PIPES Alumni by Program
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- 2022 Alumni (19)
2022 REU
Grace Hsiang
From: Vermont.
Mentor: Jonathan Price, Amberly Pigao.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Geography Department.
Jemma Godbout
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Peishih Liang.
Host Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Kieran Mitchell
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Luke (Nalu) Mead.
Host Organization: Kumuola Marine Science Education Center.
Kim Yumul
From: California.
Mentor: John Burns.
Host Organization: UH Hilo - MEGA Lab.
Koa Grabar
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Bryce Masuda.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Endangered Bird Conservation Program.
Lillian Lewis
From: Washington.
Mentor: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center.
Host Organization: United States Geological Survey.
Mia Noelani Takai
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: UH Hilo - SDAV Lab.
Nainoa Alefaio
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Ana Kon.
Host Organization: Na Maka Haloa O Waipio.
Olivia Boucher
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Hart, Stephanie Mladinich.
Host Organization: UH Hilo - LOHE Lab.
Tyler Jeschke
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Troy Sakihara, Devon Aguiar.
Host Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources.
2021 REU
Alyssa Mathews
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Using High-resolution Imagery to Quantify Differences in Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Mortality Associated with Ungulate Presence or Absence on Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy and Timothy Sullivan.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Spatial Data and Visualization Lab.
Amy Patterson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Characterizing Temporal Trends in Disease and Growth in Porites lobata Corals at Laehala, Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: John Burns and Cliff Kapono.
Host Organization: MEGA Lab.
Andrew Curley
From: Arizona.
Project: Response of Hawaii's Nearshore Fishers to the Impacts of COVID-19.
Mentor: Tim Grabowski and Michelle Shuey.
Host Organization: USGS Hawaiʻi Cooperative Fishery Research Unit.
Cole Dill-De Sa
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Using Social Media To Characterize The Impact Of COVID-19 On Hawaii’s Nearshore Fisheries.
Mentor: Tim Grabowski and Michelle Shuey.
Host Organization: USGS Hawaiʻi Cooperative Fishery Research Unit.
Dylan Kelling
From: Oʻahu.
Project: No Wai Ke Kuleana: Investigating Māhele Documents to Further Assess Applicability in Modern-Day Restoration Efforts.
Mentor: Lokelani Brandt.
Host Organization: ASM Affiliates.
Isabel Schwartz
From: California.
Project: Effect of Different Seed Treatments On Improving Santalum paniculatum (ʻIliahi) Seed Resilience From Rodent Predation.
Mentor: Emily Leucht and Kallie Barnes.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance.
Jessica DeCosta
From: Oʻahu.
Project: When A River Jumps: A Peek into Waipiʻo.
Mentor: ʻIʻini Kahakalau and Nalei Kahakalau.
Host Organization: Kū-A-Kanaka.
Kailey Alcosiba
From: California.
Project: The Human Health Impacts and Cultural Aspects of the Polynesian Rat.
Mentor: Carmen Antaky and Steven Hess.
Host Organization: USDA National Wildlife Research Center.
Kaʻiʻinipuʻuwai Keliʻihoʻomalu-Holz
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Mālama I Ka ʻĀina Momona O Kalapana.
Mentor: Gina McGuire and Lisa Kelley.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Geography Department.
Sabrina Bejang
From: Majuro.
Project: Exploring Cultivation Practices for Native Limu at the Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center.
Mentor: Karla McDermid and Rose Criscione.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture Resources Center.
Skyler Chong
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Effect of Aeration on Organic Matter Decomposition Rates in Loko I‘a at Waiāhole, Hilo.
Mentor: Luke Mead and Cybil Glendon-Baclig.
Host Organization: Kamehameha Schools.
Sophia Smith
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Investigating the Role of Ambrosia Beetles In the Spread of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD).
Mentor: Helen Sofaer and Jorden Zarders.
Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center.
Taylor “Uʻi” Barongan
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Comparing Trap Types for Capturing Avian Malaria (P. Relictum) Positive Mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus) On Hawai’i island.
