Earlier today 200-plus principal investigators, project staff, and supporters gathered at Waialae Country Club to celebrate the achievements of 25 outstanding RCUH employees who made demonstrable, significant, and exemplary contributions to their projects.

Please join us in congratulating the 2018 Outstanding Employees of the Year honorees! (Click on employee’s name to view their video.)

Outstanding Researcher/Project Manager/Professional

1^st Place: Janel Yamamoto, GoFarm Hawai‘i, UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resource

2^nd Place (tie): Erica Davis, Hawai‘i/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center, UH John A. Burns School of Medicine

2^nd Place (tie): Christian Miki, Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna Project, UH College of Natural Sciences

Outstanding Project Support Staff

1^st Place: Waynele Yu, Hawai‘i Institute for Educational Partnerships, UH College of Education

2^nd Place: Nicole DiManno Martin, Liko Nā Pilina Project, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

Outstanding Team

1^st Place: TASI/PHIDC, UH College of Social Sciences

Jose Aquino, Sean Okamoto, Jessica Okamura, Thomas Pali

2^nd Place: Center on the Family, UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

Annalynn Macabantad and Dana Senaha

 Honorable Mentions

Ross Barnes and J. Scott Ferguson – UH Marine Center

Tara Clemente – UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

Joao Garriques – UH Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research

Jason Irei – UH John A. Burns School of Medicine

Derek Kubo, Kristen Laguana, Peter Oshiro, Ranjani Srinivasan – Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Eiji Kyono, Kiaina Schubert, Thomas Winegar – Subaru Telescope

Stanley Lio – UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

Christopher Yoakum – Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems