Please join us in congratulating the 2025 RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year! While there was no formal awards luncheon this year, projects helped RCUH Executive Director Lenny Gouveia make the surprise announcements to awardees.

RESEARCHER/PROJECT MANAGER
1st Place: Ceci Rodriguez Cruz, ORE SMART Cable Project, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
2nd Place: Christian Tai Udovicic, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Honorable Mentions:
- Robert Kekaianiani Irwin, Laupaʻi Aʻe ka ʻIke Kuamoʻo, UH Hilo
- Johannes Achim Stoessl, General AntiParticle Spectrometer (GAPS) Project, UH College of Natural Sciences

PROJECT SUPPORT STAFF
1st Place: Casey TeBeest, WRRC American Samoa Hydrology Network, UH Water Resources Research Center
2nd Place: Dylan Boeman, Sabine Lab, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

TEAM
1st Place: UH Cancer Center - Hua Zhong and Shuai Liu
2nd Place: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) - Peter Oshiro, Ryan Chilson, Sally Lau, Derek Kubo
Honorable Mentions:
- Hawai‘i Coral Restoration Nursery, UH Social Science Research Institute - Helene Meehl, Andrew Kramer, Sydney Lewandowski, Nicolo Cohen
- Maunakea Shared Services, UH Institute for Astronomy - Yumi Nagayoshi, Marybeth Young, Jan Stoos