Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES)

PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 1997

All PIPES Alumni by Year

1997 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

Earlene Leilani Wilson

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Miconia Calvescens: Soil Seed Bank Density and Their Correlation with Miconia Structures.

Mentor: Dennis O'Dowd/Duane Nelson.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry/ USDA Forest Service.

Francis Quitazol

From: Maui.

Project: Invasion of Abandoned Sugarcane Fields by Woody Weeds.

Mentor: Dennis O'Dowd/Duane Nelson.

Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, US Forest Service.

Hiʻilei Kawelo

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Kupeʻe Monitoring Methods And Their Densities Versus The Moon Phase.

Mentor: Marc Hodges.

Host Organization: Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.

Jason Gamiao

From: Maui.

Project: Population Assessment of Scylla serrata in Waiakea Public Fishing Area.

Mentor: Dr. Robert Nishimoto.

Host Organization: DLNR/DAR.

Joylynn Oliveira

From: Maui.

Project: The Cultural and Historical Importance of Whales in Hawaiʻi.

Mentor: Allen Tom.

Host Organization: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

Noelani Puniwai

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Decline of Acacia koa on Windward O’ahu.

Mentor: James Allen.

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

Roxane Stewart

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Opportunistic Sighting and Monitoring of Odonocete Through a Naturalist Training Program.

Mentor: Hannah Bernard.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Vida Yap

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Ecology of Mangroves in Hawaiʻi.

Mentor: James Allen, Kathy Ewel, and Judy Drexler.

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