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STAFF

Jason Leigh

Director- LAVA, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa;
Director Emeritus- Electronic Visualization Lab,
University of Illinois at Chicago

Ryan Theriot

Senior Software Engineer

Nurit Kirshenbaum

Postdoctoral Researcher

Karl A. Fitzpatrick

Senior Operations Manager

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 

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Clyde Theriot

2016-Present

Research Assistant / PhD Student, Computer Science

Kari Noe

2016-Present

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Eva Morales

2019-Present

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Roderick Tabalba

2020-Present

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Michael Rogers

2021-Present

PhD Student, Computer Science

Yoshiki Takagi

2021-Present

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Yiwen Chen

2022-Present

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Christian Reasoner

2022

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, Marketing

Alyssia Chen

2022

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Christian Siador

2022

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Joshua Galeria

2022

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Marissa Halim

2022

ALUMNI

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Justin Bishay

2016-2021

Bungie

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

James Hutchinson

2018-2022

Marathon Consulting

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Constantine Peros

2022

University of Hawaii at Manoa

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Peter Lin

2021

University of Hawaii at Manoa

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Ben Malohi

2021

University of Utah

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Katrina Turner

2019-2021

ESnet, Department of Energy

Research Assistant / PhD Student, Computer Science

Dylan Kobayashi

2014-2021

Oceanit

Research Assistant / PhD Student, Computer Science

Alberto Gonzalez

2014-2021

RendezView

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Troy Wooton

2019-2020

Hawaii State Energy Office

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Mahesh Khanal

2018-2020

Deloitte Consulting

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Ronnie Kauanoe

2018-2020

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science & Graphic Design

Kaila Foltz

2018-2020

Undergraduate Student, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Management

Cale Guillermo

2019-2020

Atlas Insurance Agency

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Jared McLean

2018-2019

Hawaii Data Science Institute

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science, Jet Propulsion Lab

Tyson Seto-Mook

2017-2019

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Angela Zheng

2018-2019

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Alana Phataya Louie

2018

Undergraduate Student, Biology

Celine Puletasi

2018

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Nolan Puletasi

2017-2018

Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Andrew Kurano

2017-2018

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