Mentor: Renee Bellinger and Stephanie Mladinich.
Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center & Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit.
2019 REU
Anuhea Robins
From: O'ahu.
Project: Comparing microarthropod communities amongst different plant species’ leaf litter in a Hawaiian lowland wet forest.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag and Robert Peck.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and United States Geological Survey.
Hallie Whitmore
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Horizontal transfer of wolbachia from aedes albopictus to culex Quinquefasciatus.
Mentor: Jared Nishimoto and Jolene Sutton.
Host Organization: Conservation Genomics Research Group.
Jesse Tabor
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Invasive Potential for Non-Native Bees Present in Hawai’i.
Mentor: Jon Koch.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Mario Kaluhiokalani
From: O'ahu.
Project: Genetic Barcoding of the native, Mugil cephalus, and invasive, Osteomugil engeli, mullet in a coastal Hawaiian fishpond.
Mentor: John HR Burns.
Host Organization: Multiscale Environmental Graphical Analysis (MEGA) Lab.
Nikko Bjontegard
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Assessing The Effectiveness Of Ceratocystis Management Methods To Decrease The Spread Of Rapid ʻŌhi’a Death In Hawai‘i.
Mentor: Robert Peck, Kylle Roy, and Kelly Jaenecke.
Host Organization: Hawai‘i Cooperatives Studies Unit , U.S. Geological Survey, and Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center.
Shelbi Madera
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Pollen Disbarment of Hawaiian Nectivorous Birds.
Mentor: Kristina Paxton.
Host Organization: Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science program University of Hawaii Hilo, LOHE lab.
Tamara Tso
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Oyster Conditions in Land Based Aquaculture Operations Compared to Conditions in Hilo Bay Research Farm.
Mentor: Maria Haws and Daniel Wilkie.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resource Center.
Uʻilani Jesse-Kealanahele
From: O'ahu.
Project: Sewage pollution impacts on Puakō’s coral reefs.
Mentor: Tracy N. Wiegner and Devon K. Aguiar.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Valentine Santarone III
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Species-typical behavior analyses on ‘alalā (corvus hawaiiensis) Responding to native plant species enrichment..
Mentor: Alison Flanagan and Bryce Masuda.
Host Organization: Hawai’i Endangered Bird Conservation Program.
Yukio Ishii
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Mapping of Water Motion in Anthropogenic Areas at Puakō, Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Devon Aguiar.
Host Organization: University of Hawaii at Hilo: Marine Science Department.
2018 REU
Amy Durham
From: Hawaii.
Project: Habitat Composition Surveying in Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve for Release of the Endangered Hawaiian ʻAlalā (Corvus hawaiiensis)..
Mentor: Alison Greggor, Bryce Masuda, Jonathan Price, and Rebecca Ostertag.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Endangered Bird Conservation Program.
Heather Lee
From: Kauai.
Project: Vigilance of Released ‘Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) at Feeding Stations.
Mentor: Alison Greggor.
Host Organization: Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program.
Jamie Colvin
From: Omaha.
Project: Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD).
Mentor: Timothy Sullivan.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Lab.
Jasmin Curiel
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Using camera traps to evaluate frugivory within Hawaiian forests located on Hawaii Island.
Mentor: Pat Hart.
Host Organization: UHH TCBES Dept. Listening Observatory for Hawaiian Ecosystems.
Jesse Leavitt
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Genomic Diversity of The Critically Endangered ‘Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis): Management of Captive Breeding Population.
Mentor: Jolene Sutton and Geneviève Blanchet.
Host Organization: Conservation Genomics Research Group.
Kawainohiaakalani Navares
From: O'ahu.
Project: The Effect of Topography on Lava Movement.
Mentor: Jonathan Price.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo/United States Geological Survey.
Leilani Sablan
From: Guam.
Project: Comparing Benthic Water Samples of Off-Shore Sewage Pollution Using FIB and Macroalgal Tissue in Puakō to Adjacent Northern & Southern Resorts.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Qindasi Silva
From: Baltimore.
