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Department of Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering
University of Hawaii-Manoa
1955 East-West Road, Ag. Science 218
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Telephone: (808) 956-8384
FAX: (808) 956-3542
Email:mbbe@ctahr.hawaii.edu

 

 


Faculty
Name Title Interest
Harry Ako Ph.D. Chair and Prof. Aquaculture, Environmental Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Jon-Paul Bingham Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Marine Peptide Biochemistry
Dulal Borthakur Ph.D. MBBE Grad. Chair and Prof. Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant Biotechnology
David Christopher Ph.D. Professor Plant Biotechnology, Photosynthesis, Light Signal Transduction, Gene Regulation
Loren D. Gautz Ph.D. Associate Prof. Bioproduction control, Bioproduction Systems Engineering
Daniel M. Jenkins Ph.D., P.E. Associate Prof. Biosensors and Instrumentation
Samir K. Khanal Ph.D. P.E. Assistant Prof. Bioenergy and Biobased Products; Waste-to-Energy
Charles Kinoshita Ph.D., P.E Associate Dean and Prof. Heat and Mass Transport in Chemically Reacting Systems. Energy Conversion. Bioremediation.
Qing X. Li Ph.D. Professor Bioremediation, Environmental Biotechnology
Ping Sun Leung Ph.D. Professor Bioproduction Economics, Aquaculture, Fisheries
Pratibha V. Nerurkar Ph.D. Associate Prof. Metabolic Disorders, Signal Transduction, Alternative Medicine, and Proteomics
Gernot Presting Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Bioinformatics, Functional Genomics
Gönül Schara Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Protein Engineering, Metagenomics
Wei-Wen Winston Su Ph.D. Professor Biochemical Engineering, Plant Cell Culture, Molecular Biotechnology
Ping-Yi Yang Ph.D. BE. Grad.Chair and Professor Bioprocess Technology, Waste Water Engineering

Cooperating Graduate Faculty

Anne M. Alvarez Ph.D. Professor Plant-Pathogen Interactions, Biocontrol of Plant Diseases
Richard Allsopp Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Stem Cells, Regulation of Telomerase Expression in Cells
André Bachmann Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Tumor Growth and Cell Differentiation
Charles Boyd Ph.D. Researcher Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
Michele Carbone Ph.D. Researcher Cancer Biology
Sandra Chang Ph.D. Professor Cancer Biology
Gert de Couet Ph.D. Associate Prof. Molecular Biology, Invertebrate Biology, Biotechnology
Michael Dunn Ph.D. Associate Prof. Molecular Nutrition
Thomas Ernst Ph.D. Professor Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Gordon Grau Ph.D. Professor Marine Biology
Chung-Eun Ha Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Biochemistry, Human Serum Albumin
Tung Hoang Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Molecular Microbiology
John Hu Ph.D. Professor Plant Virology
Yong-Soo Kim Ph.D. Associate Researcher Animal Biotechnology
Pingan Li Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Clark C. Liu Ph.D. Professor Bioengineering
Partricia Lorenzo Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Cancer Biology
Will C. McClatchey Ph.D. Professor Applied Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants
Clifford W. Morden Ph.D. Associate Prof. Molecular Systematics
Vivek Nerurkar Ph.D. Professor Molecular Virology and Epidemiology
Joe Ramos Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Cancer Biology
Chittaranjan Ray Ph.D. Professor Groundwater Hydrology, Bioremediation
John F. Scott Ph.D. Professor Cell and Molecular Biology
Ralph Shohet Ph.D. Professor Molecular Medicine
V. Andrew Stenger Ph.D. Professor Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Alexander James Stokes Ph.D. Assistant Researcher Cell Biology
Clyde Tamaru Ph.D. Extension Specialist Aquaculture
Andre Theriault Ph.D. Professor Medical Technology, Signal Transduction
Tao Yan Ph.D. Assistant Prof. Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Microbial Ecology, Environmental Genomics, Soil/Sediment Bioremediation, Fate and Transport of Waterborne Pathogens
Guangyi Wang Ph.D. Associate Prof. Marine Microbial Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Angel Yanagihara Ph.D. Assistant Researcher Biochemistry, Peptide Toxins
Jinzeng Yang Ph.D. Associate Prof. Animal Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Jian Yu Ph.D. Assoicate Prof. Bioengineering, Marine Bioproduct Development
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
Dr. Henrik H. Albert Ph.D. Plant Physiologist Tropical Plant Pathology, Physiology and Production
Dr. Paul Moore Ph.D. Supervisory Plant Physiologist Sugarcane Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Biology
Dr. Shaun Moss Ph.D. Director of Shrimp Research Aquaculture
Dr. Ming Li Wang Ph.D. research Geneticist Plant Molecualr Biology
Dr. Qingyi Yu Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biologist Palnt Molecular Biology
Dr. Judy Zhu Ph.D. Biochemist Plant Tansformation, Biotechnology
Other Research Faculty
Traci Sylva Ph.D. Assistant Researcher