Leadership Team
Dr. Terry Donaldson
Principal Investigator and Project Director
Professor of Ichthyology. EPSCoR Biorepository Lead. Former Director of Marine Laboratory. President-elect of the Western Association of Marine Laboratories.
Janet T. Dirige
Associate Director and Project Administrator
Dr. Bastian Bentlage
Co-Principal Investigator - Research
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics / EPSCoR Science Co-Lead for Genomes Research Objectives and Cyberinfrastructure
Dr. Austin Shelton
Co-Principal Investigator - Education and Workforce Development
Assistant Professor, Extension & Outreach / Director, Center for Island Sustainability and UOG Sea Grant.
Dr. Rachael Leon Guerrero
Co-Principal Investigator - Collaboratorium
Vice Provost for Research & Sponsored Programs and Professor of Nutrition.
Administration Management Team
Jordan Jugo
Project Associate - Tracking
Administration Management
Annalyn Bansil
Financial Analyst II
Administration Management
Glenn Meno
Grant Assistant II
Administration Management
Research Team
Dr. David Combosch
Science Co-Lead Genomes - Population Genetics
Associate Professor of Population Genetics
Dr. Sarah Lemer
Science Co-Lead Genomes - Genomics
Assistant Professor of Marine Invertebrate Genomics
Dr. Tom Schils
Science Genomes - Phycology
Professor of Marine Biology / Phycology
Dr. Atsushi Fujimura
Science Genomes and Phenomes - Oceanography
Associate Professor of Oceanography
Dr. Daniel P. Lindstrom
Science Genomes - Genetics
Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. Héctor Torado-Matteo
Science Genomes - Genetics
EPSCoR Post Doctoral Researcher for Population Genetics
Dr. Carlos Leiva Martinez
Science Genomes - Genomics
EPSCoR Post Doctoral Researcher for Marine Invertebrate Populations Genomics
Dr. Laurie J. Raymundo
Science Co-Lead Phenomes - Reef Ecology
Interim Director Marine Laboratory | Professor of Marine Biology
Dr. Jaeyong Choi
Science Phenomes - Statistics
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Hyunju Oh
Science Phenomes - Modeling
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Leslie J. Camacho Aquino
Science Phenomes - Modeling
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Gaurav Shimpi
Science Phenomes - Molecular Ecology
EPSCoR Post Doctoral Researcher for Molecular Ecology
Ciemon Caballes, Ph.D.
Science Phenomes
Senior Research Associate | Marine Ecophysiology
Heloise Rouze, Ph.D.
Science Phenomes
Senior Research Associate | Marine Microbiologist
Ginger Carter
Science Genomes | Phenomes
Research Associate | Restoration Technician
Nikko Galanto
Science Genomes
Research Associate I
Colin Lock
Science Genomes - Ecology
Research Associate II
Loreto Paulino
Lab Technician
Science Genomes / Phenomes - Research
Biorepository Team
David Burdick
Biorepository
Biorepository Collections Manager
Kelsie Ebeling-Whited
Biorepository
Research Associate II
Dr. Christopher Lobban
Curator of Diatoms
Professor of Biology. Society of Emeritus Professors & Retired Scholars
Ka'ohinani Kawahigashi
Biorepository
Research Associate II
Diego Vaz, Ph.D.
VERTEBRATE MORPHOLOGY
Robert Lasley, Ph.D.
CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY
Lloyd Dionisio
Biorepository
Data Manager
Kyla Tuazon
Biorepository
Research Assistant
Science Communication Team
Kyle Mandapat
Assistant Director of Communications
EPSCoR | Sea Grant | Center for Island Sustainability | Guam Green Growth
Amanda Dedicatoria
Science Communicator
EPSCoR | Guam Green Growth
Louella Losinio
Science Communicator
EPSCoR | Sea Grant | Center for Island Sustainability | Guam Green Growth
Vince Su'e
Assistant Science Communicator
EPSCoR | Sea Grant | Center for Island Sustainability | Guam Green Growth
Marissa Villaverde
Extension Associate / Web Specialist
EPSCoR
Education and Workforce Development Team (EWD)
Dr. Fred R. Schumann
Researcher / Circular Economy
Professor of Global Resources Management
Dr. Cheryl R. Sangueza
Student Program Coordinator
Associate Professor of Education
Emily Wendte
Project Associate / Workforce Development
Education Workforce & Development
Abby Crain
G3 Circular Economy Education Coordinator
Education Workforce & Development
Cyberinfrastructure Team
Hark Galarion
Computing Facilitator
Cyberinfrastructure
Collaboratorium
Robert Underwood
Advisor/Co-Chair, EPSCoR Science & Technology Steering Committee
Former Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, and was the president of the University of Guam from 2008 to 2018.