemistry, and I am particularly interested in how nutrients transform and flow in and out of soils. My research examines the impact of land management on nutrient losses, plant productivity, and overall soil health. I serve as the
Program Coordinator of the Data Driven Agriculture Summer Research program.
Website:
https://hawaiisoilhealth.weebly.com/about-us.html
Michael (Mikey) Kantar
I am a plant breeder and geneticist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. My lab is interested in the intersection between genomics, agriculture and ecology.Currently the lab broadly focuses on the breeding and genetics of vegetable crops through the use of crop wild relatives.
Website:
https://mbkantarlab.weebly.com
Yuriy Mileyko
I am an applied topologist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. A large part of my research has been focused on developing and implementing topological and geometric methods for data analysis, mainly in biology. My work is both theoretical and applied, and the theoretical part is usually driven by applications. There's also a significant computational component.
Website:
https://math.hawaii.edu/~yury/index.html
Michael Muszynski
I am a geneticist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. My research program focuses on deciphering the molecular mechanisms that control plant development by using maize as a model system. We do this by integrating genetic, genomic, molecular, bioinformatic, histological, and physiological data collected in field and greenhouse studies.
Website:
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/ctahr/tpss/faculty?id=1035
Nhu Nguyen
I am a soil microbial ecologist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. I am broadly interested in diversity of soil organisms, how they functionally interact with each other and their environments, and the outcomes of these interactions. My approach is grounded in organismal biology, using the best available methods to answer questions of interest in both lab and field-based experiments. I also serve as the
Project Director of the Data Driven Agriculture Summer Research program.
Website:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nn33/lab/nnguyen.html