Faculty, Staff, and Students

Ocean Graduate Faculty

Antony D. Clarke

Research Professor

• Ph.D., University of Washington
• Marine aerosols, biogeochemical cycles and optical properties.
• tclarke@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

James P. Cowen

Research Professor; MGG Division Head; Assoc. Chair Oceanography

• Ph.D., U.C. Santa Cruz
• Microbial geochemistry; deep subseafloor biosphere; hydrothermal systems; aquatic pollution.
• jcowen@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Eric H. DeCarlo

Research Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• specialty.
• edecarlo@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Brian Glazer

Assist. Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Delaware
• Aquatic geomicrobiology; marine redox biogeochemistry; ocean observing technology.
• glazer@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

David Ho

Assoc. Professor

• Ph.D., Columbia University
• Air-water gas exchange; tracer and coastal oceanography; continental waters.
• david@ldeo.columbia.edu
• Columbia University Page

Barry Huebert

Professor

• Ph.D., Northwestern U.
• Atmospheric chemistry.
• huebert@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Telu Li

Professor

• Ph.D., Columbia U.
• Geochemical cycles from solar nebula to human brain.
• yhli@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Alexander Malahoff

Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Geological oceanography, mineral formation; submarine volcanism and hydrothermal systems.
• malahoff@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Christopher Measures

Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Southampton
• Trace element chemistry; biogeochemical effect of dust deposition to oceans; elemental mass balance.
• chrism@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Michael J. Mottl

Professor

• Ph.D., Harvard U.
• Geochemical implications of plate tectonics; interaction of seawater with oceanic crust; subduction zone fluids.
• mmottl@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Kathleen Ruttenberg

Assist. Professor

• Ph.D., Yale U.
• Marine biogeochemistry and cycling of nutrients and redox-sensitive elements; sediment diagenesis; paleogeochemistry.
• kcr@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Frank Sansone

Professor; Oceanography Department Chair

• Ph.D., U. of North Carolina
• Biogeochemistry and physical dynamics of permeable sediments; lava-seawater interactions; hydrothermal gas geochemistry.
• sansone@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Jane Schoonmaker

Assoc. Specialist; Chair of Oceanography Undergraduate Studies

• Ph.D., Northwestern U.
• Sedimentary geochemistry and diagenesis.
• jane@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Richard Zeebe

Assist. Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Bremen
• Elemental cycling in the ocean, atmosphere and biosphere; ocean acidification; carbon cycle; paleoclimate.
• zeebe@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

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Emeritus Faculty

Fred Mackenzie

Emeritus Professor

• Ph.D., Lehigh U.
• Evolution of earth’s surface environment; biogeochemical cycles and global environmental change
• fredm@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Stephen V. Smith

Emeritus Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Global biogeochemical cycles/budgets, nutrient and material fluxes/cycling, role of small water bodies in hydrology and material transport.
• svsmith@cicese.mx
• Oceanography Dept. Page

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Cooperating Graduate Faculty

Marlin Atkinson

Professor

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Coral reef physiology and biogeochemistry; sensor development
• mja@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Jim Falter

Assist. Researcher

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Effects of hydrodynamics, light and chemistry on C, N, and P fluxes to coral reef communities.
• falter@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Eric Gaidos

Assoc. Professor

• Ph.D., MIT
• Evolutionary biology and ecology; geobiology.
• gaidos@hawaii.edu
• Geology and Geophysics Dept. Page

John Wiltshire

Specialist; Chair of Ocean and Resources Enginering;
Assoc./Acting Director of HURL

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Ocean resources, mineral economics; scientific submersible utilization.
• johnw@soest.hawaii.edu
• ORE Faculty Page

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Affiliated Research Faculty

Byron Blomquist

Assoc. Researcher

• Ph.D., Washington State U.
• Air/sea gas exchange, atmospheric chemistry of sulfur compounds.
• blomquis@hawaii.edu

Steven Dollar

Specialist, SOEST at Large

• Ph.D. U. of Hawai‘i
• Nutrient dynamics in the coastal zone. Impacts to coral reefs.
• sdollar@soest.hawaii.edu

Mike Guidry

Assistant Specialist

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Biogeochemical modeling, mineral precipitation/dissolution kinetics, K-12/university curriculum development.
• mguidry@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Dale Hebel

Assistant Specialist

• M.S. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
• Biogeochemistry;
• hebel@hawaii.edu
• HOT-JGOFS Program Page

Steve Howell

Assistant Researcher

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• showell@soest.hawaii.edu
• HiGEAR Personnel Page

