PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2010

Akela Kuwahara

Project: Feeding Preferences of Metabetaeus iohena, an Anchialine Pool Crustacea..

Mentor: David Foote & Meghan Cooling.

Host Organization: USGS PIERC.

Alex White

Project: Ecosystem Monitoring.

Mentor: Willie Rice.

Host Organization: Forest Solutions.

Aleysia-Rae Kaha

Project: Endangered Species Management and Community Education..

Mentor: Will Seitz.

Host Organization: HNVP Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.

Chelsey Jay

Project: Rodent Outreach Steering Committee (ROSCo)..

Mentor: Katie Swift & Ken Foote.

Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

Chris Wong

Project: Endangered Species Division Assistant..

Mentor: Marriet Zablan.

Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

Ciara Ganter

Project: Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor Project..

Mentor: Chey Perry.

Host Organization: USDA IPIF.

James Akau

Project: The Nature Conservancy Field Technician..

Mentor: Shalan Crysdale.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.

Jennifer Hashimoto

Project: Ecological Restoration and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Mauka Kona..

Mentor: Rachelle Gould.

Host Organization: Stanford University.

Joey Quitan

Project: Impact of Rising Temperature on Carbon Cycling in Hawaiian Tropical Wet Forests..

Mentor: Creighton Litton.

Host Organization: UHM/IPIF.

Jose Benabese

Project: Bio-geochemistry of Hawaiian Sugarcane (Kō)..

Mentor: Peter VanDyke & Noa Lincoln.

Host Organization: Amy Greenwell.

Justin Yeh

Project: Structure of Strands of Koa Root Sprouts Adjacent to and Inside Koa Plants Within Hakalau Forest NWR..

Mentor: Paul Scowcroft.

Host Organization: USDA IPIF.

Kaho Aiona

Project: Ecological Restoration and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Mauka Kona..

Mentor: Rachelle Gould.

Host Organization: Stanford University.

Kaipo Dye

Project: Biology of Limu Kohu..

Mentor: Maria Haws.

Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).

Kamuela Werner

Project: Hawaiian Ethnobotanical Internshipat Lyon Arboretum..

Mentor: Liloa Dunn.

Host Organization: Lyon Arboretum.

Kanoe DeRego

Project: Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating Damage Done by Invasive Species..

Mentor: Page Else.

Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC).

Kealiʻi Sagum

Project: Watershed Management in the Laupahoehoe Experimental Tropical Forest..

Mentor: Christian Giardina.

Host Organization: USDA IPIF.

Leilani Nerveza

Project: Environmental Curriculum Development..

Mentor: Erika Perry.

Host Organization: NOAA.

Luka Mossman

Project: Habitat Conservation Division Assistant..

Mentor: Jeff Newman.

Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

Makana Blomgren

Project: Strategies for Growth: An Analysis of Propagation Methods..

Mentor: Colleen Cole.

Host Organization: TMA - Propagation.

Malia Heimuli

Project: Endangered Species Management and Community Education..

Mentor: Will Seitz.

Host Organization: HNVP Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.

Melia Iwamoto

Project: Hydrology of Loʻi on Maui and Oʻahu..

Mentor: Stephen Anthony.

Host Organization: USGS.

Mina Viritua

Project: Naio Pest Survey.

Mentor: Susie Lott.

Host Organization: OISC.

Molly Winters

Project: HIPPNET Forest Monitoring..

Mentor: Christian Giardina & Becky Ostertag.

Natasha Soares

Project: Reproductive Biology of Two Endangered Lobeliad Species at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge..

Mentor: Richard Pender.

Host Organization: UHM/FWS.

Nick Turner

Project: The Natural Hazards of Hawaiʻi - Impacts on both Humans and the Ecological Environment..

Mentor: Donna Delparte & Lisa Canale.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Nick Wilhoite

Project: USDA Forest Service Field Technician..

Mentor: Christian Giardina.

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

Nicole Tabandera

Project: Reproductive Biology of Two Endangered Lobeliad Species at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge..

Mentor: Richard Pender.

Host Organization: UHM/FWS.

Olivia Schubert

Project: Impact of Rising Temperature on Carbon Cycling in Hawaiian Tropical Wet Forests..

Mentor: Creighton Litton.

Host Organization: UHM/IPIF.

Puaʻala Pascua

Project: Bivalve Grow-outs on Hawaiʻi and Oʻahu..

Mentor: Maria Haws.

Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).

Raeanne Cobb-Adams

Project: Hawaiʻi Fish Habitat Conservation Partnership Program..

Mentor: Gordon Smith.

Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service.

Trisann Bambico

Project: Coral Reef Education Module Team Member..

Mentor: Cory Nash.

Host Organization: NPS Pacific Island Network.

Aleyna Ngirengkoi

Project: Impacts of Savanna Vegetation on Ecosystem Services in Pacific Islands..

Mentor: Susan Cordell.

Host Organization: USDA IPIF.

Charlene Afu

Project: Coral Reef Education Module Team Member..

Mentor: Cory Nash.

Host Organization: NPS Pacific Island Network.

Victor Nestor

Project: Control of Invasive Species Through Management: Falcataria moluccana in the Republic of Palau..

Mentor: Flint Hughes & Amanda Uowolo.

Aoloa Santos

Project: Cultural Resources Management Internship Program: Archaeological Inventory Survey and Test Excavation at Ahu a Umi..

Host Organization: GANDA - CRM.

Io Kauhane

Project: Cultural Resources Management Internship Program: Archaeological Inventory Survey and Test Excavation at Ahu a Umi..

Host Organization: GANDA - CRM.

Kaimi Wilson

Project: Cultural Resources Management Internship Program: Archaeological Inventory Survey and Test Excavation at Ahu a Umi..

Mentor: GANDA - CRM.

Ui Macabio

Project: Cultural Resources Management Internship Program: Archaeological Inventory Survey and Test Excavation at Ahu a Umi..

Host Organization: GANDA - CRM.