Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES)

PIPES Alumni by Intern Year: 2021

All PIPES Alumni by Year

2021 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Interns

Alyssa Mathews

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Using High-resolution Imagery to Quantify Differences in Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Mortality Associated with Ungulate Presence or Absence on Hawaiʻi Island.

Mentor: Ryan Perroy and Timothy Sullivan.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Spatial Data and Visualization Lab.

Amy Patterson

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Characterizing Temporal Trends in Disease and Growth in Porites lobata Corals at Laehala, Hawaiʻi.

Mentor: John Burns and Cliff Kapono.

Host Organization: MEGA Lab.

Andrew Curley

From: Arizona.

Project: Response of Hawaii's Nearshore Fishers to the Impacts of COVID-19.

Mentor: Tim Grabowski and Michelle Shuey.

Host Organization: USGS Hawaiʻi Cooperative Fishery Research Unit.

Cole Dill-De Sa

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Using Social Media To Characterize The Impact Of COVID-19 On Hawaii’s Nearshore Fisheries.

Mentor: Tim Grabowski and Michelle Shuey.

Host Organization: USGS Hawaiʻi Cooperative Fishery Research Unit.

Dylan Kelling

From: Oʻahu.

Project: No Wai Ke Kuleana: Investigating Māhele Documents to Further Assess Applicability in Modern-Day Restoration Efforts.

Mentor: Lokelani Brandt.

Host Organization: ASM Affiliates.

Isabel Schwartz

From: California.

Project: Effect of Different Seed Treatments On Improving Santalum paniculatum (ʻIliahi) Seed Resilience From Rodent Predation.

Mentor: Emily Leucht and Kallie Barnes.

Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance.

Jessica DeCosta

From: Oʻahu.

Project: When A River Jumps: A Peek into Waipiʻo.

Mentor: ʻIʻini Kahakalau and Nalei Kahakalau.

Host Organization: Kū-A-Kanaka.

Kaʻiʻinipuʻuwai Keliʻihoʻomalu-Holz

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Mālama I Ka ʻĀina Momona O Kalapana.

Mentor: Gina McGuire and Lisa Kelley.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Geography Department.

Kailey Alcosiba

From: California.

Project: The Human Health Impacts and Cultural Aspects of the Polynesian Rat.

Mentor: Carmen Antaky and Steven Hess.

Host Organization: USDA National Wildlife Research Center.

Sabrina Bejang

From: Majuro.

Project: Exploring Cultivation Practices for Native Limu at the Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center.

Mentor: Karla McDermid and Rose Criscione.

Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture Resources Center.

Skyler Chong

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Effect of Aeration on Organic Matter Decomposition Rates in Loko I‘a at Waiāhole, Hilo.

Mentor: Luke Mead and Cybil Glendon-Baclig.

Host Organization: Kamehameha Schools.

Sophia Smith

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Investigating the Role of Ambrosia Beetles In the Spread of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD).

Mentor: Helen Sofaer and Jorden Zarders.

Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center.

Taylor “Uʻi” Barongan

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Comparing Trap Types for Capturing Avian Malaria (P. Relictum) Positive Mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus) On Hawai’i island.

Mentor: Renee Bellinger and Stephanie Mladinich.

Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center & Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit.

2021 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program (UH-HIP) Interns

Darienne Kealoha

From: ʻOahu.

Project: Lepo Wai: Assessing Connectivity of On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems to Hilo's Shoreline Waters.

Mentor: Tracy Wiegner and Steven Colbert.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.

Grant “Kaʻehukai” Goin

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Mālama I Ka ʻĀina Momona O Kalapana.

Mentor: Gina McGuire and Lisa Kelley.

Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Geography Department.

Kara Neal

From: Montana.

Project: Exploring Cultivation Practices for Native Limu at the Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center.

Mentor: Karla McDermid and Rose Criscione.

Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture Resources Center.

Kauʻi Aguiar

From: Hawaiʻi.

Project: Kakoʻo Kūmokuhaliʻi: How Koa & Māmane Nurse Trees Increase Out Planted Native Seedling Survival.

Mentor: Cheyenne Perry and Kualiʻi Camara.

Host Organization: Maunakea Watershed Alliance.

Lehua Patnaude

From: Oʻahu.

Project: Hoʻoulu ʻAi: Restoring Health and Abundance by Growing Food and Material Resources Needed To Create A Sovereign Food System.

Mentor: Kodie Solis-Kalani and Haley Kailiehu.

Host Organization: Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili.

Lennon Helekahi

From: Oʻahu.

Project: ʻIo: The Hawaiian Hawk.

Mentor: Bryce Masuda and Amy Durham.

Host Organization: Keauhou Bird Conservation Center.