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Research, Instructional, and Extension Faculty

J. Kenneth Grace, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Termite biology and control, insect behavior

Anne M. Alvarez, Ph.D.
Plant and environmental bacteriology

Wayne Borth, Ph.D.
Plant virology

Alberto Bressan, Ph.D.
Insect vectors of plant pathogens

John J. Cho, Ph.D.
Diseases of vegetable crops, IPM
(Maui Agricultural Research Center)

Yangrae Cho, Ph.D.
Plant host-pathogen interactions

Richard H. Ebesu, M.S.
Extension education
(Kauai Cooperative Extension Service)

Stephen A. Ferreira, Ph.D.
Crop protection, extension education

Randall T. Hamasaki, M.S.
Fruit and vegetable crops extension education
(Kamuela Extension Office)

Arnold H. Hara, Ph.D.
Horticultural entomology, post-harvest insect control, regulatory entomology
(Beaumont Agricultural Research Center)

James Hollyer, M.S.
Director of Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP)

Cerruti R2 Hooks, Ph.D.
Sustainable agriculture, ecological pest management, biological control, vector ecology

John Hu, Ph.D.
Virology

Michael K. Kawate, Ph.D.
Pesticide registration

Stefan Kroder, Ph.D.
Behavioral ecology of parasitoids, environmental effects on insects
James Leary, Ph.D.
Invasive weed management

Ronald F. L. Mau, Ph. D.
Agricultural entomology, extension entomology, insect biology

Michael Melzer, M.S.
Virology

Edwin F. Mersino, M.S.
Ornamental crops extension education
(Oahu Cooperative Extension Service)

Russell H. Messing, Ph.D.
Fruit fly ecology and management, biological control
(Kauai Agricultural Research Center)

Frédéric Muratori, Ph.D.
Behavioural ecology, host/parasitoid interactions, biological control
(Kauai Agricultural Research Center)

Scot C. Nelson, Ph.D.
Epidemiology, extension education

Kabi R. Neupane, Ph.D.
Molecular biology, biotechnology

Wayne T. Nishijima, Ph.D.
Tropical fruits and nuts, forest and tree diseases, ornamental extension education
(Beaumont Agricultural Research Center)

Jeri J. Ooka, Ph.D.
Diseases of coconuts; field, root, and medicinal crops; disease suppressive composts
(Kauai Agricultural Research Center)

Raju Pandey, Ph.D.
Biological of arthropod pests, IPM

Karen Pitz, M.S.
Crop protection

Daniel Rubinoff, Ph.D.
Director of UH Insect Museum
Insect systematics, invasive species, conservation biology, evolution of ecological traits

Dwight M. Sato, M.S.
Extension education
(Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service)

Josef Seifert, Ph.D.
Biochemical toxicology

Mario Serracin, M.S.
Nematology, coffee, tropical crops

Diane Sether, Ph.D.

Kelvin T. Sewake, M.S.
Extension education, cut flowers, orchids, cut foliage, lei flowers
(Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service)

Robin S. Shimabuku, M.S.
Vegetable crops production and disease management extension education
(Maui Cooperative Extension Service)

Brent S. Sipes, Ph.D.
Graduate Chair for Tropical Plant Pathology
Nematology, alternative control methods

Jari Sugano
Associate Extension Agent
Fruitfly research and education

Sabina F. Swift, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator of UH Insect Museum
Acarology, Pesticide Risk Reduction among Underserved Farmers

Janice Y. Uchida, Ph.D.
PEPS Undergraduate Advisor
Fungal pathology, biological control of diseases, environmental impacts

Ethel Villalobos, Ph.D.
Wasp behavior, parasitoids of Liriomyza spp.

Koon-Hui Wang, Ph.D.
Nematode ecology, nematode biological control

Xin-Geng Wang, Ph.D.
Insect behavior and ecology, biological control
(Kauai Agricultural Research Center)

Mark G. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate of the UH Insect Museum
Integrated pest management, tropical fruits and nuts, insect ecology, biological control

Julian R. Yates III, Ph.D.
Graduate Chair for Entomology
Urban pest management, termite biology and control



Emeritus faculty

Barry Brennan, Ph.D.
Pesticide regulation and use

M. Lee Goff, Ph.D.
Forensic entomology

Wen-Hsiung Ko, Ph.D.
Soil microbiology
(Beaumont Agricultural Research Center)

Roy K. Nishimoto, Ph.D.
Weed science

Donald P. Schmitt, Ph.D.
Plant nematology

Minoru Tamashiro, Ph.D.
Insect pathology, termite biology

Eduardo E. Trujillo, Ph.D.
Soil-borne diseases, biological control of weeds

 

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