The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Council (UROC) is UROP’s faculty advisory board that consists of full-time UHM faculty from a wide range of disciplines across campus. UROC members are responsible for the following:
- Facilitate and promote opportunities for undergraduate students across all disciplines at UHM to engage in collaborative, faculty-mentored research and creative work, particularly in their academic unit
- Participate in the review of student funding applications, including Project and Presentation funding applications
- Provide discipline-specific knowledge to develop policy and strategic direction for the UROP to better serve the needs of students in their discipline and the broader UHM campus
UROP is deeply grateful to the service that UROC members provide to the undergraduate research and creative work community at UHM!
Current UROC members:
| Name | Position | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Creighton M. Litton | UROC Chair, Professor | UROP, Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
| Mapuana Antonio | Assistant Professor | Public Health Studies |
| Kasey Barton | Associate Professor | School of Life Sciences |
| Stuart Donachie | Associate Professor | Microbiology |
| Scott Groeniger | Associate Professor | Art & Art History |
| Michael Guidry | UG Chair, Specialist | Global Environmental Science, Oceanography |
| Ellinor Haglund | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |
| Zhenhua Huang | Professor | Ocean and Resources Engineering |
| C. Harrison Kim | Assistant Professor | History |
| Qing Li | Professor | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| Deborah Mattheus | Assistant Professor | Nursing & Dental Hygiene |
| Craig Nelson | Assistant Researcher | Oceanography |
| Pratibha Nerurkar | Professor | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| Aaron Ohta | Professor | Electrical Engineering |
| Ashley Rubin | Associate Professor | Sociology |
| Daisuke Takagi | Associate Professor | Mathematics |
| Michelle Tallquist | Professor | Medicine |
| A. Zachary Trimble | Associate Professor | Mechanical Engineering |
| Erin Kahunawai Wright | Associate Professor | Educational Administration |
| Rakan (Zak) Zahawi | Director | Lyon Arboretum |
| Jonas Vibell | Assistant Professor | Psychology |
Past UROC Members:
| Name | Position | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Shana Brown | Associate Professor | History |
| Dominic Chow | Associate Professor | Internal Medicine and Pediatrics |
| Maria Chun | Specialist | Surgery |
| Patricia Couvillon | Associate Professor | Psychology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center |
| Sandra von Doetinchem | Program Specialist | Outreach College |
| Miguel Felipe | Associate Professor | Music |
| Reza Ghorbani | Associate Professor | Mechanical Engineering |
| Vernadette Gonzalez | Chair, Director, Associate Professor | UROC, Honors Program, American Studies |
| Peter Hoffmann | Associate Professor | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Terry Hunt | Chair, Director, Professor | UROC, Honors Program, Anthropology |
| Lori Ideta | Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students | Office of Student Affairs |
| Wendy Kawabata | Associate Professor | Art & Art History |
| Chris Lepczyk | Assistant Professor | Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
| Lipyeow Lim | Associate Professor | Information and Computer Sciences |
| Debra Mark | Director, Assistant Professor | Office of Research and Extramural Programming, Nursing |
| Ho Leung Ng | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |
| Steven Robinow | Professor | Zoology |
| Fred Roster | Professor | Art |
| David J. Royer | Assistant Professor | Special Education |
| Scott Sinnett | Assistant Professor | Psychology |
| Miriam Stark | Professor | Anthropology |
| Loriena Yancura | Associate Professor | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| Dongping Zheng | Assistant Professor | Second Language Studies |
| Lorey Takahashi | Professor | Psychology |