Historic TCBES Cohorts: 2004-2014

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2014 Cohort

2014 Cohort

• Abaya, Leilani Maijastina
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Identifying Hotspots of Sewage Pollution in Coastal Areas with Coral Reefs
• Armstrong, Ellie
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Thesis title: Comparative genomics and host plant adaptation in Hawaiian Picture-wing Drosophila
• Busch, Erin
  • Advisor: Dr. Yiqing Li
• Di lorio, Devon
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
• Fernandez, Nicole
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: The Influence of Landscape Configuration On ‘Ōma‘o (Myadestes obscurus) Song Diversity
• Gayle, Stephanie
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
• Haggerty, Jacqueline
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: Thermal tolerance of the common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in East Hawaii along an elevation gradient
• Kimball, Heather
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Thesis title: Development of Decision Support Systems for Ecosystem Management: A case study on Hawaiʻi Island
• Hiraide, Liliuokalani
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael H. Shintaku
  • Thesis title: Characterizing the pathogenicity profiles of Phytophthora colocasiae
• Kittle III, Ronald Paul
  • Advisor: Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
  • Thesis title: Identification of gastrointestinal microflora in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus), and effects of glyphosate herbicide on their gastrointestinal bacteria
• Lee, Charles
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• Stephenson, Nathan Michael
  • Advisor: Dr. Ryan Perroy
  • Thesis title: High resolution habitat suitability modeling for a narrow-range endemic alpine Hawaiian species
• Stever, Heather
  • Advisor: Dr. Jesse Eiben
  • Thesis title: Arthropod Diversity Estimates for Three Native Subalpine Plant Species on the Maunakea Volcano of Hawaiʻi Island
• Ulloa, Wesley James
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
  • Thesis title: Isolation of Mimosine-Degrading Endophytic Bacteria from the Invasive Plant: Leucaena leucocephala
• Zarders, Jorden Alexander
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael H. Shintaku
  • Thesis title: Invasive arthropod monitoring assessments of construction and facility activities on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi

2013 Cohort

2013 TCBES Cohort

• Beck, Angela
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Variability in the Repertoires and Singing Behavior of Male and Female ‘I‘iwi (Drepanis coccinea)
• Collins, Topaz Palakika
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf
  • Thesis title: Evaluating techniques of quantifying lipid yield and cell density of Chlorella protothecoides (Kruger) grown on waste glycerol
• Dow, David
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
• Hart, Kendra
  • Advisor: Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
  • Thesis title: Responses of native Hawaiian calcifying macroalgae to naturally occurring ocean acidification conditions
• Howe, Mary Kathleen
  • Advisor: Dr. Susan Jarvi
  • Thesis title: Addressing angiostrongyliasis on Hawaiʻi Island with research, education outreach, and host control
• Kalei, Heather Nahaku
  • Advisor: Dr. Marta deMaintenon
  • Thesis title: Understanding Kūpeʻe (Nerita polita) Gonad Development and Demography for Continued Use at Two Sites on Hawaiʻi Island
• Knight, Laura
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Turner
• Leka, Ala Malia
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
• Petersen, Forrest
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria Haws
  • Thesis title: Addressing obstacles to developing oyster culture in Hawaiʻi
• Pihana, Hokuokahalelani
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Effects of coral disease on exosymbiotic invertebrate assemblage examining exo-symbiont assemblage on healthy and diseased Porites species throughout shallow water reef systems on Hawaiʻi Island
• Roy, Kylle
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Diet Analysis of Hawaiʻi Island’s Blackburnia hawaiiensis (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using Stable Isotopes and High-Throughput Sequencing
• Stout, Ilana
  • Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Besio
  • Thesis title: Perpetuating Agricultural Heritage: Saving Seeds and Stories on Hawaiʻi Island
• Yakym, Christopher James A.V.
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Microbial Diversity of Two Hawaiian picture wings and their Host Plants; Microbes, Mortality and Epicuticular Hydrocarbons

