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WRRC Researchers, Support Staff, Associates
Faculty
Roger
W. Babcock Associate Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Holmes Hall 346
Phone: (808) 956-7298
Fax: (808) 956-5014
E-mail: rbabcock@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.cee.hawaii.edu/persons/babcock/babcock.htm
Education:
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, 1991
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, 1989
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1987
Fields of Interest:
Biological Water and Wastewater Treatment
Biodegradation of Toxic/Hazardous Waste
Water Reuse
Membrane Separations
John Cusick Assistant Specialist, Environmental Center
Office: Krauss # 19
Phone: (808) 956-7362
Fax: (808) 956-3980
E-mail: jcusick@hawaii.edu
Related web page:
Education:
Ph.D., Geography, University of Hawai'i, 2003
M.A., Geography, University of Hawai'i, 1994
BA, Geography, Latin American Studies, Spanish, California State University
Chico, 1985
Fields of interest:
Environmental History
Environmental Education
Protected Area Politics
Ecotourism
Aly
El-Kadi Associate Researcher and Assistant Director, Water Resources Research Center
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics
Office: POST Building 709A
Phone: (808) 956-6331
Fax: (808) 956-5512
E-mail: elkadi@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/aly/
Education:
Ph.D. Groundwater Hydrology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1983
M.S. Surface Water Hydrology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1976
B.S. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt,
1971
Fields of interest:
Watershed Modeling and Analysis
Application and Assessment of Various Types of Groundwater Models
Modeling Multiphase Flow and Transport of Hydrocarbons
Numerical Modeling
Flow and Transport in Field Soils
Databases and Geographic Information Systems
Bioremediation in Tidal Aquifers
Contamination by Agricultural and Cesspool Sources
Roger
S. Fujioka Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Graduate Faculty, Microbiology (emeritus)
Office: Holmes Hall 280
Phone: (808) 956-3096
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: roger@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Virology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1970
M.S., Microbiology, University of Hawaii, 1966
B.S., Medical Technology, University of Hawaii, 1960
Fields of interest:
Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Virology
Aquatic and Terrestrial Microbiology
Public Health Microbiology
Disinfection Toxins in Water
Water Quality Standards
Bacterial Contamination
Viral Contamination
Marek Kirs Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Office: Holmes Hall 182
Phone: (808) 956-9579
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: kirs@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
M.S., University of Edinburgh
B.S., University of Tartu, Estonia
Fields of interest:
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Source Tracking
Quantitative PCR
Recreational Water Quality
Rapid Methods for the Quantification of Enterococci
L.
Stephen Lau Professor (Emeritus), Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Holmes Hall 182
Phone: (808) 956-3639
E-mail: virglau@aol.com
Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1959
M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1955
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1953
Fields of interest:
Waste Water Irrigation
Water Quality Assessment
Hydrologic Evaluation of Water Resources
Groundwater Hydrology
Hydrology of the Hawaiian Islands
Research Administration
Clark
C. K. Liu Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: POST Building 203F
Phone: (808) 956-7658
Fax: (808) 956-5014
E-mail: liu@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.cee.hawaii.edu/persons/liu/liu.htm
Education:
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York 1976
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
1969
B.S., Agricultural/Water Resources Engineering, National Taiwan University,
1966
Fields of interest:
Flood Hydrograph Analysis
Pesticide Transport in Soils
Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
Water Quality Modeling
Philip MoravcikTechnology Transfer Specialist, Water Resources Research Center
Office: Holmes Hall 280
Phone: (808) 956-3097
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: morav@hawaii.edu
Education:
M.P.H. Public Health, University of Hawaii, 1989
M.S., Geography, University of Victoria, B.C. Canada
Fields of interest:
Environmental Health
Contaminant Fate and Transport
Groundwater Hydrology
Land-Based Over-the-Horizon Ocean Radar
Watershed Studies
Chittaranjan
Ray Interim Director, Water Resources Research Center
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: POST Building 203H
Phone: (808) 956-9652
Fax: (808) 956-5014
Related web page: http://www.cee.hawaii.edu/persons/ray/ray.htm
Education:
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1994
M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1984
M.Sc., Agricultural Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada, 1982
B.S., Agricultural Engineering, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India 1980
Fields of interest:
Understanding the Dynamics of Flow and Contaminant Transport at Bank Filtration Sites
Virus, Pesticides, and Pharmaceutical Transport in Tropical Soils
Hydrologic Balance for Alternate Cover Materials for Landfill Capping
Neural Networks in Pesticide Vulnerability Assessment of Domestic Wells
Principal Investigators, Cooperating Researchers, and Consultants
Julie H. Bailey-Brock
Professor, Zoology
Office: Edmondson Hall 357
Phone: (808) 956-6149
Fax: (808) 956-9812
E-mail: jbrock@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.hawaii.edu/zoology/faculty/brock.htm
Education:
Ph.D., Marine Zoology, University of Wales at Swansea, UK, 1968
B.S., Zoology, University of Wales at Swansea, UK, 1964
Fields of Interest:
Biomonitoring of Benthic Organisms Especially Polychaetes (marine worms).
