{"id":224893,"date":"2025-11-05T11:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=224893"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:30:33","slug":"rcuh-employees-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/rcuh-employees-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>RCUH<\/abbr> employees honored for their contributions to research"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_224888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224888\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-casey.jpg\" alt=\"people working outside\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-casey.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-casey-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-casey-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casey TeBeest (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcuh.com\/\">Research Corporation of the University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> (<abbr>RCUH<\/abbr>) recognized 18 employees in November for exemplary contributions to their research projects.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>RCUH<\/abbr> is extremely proud of all of these outstanding employees who support cutting-edge and innovative research being done at the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> and throughout our state,&rdquo; said <abbr>RCUH<\/abbr> Executive Director Leonard Gouveia. &ldquo;The success of academic research depends on dedicated and hardworking professionals like these <abbr>RCUH<\/abbr> employees who elevate and impact the projects they support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224889\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-ceci-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"headshot\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-224889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-ceci-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-ceci-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-ceci.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceci Rodriguez Cruz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Researcher\/Project Manager category<\/h2>\n<p>1st place: Ceci Rodriguez Cruz&#8212;ORE SMART Cable Project, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (<abbr>SOEST<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>2nd place: Christian Tai Udovicic&#8212;Planetary Science, <abbr>SOEST<\/abbr><\/p>\n<p>Honorable mentions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Kekaianiani Irwin&#8212;<span lang=\"haw\">Laupa&#699;i<\/span> <span lang=\"haw\">A&#699;e<\/span> ka <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;Ike<\/span> <span lang=\"haw\">Kuamo&#699;o<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Johannes Achim Stoessl&#8212;General AntiParticle Spectrometer Project, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/natsci.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Natural Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Project Support Staff category<\/h2>\n<p>1st place: Casey TeBeest, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrrc.hawaii.edu\/\">Water Resources Research Center<\/a>, <abbr>WRRC<\/abbr> American Samoa Hydrology Network<\/p>\n<p>2nd place: Dylan Boeman&#8211;Sabine Lab, <abbr>SOEST<\/abbr><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224890\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-Shuai-Hua-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"two people smiling\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-224890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-Shuai-Hua-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-Shuai-Hua-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-Shuai-Hua.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Shuai Liu and Hua Zhong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Team category<\/h2>\n<p>1st place: Hua Zhong and Shuai Liu, Cancer Epidemiology Program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2nd place: Peter Oshiro, Ryan Chilson, Sally Lau and Derek Kubo&#8212;Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/p>\n<p>Honorable mentions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helene Meehl, Andrew Kramer, Sydney Lewandowski and Nicolo Cohen&#8212;<span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Coral Restoration Nursery, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssri.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Social Science Research Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yumi Nagayoshi, Marybeth Young and Jan Stoos&#8212;Maunakea Shared Services, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute for Astronomy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The university service orders extramural contracts and grants to <abbr>RCUH<\/abbr>, which assists with hiring personnel and procuring goods\/services to support research, development, and training throughout the state. These awards highlight the vital work <abbr>RCUH<\/abbr> employees perform daily to advance the university\u2019s goal of diversifying <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s economy through innovation and research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Research Corporation of the University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> recognized 18 employees for their contributions to research at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":224888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[308,598,35,872,92,916,698,169,14,9,347],"class_list":["post-224893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-research-corporation-of-the-university-of-hawaii","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-social-science-research-institute","tag-staff-recognition","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-water-resources-research-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-rcuh-casey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224893"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224949,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224893\/revisions\/224949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}