Research Team

Our Researchers

Reinhold Penner

Director of Research
Tel: 1(808)961-5366
Fax:1(808)691-5337
[email protected]

Andrea Fleig

Associate Director
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7931
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Mahealani Monteilh-Zoller

Manager
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7936
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Clay Wakano

Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7925
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

​Carissa Kim

Associate Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7933
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Malika Faouzi

Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7926
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Sayuri Suzuki

Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7930
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Aaron Cullen

Research Chemist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7924
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

John Starkus

Senior Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-4261
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]​

Ivana Pilchová

Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7930
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Brandon Johnson

Scientist

Michael Ortega

Scientist
Tel: 1 (808) 691-7902
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Leonhard Kempinger

Internship Researcher
(2023)

Randolph Hutter, MD

Physician Scientist
Cardiologist
Fax: 1 (808) 691-7939
[email protected]

Former Members

Krystin Wong

Intern
(2019)

Aaron Yamasaki

Intern
(2018)

 

Ram Neupane

Postdoctoral Scientist
(2021)

Jayanti Neupane

Associate Scientist
(2021)

Jonas Nordhoff

Undergraduate Summer Researcher
(2022)

 

Amity Tran

Intern
(2018)

Masakatsu Kanazawa

Researcher
(2017)​

Melissa Gozun​

Intern
(2017)

Bulan Wu

Intern
(2017)

Quinton Muronaga

Intern
(2016)

Chad Jansen

Graduate Researcher
(2015)

Kishan Tsang

Research Internship
(2015)

Karl Yandoc

Intern
(2015)

Connor Murakami

Intern
(2015)

Tatiana Kilch-Di Rosa

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2014)

Rebecca Kim

Laboratory
Technician/Intern
(2014)

Lori Tsue

Research Associate
(2013)

Christopher Maggio

Research Assistant
(2013)

Zheng Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2013)

Junhao Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2013)

Adriana Sumoza- Toledo

Scientist
(2012)

Jae Won Kim

Research Assistant
(2012)

Marius Woitok

Graduate Student
(2012)

Haijie Yu

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2012)

Maxmilian Wei

Intern
(2012)

Cody Sia

Intern
(2012)

Lahaina Zoller

Intern
(2012)

Jessica Swonger

Rotation Student
(2012)

Lisa Janzon

Intern
(2011)

Markus Thiel

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2011)

Dawn Tani

Laboratory Manager
(2011)

Annette Lis

Scientist
(2011)

Stephanie Johne

Research Associate
(2010)

Maurice Needham

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2010)

Susanna Zierler

Scientist
(2010)

George Myers

Graduate Researcher
(2010)

Morten Larsen

Graduate Researcher
(2009)

Emerson Kerwin

Intern
(2009)

Sara Phillips

Intern
(2009)

Michelle Regis

Intern
(2009)

Lynda Addington

Research Assistant
(2009)

Niloufar Ataie

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2009)

Christie Munn

Intern
(2009)

Jun-Ichi Goto

Visiting Scientist
(2008)

Nora Chen

Intern
(2008)

Ingo Lange

Graduate Researcher
(2008)

Teresa Kreye-Azevedo

Intern
(2008)

​Shekinah Euginio

Intern
(2008)

Andreas Beck

Scientist
(2008)

Christian Schwindling

Intern
(2008)

Suhel Parvez

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2008)

Angela Love

Research Assistant
(2007)

Christine Peinelt

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2007)

Kimberly Cochrane

Graduate Researcher
(2007)

Marifel Barbasa

Intern
(2007)

Alexander Stokes

Senior Scientist
(2007)

Helen Turner

Associate Director
(2007)

Scott Henderson

Graduate Student
(2007)

Jason Barnhill

Graduate Student
(2007)

Janos Molnar

Graduate Student
(2007)

Theresa Kurise

Graduate Student
(2007)

Prerna Passad

Graduate Student
(2007)

Lori Shimoda

Research Associate
(2007)

Miyoko Bellinger

Research Assistant
(2007)

Dana Ko'omoa

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2006)

Britta Sievert

Intern
(2006)

Linden Doescher

Laboratory Technician
(2006)

Mikela Yarawamai

Intern
(2006)

Martin Liss

Visiting Researcher
(2006)

Kimberly Del Carmen

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2006)

Zengqiu Li

Graduate Student
(2006)

Philippe Demeuse

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2006)

Cora Rillero

Graduate Student
(2005)

Ling Cordova

Laboratory Technician
(2005)

Stefan Gross

Diploma Student
(2005)

Ramon Go

Intern
(2005)

Ayako Kurashima

Intern
(2005)

Valerie So

Intern
(2005)

Kaohimanu Dang

Laboratory Technician
(2005)

Bret Bessac

Graduate Student
(2005)

Martin Kolisek

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2005)

Matthew Pitts

Rotation Student
(2005)

Helena Morris

Intern
(2004)

Henrique Cheng

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2004)

Carolyn Oki

Research Associate
(2004)

Andrea Small-Howard

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2004)

Mike Dionne

Graduate Student
(2003)

Donna Deng

Intern
(2003)

Murielle Huberson

Research Associate
(2003)

Teresa Samson

(2002)

Michelle Tripp

IT Coordinator
(2002)

Leigh Anne Bagley

Graduate Student
(2002)

Ashlee Nekoba

Laboratory Assistant
(2002)

Ryuichi Takezawa

Scientist
(2002)

Glenn Magyar

Laboratory Manager
(2001)

John McEnerney

Laboratory Technician
(2001)

Meredith Hermosura

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2001)

Jens Doutheil

Postdoctoral Fellow
(2000)

Peder Hill

Laboratory Technician
(1999)