Faculty
Amjad B. Ahmad
Assistant Extension Agent
Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Soil Fertility
alobady@hawaii.edu
Wahiawā Extension Office, O‘ahu County
Teresita D. Amore
Associate Professor
Floriculture Breeding
Tissue Culture
amore@hawaii.edu St. John Room 201
Orville C. Baldos
Associate Professor
Native Plants
Landscape and Ornamental Horticulture
obaldos@hawaii.edu St. John Room 208
Jonathan L. Deenik
Specialist | Department Chair
Soil Fertility
Soil Management
jdeenik@hawaii.edu Sherman Room 236
Russel C. Galanti
Junior Extension Agent
Ornamental Production
Landscape
rgalanti@hawaii.edu Komohana Research and Extension Center
Hawai‘i County
Rosemary Gutierrez Coarite
Assistant Extension Agent
Edible Crops
Integrated Pest Management
gr6@hawaii.edu Kahului Extension Office, Maui County
Jennifer A. Hawkins
Junior Extension Agent
Edible Crops
Ag. Skills Training
jhawk@hawaii.edu Moloka‘i Extension Office, Maui County
Urban Horticulture
Master Gardener Coordinator
jamison9@hawaii.eduKahului Extension Office, Mau‘i County
Michael B. Kantar
Associate Professor
Plant Breeding
Genetics/Genomics
mbkantar@hawaii.edu St. John Room 204
Andrew J. Kaufman
Associate Professor | Specialist
Landscape Design and Management
Environmental Psychology
kaufmana@hawaii.edu St. John Room 110
Andrea M. Kawabata
Extension Agent
Orchard Crops
Coffee (Statewide)
andreak@hawaii.edu Kona Extension Office, Hawai‘i County
James E. Keach
Assistant Extension Agent
Ornamental Crops
Kaua‘i Master Gardener Program
jkeach@hawaii.edu Kaua‘i Extension Office, Kaua‘i County
Emilie R. Kirk
Associate Extension Agent
Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Agroecology
erkirk@hawaii.edu Kaua‘i Extension Office, Kaua‘i County
Kent D. Kobayashi
Associate Professor
Controlled Environment Agriculture
Photobiology
kentko@hawaii.edu St. John Room 207
Tina S. Lau
Junior Extension Agent
Urban Horticulture
O‘ahu Master Gardener Program
tinat@hawaii.edu Pearl City Urban Garden Center, O‘ahu County
Kenneth W. Leonhardt
Specialist | Graduate Chair
Ornamental Crops
Protea and Landscape Trees
leonhard@hawaii.eduSt. John Room 19
Noa K. Lincoln
Associate Professor
Agroecology
Indigenous Agriculture
nlincoln@hawaii.ed St. John Room 102
Hannah C. Lutgen
Junior Extension Agent
Landscape and Ornamental
Floriculture
hannahcl@hawaii.edu Kahului Extension Office, Maui County
Tai McClellan Maaz
Assistant Professor
Soil Science
Soil Health and Fertility
tai.mc.maaz@hawaii.edu Sherman Room 127
Kristin M. Matsumoto
Junior Specialist
Gene-ius Day Program
K-12 Education Specialist
khalbert@hawaii.edu St. John Room 117
Sharon Motomura-Wages
Associate Extension Agent
Edible Crops
Farm Food Safety
smotomur@hawaii.eduKomohana Research and Extension Center, Hawai‘i County
Ty G. McDonald
Associate Extension Agent
Landscape and Consumer Horticulture
Hawai‘i Master Gardener Program
tym@hawaii.edu Kona Extension Office, Hawai‘i County
Kristin M. Matsumoto
Junior Specialist
Gene-ius Day Program
K-12 Education Specialist
khalbert@hawaii.edu St. John Room 117
Michael G. Muszynski
Associate Professor
Maize Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Plant Biology
mgmuszyn@hawaii.edu St. John Room 206
Hue V. Nguyen
Professor
Soil Chemistry
Heavy Metals Chemistry and Remediation
nvhue@hawaii.eduSherman Room 218 Office – 215 Lab
Nhu H. Nguyen
Associate Professor
Soil Microbial Ecology
Soil Biodiversity
nhu.nguyen@hawaii.edu Sherman Room 221 Office – 212 Lab
Robert E. Paull
Professor | Researcher
Plant Physiology
Postharvest Physiology
paull@hawaii.edu St. John Room 516
Theodore J. Radovich
Professor | Extension Specialist
Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Vegetable Crop Ecology
theodore@hawaii.eduSt. John Room 209
Alberto H. Ricordi
Assistant Extension Agent
Landscape and Ornamental Crops
Urban Horticulture
albertoh@hawaii.edu Pearl City Urban Garden Center, O‘ahu County
Joshua Silva
Associate Extension Agent
Soil Science
Farm Food Safety
jhsilva@hawaii.edu Pearl City Urban Garden Center, O‘ahu County
Kylie L.T. Tavares
Junior Extension Agent
Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Farm Food Safety
kylie.tavares@hawaii.eduKahului Extension Office, Mau‘i County
Jensen Y. Uyeda
Associate Extension Agent
Commercial Edible Crop Production
Vegetable Crops
juyeda@hawaii.edu Pearl City Urban Garden Center, O‘ahu County
Graduate Students
Andrew Bohringer
PhD Student | Radovich Lab
Nutrient management in taro in aquaponics
Quinn Campbell
PhD Student | Kantar Lab
Pre-breeding sorgum with wild genetics for commercialization
Sebastian Church
PhD Student | Frank Lab
Microbial nitrate reduction in lo’i kalo
Andrew Dedrick
MS Student | Leonhardt Lab
Protea low elevation tolerance trials, or polyploid induction
Ryan Domingo
PhD Student | Kantar Lab
Identification of Phytophthora tolerant genes in papaya
Fernanda Ghenov
PhD Student | Muszynski Lab
Genomic pathways of tropical maize photoperiod response
Christian Gum
PhD Student | Radovich Lab
Pre-breeding sorgum with wild genetics for commercialization
Thomas Haensel
PhD Student | Lincoln Lab
Modeling pedogenic threshholds in basalt soils
Tylor Schwarze
PhD Student | Leonhardt Lab
Improved propagation methods for sterile (3N) landscape trees
Austin Shea
MS Student | Maaz/H. Nguyen Labs
Modeling pedogenic threshholds in basalt soils
Jaclyn Uy
PhD Student | Amore Lab
Embryogenesis & transformation in tropical maize
Jackson Zolmer
MS Student | Binghman Lab
Tropical fruit starch biosynthesis and degradation
Administrative, Technical, and Support Staff
Emeriti and Retired Faculty
Steven K. Fukuda
Emeritus Extension Agent
Mitiku D. Habte
Emeritus Soil Scientist
Andrew F. Kawabata
Extension Agent
Bernard A. Kratky
Emeritus Researcher
Mike A. Nagao
Emeritus Researcher
glenn I. Teves
Assistant Extension Agent
Crop Production
Hawaiian Home Lands Development
gteves@hawaii.edu Molokai Extension Office, Mau‘i County
Roy M. Yamakawa
Extension Agent