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 |
|---|---|---|
| A. Zachary Trimble | Associate Professor | Mechanical Engineering |
| Aaron Ohta | Professor | Electrical Engineering |
| Ashley Rubin | Associate Professor | Sociology |
| Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada | Assistant Professor | Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies |
| C. Harrison Kim | Assistant Professor | History |
| Craig Nelson | Assistant Researcher | Oceanography |
| Creighton M. Litton | UROC Chair, Professor | UROP, Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
| Daisuke Takagi | Associate Professor | Mathematics |
| Deborah Mattheus | Assistant Professor | Nursing & Dental Hygiene |
| Ellinor Haglund | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |
| Erin Kahunawai Wright | Associate Professor | Educational Administration |
| Jonas Vibell | Assistant Professor | Psychology |
| Mapuana Antonio | Assistant Professor | Public Health Studies |
| Michael Guidry | UG Chair, Specialist | Global Environmental Science, Oceanography |
| Michelle Tallquist | Professor | Medicine |
| Pei-Ling Kao | Associate Professor | Theatre and Dance |
| Pratibha Nerurkar | Professor | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| Scott Groeniger | Associate Professor | Art & Art History |
| Stuart Donachie | Associate Professor | Microbiology |
| Travis Idol | Professor | Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
Past UROC Members:
| Name | Position | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Lepczyk | Assistant Professor | Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
| David J. Royer | Assistant Professor | Special Education |
| Debra Mark | Director, Assistant Professor | Office of Research and Extramural Programming, Nursing |
| Dominic Chow | Associate Professor | Internal Medicine and Pediatrics |
| Dongping Zheng | Assistant Professor | Second Language Studies |
| Fred Roster | Professor | Art |
| Ho Leung Ng | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |
| Lipyeow Lim | Associate Professor | Information and Computer Sciences |
| Lorey Takahashi | Professor | Psychology |
| Lori Ideta | Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students | Office of Student Affairs |
| Loriena Yancura | Associate Professor | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| Maria Chun | Specialist | Surgery |
| Miguel Felipe | Associate Professor | Music |
| Miriam Stark | Professor | Anthropology |
| Patricia Couvillon | Associate Professor | Psychology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center |
| Peter Hoffmann | Associate Professor | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Qing Li | Professor | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| Reza Ghorbani | Associate Professor | Mechanical Engineering |
| Sandra von Doetinchem | Program Specialist | Outreach College |
| Scott Sinnett | Assistant Professor | Psychology |
| Shana Brown | Associate Professor | History |
| Steven Robinow | Professor | Zoology |
| Terry Hunt | Chair, Director, Professor | UROC, Honors Program, Anthropology |
| Vernadette Gonzalez | Chair, Director, Associate Professor | UROC, Honors Program, American Studies |
| Wendy Kawabata | Associate Professor | Art & Art History |
| Kasey Barton | Associate Professor | School of Life Sciences |
| Rakan (Zak) Zahawi | Director | Lyon Arboretum |
| Zhenhua Huang | Professor | Ocean and Resources Engineering |