Meet the Interns

2011 University of Hawaii REU Interns

 

Jennifer Diep 2011 intern

Jennifer Diep

REU 2011

Project: Determining restoration suitability by examining plant functional traits across topographic areas

Mentor: Erin Questad and Susan Cordell

Agency: IPIF, U.S. Forest Service

Martin Ennis 2011 Intern

Martin Ennis

REU 2011

Project: Snail and Slug populations and their effects on Native an Non-Native plants within the Waiakea Timber Management Area

Mentor: Aaron Shiels

Agency: USDA - Wildlife Services

Patra Foulk 2011 PIPES

Patra Foulk

REU 2011

Project: Top-down and Bottom-up Control of Algal Productivity 

Mentor: Rich Mackenzie & Ayron Strauch

Agency: USDA, Forest Service

Jaime Fragoso 2011 PIPES

Jaime Fragoso

REU 2011

Project: The effects of algal invasion on skeletal growth anomalies at Waiopae, Hawaii

Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi

Agency: UH Hilo

Sydney Gamiao 2011 PIPES

Sydney Gamiao

REU 2011

Project: Effects of groundwater discharge on the coastal environment

Mentor: Jason Adolf

Agency:  UH Hilo

Danielle Himmelsbach 2011 PIPES

Danielle Himmelsbach

REU 2011

Project: “The Songs of the Native Hawaiian ‘Amakihi”

Mentor: Patrick Hart

Agency: UH Hilo

Leilani Hufana 2011 PIPES

Leialani Hufana

REU 2011

Project: Sustainable Giant Taro Production under High Salinity in the Pacific

Mentor: Tracie Matsumoto

Agency: USDA

Lindsey Nanea 2011 PIPES

Nanea Lindsey

REU 2011

Project: Analyzing Surface Water Metabolism at Kaloko-Honokohau and Kiholo Bay

Mentor: Tracy Wiegner

Agency: UH Hilo

Koa Matsuoka 2011 PIPES

Koa Matsuoka

REU 2011

Project: Water Availability to Kiawe Trees

Mentor: Flint Hughes, Becky Ostertag & Bruce Dudley

Agency: U.S. Forestry Service

William Weatherwax 2011 PIPES

William Weatherwax

REU 2011

Project: Determining P. cattleianum Density in Ola’a Tract of Volcanoes National Park

Mentor: Tracy Johnson and Flint Hughes

Agency: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry/ UH Hilo