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      Juanita Andaya

      Director of Administrative Services
    • Rebecca Chung, Director of Research Development

      Rebecca Chung

      Director of Research Development
    • Chip Fletcher

      Interim Dean
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      Judy Lemus

      Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
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      Interim Associate Dean for Research
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      Director of Research Vessel Operations

    Department Chairs

    • Garrett Apuzen-Ito

      Garrett Apuzen-Ito

      Chair, Department of Earth Sciences
    • Margaret McManus

      Chair, Department of Oceanography
    • Jennifer Griswold

      Jennifer Small Griswold

      Chair, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    • Zhenhua Huang

      Zhenhua Huang

      Chair, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering

    Unit Directors

    • Marla J Berry

      Marla Berry

      Director, Pacific Biosciences Research Center
    • Robert Toonen

      Robert J. Toonen

      Co-director of Graduate Marine Biology Program
    • Megan Donahue

      Megan Donahue

      Director, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
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      Director, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education
    • Darren Lerner

      Director, UH Sea Grant College Program
    • Douglas Luther

      Douglas S. Luther

      Director, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
    • Richard E. Rocheleau

      Director, Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute
    • Malte Stuecker

      Malte Fabian Stuecker

      Director, International Pacific Research Center
    • Robert Wright

      Robert Wright

      Director, Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
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