Most faculty are based at IfA Mānoa, located in the city of Honolulu on the island of O‘ahu. Some are located on the neighbor islands, at our IfA Hilo and IfA Maui locations.
Colin Aspin Astronomer (Emeritus)
Christoph Baranec Astronomer
IfA Hawaii island, Hilo 214 (808) 932-2318; Manoa C109D (808) 956-8637
(808) 498-9817
Robo-AO, Robo-AO-2 (Palomar, Kitt Peak, Maunakea), Robo-AO Kepler Planetary Candidate Survey, Rapid Transient Surveyor, `imaka (PI: M. Chun), IfA TechTalks
Joshua Barnes Astronomer
Dynamical Reconstruction of Galaxy Collisions, Numerical Methods for Galactic Dynamics
Ann Boesgaard Professor Emerita
Stellar spectroscopy. I use high-resolution spectra of stars to understand their structure and evolution., Studying the composition of stars of various ages enables us to learn about the, origin of the elements and the evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Adwin Boogert Associate Astronomer (IRTF Support Astronomer)
InfraRed Telescope Facility, Ice Age: JWST Studies of Interstellar Ice, High resolution infrared spectroscopy (SOFIA/EXES, TEXES, IRTF/iSHELL)
Michael Bottom Assistant Astronomer
Fabio Bresolin Astronomer
Stellar and nebular abundances in nearby galaxies, distance scale
Kenneth Chambers Astronomer, Pan-STARRS Director
cosmology, wide field surveys , distant galaxies and quasars , explosive transients , near earth objects
Mark Chun Specialist, Associate Director of IfA-Hilo
`imaka - A ground-layer adaptive optics testbed for Maunakea, UH88AM2 - A new adaptive secondary mirror for the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter Telescope, UH88 Robotization, NASA IRTF-ASM-1/2 - The first hybrid variable reluctance ASM in the world
Michael Connelley Associate Astronomer; IRTF Support Scientist
Antoinette Cowie Astronomer
Christ Ftaclas Astronomer (Emeritus)
IfA Mānoa
Roy Gal Associate Specialist
ORELSE survey, Outreach
Shadia Habbal Astronomer
Eclipse Parametric Observations, Solar Magnetic Fields, Origin & Evolution of Solar Winds
Colby Haggerty Assistant Professor
IfA Mānoa
Klaus Hodapp Astronomer Emeritus
JWST NIRCam GTO: Spectroscopy of spatially separated exoplanets, JWST NIRCam GTO: Dust and Ice in Molecular Cores
Esther Hu Astronomer
Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Lyman alpha emitters and the High Redshift Universe, The Epoch of Reionization, Galaxy Surveys, Quasar Absorption Line Studies
Daniel Huber Associate Astronomer
Asteroseismology, Exoplanets, Stellar Populations of Transit Surveys, Optical Long-Baseline Interferometry, Galactic Archeology
Robert Jedicke Specialist Emeritus
Orbit and size distributions of asteroid populations including main belt and near Earth objects, Centaurs, Trans-Neptunian objects, comets, and interstellar objects., over 120 refereed publications as of 2020 May 18
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki Astronomer (Emeritus)
physics of galaxies and stars, distances and chemical evolution, quantitative spectroscopy
Jeffrey Kuhn Astronomer
Haosheng Lin Astronomer
Michael Liu Astronomer and Graduate Chair
Exoplanets, brown dwarfs, star & planet formation, astrometry, adaptive optics, wide-field surveys, IR instrumentation
Eugene Magnier Specialist, Pan-STARRS & Undergraduate Chair
Pan-STARRS, Low-Mass Content of the Solar Neighborhood, Andromeda Variability
Karen Meech Astronomer
Manx comets-testing dynamical models, Comet volatiles (H2O, CO, CO2), Comet/asteroid space missions , Characterizing Earth's primordial water, Interstellar planetesimals
Roberto Méndez Astronomer
Central stars of Galactic planetary nebulae; kinematics of extragalactic planetary nebulae.
Michael Nassir Instructor
Undergraduate Physics Lecture & Lab Instruction, Introductory Astronomy Lab Supervision & Coordination, Academic Advising and Program Development for Physics & Astro Majors, HI STAR Summer Program Co-Director, Physics & Astro Education and Public Outreach
John Rayner Astronomer, IRTF Director
Observatory management, Instrumentation development, Infrared spectroscopy
Bo Reipurth Astronomer (Emeritus)
David Sanders Astronomer and Professor
Benjamin Shappee Assistant Astronomer
All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae(ASAS-SN or "assassin")
Xudong Sun Assistant Astronomer
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), Daniel K. Inoue Solar Telescope (DKIST)
Alan Tokunaga Astronomer Emeritus
John Tonry Astronomer
R. Brent Tully Astronomer (Emeritus)
Galaxy distances and velocities; distribution of matter in large scale structures
Jennifer van Saders Assistant Astronomer
Richard Wainscoat Specialist
Pan-STARRS, Near Earth Objects, Dark Skies
Jonathan Williams Astronomer
Gareth Wynn-Williams Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
IfA Mānoa, C-106