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HIGP Faculty

Brooks, Benjamin A.   Tectonic geodesy, Structural geology, Andean active tectonics
Dousset, Benedicte   Passive and active urban remote sensing, urban climatology
Edwards, Margo H.   Marine geology and geophysics, Remote sensing of the seafloor, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Arctic Basin
Englert, Peter   Gamma Ray Spectrometry, Higher Education
Ericksen, Todd   Tripod LiDAR / GPS
Fagents, Sarah A.   Planetary volcanism, Volcanic fluid dynamics, Icy satellite geology
Flynn, Luke P.   Thermal remote sensing of volcanic eruptions and biomass burning
Foster, James H.   Geodesy, GPS meteorology and the impact and mitigation of the atmosphere on space geodetic measurements
French, Lloyd C.   Program Architect of Hawai'i Space Flight Laboratory
Fryer, Patricia   Marine geology, Petrology, Tectonics
Garces, Milton A.   Infrasound, Seismology, Fluid dynamics, CTBT monitoring, Volcano acoustics
Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J.   Geology of Mercury and the Moon, Volcanology, Crustal composition, Remote sensing and using experimental petrology along with space weathering experiments to improve results from remotely sensed data
Hacker, Peter W.   IPRC Data Analysis and Archive
Hawke, B. Ray   Lunar geology, Planetary photogeology, Cratering processes
Herrero-Bervera, Emilio   Marine paleomagnetism, Magnetic anistropy
Hey, Richard N.   Plate tectonics, Marine geology and geophysics
Horton, Keith A.   Remote sensing, Environmental geophysics, Atmospheric effects on infrared measurements
Huss, Gary R.   Ion microprobe analysis and Cosmochemistry
Keil, Klaus   Meteoritics, Cosmochemistry, Evolution of asteroids, Planetary science
Kroenke, Loren   Emeritus Professor
Krot, Alexander N.   Meteoritics
Lienert, Barry R.   Electromagnetic methods, Inverse theory, Earthquake location, LIDAR
Lucey, Paul G.   Remote sensing instrumentation, infrared hyperspectral phenomenology, near-IR remote sensing of terrestrial planets
Manghnani, Murli H.   High pressure mineral physics
Martinez, Fernando   Marine geophysics, Tectonics, Backarc basins, Mid-Ocean Ridges
Ming, Li Chung   High-pressure research, Diamond-Anvil cell technology, X-ray diffraction, Phase transformation, Crystal chemistry
Misra, Anupam K.   Material science, Remote sensing, Remote Raman, micro Raman, High Tc-Superconductor, Stress Strain sensors, 1/f noise
Mouginis-Mark, Peter J.   Director of HIGP
Nagashima, Kazuhide   Ion microprobe analysis and Cosmochemistry
Nielsen, Torben N.   Satellite data retrieval
Porter, John N.   Aerosol optics, Remote sensing, Aerosol instrumentation, Solar radiation
Potemra, James   General ocean circulation and its relationship to climate; processes in the western equatorial Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean and their connection
Riner, Miriam   UV spectroscopy of terrestrial planets, Early magmatic history of the Moon and Mercury, Asteroid regolith processes, Remote sensing of planetary surface composition
Rognstad, Mark   Sonar design and development, Seafloor mapping, Acoustic and optical remote sensing, Digital signal processing
Scott, Edward R.D.   Meteorites, Planetary science, Petrology, Cosmochemistry
Sharma, Shiv K.   Instrumentation development for remote sensing, Raman & Mie-Rayleigh lidar, Micro-Raman & infrared spectrometry of meteorites/terrestrial minerals, Experimental petrology, Mineral physics, Materials science
Taylor, G. Jeffrey   Extraterrestrial materials, Planetary volcanology, Igneous processes, Exploration and utilization of space resources
Thomas, Donald M.   Geochemistry, Hydrology of geothermal systems, Hydrology of ocean islands, Chemistry of volcanic gases, Radon release and transport
Watanabe, Daniel   Satellite data retrieval
Wilkens, Roy H.   Director of CIMES
Wolfe, Cecily J.   Seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle at oceanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges. Earthquakes at mid-ocean ridges, oceanic transforms, and hotspots.
Wright, Robert   Remote sensing of volcanoes
Zinin, Pavel V.   High-pressure mineral physics, High-pressure materials science, and Theory of 3-D imaging