Populations at Hawaiian Outfall Diffusers
Environmental Stress on Marine Benthos
Coral Reef Invertebrates
Richard
E. Brock Associate Researcher & Fish Specialist, HIMB/SeaGrant
Office: Hawaii Institute of Geophysics 213
Phone: (808) 956-2859
Fax: (808) 956-2858
E-mail: brockr@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1983
M.S., Zoology, University of Hawaii, 1972
B.S., Zoology, University of Hawaii, 1968
Fields of Interest:
Hawaiian Fishes
Fish Community Structure
Fish Population Dynamics
Environmental Stress on Fish
Ocean Outfall Fish Communities
Fisheries and Coral Reef Resource Management
Pao-Shin
Chu Professor, Meteorology, and Hawaii State Climatologist, UH
Office: Hawaii Institute of Geophysics 338
Phone: (808) 956-2567
Fax: (808) 956-2877
E-mail: chu@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Meteorology and Climatology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1981
M.S., Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1974
B.S., Earth Sciences, College of Chinese Culture, 1970
Fields of Interest:
Climate Variability/Change and Rainfall Variations in Hawaii and Pacific
Islands
Drought and Drought Risks
Rainfall Frequency
Seasonal Rainfall Prediction
William
J. Cooke Research Consultant
Phone: (808) 254-0203
E-mail: w.j.cooke@worldnet.att.net
Education:
Ph.D., University of Hawaii
B.A., Stanford University
Fields of Interest:
Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology of Tropical Hydroids and Zoanthids
Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology of Indo-Pacific Pericarideans
Development and Competition in Fouling and Wood Boring Communities
Tropical Marine Invertebrate Communities under Stress
Thomas Giambelluca Professor, Geography
Office: Saunders Hall 417
Phone: (808) 956-7390
Fax: (808) 956-3512
E-mail: thomas@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://climate.socialsciences.hawaii.edu/
Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Hawaii, 1983.
M.A., Geography, University of Miami, 1977
B.S. (cum laude), Geography and Mathematics, University of Miami, Florida, 1974
Fields of Interest:
Climatology
Environmental Hydrology
Land-Atmosphere Interaction
Hydrological Impacts of Tropical Deforestation
Hydrology of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
Effects of Rural Roads on Watershed Processes
Impacts of Global Warming on High Elevation Ecosystems in Hawaii
Klaus Benjamin Hagedorn
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Office: HIG 217
Phone: (808)956-4777
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: khagedor@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Hydrogeology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2009
Diplom, Geology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 2006
Fields of Interest:
Application of stable and radiogenic isotopes to study water-rock interaction
Riverine carbon cycle
Hydrologic balances for alternate recharge rates
Groundwater flow modeling
Regina
Kawamoto Research Associate, Water Resources Research Center
Office: Edmondson Hall 351
Phone: (808) 956-8620
Fax: (808) 956-9812
E-mail: reginak@hawaii.edu
Education:
Albert
S. Kim Principal Investigator, Water Resources Research Center
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: POST Building 203G
Phone: (808) 956-3718
Fax: (808) 956-5014, 956-9660
E-mail: AlbertSK@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.cee.hawaii.edu/persons/kim/kim.htm
Education:
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, 2000
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997
M.S., Physics, Yonsei University, Korea, 1994
B.S., Physics, Kyung Hee University, Korea, 1991
Fields of Interest:
Membrane Separation Processes
Colloidal and Nano Particle Dynamics
Hydrodynamics of Porous Fractal Aggregates
Computational Environmental Molecular Science and Engineering Statistical Mechanics
Hans-Jurgen Krock Professor (emeritus), Ocean and Resources Engineering
Office: Holmes Hall 401
Phone: (808) 956-7686
Fax: (808) 956-3498
E-mail: hkrock@soest.hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1972
M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1967
B.S.E., Arizona State University, Tempe, 1965
Fields of Interest:
Water Quality Standards
Toxicity Response in Natural Systems
Biostimulatory Response in Natural Systems
Mixing and Transport
Reactor Design
Multi-product OTEC Systems
Seawater Gas Exchange Dynamics
