Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES)

PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 1998

All PIPES Alumni by Year

1998 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

Cheyenne Perry

From: Oʻahu.

Project: The Red Mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, as an Indicator of Environmental Contamimation: A Study of the Correlation Between Albino Propagules and Polycyclic Aromatic Hyrdrocarbon (PAH) Levels in the Sediment on Oahu Hawaii.

Mentor: Katherine Ewel, James Allen, and Ken Krauss.

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

Daniel Tavares

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Biological Control of Schinus terebinthifolius (Focus on M. Transvaalensis).

Mentor: Stephen Hight.

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

Earlene Leilani Wilson

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Biological Field Technician Miconia calvescens seed bank & stand study, herbicide efficacy of Miconia calvescens, Rubus elliticus in Keauhou.

Mentor: Dennis O'Dowd, Diane Nelson & Tanya Rubenstein.

Jon Arbles

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Testing small mammal toxicants and applications methods in Hawaiian mesic and wet forests.

Mentor: Gerald Lindsey.

Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC).

Joylynn Oliveira

From: Maui.

Project: Implementing the Native Hawaiian Culture with Activities of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

Mentor: National Humpback Whale Sanctuary.

Koa Chai

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Phylogenetic Analysis on Theridion grallator.

Mentor: Rosemary Gillespie.

Host Organization: Center for Conservation Research and Training, UH Mānoa.

Michele Holsomback

From: Oʻahu.

Project: O‘ahu Community Outreach: Building Volunteer Leadership in Community Outreach and Stewardship Projects At and Around Honouliuli Preserve.

Mentor: Pauline M. Sato and Nat Pak.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.

Mila Misa

From: Hawaiʻi and American Samoa.

Project: Germination of native species on various substrates in Hawaii Forests.

Mentor: Bob Cabin.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.

Moani Pai

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Creating an Ethnobotony Nature Trail for the Peregrine Fundʻs Keahou Bird Conservation Center.

Mentor: Marla Kuhn.

Host Organization: The Peregrine Fund.

Punua Malama Souza

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Native and Alien Plant Regeneration at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge, Island of Hawaiʻi.

Mentor: Robert Cabin.

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

Sami Freitas

From: Oʻahu.

Project: The Structural Development of 11-year Old Acacia koa Stands.

Mentor: Paul G. Scowcroft.

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

Sandee Hufana

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Kahuku Training Area Survey 1998.

Mentor: Kapua Kawelo.

Host Organization: US Army Garrison, Environmental Office.