PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2002

All PIPES Alumni by Year

2002 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

Anne Rosa

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Honouliuli Stewardship Program.

Mentor: Dan Sailer/Pauline Sato.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.

Auliʻi George

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Ahupuaʻa Restoration in Waipā.

Mentor: Adam Asquith/Stacy Sproat.

Host Organization: UH Sea Grant/Waipā Foundation.

David Kaiʻena Bishaw

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Pathways for the spread of invasive weeds.

Mentor: Julie Denslow/Duane Nelson.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Erika Perry

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Dormancy, germination, and storage of Hawaiian dry forest seeds.

Mentor: Susan Cordell.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Gailey Tugadi

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Hawai'i Champion Trees Curriculum Project.

Mentor: Katie Friday.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Jacqueline VanBlarcom

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Dormancy, germination, and storage of Hawaiian dry forest seeds.

Mentor: Susan Cordell.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Joshua DeMello

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Monitoring of the rare orange-black Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion zanthomelas, along the Hilo Coast using field observations.

Mentor: Cindy Knapman.

Host Organization: Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.

Kahale Pali

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Rare plant survey of Ihi Crater.

Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.

Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program/The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.

Kaleo Wong

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Endangered Plant Surveys.

Mentor: Kapua Kawelo.

Host Organization: U.S. Army - Natural Resources Branch.

Kauaoa Fraiola

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Biocontrol of Rubus Species.

Mentor: Tracy Johnson.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Kauihana Archer

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Interim Recovery Measures for the loulu palm, Pritchardia schattaueri, Hawaii Island.

Mentor: Mick Castillo.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Kuʻulei Vickery

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Turtle Conservation Program with Volcanoes National Park.

Mentor: Larry Katahira.

Host Organization: National Park Service.

Liana Carroll

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: YCC Assistant Leader for Big Island Conservation Program.

Mentor: John Leong.

Host Organization: Youth Conservation Corps.

Mahina Chung

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Assisting with public hearings related to fish size and catch limits for nearshore fisheries in Hawai'I.

Mentor: Alton Miyasaka/Athline Clark.

Host Organization: DLNR DAR.

Namaka Whitehead

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Competition, growth, and mortality in native Acacia koa forests.

Mentor: Patrick Baker.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Noa Kekuewa Lincoln

From: Maui.

Project: Coral Reproductive Rates Through Fragmentation & Education of Hawaiian Marine Ethnozoology.

Mentor: Hannah Bernard & Eric Brown.

Host Organization: Maui Ocean Center of Pacific Island Forestry, US Forest Service.

Noa Lincoln

From: Maui.

Project: Coral Reef Restoration and Education Programs.

Mentor: Hannah Bernard.

Host Organization: Maui Ocean Center.

Noelani Kamelamela

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Ahupuaʻa Restoration in Waipā.

Mentor: Adam Asquith.

Host Organization: UH Sea Grant/Waipā Foundation.

Pua Medeiros

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Evaluation of in situ hybridization as a method for localizing tissue stages of avian malaria in chronically infected avian hosts.

Mentor: Carter Atkinson.

Host Organization: USGS PIERC.

2002 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Interns

Ava Misseldine

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Anchialine Pond Systems.

Mentor: Mike Parsons/Charles Chong.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.

Darla White

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Cigueterra on the Island of Hawai'i: Environmental Influences to Fish Toxicity.

Mentor: Mike Parsons.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.

Heather Plaza

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Hawaiian Edible Seaweeds: Total Dietary Fiber Content.

Mentor: Karla McDermid.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.

Jeff Eble

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Established Protocol and Preliminary Results of an Investigation of Genetic Structure Within a Hawaiian Micro-mullusk Community.

Mentor: Marta DeMaintenon.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.

Laura Weiss

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Development of Tissue Culture Protocols for Noni, Morinda citrifolia.

Mentor: Mike Tanabe.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo CAFNRM.

Linh Vuong

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Ecological Energetics in Plants.

Mentor: Susan Cordell/Becky Ostertag.

Host Organization: Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service/University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.

Meredith Acly

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Anchialine Pond Systems.

Mentor: Mike Parsons/Charles Chong.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.

Nicole Wakida

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Seminal In Vitro Culture of Morinda citrifolia.

Mentor: Mike Tanabe.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo CAFNRM.

Sara Barwise

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Sex Determination of Hawaiian Amakahi.

Mentor: Susan Jarvi.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.

Sarah Jackson

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Conservation of Hawaiian Native Picture-winged Flies.

Mentor: Cam Miur.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.