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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

Silvia De Benedictis

Software Engineer

Nurit Kirshenbaum

Assistant Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Karl A. Fitzpatrick

Senior Operations Manager

Clyde Theriot

Certified good boy

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 

Research Assistant / PhD Student, Computer Science

Christopher J. Lee

2024-Present

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Benjamin Crawford

2024-Present

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Samuel Watson

2025-Present

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, Computer Animation, Art

Anh N. Nguyen

2023-Present

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Bryan Nakasone

2025-Present

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate Student, Computer Science

Jarren Seson

2025-Present

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

Shade Matsumoto

2026-Present

ALUMNI

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, PhD

2014-2021

Oceanit

Research Assistant / PhD Student, Computer Science

Alberto Gonzalez, PhD

2014-2021

Pacific Disaster Center

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Troy Wooton

2019-2020

Chaminade University

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Mahesh Khanal

2018-2020

Deloitte Consulting, Apple

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

Trigger Global

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Jack Lam

2016-2018

Aerospace Corporation

Undergraduate Student, Mathematics

Fred Meaole

2017-2018

Scofield Barracks

Research Assistant / MS Student, Computer Science

Anson Yu

2017-2018

Department of Defense
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