2012 Cohort

2012 TCBES Cohort

• Akau, James Jacob
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: North Hilo (Hilo Palikū) Coastal Fishery Assemblages: Global Climate Change Impacts Modeled Along a Highly Constrained Hydrological and Precipitation Gradient
• Ben, Tishanna
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Investigating the growth periodicity, stable carbon isotope trend and climate reconstruction potential of 'Akoko (Euphorbia olowaluana), A native Hawaiian C4 tree on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, using tree ring analysis
• Brill, Eva
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Speciation mechanisms in Hawaiian Drosophila: Hybrid male sterility, mating behavior, and differential gene expression in D. planitibia and D. silvestris
• Collins, Colton
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Thesis title: Large-scale diversity and endemism patterns of neotropical Heliconia (Heliconiaceae)
• Ekar, Jill
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Drivers of incipient sympatric speciation in a long-lived tree in a riparian zone
• Fezza, Thomas
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: The genetic inheritance of epicuticular hydrocarbons and their role in pheromonal communication in two sympatric species of Hawaiian Drosophila (D. heteroneura and D. silvestris)
• Frazier, Monika
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Impact of the growth anomaly disease on gene expression in the coral, Montipora capitata, at Waiʻōpae, Hawaiʻi
• Heu, Linnea 'Ihilani
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf
  • Thesis title: Effects of nutrient enrichment on microbial biomass and class structure in groundwater-fed oligotrophic waters off west Hawaiʻi Island: An experimental investigation
• Kissinger, Karma
  • Advisor: Maria Haws
  • Thesis title: Use of proteins and oils from soybeans and microalgae to maximize fish meal and fish oil replacement in diets for juvenile giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) and longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana)
• Mueller, Matthew
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Islands within islands: The effects of habitat fragmentation, novel community interactions, and climate on Hawaiian Drosophila populations
• Nguyen, Hoang-Yen Xuan
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
  • Thesis title: Phylogeny, Bioactivity, and Physiology of Unique Bacterial Isolates from Hawaiian Marine Sponges from Hawaii Island: Insights into the Bacteria-Sponge Relationship
• Ortiz-Santiago, Vicky
  • Advisor: Dr. Steven Colbert
• Parish, George Rod
  • Advisor: Dr. Armando Garcia-Ortega
  • Thesis title: Quantifying Digestion in California Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi dorsalis), Technological Advances Towards the Development of the Aquaculture Sector
• Pinzari, Corinna
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Genetic Variation, Population Structure, and Morphology of an Endemic Bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) Across the Hawaiian Islands
• Riney, Michael
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: The impacts of stream flow rates on food resource quality and diets of native endemic Atyid shrimps (Atyoida bisulcata) in Hawaiian streams
• Sakishima, Tomoko
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Local adaptation of the Hawaiian endemic tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) across a long elevation gradient
• Rosam, Jodie Ray
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Assessment of light quality, variability, and seedling presence in Hawaiian lowland wet forests
• Short, Christine
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Internship option:
• Sullivan, Timothy Olson
  • Advisor: Kathryn Besio
  • Thesis title: Estimating and applying biological parameters to enhance management of Rauvolfia vomitoria, an invasive tree in North Kohala, Hawaiʻi
• Wang, Alex
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Juvenile dispersal and adult home range size of an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, the Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei)
• Weisz, Caree
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Spatial and temporal microbial pollution patterns in a tropical Hawaiian estuary between high and low river flow conditions
• Yanger, Corie Melissa
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Impacts of introduced leaf-galling insects on reproduction and seedling survival of Myoporum sandwicense, a native Hawaiian tree

2011 Cohort

2011 TCBES Cohort

• Annandale, Senifa
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Turner
  • Thesis title: Diel movement patterns of Scarus rubroviolaceus and Scarus psittacus examined using acoustic telemetry in Puakō, Hawaiʻi
• Aslan, Austin
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Implications of a novel mutualist for fecundity metrics of two endemic Hawaiian plants
• Aue, Asa
  • Advisor: Dr. James Juvik
  • Thesis title: Islands – underground and undercover: Subterranean habitat and obligate communities in the Hawaiian archipelago
• Bierwagen, Stacy Lynn
  • Advisor: Dr.Fiona McCormack
  • Thesis title: Home range ecology of Naso unicornis (Bluespine Unicornfish): Use of acoustic telemetry to define foraging interactions with an invasive alga, Gracilaria salicornia, in a marine reserve
• Carlson, Kaile‘a
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Effects of submarine groundwater discharge on bacterial growth efficiency in coastal Hawaiian waters
• Daw, Adam
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria Haws
  • Thesis title: Phylogenetics, biology, and ecology of two unclassified species of small near-shore octopuses in Hawaiʻi
• Gallagher, Lynx
  • Advisor: Dr. Brian Perry
  • Internship option: Islands in stone: Fungal community structure with Hawaiian kipuka
• Kettwich, Scarlett
  • Advisor: Dr. James Juvik
  • Thesis title: Epiphytes as a bioclimatic indicator in Hawaiʻi
• Lundin, William
  • Advisor: Dr. Sonia Juvik
• Mickelson, Aaron
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria Haws
  • Thesis title: Defining culture requirements for reproduction and growth of Asparagopsis taxiformis, a Hawaiian native red alga
• Pang-Ching, Joshua
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Documenting acoustic variability among windward Hawaiʻi ʻAmakihi (Hemignathus vierens vierens) populations on Hawaiʻi Island
• Rushing, James
  • Advisor: Dr. Norman Arancon
  • Thesis title: Indigenous Microorganism 4 (IMO 4) as a Soil Inoculant
• Soares, Keoni
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria Haws
• Tanimoto, Ann
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: The vocal repertoire of the ‘Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) during breeding season: A comparison between current captive and past wild populations of the native Hawaiian Crow
• Vandruff, Stephanie
  • Advisor: Dr. Brian Perry
  • Thesis title: Variation of subterranean fungal community structure across substrate age and elevation in native forests on Hawaiʻi Island, USA
• Walsh, Cecile
  • Advisor: Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
  • Thesis title: Re-attachment and transplantation of native Hawaiian macroalgae: A potential tool for reef management and alien algae mitigation
• Wasser, Mark
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Decadal scale vegetation response of Metrosideros polymorpha-dominated communities to wildfire on Hawaiʻi Island

