Dr. Anthony Amend

Dr. Amend is a world-renowned expert in fungal biology with an expertise in DNA sequencing technologies, culturing, and microscopy, and their applications for mold detection, identification and quantification. Dr. Amend received his PhD from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and completed postdoctoral work at the University of California, Bekerley, and the University of California, Irvine.  He is currently a Professor in the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Principal Director of the Integrated Center for Environmental Microbiomes and Human Health, an associated editor of the Journal Mycologia, and has served as the chair of the Mycological Society of America's Ecology committee. He has published over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has received competitive research grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the WM Keck Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Defense among others. His research has been cited in over 5,000 publications. 

Our Services

Dr. Amend is available for consultation work in Hawaiʻi, the U.S. Mainland, or abroad. With over a decade of experience, he effectively assists the legal community with expert witness services relating to:

• Indoor mold 

• Black mold 

• Mold related to water damage 

• Mold associated with flooding 

• Mold in or on contaminated building materials

• Microbial identification and contamination

• Mushroom identification