Project: Nalo Meli ʻāpaʻakuma Project: Investigating Non-Lethal Genomic Sampling Methods of Hylaeus Bees for Conservation Genetics.
Mentor: Jonathan Koch.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Timothy Medina
From: Brooklyn.
Project: Mapping Erosions and Generating Baseline data of Mauna Kea.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Department of Geography & Environmental Institute.
2017 REU
Adel Sharif
From: Pennsylvania.
Mentor: Tracy N. Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Amanda Wong
From: Oʻahu.
Project: Microclimate of leaf litter in ecological restoration of Hawaiian lowland wet forests.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag and Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology Department and USDA Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Amy Olsen
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Project: Assessing Bacteria and Water Quality in Keaukaha Coastline.
Mentor: Tara Holitzki.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Ashley Romero
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Project: Investigating the Behavior of Rats, and Their Response to Population Control Measures.
Mentor: Paul Banko.
Host Organization: United States Geological Survey.
Claire Dobry
From: Michigan.
Mentor: Jolene Sutton.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology Department.
Giovanni Tolentino-Ramos
From: Oklahoma.
Mentor: Dean Foster.
Host Organization: USDA National Wildlife Research Center.
Jihoo Kim
From: Chicago.
Project: Species Richness and Diversity of Oribatid Mites in Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forest.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag, Robert Peck, and Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: University of Hawai’i at Hilo, United States Geological Survey, and the United States Department of Agriculture: Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry.
Kainalu Steward
From: Maui.
Mentor: Steven Colbert and Cherie Kauahi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Katherine Hiu
From: Oʻahu.
Project: Nutritional Composition of Five Endemic Hawaiian Fruits at ‘Alalā Release Site.
Mentor: Bryce Masuda, Jon Price and Rebecca Ostertag.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Endangered Bird Conservation Program.
Marcel Kate Jardeleza
From: Guam.
Project: Seasonal and elevation changes in phenotype of the Spotted Wing Drosophila suzukii on Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Jonathan Koch.
Host Organization: University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (TCBES).
Mehana Sabado-Halpern
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Project: Developmental Rates of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).
Mentor: Robert Hollingsworth and Lindsey Hamilton.
Host Organization: USDA US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center.
Sierra Ching
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Project: Quantifying vegetation, structure, and canopy density at ʻalalā release site.
Mentor: Bryce Masuda, Jon Price and Rebecca Ostertag.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Endangered Bird Conservation Program.
Tyler Gerken
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Tracy N. Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
2016 REU
Andrew Hanano
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Population dynamics of shrimp and damselflies in anchialine pool ecosystems.
Mentor: Robert Peck.
Host Organization: Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit/United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Bret Mossman
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Analysis of captive Palila foraging behavior.
Mentor: Bryce Masuda.
Host Organization: San Diego Global/Keahou Bird Conservation Center.
Carmen Garson-Shumway
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Investigating climate driven shifts in Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA for water resource and land management solutions.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Conor Handley
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Rat behavior in a mezic montaine forest.
Mentor: Paul Banko.
Host Organization: United States Geological Survey (USGS).
David Russell
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Comparison of the accuracy of time-stamp infrared aerial geo-positions vs. high precision ground GPS units.
Mentor: Timothy Sullivan.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC).
Kimberly Kahaleua
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Facilitating adaptation in montane plants to changing precipitation along an elevation gradient.
Mentor: Steven Hess and Christina Leopold.
Host Organization: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center.
Nadiatou Ouedraogo
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: The invasion biology of Drosophila suzukii in Hawaii.
Mentor: Jonathan B. Koch.
Host Organization: University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Saria Adnan Sultan
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Determining nutrient pollution loads to Puakō’s coral reef.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of HawaiʻI at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Shaun Wriston
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Effect of Koa density on abiotic variables in restoration.
Mentor: Stephanie Yelenik.
Host Organization: US Geological Survey in collaboration with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Ulumauahi Kealiikanakaʻoleohaililani
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Vegetation structure and fruit availability at ‘alalā reintroduction sites.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag, Bryce Masuda and Jon Price.
