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Yvonne Chan
As the John Kay Teaching Chair in Research Science and the Director of the Sullivan Center Research Lab, I strive to fulfill Jack’s vision of a place that nurtures independent research, fosters Citizen Science among communities and schools, and provides outreach and workshops that connects scientists to teachers to support STEM education in Hawai‘i.
Email: ychan@iolani.org Phone: (808) 949-5355
Megan Kawatachi
Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership
‘Iolani School
Email: mkawatachi@iolani.org Phone: (808) 943-2349
Cory Yap
As an environmental researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and outreach educator at ʻIolani School, my time is split into being an aquatic biologist, doing environmental outreach with K-12 students, and deploying/maintaining wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring. In my spare time, I enjoy kayak/shore-fishing, canyoneering, free-diving, and gardening.
Email: coryy@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 218-5301
Eric ʻIwakeliʻi Tong
As the Genomics Program Specialist at ʻIolani School, I am creating new place-based teaching experiments for use in biology, environmental science, genetics and biotechnology classes. I also coordinate the ʻĀina-Informatics Network, which brings place-based genome science and pono bioethics curricula into local high school classrooms.
Email: etong@iolani.org
Joanna Kobayashi
As Program Support for Nā Wai ʻEkolu, I am focused on supporting educators and students as they work to connect their classrooms to communities.
Email: jkobayashi@iolani.org