Joseph
Lichwa Research Support, Analytical Laboratory, Water Resources Research Center
Office: Holmes Hall 181
Phone: (808) 956-3099
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: lichwa@hawaii.edu
Related web page: WRRC
toxics lab
Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 1969
Fields of Interest:
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Ion Chromatography (IC)
Gas Chromatography (GC)
Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrophotometry (GC-MS)
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Total Organic Carbon analysis (TOC)
High Performance Liquid Chromatography - Mass
Spectrophotometry (LC-MS)
Victor
D. Moreland Assistant Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Phone: (808) 839-7848
Fax: (808) 833-2068
E-mail: vdmiao@earthlink.net
Education:
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii, 1997
M.S., Sanitary Engineering, University of Hawaii, 1973
B.S., Civil Engineering, California State Polytechnic College, Pomona, 1971
Tetsuzan Benny RonAquaculture Program Coordinator
Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
1960 East-West Road, Biomedical Sciences T-701A
Honolulu, HI 96822
Biomed T-701A
Phone: (808) 956-2196
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: bennyron@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Hawai'i, 1995
M.S., Zoology, University of Hawai'i, 1991
B.S., Animal Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1987
Fields of Interest:
Aquaculture
Environmental physiology
Endocrinology
Biorhythm
Genetics
James
A. Roumasset Principal Investigator, Water Resources Research Center
Professor, Economics Department
Office: Saunders Hall 514
Phone: (808) 956-7496
Fax: (808) 956-4347
E-mail: jimr@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jimr/
Education:
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973
M.A., University of Hawaii, 1969
B.A., University of California Berkeley, 1965
Fields of Interest:
Water Resources and the Environment
Watershed Conservation and Finance
Resource Valuation
Spatial and Intertemporal Allocation
Pricing for Efficiency and Equity
Water Conservation in the Central Oahu Corridor
Anthony
R. Russo Retired Professor, Mathematics and Science Department
Leeward Community College
Phone: (808) 455-0282
E-mail: trusso@pixi.com
Education:
Ph.D. Oceanography, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 1985
M.S. Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1978
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1966
B.S., Marine Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1958
Fields of Interest:
Biomonitoring of Fish Populations at Hawaiian Outfall Diffusers
Biostatistics for Marine Benthic Studies
Marine Ecology
Environmental Stress on Marine Benthos and Fish
Community Structure of Epifauna
Amphipod Community Structure in Hawaiian Seaweeds
Will Ambrose Research Consultant
Education:
Ph.D. 1982 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A.B. 1977 Princeton University
Fields of Interest:
Arctic Oceanography
Benthic Ecology
Invertebrate Fisheries Biology
Effects of Pollution on Marine Ecosystems
Sediment Quality Criteria
Thierry
Work Wildlife Disease Specialist, USGS-NWHC-HFS
Phone: (808) 792-9520, 541-3445
E-mail: thierry_work@usgs.gov
Education:
Bachelor's degree: Taxes A&M University
Master's degree: University of California, Davis
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine: University of California, Davis
Fields of Interest:
Diseases of Wildlife
Epizootiology
Pathology
Immunology
Ping-Yi Yang Researcher, Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering
Office: Gilmore Hall 105
Phone: (808) 956-8459
Fax: (808) 956-9269
E-mail: pingyi@hawaii.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Bioenvironmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1972
M.S., Bioenvironmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1969
B.S., Applied Microbiology, National Taiwan University, 1961
Fields of Interest:
Bioprocess for Water and Wastewater
Wastewater Engineering
Agricultural and Food Waste Management
Staff
Barbara
GuiebClerk Typist, Water Resources Research Center
Office: Holmes Hall 283
Phone: (808) 956-7848
Fax: (808) 956-5044
E-mail: barbarag@hawaii.edu
Charlotte
KatoSecretary, Environmental Center, Water Resources Research Center
Office: Krauss Annex 19
Phone: (808) 956-7361
Fax: (808) 956-3980
E-mail: ckato@hawaii.edu