Our Team

Our Team

Chad Jansen. Ph.D., Senior Researcher.

• Dr. Jansen is a senior researcher in our laboratory. He earned a BS from Oregon State University and his Ph.D. in TRP channel electrophysiology in the laboratory of Dr. Andrea Fleig through the University of Hawaii CMB program. He has published 9 papers and is a talented electrophysiologist, specializing in TRP channel measurement. His published work has focused on small molecule regulation of TRP channels, specifically via cannabinoids and terpenes. He is also interested in the impact of complex polypharmaceutical of multicomponent stimuli (e.g. bee venom) on ion channel signaling pathways. He was the recipient of an NIH INBRE Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship. Most recently he is pursuing his growing independent research interest in the development of next generation mast cell stabilizers to address unmet therapeutic needs in allergy and inflammation.

Troy Wooton, MS. Senior Healthcare Analyst

• Troy earned his MS in the LAVA Lab at University of Hawaii and then joined us after a working as an analyst for the Hawaii State Energy Office. He is a specialist in Data Analytics, Machine Learning, AI and Data Visualization. His work and research lie at the intersection of Visual Analytics, Machine Learning, and Collaborative Systems.

  Connor Flynn, MS. Data Scientist.

• Connor is a Chaminade alumn and has his MS in EnvironmentalAnalytics from UCSB. He works on problams related to the UN Sustainble Development Goals and is a mentor for the NSF ALL-SPICE ALLIANCE , EPSCoR/SCIPE and AFOSR undergraduate data science research programs.

Beverly Rice. Graduate Student.

• Beverly is an MS student in the MBBE program at the University of Hawaii, working with Dr Turner and Dr Stokes. She was formerly a Data Scientist with the DoD and specializes in Python, statistical methods and visualization. She is working on public health analytics and a novel pharmacological informatics approach to non-Western medical systems. She is a former Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Summer Research Fellow and plans to start her PhD in 2023.

Julia Howard. AI Integrations developer.

• Julia earned an MS in the MBBE program at the University of Hawaii, working with Dr Turner and Dr Stokes. She is earned her undegraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz, was an NSF IGEMS fellow. She is working on pharmacology analytics with a specific focus on drug discovery pathways.

Victoria DelaCruz. Cyberinfrastructure Navigator

• Victoria is an NSF-funded cyberinfrastructure specialist with expertise in software engineering, HPC, cloud and science gateway design, implementation and usage. She holds a BS in Data Science from Chaminade University and an MS in Business Analytics from Hawaii Pacific University.

Dr. Ken Awamura. INBRE Research Navigator

• We partner closely with Dr Ken Awamura who is the NIH INBRE-funded Research Navigator at Chaminade University. Ken’s role is to support and facilitate faculty and student biomedical research at Chaminade, He holds a PhD in Celll and Molecular Biology from the University of Hawaii. His specific expertise is in molecular immunology, with a strong technical background in flow cytometry, transcriptomics and confocal microscopy.