PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2008

Alfonso Alexander

From: Pohnpei.

Project: Study on Sakau Plantation effects on Watershed..

Mentor: Rich MacKenzie.

Host Organization: USDA - Forest Service.

Kasti Roby

From: Pohnpei.

Project: Study on Sakau Plantation effects on Watershed..

Mentor: Rich MacKenzie.

Host Organization: USDA - Forest Service.

Alii Garcia

Project: Production of Seabird Video for Longline Fishermen..

Mentor: Lewis Van Fossen.

Host Organization: National Marine Fisheries Services.

Corelle Nakamura

Project: Nutrient Limitation of Virus Replication in the Ocean..

Mentor: Grieg Steward.

Host Organization: CMORE.

Heather Gleason

Project: National Park Service - Inventory and Monitoring Program..

Mentor: Corbett Nash/Leslie Haysmith.

Host Organization: National Park Service.

Janice Jensen

Project: Developing an Electronic Library for the Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife office..

Mentor: Jeff Zimpfer.

Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.

Jessica Ayau

Project: Kohala Nature Camp Teacher/Leader.

Mentor: Melora Purell.

Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Partnership.

Josh Verkerke

Project: Identifying the Most Effective and Successful Method to Outplant a Native Sedge, Kaluha, into the Wetlands..

Mentor: Calvin Willis.

Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.

Justin Fujimoto

Project: Discovering Environmental Management in the Wai'anae and Koolau Mountain Ranges.

Mentor: Kimberly Welch, Kapua Kawelo.

Host Organization: Army Natural Resource Program.

Kahai Nakamatsu

Project: HYCC Team Leader..

Mentor: John Leong.

Host Organization: Pono Pacific - YCC.

Kaʻimikila Moraes

Project: Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor Permanement Plot Installation..

Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina, Donna Ball, Mike Robinson.

Host Organization: USFWS/DHHL - Forest Service.

Kelly Cloward

Project: Avian Seed Dispersal and Implications for the Potential Spread of Invasive Weeds on Oʻahu..

Mentor: Katy Metzler, Rachel Neville.

Host Organization: Oʻahu Invasive Species Council (OISC).

Kim Morishige

Project: Hawaiʻi Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project..

Mentor: Will Seitz.

Host Organization: National Park Service.

Kimo Carvalho

Project: Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western Science-Innovation Approaches to Marine Conservation..

Mentor: Malia Chow.

Host Organization: NOAA Papahanaumokuakea National Monument.

Kolea Zimmerman

Project: Utility of Water Availability Measurements for Assessing the Productivity of a Sub-alpine, Dry Forest Tree..

Mentor: Chris Farmer.

Host Organization: USGS.

Lisa Yang

Project: USDA: Postharvest Quality Research for Tropical Crops..

Mentor: Marisa Wall.

Host Organization: USDA - Agricultural Research Agency.

Mahina Patterson

Project: Managing the Kaʻu Forest: Best Practices for Engaging a Rural, Hawaiian Community..

Mentor: Katherine Thompson and Heidi Hansen.

Host Organization: TNC and DOFAW.

Mina Viritua

Project: Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor Permanement Plot Installation..

Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina, Donna Ball, Mike Robinson.

Host Organization: USFWS/DHHL - Forest Service.

Nicole Tachibana

Project: HYCC Team Leader..

Mentor: John Leong.

Host Organization: Pono Pacific - YCC.

Pua Medeiros

Project: Imi Pono No Ka 'Aina Leader.

Mentor: Mililani Browning.

Host Organization: Imi Pono no ka ʻaina.

Raeanne Cobb-Adams

Project: Habitat Characterization of Juvenile Fishes in Hawaiʻi Island Estuaries, With Emphasis on Native and Alien Mullet..

Mentor: Bob Nishimoto, Troy Sakihara, Troy Shimoda.

Host Organization: Hawaiʻi State Division of Aquatics.

Reid Loo

Project: Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor Permanement Plot Installation..

Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina, Donna Ball, Mike Robinson.

Host Organization: USFWS/DHHL - Forest Service.

Roxie Silva

Project: Impact of Human Activity on Wetland Birds at the Kealia Coastal Boardwalk..

Mentor: Glynnis Nakai.

Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.

Ryan Ferreira

Project: Educational Initiative with Hawaiʻi's Rare Plant Program & Projects Relating to Hawaii's Threatened and Endangered Species..

Mentor: Vickie Caraway.

Host Organization: DLNR-DOFAW.

Tracy Bryant

Project: Hanauma Bay Research Documentation Project..

Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.

Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program - UH Sea Grant.

Anthony Olayon

Project: USDA Forest Service - Kipuka Ecology..

Mentor: Christian Giardina.

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

Chandra Legdesog

Project: The importance of Day versus Night Pollinators in Hawaiian Ecosystem..

Mentor: Heather Sahli.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Eduardo Hazera

Project: USDA Forest Service - Kipuka Ecology.

Mentor: Christian Giardina.

Host Organization: USDA-Forest Service.

Grant Tolley

Project: Identifying Mechanisms That Seed Production in the Endangered Plant Hibiscadelphus Giffardianus.

Mentor: Bob Peck/Melody Euaparadom, USGS.

Janelle Williams

Project: Foraging Ecology of Invasive Ants in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park..

Mentor: Bob Peck/Kirsten Snook, USGS.

Lan Truong

Project: The importance of Day Versus Night Pollinators in Hawaiian Ecosystem..

Mentor: Heather Sahli.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Malia Williams

Project: Utility of Water Availability Measurements for Assessing the Productivity of a Sub-alpine, Dry Forest Tree..

Mentor: Chris Farmer.

Host Organization: USGS.

Monika Frazier

Project: Diversity of Free-Living Symbiodinum at Three Location of Hawai'i..

Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Topaz Collins

Project: Rearing the Banana Moth, Opogona Sacchari and Trapping Banana Moth in the Field..

Mentor: Robert Hollingsworth.

Host Organization: USDA - Agricultural Research Service.