Email: philipvd@hawaii.edu
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Major Research Area: Cosmic rays, dark matter, particle physics
Studies of atmospheric backgrounds for cosmic antiparticle searches; silicon detector calibration; data visualization.
Email: kentko@hawaii.edu
Department: Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences
Major Research Area: Controlled environment agriculture, artificial lighting and hydroponic vegetables, space farming
Note: Plans to continue mentoring for 3 more years.
Effects of different types of artificial lighting on growing food crops; growing crops in simulated Martian soil.
Email: peter.sadowski@hawaii.edu
Department: Information and Computer Science
Major Research Area: Machine learning
Note: Might mentor next summer in 2027.
Machine learning.
Email: penglert@hawaii.edu
Department: Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
Major Research Area: Planetary exploration and technology
Mars Surface Process Analog Studies in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Email: dobrica@hawaii.edu
Department: Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
Major Research Area: Planetary materials, cosmochemistry, and electron microscopy.
Characterization of meteorites, returned asteroid samples, and terrestrial analogs using advanced electron microscopy.
Interested in mentoring or need a correction? Please contact the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium at hsgc@spacegrant.hawaii.edu.
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