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Kimberly
Burnett
Associate Specialist, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization
Office: 540 Saunders Hall
Phone: (808) 956-8068
E-mail: kburnett@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/33/kimberly-burnett
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Hawaii
Fields of Interest:
- Invasive species management
- Watershed management
- Nonmarket valuation techniques
- Environmental and natural resource economics
- Coastal vulnerability and management
- Optimal water management
- Watershed conservation
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 Pao-Shin
Chu
Professor, Meteorology, and Hawaii State Climatologist
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
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Amanda Cording
Affiliate Faculty, WRRC
Phone: (808) 372-5719
E-mail: cording@hawaii.edu
Related web page: https://www.amandacording.com
Education:
- PhD, Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont.
Fields of Interest:
- Water Re-Use & Non-Sewer Disposal
- Green Infrastructure for Climate Resiliency
- The Blue Line: Zoning for Future Water Quality
- Enhancing Pollutant Removal Mechanisms in Soil and Plant Based Systems
- Green Technological Design, Development, Implementation and Entrepreneurship
- International Development: Improving Water and Sanitation with Ecological
Technologies
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Henrieta
Dulai
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Office: POST 707
Phone: (808) 956-0720
Fax: (808) 956-5512
E-mail: hdulaiov@hawaii.edu
Related web page: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/hdulaiov/
Education:
- PhD, Chemical Oceanography, Florida State University
Fields of Interest:
- Coastal hydrology
- Submarine groundwater discharge
- Geochemistry
- Nuclear and radiochemistry
- Chemical oceanography
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Mary Donohue
Program Specialist, University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program
Phone: (808) 956-7031
E-mail: donohuem@hawaii.edu
Education:
- PhD, Organismal and Population Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Fields of Interest:
Integrating the social and natural sciences in support of sustainable communities
and conservation practices; rainwater harvesting and health; student training
and workforce development; marine debris (micro- to macro-plastic) pollution;
marine mammal physiology and conservation; program and project management
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Ahmed Elshall
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Phone: (808) 956-3156
E-mail: aelshall@hawaii.edu
Education:
- PhD, Water Resources Engineering, Louisiana State University
Fields of Interest:
Physical, chemical and biological aspects of groundwater hydrology;
interaction of groundwater with surface water and coastal systems;
hydrogeophysics, geostatistics and hydrofacies analysis;
modeling of groundwater flow, solute transport and geochemical reactions;
optimum management and remediation of groundwater resources;
sociohydrology and impact of climate changes on groundwater resources;
inverse modeling, uncertainty analysis and optimal experiment design;
and optimization methods, sampling methods and high performance computing |
Kim Falinski
Affiliate Faculty
Phone: (808) 206-6565
E-mail: kimfalinski@tnc.org
Education:
- PhD, Tropical Plant and Soil Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Fields of Interest:
How do we keep pollutants from entering into our coastal waters? I am interested
in understanding the best ways to prevent sediment, nutrients, pesticides
and bacteria from entering into our streams and coastal waters; hydrology;
sediment and nutrient runoff; wetlands engineering; green infrastructure;
coral reefs |
Craig
R. Glenn
Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Office: POST 720A
Phone: (808) 956-2200
Fax: (808) 956-5512
E-mail: glenn@soest.hawaii.edu
Related web page:
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/people/gg_profile_glenn_c.html
Education:
- PhD, Oceanography and Marine Geology, Rhode Island Graduate School
of Oceanography
Fields of Interest:
- Groundwater and submarine groundwater discharge: nutrient, isotopic
and aqueous
- Biogeochemistry
- Aerial and subsurface remote sensing of groundwater
- Coastal processes
- Water quality
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Victoria
Keener 
Affiliate Faculty, WRRC; Affiliate Researcher, UH Geology & Geophysics; Research Fellow, East-West Center in Honolulu
Office: 1601 East-West Road
Phone: (808) 944-7220
Fax: (808) 944-7298
E-mail: KeenerV@EastWestCenter.org
Related web page: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/directory/victoria.keener
Education:
- PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Fields of Interest:
- Interdisciplinary climate science research and application
- Climate, land, and hydrological systems interaction and simulation
- Water utility integration of climate information into decision-support
processes
- Time series analysis, spectral analysis, non-linear systems, probabilistic
prediction
- Decision support for land and water managers using seasonal and decadal
climate information
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Yongcheol
Kim 
Affiliate Faculty & Visiting Researcher, WRRC; Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
Phone: (808) 722-582
E-mail: kimy6@hawaii.edu
Education:
- PhD, Hydrogeology, Seoul National University, South Korea
Fields of Interest:
- Artificial recharge for sustainable groundwater resources
- Coastal
aquifer hydrogeology
- Hydraulic tests for site characterization
- NAPLs
in subsurface
- Flow and transport in saturated/unsaturated porous and
fractured media
- Surface and sub-surface hydrology and hydraulics
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Kirsten
Oleson 
Associate Professor, UH Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM)
Phone: (808) 956-8864
E-mail: koleson@hawaii.edu
Education:
- PhD, Environment and Resources, Stanford University
Fields of Interest:
- Ecosystem services
- Decision science
- Environmental valuation
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Christopher Wada
Resource/Environmental Economist, University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization (UHERO)
Phone: (808)956-2325
E-mail: cwada@hawaii.edu
Education:
- PhD Economics,, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Fields of Interest:
Resource and environmental economics; groundwater and watershed management;
invasive species management.
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Robert Whittier 
Affiliate faculty WRRC, Source Water Protection Geologist, Hawaii Dept. of Health
Phone: (808) 387-4869
E-mail: whittier@hawaii.edu
Education:
- MS Geology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Fields of Interest:
- Using aqueous geochemistry to better define groundwater flow paths
- Evaluating the risk that various forms of wastewater disposal pose
to human health and the environment
- Quantifying the contamination risk to public drinking water sources
from anthropogenic activities
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