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ULANA ʻIKE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

FACULTY & STAFF

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Rosie Alegado
Director, Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence; Professor, Dept of Oceanography; C-MORE; Sustainability Faculty
Email: rosie.alegado@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Pelika Andrade
Pelika Andrade
Education and Community Engagement Specialist
Email: pelikaok@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 960-8001
Katy Hintzen
Katy Hintzen
Coastal Resilience Specialist; Project and Partner Coordinator, Ulana 'Ike Center of Excellence
Email: hintzen@hawaii.edu
Sara Kahanamoku
Sara Kahanamoku
Early Career Research Fellow
Email: sskahana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
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Darren Lerner
Director
Email: lerner@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
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Darren Okimoto
Associate Director; Extension Leader
Email: okimotod@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Ruby Pap
Ruby Pap
Coastal Land Use Extension Specialist
Email: rpap@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 241-4183
Fax: (808) 241-6699
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Mehana Vaughan
Associate Professor, NREM; Sustainability Faculty
Email: mehana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Raz Wachtel
Raz Wachtel
Indigenous Data Scientist/Engineer
Email: bwachtel@hawaii.edu
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Maya Walton
Associate Director for Research, Fellowships, and Administration; Knauss Fellow 2014
Email: waltonm@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6992
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Bruce Kaʻimi Watson
Bruce Kaʻimi Watson
ʻIke Hawaiʻi Geosciences Specialist
Email: brucew@hawaii.edu
ABOUT US
PRIORITY AREAS
CONTACT

Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence
uhsg.ulanaike@hawaii.edu

Director
Rosie Alegado
rosie.alegado@hawaii.edu

Project and Partnership Coordinator
Katy Hintzen
hintzen@hawaii.edu

OUR NAME

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