University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Biology

Alumni Blog

Victoria Tan, M.D.

07.22.14

I dreamed of being a doctor since high school. At the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM), I decided to major in biology because I had an interest in medicine, but also because my interest was in that subject.

Robert Nelson, M.S., M.F.A.

06.17.14

I am a science filmmaker who started, and currently runs, a company called Untamed Science. That means I take topics in science and I find ways to make interesting and engaging films about them.

Jasmine Infante, Pharm.D., R.Ph.

05.23.14

I was born and raised in Hawaii in a low to middle-income family. My parents made many sacrifices to provide a good private school education for my two siblings and me. They instilled in me a desire to improve myself through education and experiences.

Yasmin Dar Fasi, M.A.

04.10.14

My heart has always been and always will be in the field of science. It's definitely the coolest major to have ;) However, I knew that my real passion was always in television and entertainment.

James Morioka

03.19.14

Last year, I spent the summer at Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands conducting Hawaiian monk seal research as a marine biologist. It truly was the greatest experience of my life.

Knewton Sakata, M.D.

11.11.13

On December 24, 1999, a car accident left my life hanging by a thread. My stint in the trauma ICU sparked my interest in medicine. After taking a semester off to recuperate, I returned to UH Mānoa to receive my BA in Biology through the College of Natural Sciences.