PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2013
All PIPES Alumni by Year
- 1997 Alumni (8)
- 1998 Alumni (12)
- 1999 Alumni (16)
- 2000 Alumni (14)
- 2001 Alumni (15)
- 2002 Alumni (29)
- 2003 Alumni (34)
- 2004 Alumni (38)
- 2005 Alumni (31)
- 2006 Alumni (33)
- 2007 Alumni (33)
- 2008 Alumni (34)
- 2009 Alumni (30)
- 2010 Alumni (38)
- 2011 Alumni (26)
- 2012 Alumni (31)
- 2013 Alumni (42)
- 2014 Alumni (39)
- 2015 Alumni (38)
- 2016 Alumni (42)
- 2017 Alumni (38)
- 2018 Alumni (42)
- 2019 Alumni (39)
- 2020 Alumni (13)
- 2021 Alumni (19)
- 2022 Alumni (19)
- 2023 Alumni (33)
2013 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns
Alex Moore
Project: Experience Kohala Mountains.
Mentor: Melora Purrell.
Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Alliance.
Amber Au
Project: Cassiopea Jellyfish Presence vs. Absence and/or Current Analysis and Depth Mapping.
Mentor: Kuuipo McCarthy.
Host Organization: Aina Pono Education Foundation.
Amber Stillman
Project: 3D Perspective Map Portfolio for OMKM Outreach.
Mentor: Fritz Klasner, Lisa Canale.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Mgmt/ SDAVL.
Brandon Gurat
Project: Restoration of native bird habitat in the Humuʻula ahupuaʻa/Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor on Hawaiʻi Island..
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance/ DHHL.
Cash Helman
Project: Summer in American Samoa: Combining Culture and Natural Resources Management.
Mentor: Tavita Togia.
Host Organization: US FS/ NPS.
Cyrus Aton
Project: Department of Forestry and Wildlife.
Mentor: James Cogswell.
Host Organization: DLNR/DOFAW.
Dean Snelling
Project: Kohala Watershed Partnership.
Mentor: Melora Purrell.
Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Alliance.
Emily Cadiz
Project: Exploring a Multitude of Marine Resource Management and Cultural-Based Management on Kahoʻolawe-Kanaloa.
Mentor: Dean Tokishi.
Host Organization: Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.
Hanoa Freitas
Project: Weed Management at Humuʻula.
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance/DHHL.
Kaho Aiona
Project: Ecosystem Based Natural Resource Management in North Kona/South Kohala.
Mentor: Brenda Asuncion.
Host Organization: NOAA.
Kaiauni Andaya
Project: Imu kai.
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Kanoe Steward
Project: Mai na Kupuna mai.
Mentor: Roxie Sylva.
Host Organization: US FS/ NPS.
Kara Ueki
Project: Helu Maile: Census of Maile Populations.
Mentor: Namaka Whitehead.
Host Organization: Kamehameha Schools.
Keenan Komeji
Project: Maintaining Hawaiʻi’s Watersheds.
Mentor: Colleen Cole.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance.
Kerri Nakatsu
Project: Early Detection and Control of Invasive Vegetation.
Mentor: Frtiz Klasner, Springer Kaye.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Mgmt/ BIISC.
Koi Lorance
Project: Do Estuarine Habitat Conditions Affect Fish Health in Hawaii?.
Mentor: Troy Sakihara.
Host Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources.
Lauren Kapono
Project: Impacts of decreasing stream flow on aquatic insect biomass.
Mentor: Rich MacKenzie and Becky Ostertag.
Host Organization: US FS and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Leilani Abaya
Project: A Geospatial Analysis of Microbial Pollution within Hilo Bay, Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: EPSCoR ENDER.
Leinaala Hall
Project: Evaluating Conservation Plans in the Waimanalo Watershed.
Mentor: Jean Brokish.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Cons. & Development council.
Louise Economy
Project: Hilo Rain, Rivers, Waves, Currents & Storms: Making Science Relevant to Community.
Mentor: Jason Adolf, Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Marine Science.
Malia Stewart
Project: A Summer of Ecological Conservation and Cultural Exploration in American Samoa.
Mentor: Tavita Togia.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.
Matthew Kahoohanohano
Project: Managing Invasive Species on Hawaii Island..
Mentor: Springer Kaye.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Cmt.
Maury Gutteling
Project: Forest Mapping and Cultural Catalogue.
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Megan Onuma
Project: Rates of dissolution of Nerita picea shells in normal and acidic seawater.
Mentor: Rob Toonen.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology.
Micah Stephenson
Project: Effects of Molokaʻi Ranch Closure on Former Employees.
Mentor: Clare Gupta.
Host Organization: The Kohala Center.
Tiana Bolosan
Project: Growing Natives with the Malama Learning Center.
Mentor: Pauline Sato.
Host Organization: Malama Learning Center.
Veronica DeGuzman
Project: Watershed Management at a Landscape Level.
Mentor: Colleen Cole.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance.
2013 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Interns
Anela Akiona
Project: Length-Mass Regressions of Common Estuarine Fishes in Hawaii.
Mentor: Troy Sakihara.
Host Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources.
Dan Jennings-Kam
Project: Scanning Electron Microscopy of Phytoplankton and Microzooplankton from Submarine Groundwater Discharge Plumes at Kiholo and Kaloko, Hawaii, USA.
Mentor: Jada White, Jim Beets.
Host Organization: EPSCoR ENDER.
Frederica Lamar
Project: The Influence of Nutrient Enrichment on Microzooplankton and Phytoplankton in West Hawaii Waters.
Mentor: Jason Adolf, Linnea Heu.
Host Organization: EPSCoR ENDER.
Jose Martes-Martinez
Project: Insect communities and herbivory effects on Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forests.
Mentor: Laura Warnan, Ostertag Cordell..
Host Organization: US FS.
Kristina Black
Project: Effect of Varying Rainfall on Atyoida bisculata Fecundity in Pacific Streams.
Mentor: Rich MacKenzie and Becky Ostertag.
Host Organization: US FS and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Kyle Honda
Project: Identifying Microorganisms in the tissues and rhizosphere of Leucaena leucocephala.
Mentor: Abby Cuttriss, Jon Awaya.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Biology.
Nemesis Ortiz
Project: The effect of temperature changes on bird song interactions in two different environments.
Mentor: Patrick Hart.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Ryan Pea
Project: Current Profiling in Hilo Bay using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.
Mentor: Jason Adolf, Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Stephen McAuliffe
Project: Liko Nā Pilina: Looking at the Abundance of Herbivorous Insects and their Effects on Plant Growth within the Big Island’s Lowland Wet Forests.
Mentor: Laura Warnan, Ostertag Cordell..
Host Organization: US FS.
Taylor Warner
Project: Vegetation Measurements of Montane Native Hawaiian Forest Herbaceous Ground Cover, Five Years Since Herbicide Application.
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance/ DHHL.
2013 Micronesia and American Samoa Student Internship Program (MASSIP) Interns
Ike Sagaga
Project: United States Forest Service.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: US FS.
Joseph Atafua
Project: Designing holding cages for Kahala.
Mentor: Armando Garcia.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo PACRC.
Josh Puni
Project: The recovery of Kiula forest, Managing and Monitoring Invasive specie (Albizia) In Kiula Forest..
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: US FS.
Kevin Edward
Project: Potential Sites for Robotics Testing on Mauna Kea.
Mentor: Christian Andersen.
Host Organization: PISCES.
Ruby Tapuai
Project: The Turtles Project at the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.
Mentor: Alden Tagarino.
Host Organization: American Samoa DWNR.