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E-RISE Team
The leadership, core teams, and personnel supporting the Guam NSF EPSCoR E-RISE project.

E-RISE Team

Leadership

Bastian Bentlage, Ph.D.

Principal investigator

Michael L. Chan, Ed.D.

Co-Principal investigator

Austin Shelton III, Ph.D.

Co-Principal investigator

Robert M. Lasley, Ph.D.

Co-Principal investigator

Hyunju Oh, Ph.D.

Co-Principal investigator

Tom Schils, Ph.D.

Research Lead

Kikue Roberto

Project associate

Project Themes

Bastian Bentlage, Ph.D.

Principal investigator

Tom Schils, Ph.D.

Research Lead

Michalis Mihalitsis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Morphology

Hyunju Oh, Ph.D.

Co-Principal investigator

Leslie Aquino, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Joo-Chul (J.C.) Yoon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Physics

Robert M. Lasley, Ph.D.

Co-Principal investigator

David Burdick, Ph.D.

Research Associate III

Kelsie Ebeling-Whited

Research Associate II

Geon Park

Extension Associate III (Database Manager)

Lloyd Dionisio

Extension associate I

Christopher Lobban, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Wei Xiao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Austin Shelton III, Ph.D.

Co-Principal investigator

Kyle Mandapat

Communications Lead

Abby Crain

G3 Circular Economy Education Coordinator

Louella Losinio

Publications & Media Supervisor

Christian Sumalpong

Science Communicator

Matt Wilson Zapata

Website Specialist

Address

University of Guam
Unibetsedȧt Guahan
UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923
Tel: (671) 735-0130
guamepscor@gmail.com 

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. OIA-2438132 and OIA-2445825.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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