Presenting the 2021 RCUH Outstanding Employee Nominees

The RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year Awards encourage, recognize, and reward RCUH employees who have made demonstrable, significant, and exemplary contributions to their project. Congratulations to the 2021 nominees!

Researcher/Project Manager Category

Amber Imai-Hong
UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory
Nominated by Principal Investigator Frances Zhu

Amy Weintraub
Hawaii Academy of Science
Nominated by Principal Investigator Neal Atebara

Cassie Stelow
Pacific Disaster Center
Nominated by Principal Investigator Ray Shirkhodai

Howard Morrow
Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawai’i
Nominated by Principal Investigator Margo Edwards

Mark Huber
UH Institute for Astronomy, Pan-STARRS
Nominated by Principal Investigator Kenneth Chambers

Melanie Hutchinson
UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Nominated by Principal Investigator Douglas Luther, CIMAR Deputy Director Jeffrey Hare

Robin Hayes
UH Institute for Astronomy, Maunakea Observatories Support Services
Nominated by Principal Investigator Stewart Hunter

Serge Chastel
UH Institute for Astronomy, Pan-STARRS
Nominated by Principal Investigator Richard Wainscoat


Project Support Staff Category

Alycia Fujii
UH Mānoa College of Education, Curriculum Research & Development Group
Nominated by Principal Investigator Dean Lodes

Andrea Alexander
UH Mānoa College of Education, Center on Disability Studies
Nominated by Principal Investigator Chuan Chinn

Claudine Chan-Naruse
UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawai’i and Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center
Nominated by Principal Investigator Kelley Withy

Dylan Davis
UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit – Ko’olau Mountains Watershed Partnership
Nominated by Principal Investigator Clifford Morden

Elizabeth Dingeldein
UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Center for Conservation Research & Training
Nominated by Principal Investigator Kenneth Kaneshiro

Eva Brill
UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Natural Resources & Environmental Management
Nominated by Principal Investigator J.B. Friday

Martin Holzgang
Kapi’olani Community College, Title III Lawelawe Po’okela Project
Nominated by Principal Investigator Louise Pagotto

Peter Oshiro
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nominated by Principal Investigator Ming-Tang Chen

Rosalind Kia
UH Mānoa College of Education, Center on Disability Studies
Nominated by Principal Investigator Jennifer Tarnay

Vannida Phommachanh
UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, High Energy Physics
Nominated by Principal Investigator Thomas Browder

Yoshiyuki Doi
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Subaru Telescope
Nominated by Principal Investigator Michitoshi Yoshida

Yumi Nagayoshi
UH Institute for Astronomy, Maunakea Observatories Support Services
Nominated by Principal Investigator David Lonborg


Team Category

Hawai’i Health Data Warehouse
Katherine Benson, Jill Yamashita, Kristine Hironaka
UH Mānoa Office of Public Health Studies
Nominated by Principal Investigator Rebekah Rodericks

Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project
Hanna Mounce, Laura Berthold, Zachary Pezzillo
UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit
Nominated by Principal Investigator Shaya Honarvar

National Disaster Preparedness Training Center
Lydia Morikawa, Melissa Peneyra, Amanda Bates
UH Mānoa Social Science Research Institute
Nominated by Principal Investigator Karl Kim

Sport Fish Restoration (Monitoring)
McKenna Allen, Mia Melamed
Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources
Nominated by Principal Investigator Heather Ylitalo-Ward

UH Cancer Center Pathology Core
Hugh Luk, Keiko Garvin, Kyle Nishiyama, Xue Mei Zhu
UH Cancer Center
Nominated by Principal Investigators Brenda Hernandez and Owen Chan