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
Michael Bottom Assistant Astronomer
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
Klaus Hodapp Astronomer Emeritus
JWST NIRCam GTO: Spectroscopy of spatially separated exoplanets, JWST NIRCam GTO: Dust and Ice in Molecular Cores
