Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES)

PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2020

All PIPES Alumni by Year

2020 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

Ciarra-Lynn Parinas

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Education and Outreach Development for Liko Nā Pilina.

Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag, Robert Peck, Trebor Hall.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo / U.S. Geological Survey.

Cole Dill-De Sa

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Inbreeding effects on ʻalalā mating behavior.

Mentor: Alison Flanagan, Bryce Masuda.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Dylan Moniz

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance - NRDS Manual.

Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.

Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.

Jacob Andrew Wessling

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Vital rates of Hawaiian coral reefs.

Mentor: John Burns.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, MEGA Lab.

Kaitlyn Evans

From: Maui.

Project: Forest Restoration Site Avian Point Count Surveys 2015-2020 in Nakula Natural Area Reserve, Maui.

Mentor: Hanna Mounce, Laura Berthold.

Host Organization: Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.

Kamamaluwaiwai Wichimai

From: Kauaʻi/Hawaiʻi.

Project: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance - NRDS Manual.

Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.

Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.

Kauʻi Aguiar

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Divers and Fishers: Contemporary Relationships of Kanaka Maoli to Kai.

Mentor: Marina Karides.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Island and Indigenous Sociology track.

Kauʻi Kalili

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Hula: Transferring Environmental Knowledge Across Generations.

Mentor: Marina Karides.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Island and Indigenous Sociology track.

Kawainohiaakalani Navares

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Allometric relationships of ridgetop Psidium cattleianum communities: a Pilot Study.

Mentor: Liat Portner.

Host Organization: University of Hawaii, Mānoa, Department of Geography and Environment.

Kūpono Aguirre

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Education and Outreach Development for Liko Nā Pilina.

Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag, Rober Peck, Trebor Hall.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo / U.S. Geological Survey.

Mackenzie Fugett

From: Kauaʻi.

Project: Limahuli Lower Preserve Projects & Restoration.

Mentor: Uma Nagendra, Katie Champlin.

Host Organization: The National Tropical Botanical Garden, Limahuli Garden & Preserve.

Russ Masuda

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Improving the accuracy of a neural network for the detection of birdsongs.

Mentor: Patrick Hart, Grady Weyenberg.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, LOHE Bioacoustics Lab.

Timon Skinner

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Voices of the Forest: ʻĀkiapōlāʻau.

Mentor: Patrick Hart, Bret Mossman.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, LOHE Bioacoustics Lab.