Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES)

PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2003

All PIPES Alumni by Year

2003 Other Partner Programs (Other Partner Programs) Interns

Alan Laird

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Keaholoa: Rainfall Interception in Lowland Hawaiian Rainforests.

Mentor: Jene Michaud.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geology.

Lori Tango

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Keaholoa: Characterizing the Summer Climate on the Northern Slope of Hualalai Volcano.

Mentor: Jim Juvik.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.

Mamo Lundin

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Keaholoa: Learning more about Maile.

Mentor: Bill Sakai.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo CAFNRM.

Marci Arizumi

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Keaholoa: Hawaiian Succinea Land Snail Field Study.

Mentor: Susan Brown.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Sociology.

Sunny Williams

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology: Conservation Biology and Genetics.

Mentor: Cam Muir.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Biology.

Tanya DeCambra

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Keaholoa: A baseline study on the distribution and abundance of macroalgae found at Wai Opae Tidalpools.

Mentor: Mike Parsons.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.

2003 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Interns

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.

2003 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

George Akau

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Avian Project Assistant - Characterization of habitat.

Mentor: Thane Pratt.

Host Organization: USGS PIERC.

Heather Kalei Chang

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: The role of native and invasive species in lowland forest.

Mentor: Patrick Hart.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Kahale Pali

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Restoration/Outreach Intern.

Mentor: Dan Sailer/Lance LePierre.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.

Kaiʻena Bishaw

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Canopy tree cover on fountain grass biomass.

Mentor: Susan Cordell and Don Goo.

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

Katie Kamelamela

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Watershed management to protect coastal areas of Hawaii.

Mentor: David Penn.

Host Organization: Hawaii Department of Health/USGS.

Kia Weaver

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Water Quality Database/GIS Development for Ko'olaupoko.

Mentor: Mike McMahon.

Host Organization: Kailua Bay Advisory Council.

Kristy Wong

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Traditional and modern marine resources use in the Park.

Mentor: Sallie Beavers.

Host Organization: Kaloko Honokōhau National Park Service.

Laura Burling

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Photo database for HI Observer Program.

Mentor: Kevin Busscher.

Host Organization: NOAA NMFS.

Mahealani Kaneshiro

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Cultural Significance of Common Nearshore Marine Organisms.

Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.

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

Mahina Chung

From: Oʻahu.

Project: NEPA Facilitation.

Mentor: Marilyn Lupold.

Host Organization: NOAA NMFS.

Naupaka Zimmerman

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Lowland wet forest survey & environmental assessment, strawberry guava/Native forest Interactions.

Mentor: Flint Hughes & Julie Denslow.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.

Patricia Tannahill

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Water Quality Management for Oahu Streams - background research and comm. Education.

Mentor: David Penn.

Host Organization: Hawaii Department of Health.

Pua Buholm

From: Oʻahu.

Project: American Samoa Protected Species Workshop.

Mentor: Karla Gore.

Host Organization: NOAA NMFS.

Rachel Goo

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: YCC Leader.

Mentor: John Leong.

Host Organization: Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps.

Raymond McGuire

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Ecology and management of Acacia koa on Mauna Loa.

Mentor: Nick Dudley/JB Friday.

Host Organization: Hawaii Agriculture Research Center/CTAHR.

Wendy Kekahio

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Summer Enrichment Program Assistant.

Mentor: Kuhea Paracuelles.

Host Organization: ʻImi Pono no ka ʻĀina.