RCUH outstanding employees are initiators, leaders, collaborators, mentors, and cultivators. They are strategic, visionary, transformative, resourceful, and impactful in advancing their project’s work. We are pleased to present the 2025 RCUH outstanding employee nominees:

• Robert “Kekaianiani” Irwin, Curriculum Project Design & Development Manager, UH Hilo. Nominated by PI Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a
• Ceci Rodriguez Cruz, ORE SMART Cable Project Manager, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Nominated by PI Bruce Howe
• Johannes Achim Stoessl, GAPS Junior Researcher, UH College of Natural Sciences. Nominated by PI Philip von Doetinchem
• Christian Tai Udovicic, SOEST Postdoc Researcher (Planetary Science), UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Nominated by PI Emily Costello

• Dylan Boeman, Marine Servicing Technician, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Nominated by PI Christopher Sabine
• Casey TeBeest, WRRC Hydrology Assistant, UH Water Resources Research Center. Nominated by PI Christopher Shuler

• Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) – Peter Oshiro, Ryan Chilson, Sally Lau, Derek Kubo. Nominated by PI Ming-Tang Chen
• Hawai‘i Coral Restoration Nursery, UH Social Science Research Institute – Helene Meehl, Andrew Kramer, Sydney Lewandowski, Nicolo Cohen. Nominated by PI Christina Higa
• Maunakea Shared Services, UH Institute for Astronomy – Yumi Nagayoshi, Marybeth Young, Jan Stoos. Nominated by PI Nahua Guilloz
• UH Cancer Center – Hua Zhong and Shuai Liu. Nominated by PI Lang Wu

Please congratulate these 19 incredibly talented employees and the principal investigators who nominated them. We look forward to announcing the awardees in October.