HIGP Affiliate Faculty

Amelin, Yuri   (Australian National University) Meteoritics
Baloga, Steve   (Proxemy Research) Numerical modeling of geophysical processes
Bevis, Michael   (The Ohio State University) Geodesy
Blake, David   (NASA Ames Research Center) Planetary Remote Sensing
Boyce, Joseph   (Research Corp. UH) Impact cratering, Planetary stratigraphy, Evolution of planetary terrains
Bruno, Barbara C.   (C-MORE, SOEST) Science education
Butler, Rhett   (IRIS) Global seismology
Fryer, Gerard   (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center)
Fuller, Michael D.   Paleomagnetism
Gardner, Joan   (Naval Research Lab) Geological remote sensing

HIGP Staff

Balogh, John   Mechanical Engineer
Chatlani, Lavina   HSFL Program Facilitator
Davis, Roger   HMRG Computer Network Manager
Dykes, Ava   Biological Raman Spectroscopy
Fee, David   ISLA Field Systems Engineer
Fujitani, Gavin   Administrative Fiscal Officer
Furuya, Grace   Secretary
Garbeil, Harold   Software development, Remote sensing, Image processing
Gouveia, Lenny   HSFL Technical Partnership & Development Specialist
Hude, Carole   HSFL Small Satellite Mechanical Engineer
Inouye, Christine   Fiscal Officer
Johnson, Paul D.   HMRG Interim Director and Director of Field Operations
Kajiwara, Leslie   HMRG program administrator
Kimura, Art   Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Kimura, Rene   Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Krot, Tatiana V.   Cosmochemistry
Lau, James   Research Support
Lefevre, Rena   Secretary
Manjunath, Deepak   Geodesy
Martel, Linda M.V.   Planetary geology, Space resources, Education and public outreach
Maurer, John   HiOOS Data System Administrator
Morimoto, Colleen   Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Nakahara, Violenda   Secretary
Nakasone, Sharisse   Administrative Fiscal Officer
Peterson, Chris A.   Lunar geology
Pilger, Eric J.   Systems engineering, Electronics Instrumentation design, Remote sensing, Educational outreach
Robertson, James   ISLA Field Engineer
Rubano, Judy   HSFL Administrative Lead
Sherman, Sarah Bean   Research Associate
Sistoso, Marcia Rei   Program Coordinator of Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Tottori, Steven   HMRG Electronics Engineer
Whilldin, David  
Williams, Tim J.   Engineering Facility Manager
Wood, Mark   Science Instrument Engineer
Yoneshige, Lance   HSFL Small Satellite Structure and Mechanisms Engineer

HIGP Post-Doctoral Researchers


Bates, David   Atmospheric aerosols, Climate change, Raman spectroscopy
Bonal, Lydie  
Koeppen, William C.   Remote sensing, volcanology, planetary surface composition and evolution
Makide, Kentaro  
Steffke, Andrea  
Stockstill Cahill, Karen R.  
Vanderkluysen, Loyc   Volcanology, Ground-based remote sensing, Large Igneous Provinces, Geochemistry

HIGP Graduate Students


Acosta, Tayro   BROIP Spectroscopy Lab
Ancheta, Carolina  
Aryal, Arjun  
Austin, Regan  
Benediktsdottir, Asdis  
Cahill, Joshua  
Fedenczuk, Thomas  
Flinders, Ashton  
Hamilton, Christopher   Explosive Lava-Water Interactions on Earth and Mars
Hulme, Samuel  
Kastl, Brian  
Rumpf, Elise  
Sleeper, Jonathan  
Telus, Myriam  
Trang, David  
Van Niekerk, Deon   Meteoritics, Igneous petrology
Weiss, Jonathan  

HIGP Student Assistants

Murakami, Kellen  




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