Host Organization: University of Hawaii at Hilo Biology.
2015 REU
Belytza Vélez Gámez
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tara Holitzki.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Analytical Lab.
Bryan Tonga
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Weigner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Jamison Domingsil
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Timothy Sullivan.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC).
Jazmine Panelo
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Lisa Muehlstein.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Melanie Quiñones-Santiago
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Creighton M. Litton.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management.
Natasha Coumou
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Eben Paxton and Stephanie Yeleni.
Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC).
Nicole Preston
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Patrick Hart.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Stephanie Kung
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM).
Stephen Garney
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Timothy Sullivan.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC).
2014 REU
Anthony Tornito
Project: Quantifying How Climate Change will Affect the Leaf Area Index (LAI) of Native Hawaiian Wet Forests.
Mentor: Christian Giardina, Paul Selmants.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
Blaine Luiz
Project: Effects of Puccinia psidii on Metrosideros polymorpha Tree Health and Seedling Survivorship on the Windward Coast of Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: J. B. Friday & R. Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa CTAHR & USDA Forest Service.
Denis Sene
Project: The Effects of Rising Mean Annual Temperature on Rates of ʻŌhiʻa Litterfall.
Mentor: Christian Giardina, Paul Selmants.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
Devon Aguiar
Project: Assessing Vulnerabilities to Sea Level Rise in Hawaiʻi County.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.
Evelyn Braum
Project: An Assessment of Sewage Pollution through Groundwater Seeps Entering the Coastal Waters of Puakō, Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Gabriel Trujillo
Project: Using Genetic Techniques to Study Impacts of Non-native Parasitoid Wasps on Native Moth Caterpillars..
Mentor: Paul Banko.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey.
Maile Aiwohi
Project: Macroalgae: A Bionutrient Indicator of Sewage Pollution at Puakō, Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Michelle Victoria
Project: Native and Invasive Plant Communities in Low, Medium, and High Suitability Areas in Keamuku Maneuver Area.
Mentor: Stephanie Yelenik.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey.
Motusaga Vaeoso
Project: Utilizing Molecular Analysis Techniques to Determine Rates of Parasitism of Native Lepidoptera from Two Host Plants ʻŌhiʻa and Koa at Different Elevations..
Mentor: Paul Banko.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey.
Ricky Tabandera
Project: The Hydrology of the Puako Community: A dye tracer Investigation into Waste Water Movement..
Mentor: Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Sean Kirkpatrick
Project: To determine if Feeding Frequency has an Effect on System Efficiency.
Mentor: Armando Garcia-Ortega.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Sierra Mitchell
Project: The Influence of Fog on Epiphytes in Ohi'a Forests on a Climate Gradient.
Mentor: Jonathan Price.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Department of Geography.
Vanessa Castello
Project: Habitat Suitability Model of Hawaiian Dry forests: Analysis of abiotic factors to establish differences between high and low sites.
Mentor: Susan Cordell and Amanda Uowolo.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
2013 REU
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.
2012 REU
Alexis Dziedziech
Project: Resource allocation and competition experienced by Iʻiwi.
Mentor: Bob Peck.
Host Organization: USGS-Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center.
Edgar Lugo
Project: Eluetherodactylus coqui: Social behaviors of the male species.
Mentor: Gary Ten Eyck.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.
Emily Mishina
Project: The Kipuka Project: Study of bird nesting and rat diet.
Mentor: Dan Gruner.
Host Organization: University of Maryland.
Kanoe Steward
Project: Tissue nutrient pools and growth rates of the opportunistic alga Ulva spp. on Hawaiʻi's leeward coast.
Mentor: Bruce Dudley.
Host Organization: USFS-Institute for Pacific Island Forestry.
Laurence Walsh
Project: The effect of topography and substrate age on nutrient availability.
Mentor: Kealoha Kinney/Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: USFS-Institute for Pacific Island Forestry.
