Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES)

PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2005

All PIPES Alumni by Year

2005 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Interns

Angela Gephart

Project: Phylogeographic Approaches to Conservation Genetics; a study of Lentipes concolor.

Mentor: Cam Muir.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Ann Skipper

Project: Lowland Wet Forests.

Mentor: Becky Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Heather Fowler

Project: Efficacy of Irradiated Sporozoites as a Vaccine for Avian Malaria (Plasmodium Relictum) in Hawaiian Amakihi Trial II.

Mentor: Sue Jarvi, University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Jennifer Johanson

Project: Endophytic FungiI.

Mentor: Elizabeth Stacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Kathy Seiber

Project: Reproductive Ecology of Hawaiian Corals.

Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi, University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Moana Ulu Ching

Project: Bird Pollination within the dryland forest of North Kona, Hawaii.

Mentor: Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service.

Sierra Tobiason

Project: Environmental Impacts and Ciguatera.

Mentor: Mike Parsons, University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Tanya Tavares

Project: Biodiversity Survey of Vertebrate Blood Parasites from Tropical Lowland Forests of Southern China.

Mentor: Carter Atkinson, USGS.

Tyler Takeshita

Project: Reproductive Ecology of Hawaiian Scleractinian Corals.

Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi, University of Hawaii at Hilo.

2005 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

Anthony Kim

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Hakalau Forest Refuge Intern.

Mentor: Baron Horiuchi.

Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.

Jeannette Kondo

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Bioavailability of natural and anthropogenic dissolved and particulate organic matter from Hilo Bay ahupua'a.

Mentor: Richard MacKenzie.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.

Kaimanamaile Lee

From: Maui.

Project: Habitat Restoration at Waiheʻe Wetlands and Sand Dunes.

Mentor: Scott Fisher.

Host Organization: Maui Coastal Land Trust.

Kalei Tringali

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Marine Mammal Rescue Assistant.

Mentor: Chris Yates.

Host Organization: NOAA Marine Fisheries.

Katie Kamelamela

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Watershed Training Grant.

Mentor: David Penn.

Host Organization: Department of Health.

Kolea Zimmerman

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From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Conversion of tropical dry forests to open grasslands: effects on aboveground carbon storage.

Mentor: Creighton Litton.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.

Lani Lethvilay

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Geographic Information Systems Assistant.

Mentor: Susan Vogt & Evan Weinberg.

Host Organization: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary.

Lauren Yasaka

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Hanauma Bay Reef Life Education Project.

Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.

Host Organization: Hanauma Bay.

Lono Dunn

From: Maui.

Project: Habitat Restoration at Waihe'e Wetlands and Sand Dunes.

Mentor: Scott Fisher.

Host Organization: Maui Coastal Land Trust.

Malia Kipapa

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Effects of Feral Sheep on Upland Native Hawaiian Vegetation.

Mentor: Kaeo Duarte.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Mark Manuel

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: NOAA Watershed Training Grant.

Mentor: Tracy Weigner.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Marty Kawasaki

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Ecology of a Hawaiian Wetland: A Study of Hamakua Marsh.

Mentor: Christina McGuire.

Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.

Naupaka Zimmerman

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Lowland wet forest survey & environmental assessment, strawberry guava/Native forest Interactions.

Mentor: Flint Hughes & Julie Denslow.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.

Pualei Santore

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Seed predators for Miconia calvescens and Clidemia Hirta.

Mentor: Tracy Johnson & Patrick Conant.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.

Shauna Tom

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Thermal preferences of endangered Hawaiian damselflies at anchialine pools in Hawaii.

Mentor: David Foote.

Host Organization: USGS PIERC.

2005 Micronesia and American Samoa Student Internship Program (MASSIP) Interns

Heather Ketebengang

From: Palau.

Project: Lake Ngardok Interpretation.

Mentor: Katie Friday.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service, Palau Division of Agriculture & Mineral Resources, Palau Conservation Society.

James Sword

From: American Samoa.

Project: Happy Trails.

Mentor: Eric Hanson.

Host Organization: ASCC Land Grant.

Javez Mooteb

From: Yap.

Project: Monitoring environmental impact of typhoon assistance efforts.

Mentor: Margie Falanruw.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service Yap.

Sholeh Hanser

From: Palau.

Project: Marine Protected Areas Assessment.

Mentor: Charlene Mersai.

Host Organization: Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC).

2005 Other Partner Programs (Other Partner Programs) Interns

Lucero Vasquez-Radon

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Undergraduate Training Environment Program (UTEP): Analysis of seed rain and seed bank in a lowland wet forest.

Mentor: Becky Ostertag/Susan Cordell.

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

Robert Lozano

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Research Experience for Teachers: Marine Acoustics.

Mentor: Ania Driscoll-Lind.

Host Organization: Kula Naiʻa Foundation.

Tabith van Veen

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Research Experience for Teachers: Watersheds.

Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.