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2023 Cohort

2023 TCBES Cohort

2022 Cohort

2022 TCBES Cohort

2021 Cohort

2021 TCBES Cohort

2020 Cohort

2020 TCBES Cohort

2019 Cohort

2019 TCBES Cohort

• Anderson, Jordyn
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Assessing re-attachment potential and the large-scale aquaculture feasibility of native Hawaiian macroalgae
• Bak, Trevor
  • Advisor: Dr. Matthew Knope
  • Thesis title: A Global Ecological Signal of Extinction Risk in Marine Ray-Finned Fishes
• Bonis-Ericksen, Keilani
  • Advisor: Dr. John Burns
  • Thesis title: Examining patterns in coral demographic events in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
• Ducharme, Sarah
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Grimmett, Geoffrey
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Justice, Robert
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Using Vocalizations to Monitor How Captive Bred 'Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) are Adapting to the Wild
• Kirkpatrick, Sean
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Lopez, Kawehi
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Mason, Lisa
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• McSwain, Dawn
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Trophic Plasticity in Scleractinian Corals: A Meta-analysis Using Innovative Text Analytic Tools
• Navine, Amanda
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Investigating the role of the cloacal microbiome in avian malaria susceptibility in Hawaiian Honeycreepers
• Nguyen, Andre
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• Norrbom, Sarah
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Rodriguez, Nikola
  • Advisor: Dr. Timothy B. “Tim” Grabowski
• Stone, Michael
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Addressing the issue of marine debris through restoration and advocacy with Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund
• Villalobos, Carmelita
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Ward, Rebecca
  • Advisor: Dr. Matthew Knope
  • Thesis title: Spatial Variation and Antecedent Sea Surface Temperature Conditions Influence Hawaiian Intertidal Community Structure
• Wells, Sebastian
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale

2018 Cohort

TCBES Cohort from 2018

• Alvarez, Petrisha
  • Advisor: Dr. Adam Pack & Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• Arakawa, David
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• Bischer, Alexander
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Saving Hawaiʻi Island’s Remaining Forest Birds
• Cook, Talavi
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• DeVivo, Samantha
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resource Center: Creating the Children’s Learning Center and gaining experience with aquaculture practices
• Dudley, Melanie Leilā
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: A healthy land produces a healthy people: the importance of pilina (relationship) with place and community through ʻāina education for a more sustainable future
• Flint, John
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Speaking Out for Conservation at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
• Goodoni, Maya
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Striving Towards a Career in Watershed Management
• Irish, Amanda
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Invasive Plants Species Management and Lowland Wet Forest Restoration in Hawai′i
• Keister, Kelsey
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Kularatna, Thathmini
  • Advisor: Dr. Norman Q. Arancon
  • Thesis title: Comparative Growth of Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and Giant Swamp Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii) in Hawaiʻi
• Malone, Wilson
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Sustainable Management of Alaska’s Kenai River Chinook Salmon in its Economic, Cultural, and Scientific Contexts
• Meagher, Kelsey
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Internship title: Monitoring of the Critically Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Honu ʻea) on Hawaiʻi Island
• Melcher, James
  • Advisor: Dr. Ryan Perroy & Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
• Miles, Blake
  • Advisor: Dr. Norman Q. Arancon
• Panelo, Jazmine
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Spatial distribution and sources of nutrients at two coastal developments in South Kohala, Hawaiʻi
• Sherwood, Leah
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
  • Thesis title: Applying object detection to monitoring marine debris
• Sinclair, Emma
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale
• Suarez, Bobbie
  • Advisor: Dr. Timothy B. “Tim” Grabowski
• Ta, Erica
  • Advisor: Dr. Ryan Perroy
  • Thesis title: Invasive species detection from RGB aerial imagery: investigating links between plant characteristics and transfer learning success
• Tonga, Bryan
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner & Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
• Zepeda, Vanessa
  • Advisor: Lisa Canale

2017 Cohort

• Aguiar, Devon
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Detection and Impact of Sewage Pollution on South Kohala's Coral Reefs
• Collier, Eszter
  • Advisor: Dr. Ryan Perroy
  • Thesis title: Mapping Biological Soil Crusts Cover in Kawaihae Watershed
• Gallardo Cruz, Karen
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Helicoper Noise in Hawaiʻi's Protected Natural Areas Changes Temporal Characteristics of Songbird Vocalizations
• Gamiao, Sydney
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria C. Haws
  • Thesis title: Survival in Parvocalanus crassirostris Cultures Treated with Commercial Probiotics
• Kawasaki, Martha
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: The urbanization of the Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni): Meeting the new neighbors
• Kow, Clifford
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Internship option: Understanding How Visitor Demographics Affect Scientific Learning at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
• Masse, Richard
  • Advisor: Dr. Kevin D. Hopkins
  • Thesis title: Characterizing the Life History and Recreational Fishery of Nabeta, Iniistius pavo, in Hawaiʻi
• Matsuoka, Koa
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca “Becky” Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Seed Dispersal & Germination by Native vs. Exotic Avian Frugivores of Hawaiʻi Island
• McGuire, Gina
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason P. Turner
  • Internship option: Applying Makawalu to Midway Atoll's Visitor Program, Kuaihelani, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
• Mossman, Bret
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• Munstermann, Maya
  • Advisor: Dr. Matthew “Matt” Knope
  • Thesis title: The Global Ecological Signature of Extinction Risk in Terrestrial Vertebrates
• Netoskie, Erin
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Linking Avian Vocal Behaviors and Resource Selection Using a Novel Broadcast Transmitter Technology
• Nishimoto, Jared
  • Advisor: Dr. Jolene T. Sutton
  • Thesis title: Integration of a “Self-Docking Site” Genetic Constructs in the Southern House Mosquito (Culex Quinquefasciatus) as a Step Toward Genetic Control Strategies
• Pugh, Ashley
  • Advisor: Dr. James P. “Jim” Beets
  • Thesis title: The Growth Response of the Hawaiian Blue Octocoral, Sarcothelia edmondsoni, to Various Nitrate Concentrations
• Rodrique, Jake
  • Advisor: Dr. Norman Q. Arancon
  • Thesis title: The effects of vermicomposting and pre-composting on fecal coliform bacteria occurence in animal manures
• Schrader, Jeremy
  • Advisor: Dr. Jolene T. Sutton
• Strong, Kathryn
  • Advisor: Dr. Marina Karides
  • Thesis title: Developing a Fourier-transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy Classification Tool to Identify Common Beach Plastics on Hawaiʻi Island
• Tabandera, Ricky
  • Advisor: Dr. Timothy B. “Tim” Grabowski
  • Thesis title: Comparison of fish assemblages and habitat use of native and non-native estuarine species in a fishpond complex in Hilo, Hawaiʻi

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