PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2014

Aja Werner

Project: K-12 Educational Outreach.

Mentor: Erika Perry.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Island Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES).

Aloha Kapono

Project: Nearshore Ocean Currents of Honolii, Hilo.

Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Island Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES).

Bradley Young

Project: Examination of Hawaiian Flagtail (Kuhlia Spp.) diet and Body Complexity Index along Terrestrial Freshwater InputGgradient; Hilo, Hi.

Mentor: James Akau & Richard McKenzie.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.

Brandon Gurat

Project: Watershed Management on the Island of Maui.

Mentor: Francis Quitazol.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Maui Terrestrial.

Cindy Among-Serrao

Project: Propagation of Palapalai (Microlepia strigosa) with Different Amendment Variables.

Mentor: Kawika Winter.

Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve (NTBG).

Cyrus Aton

Project: Field Associate.

Mentor: Kim Welch.

Host Organization: Oʻahu Army Natural Resource Program.

Darcy Yogi

Project: Mauna Kea Invasive Species Management Plan Development.

Mentor: Fritz Klasner & Casper Vanderwoude.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) and Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture.

Dean Snelling

Project: Malama Ka Wai O Kuaola.

Mentor: Ana Kon.

Host Organization: Papahana Kuaola.

Emily Cadiz

Project: Culturally Grounded Marine Monitoring in Hāʻena, Kauaʻi.

Mentor: Mehana Vaughan.

Host Organization: UH Mānoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

Erika Jardin

Project: Community Based Marine Resource Management.

Mentor: Roxie Sylva.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Maui Marine.

Hanoa Puaa-Freitas

Project: Watershed Management Activities on Puʻu Kukui.

Mentor: Pomaikai Kaniaupio-Crozier.

Host Organization: Puʻu Kukui Watershed.

Jane Bontuyan

Project: Habitat Suitability Modeling for the Restoration of Threatened, Endangered, and At-risk Plant Species in Dryland Ecosystems of Hawaii.

Mentor: Susan Cordell, Amanda Uowolo, Sam Brooks.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.

Kamaka Lewis

Project: Field Associate.

Mentor: Joel Brunger and Springer Kaye.

Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee.

Kuʻupuamaeʻole Kiyuna

Project: Writing a Conservation Plan.

Mentor: Duane Okamoto & Hannah Bergemann.

Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Conservation & Development Council.

Kyla Shetter

Project: Analogue Site Characterization.

Mentor: Christian Andersen.

Host Organization: Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES).

Kyson Dunn

Project: Determining Factors Contributing to Rapid Ohia Death.

Mentor: Flint Hughes.

Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.

Lindsey Watanabe

Project: Cultivation Trials of Kalo (Colocasia esculenta) in Hāʻena, Haleleʻa, Kauaʻi.

Mentor: Kawika Winter.

Host Organization: NTBG Limahuli Gardens and Preserve.

Margaux Mellott

Project: Exploring Data Collection Methods for Digital Topographic Mapping of Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi.

Mentor: Ryan Perroy.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography Department and Office of Mauna Kea Management.

Mika Wong

Project: Malama Aina.

Mentor: Jeremy Seriano.

Host Organization: Malama Learning Center.

Ron Hudman

Project: Limu Kohu Life Cycle Through Salt Water Aquaponics.

Mentor: Kendra Hart & Karla McDermid.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).

Sarah Mizokawa

Project: Diet of Āholehole in Waiāhole Stream.

Mentor: Kauaoa Fraiola.

Host Organization: University of California, Berkeley.

Shari Frias

Project: ʻOpihi Monitoring.

Mentor: Roxie Sylva.

Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Maui Marine.

Shelby Ishida

Project: Best Management Practices in the Waimanalo Watershed.

Mentor: Duane Okamoto and Hannah Bergemann.

Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Conservation and Development Council.

Taylor Tomita

Project: Vegetation Recovery after Non-native Ungulate Removal from Tropical Montane Dry Shrubland.

Mentor: Rebecca Cole & Creighton Litton.

Host Organization: UH Manoa, Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Management.

Taylor Warner

Project: Forest Structure and Light Environment Across a Climate Gradient on Windward Hawai'i Island..

Mentor: Jonathan Price.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.

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.

Lajkit Rufus

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Surficial Geomorphology and Erosion at the Mauna Kea Summit.

Mentor: Ryan Perroy.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography & Env Science.