Cohorts

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2022 Cohort

2022 TCBES Cohort

2021 Cohort

2021 TCBES Cohort

2020 Cohort

2020 TCBES Cohort

2019 Cohort

2019 TCBES Cohort

2018 Cohort

TCBES Cohort from 2018

2017 Cohort

2016 Cohort

• Anthony, Kamala Lijana Edith
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf
  • Thesis Title: Mālama Loko Iʻa: Salinity and Primary Productivity Relationships at Honokea loko, Hale o Lono, and Waiāhole/Kapalaho on Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi
• Blanchet, Geneviève
  • Advisor: Dr. Jolene Sutton
  • Thesis title: Genomic diversity of the critically-endangered 'Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) early and late-bottleneck
• Campbell, Terry
  • Advisor: Dr. Shihwu Sung
• Cole, Andrew
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Internship option: How Much is Enough?: Linking Field Surveys to Geospatial Modelling for Conservation of Hawaiian Plants
• Domingo, Ryan
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Shintaku
  • Thesis title: Applying meristem tip culture and thermo therapy to eliminate viruses from pineapple (Ananas comosus) and taro (Colocasia esculenta)
• Goodale, Kelly
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick Hart
• Hart, Rose
  • Advisor: Dr. Ryan Perroy
  • Thesis title: Quantifying shoreline change at three diverse coastal geomorphologies on Hawaiʻi Island
• Kauahi, Cherie
  • Advisor: Dr. Steven Colbert
  • Thesis title: Hydrology of three Loko Iʻa, Hawaiian fishponds, on windward Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi
• Kirby, Angalee
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Are symbiotic nitrogen fixation strategies tied to invasiveness for non-native woody legumes in Hawaiʻi?
• Kluzak, Christopher
  • Advisor: Patrick Hart
• Massingill, Justin
  • Advisor: Dr. Yiqing Li
• Montoya-Aiona, Kristina
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick Hart
  • Thesis title: Roosting Ecology and Behavior of the Solitary and Foliage-roosting Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus)
• Nakachi, Kaikea
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Turner
  • Thesis title: Heeding the History of Kahu Manō: Developing and Validating a Pono Photo-Identification Methodology for Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi
• Pascoe, Kailey Hoohokuokalani
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Coral reef community structure and demographics act as drivers of partial mortality in corals throughout the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
• Stallman, Jeffery
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Shintaku
  • Thesis title: Taxonomy of Hawaiʻi Island’s Lepiotaceous (Agaricaceae) Fungi: Chlorophyllum, Cystolepiota, Lepiota, Leucoagaricus, Leucocoprinus
• Tman, Zachary
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
• van Dyk, Kathryn
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick Hart
  • Internship option: Pollination in Hawaiian forest birds
• Zarders, Dominique
  • Advisor: Dr. Jesse Eiben
  • Thesis title: Investigating Mitochondrial DNA Genes and Bioassays of Lantana Lace Bug to Assess a Possible Host Change

2015 Cohort

• Burnett, Keith
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick Hart
  • Thesis title: Distribution, abundance, and acoustic characteristics of Kohala forest birds
• Corpuz, Renee
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Wolbachia within the Hawaiian Drosophilidae
• Economy, Louise Marie
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Rainfall Driven Shifts in Staphylococcus aureus and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Hilo Bay Watershed
• Kirkpatrick, Jessica Ann
  • Advisor: Dr. Jesse Eiben
  • Thesis title: An Assessment of Nysius wekiuicola Populations and Thermal Microhabitat Conditions on Cinder Cones of the Maunakea Volcano, Hawaiʻi
• Lopes Jr, Keolohilani
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf
  • Thesis title: Effects of Open Circuit SCUBA Exhaust on Reef Fish Surveys in the Main Hawaiian Islands
• Luiz, Blaine
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Understanding Ceratocystis species A: growth, morphology, and host resistance
• Morrow, Ashley
  • Advisor: Dr. Shihwu Sung
  • Internship option:
• Nagle, Joshua
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Becoming a friend(s) OF Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
• Newton, Keena
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Characterizing the Acalolepta aesthetica Invasion in Hawai‘i
• Norton, Joanna
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Can Compost from a Nitrogen-Fixing Tree, Falcataria moluccana, Replace Chemical Fertilizer and Store Carbon in Agricultural Systems?
• Siddiqui, Sabena
  • Advisor: Dr. Adam Pack
• Street, Hilary
  • Advisor: Dr. Adam Pack
• Sur, Gary
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: A test of host-taxon, environment, and distance effects on leaf fungal endophytes in Metrosideros on the Island of O‘ahu
• Uehana, Shea
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick Hart
  • Thesis title: Further Investigation of the Dendrochronological Potential of Māmane (Sophora chrysophylla) on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi

Earlier Cohorts