Vladimir “Volodia” Kapustin

Associate Researcher)

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• kapustin@soest.hawaii.edu
• HiGEAR Personnel Page

John Smith

Assoc. Specialist; Science Program Director for HURL

• Ph.D., U. of Hawai‘i
• Marine geophysics; seafloor imaging.
• jrsmith@hawaii.edu

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Adminstrative Support

Kellie Gushiken

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Kathy Kozuma

Secretary

• kkozuma@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

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Research Associates

Didier Dumas

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Chuck Fraley

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Marcie Grabowski

Nutrient Laboratory Technician

• MS, U. of Hawai‘i
• Water column biogeochemistry.
• mworkman@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Chris Jones

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Liangzhong “John” Zhuang

Research Associate

• MS, U. of Rhode Island
• Radiative effects of aerosols in remote marine atmosphere; measurements of tropospheric nitric acid and aerosols.
• zhuang@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

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Recent PostDoctoral Researchers

Mariko Hatta

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• Ph.D., U. of Toyama
• Chemical oceanography.
• mhatta@hawaii.edu or marikohatta@gmail.com

William T Hiscock

Assist. Researcher

• Ph.D., U. of Miami, RSMAS
• Biogeochemical cycling of trace elements and carbon
• hiscock@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography personal page

Tatjana Ilyina

Postdoctoral Researcher

• PhD, University of Hamburg
• Modeling marine biogeochemical cycles.
• ilyina@soest.hawaii.edu

Kevin Stierhoff

Assist. Researcher

• Ph.D., U. of Delaware
• Physiological and habitate ecology of marine fish, benthic boundary layer processes.
• stierhof@hawaii.edu
• Personal Page

Judith Wells

Assist. Researcher

• Ph.D., WHOI-MIT
• Ocean mixing processes, topographic effects, coastal circulation.
• wellsjr@hawaii.edu

Jingchuan Zhou

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• jczhou@hawaii.edu

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Recent Graduate Students

Becky Briggs

Graduate Student

• B.S., U. of Rhode Island
• Fe and P cycling in He’eia fishpond
• briggs@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Courtney Daniels

Graduate Student

• B.S., U. of Michigan
• Abiotic particle formation.
• cfritz@hawaii.edu

Patrick Drupp

Graduate Student

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Kristen Fogaren

Graduate Student

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• fogaren@hawaii.edu

Maxime Grand

Graduate Student

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Angelos Hannides

Graduate Student

• B.S. RSMAS, U. of Miami; M.S. SUNY at Stony Brook
• specialty
• hannides@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Iuri Herzfeld

Graduate Student

• B.S., M.S., U. of Florida
• Diurnal and seasonal nutrient patterns in sedimented fringing coral.
• herzfeld@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Huei-Ting “Tina” Lin

Graduate Student

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Cameron McNaughton

Graduate Student

• B.S.. U. of Waterloo; MS., U. of Hawai‘i
• specialty
• csmcnaug@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Chris Ostrander

Graduate Student

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• chriso@hawaii.edu

Lisa Oswald

Graduate Student

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• loswald@hawaii.edu

Mark Patsavas

Graduate Student

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Yohei Shinozuka

Graduate Student

• BEng, University of Tokyo; MS University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
• Aerosol microphysical, chemical, and optical properties in the troposphere
• yohei@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Rachel Solomon

Graduate Student

• B.S., U.C. Santa Barbara
• Effects of storm events on air-sea CO2 exchange in Kan‘eohe Bay, Hawai‘i.
• rsolomon@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Joji Uchikawa

Graduate Student

• B.S., M.S., U. of Hawai‘i
• Paleoclimatology, carbonate chemistry, stable C/O isotopic fractionation.
• uchikawa@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Emma Williams

Graduate Student

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• emmalw@hawaii.edu

Mingxi Yang

Graduate Student

• M.S., U. of Hawai‘i
• Gas phase and aerosol chemistry.
• mingxi@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

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Recent Undergraduate Assistants

• Jai Keep Barnes
• Chris Colgrove (top left)
• Angela Crandall (2nd from top left)
• Laura deGelleke
• Justin Lam
• Caitlyn Lawrence
• Judy Lee
• Ryan Matsumoto (2nd from bottom left)
• Kyle Norman
• Sean Ogata
• Ashley-Nicole Oshiro
• Amanda Ricardo
• Ryan Sasaki (bottom left)
• Daniel Sulak

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Recent High School Students

• Terry Lee (Roosevelt HS, left )
• Linrui Li (UH Lab School)
• Lili Zhao (Punahou)