Although we are not able to celebrate these outstanding individuals at our annual awards luncheon, we hope that you will join us in recognizing their achievements with words of support and encouragement online. Before we announce the awardees, we want to give a big mahalo to the Selection Committee (Coralie Chun Matayoshi, Nelson Moku III, Ray Soon), which had the challenging task of reviewing and rating all nominations.
Without further ado, here are the awardees of the 2020 RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year Awards:
RESEARCHER / PROJECT MANAGER / PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE:
David Cohen
Aquatic Invasive Species Biocontrol Specialist
Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit
UH College of Natural Sciences
Nominated by Principal Investigator Shaya Honarvar
SECOND PLACE:
Michael von Platen
TCR Systems Programmer
Telehealth Research Institute
UH John A. Burns School of Medicine
Nominated by Principal Investigator Benjamin Berg
HONORABLE MENTION:
– Fritzie Celino-Brady, Laboratory of Fish Endocrinology and Environmental Physiology, UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
– Serge Chastel, Pan-STARRS, UH Institute for Astronomy
– Stan Fichtman, Apprenticeship Programs, Kapi‘olani Community College
– Mark Huber, Pan-STARRS, UH Institute for Astronomy
– Dawn Namahoe Sidman, UH Hilo Research Office
PROJECT SUPPORT STAFF CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE:
Yoshitake Nabeshima
Telescope Control System Technician III
Subaru Telescope
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Nominated by Principal Investigator Michitoshi Yoshida
SECOND PLACE:
Hope Ronco
JIMAR PIFSC Research/Logistics Technician
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Nominated by Principal Investigator Douglas Luther
HONORABLE MENTION:
– Mary Jo Riehm, UH Hilo Research Office
– Sean Tanimoto, Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawai‘i
TEAM CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE:
Maunakea Weather Center
– Tiziana Cherubini
– Ryan Lyman
Nominated by Principal Investigator Steven Businger
SECOND PLACE:
Applied Research Laboratory
– Benjamin Jones
– Joshua Levy
– Ted Ralston
– Aricia Argyris
Nominated by Principal Investigator Margo Edwards