Lori Bothwell
Project: Leaf litter decomposition and temperature in Hawaiian tropical forests.
Mentor: Christian Giardina & Creighton Litton.
Host Organization: USFS-IPIF.
Louise Economy
Project: Carbon dioxide concentrations in freshwater systems and their influence on carbonate saturation.
Mentor: Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Marine Science.
Malia Stewart
Project: Investigating functional diversity of seedlings.
Mentor: Laura Warman.
Host Organization: USFS-Institute for Pacific Island Forestry.
Mickhale Green
Project: Microbiol water quality in Hilo Bay.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Peter Sepulveda
Project: Trunk epiphyte species and frequency across an elevation gradient in the north-eastern section of Hawaii Island.
Mentor: Jon Price.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.
2009 REU
Annette Ah Young
Project: Isolation and characterization of environmental pollutant degrading bacteria.
Mentor: Jonathan D. Awaya.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Darcey Iwashita
Project: Impact of mean annual temperature on native and non-native plant species diversity in Hawaiian rainforests.
Mentor: Creighton Litton, Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: National Resource and Environmental Management, US Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Heather Gleason
Project: Ecology and restoration of Hawaiian dryland ecosystems.
Mentor: Erin Questad, Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: US Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Jeremy Albano
Project: Impact of mean annual temperature on native and non-native plant species diversity in Hawaiian rainforests.
Mentor: Creighton Litton, Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: Natural Resource and Environmental Management, US Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Lopaka Inciong
Project: Nutrient dynamics in coral reef environments.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Nakoa Goo
Project: Importance of Secondary Consumers in Hawaii Coral Reef Ecosystems.
Mentor: Jim Beets.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Niegel Rozet
Project: Characterizing Skeletal Growth Anomaly (SGA) in Montipora Capitata.
Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Russell Auwae
Project: Strawberry Guava Research Project.
Mentor: Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: US Forest Service.
2008 REU
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.
2007 REU
Brenner Wai
Project: Biocontrol of Miconia calvescens: Avoiding Biotic Interface.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Cassie Lyons
Project: Restoration of Native Forests: The Kipuka as a Model of Forest Fragmentation.
Emily Hart
Project: Effects of Storms on Primary and Secondary Water Quality, and Fisheries Production in Hilo Bay.
Isaiah Iaea
Project: The Use of Springtails as an Indicator for Feral Pig Presence.
Mentor: David Foote.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division.
Jonathan Koch
Project: Pollination Webs in Hawaiian Ecosystems.
Mentor: Heather Sahli.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Kolea Zimmerman
Project: Identifying the Role of Insects in the Pollination of Rare Native Plants.
Mentor: Robert Peck, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division.
Krishna Hemperly
Project: Estimating Bio and Carbon Mass Across Heterogeneous Landscapes.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Linda Sweinhart
Project: Seed Ecology of Lowland Wet Forest Species.
Lisa Shizuma
Project: Effects of Storms on Primary and Secondary Water Quality, and Fisheries Production in Hilo Bay.
Xeronimo Castaneda
Project: Restoration of Native Forests: The Kipuka as a Model of Forest Fragmentation.
2006 REU
Barbara Rowe
Project: Seed Ecology of Lowland Wet Forest Species.
Mentor: Becky Ostertag.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Frances Kinslow
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Project: Detrital Cycles in Hawaiian Streams: Impacts of Land Use and Invasive Riparian Species and the Role of Micro-organisms.
Mentor: Richard MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service.
Jack Freitas
Project: Adaptive Divergence and Evolution of ʻŌhiʻa.
Mentor: Elizabeth Stacy.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Kari-Ann Shozuya
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Detrital cycles in Hawaiian streams: Impacts of land use and invasive riparian species and the role of microorganisms.
Mentor: Richard Mackenzie.
Host Organization: Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Kevin Pien
Project: Coqui and Vegetation Interactions.
Mentor: Becky Ostertag.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Magda Benavides
Project: Avian Malaria.
Mentor: Sue Jarvi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Nate Olson
Project: Coral Reef Ecology.
Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Stefanie Willis
Project: Temperature Gradient Effects on Endangered Hawaiian Damselflies.
Mentor: David Foote, USGS.
Trisann Mahealani Bambico
Project: Population Genetics of Amphidromous Fish Across the Islands of Hawai'i.
Mentor: Cam Muir.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Usha Herald
Project: Palila Sexing.
Mentor: Sue Jarvi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Zach Stornant
Project: Monitoring Biological Control Agents on Rubus Species.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
2005 REU
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.
2004 REU
Aileen Suzara
Project: Phylogenetic Analysis and Genetic Variation of Hawaiian Picture-Winged Drosophila.
Mentor: Cam Muir, University of Hawaii at Hilo and David Foote, USGS.
Chelsie Javar
Project: Alien plants invading native habitats.
Mentor: Jim Jacobi, USGS.
Christina Wong
Project: Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forests: UH Hilo Impacts of Invasive Plant Species on Light and Water Availability.
Mentor: Becky Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo and Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service.
Danielle Spears
Project: Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to Genetically Sex ʻAmakihi (Hemignathus virens).
Mentor: Sue Jarvi, University of Hawaii at Hilo.
John Nygaard
Project: Lowland Wet Forest.
Mentor: Becky Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo and Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service.
Liezel Barraca
Project: Reforestation of Ku ʻŌhiʻa Laka Recovery Strategies for Lowland Wet Forests.
Mentor: Laura Brezinski, Ku ʻŌhiʻa Laka.
Malia Kipapa
Project: Differences Between the Upper and Lower Areas of Wailuku River on the Island of Hawaii.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner and Charlie Chong, University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Paige Wiecinski
Project: Evolution of Land Snails.
Mentor: Marta deMaintenon, University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Tiffany Clark
Project: The effect of environmental temperature and population density on the development and survivorship of the immature mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus.
Mentor: Dennis LaPointe, USGS.
2003 REU
Alexis Giannoulis
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Hawaiian Native Forest Birds and Avian Malaria.
Mentor: Susan Jarvi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Candace Martin
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Population Structure of Pinctada margaritifera.
Mentor: Cam Muir/Theresa Lewis.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Cheryl Chow
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: A Look Underneath the Rocks: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Hawaiian Marine Snail (Peristernia chlorostoma).
Mentor: Marta DeMaintenon/Cam Muir.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Colin Phifer
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Determining Sex Ratio of Japanese White-Eyes Birds (Zosterops japonicus) on the Island of Hawai`i from Applied PCR-Based Testing.
Mentor: Susan Jarvi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
David Perez
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Lowland Wet Forest Vegetation Project Species and Ecosystem Survey (with Kalei Chang and Naupaka Zimmerman).
Mentor: Susan Cordel.
Host Organization: Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Emily Martin
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Restoration of Lowland Wet `Ohi`a Forest.
Mentor: Laura Brezinsky.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Community College.
Erin McCreless
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Bird plumage color across populations and elevations on the island of Hawaii.
Mentor: Patrick Hart.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.
Kazuki Kageyama
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Preliminary Study of Hawaiian Bivalves.
Mentor: Maria Haws.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Aquaculture.
Kosta Stamoulis
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: An Investigation Into How Average Depth and Water Exchange Affect Juvenile Fish Diversity in the Wai Opae Tidepools at Kapoho Vacationland.
Mentor: Mike Parsons.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Liana Carrol
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Assessing the Impacts of Passive Volcano Emissions from Kilauea Volcano using GIS.
Mentor: Barbara Gibson.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.
Patrick Spooner
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: Distribution and Relative abundance of Epipelic Diatoms in Wailoa Bay.
Mentor: Mike Parsons.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Tina Greenawalt
From: Hawaiʻi.
Project: The Use of Springtails (Collembola) as an Indicator for Feral Pig (Sus Scrofa) Presence in a Hawaiian Montane Wet Forest.
Mentor: David Foote/Peter Vitousek/Ilana Stout.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC/Stanford University.
2002 REU
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.