2010 Cohort

2010 TCBES Cohort

• Atkins, Alizon
  • Advisor: Dr. Peter Mills
  • Thesis title: An experiment in the transportation of culturally significant plant propagules on Polynesian voyaging canoes
• Chamberlain, Samuel
  • Advisor: Dr. Kevin Hopkins
• Flessner, Paul
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
• Gaertner, Julie
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Internship Option: Big Island Invasive Species
• Giddens, Jonatha
  • Advisors: Dr. Jim Beets & Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: Experimental removal of the introduced predator Cephalopholis argus in Puakō, Hawaiʻi: A community-based approach to coral reef system restoration
• Gregg, Toni Makaniokekai Kamai
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Effects of water quality and coral community structure on the prevalence and severity of coral diseases and afflictions on Hawaiʻi Island
• Lowe, Carley
  • Advisor: Dr. Adam Pack
  • Thesis title: Using GIS to investigate trends in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) habitat use off West Maui, HI 1997—2008
• Nelson-Ka‘ula, Kehauwealani
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: A comparison of organic matter and nutrient subsidies between the invasive, N2-fixing tree Prosopis pallida, and the native tree, Thespersia populnea, to Hawaiian anchialine ponds
• Pelep, Peltin
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Population phylogeography and habitat fragmentation at island-wide and local scales in two endemic Hawaiian Drosophila: D. tanythrix and D. yooni.
• Rhoades, Alicia
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: The evolution of reproductive barriers within an endemic Hawaiian tree species (Metrosideros polymorpha) across environmental extremes
• Sakihara, Troy
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Beets
  • Thesis title: Endemic grazer (Halocaridina rubra) forces and obscured nutrient effects on benthic autotrophy in Hawaiian anchialine pools
• Soares, Trisha
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayshi
  • Thesis title: Effects of coral affliction prevalence and severity on fish populations around Hawaiʻi Island
• Spina, Catherine
  • Advisor: Dr. Jon-Pierre Michaud
  • Internship option: Ahupua'a (watershed) educator to students K-12
• Tavares, Melissa
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Internship option:
• VanZandt, Marie Lee Ann
  • Advisor: Dr. Donna Delparte
  • Thesis title: Distribution and habitat selection of the endangered Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), from the island of Lanā‘i
• Vicente, Davin
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan “Jon” Awaya
  • Thesis title: Elucidating unique iron uptake pathways by an environmental bacterium, Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145
• Walker, Judy
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf
  • Thesis title: Vertical structure among microbial communities in groundwater-influenced west Hawaiʻi coastal waters
• Wang, Jason
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
• Wright, Tani
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Genotypic and reproductive analyses of species barriers in two closely related Hawaiian picture-winged Drosophila, D. sproati and D. murphyi
• Wu, Joanna
  • Advisor: Dr. Donna Delparte
  • Thesis title: Movement patterns of the ‘Ōma‘o and Japanese White-eye and implications for seed dispersal in Hawaiʻi
• Yost, Carey
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf

2009 Cohort

2009 TCBES Cohort

• Classen, Stephan M.
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria Haws
  • Thesis title: Physiological ecology of the Hawaiian oyster (Dendostrea sandvicensis) in varying thermal conditions
• Cornett, Christina
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Habitat selection of the endangered Hawaiian Goose: A multi-scale approach
• DeBenedet, Robyn
  • Advisor: Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
  • Thesis title: B-WET: Hawaiian Ahupuaʻa Bay and Watershed Education Training Program August 2010--May 2010 Connections Public Charter School
• Dendy, Julian
  • Advisor: Dr. Yiqing Li
  • Thesis title: Low input methods of forest restoration and observations of native birds and flying foxes in savanna habitat in the Lake Ngardok Nature Reserve, Palau
• Dupuis, Cindy
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Thesis title: Vegetation Patterns in Lowland Wet Forests in Hawaiʻi
• Francisco, Kainana
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Investigating the growth dynamics of māmane (Sophora chrysophylla) on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi using radiocarbon dating and classical dendrochronology methods
• Hansen, Eric
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Juvik
  • Thesis title: The anatomy of light precipitation events and their influence on cloud forest water balance at the Alakahi, Kohala, Hawaiʻi
• Johnson, Erik
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Surface water metabolism potential of groundwater-fed nearshore waters on the leeward coast of the Island of Hawaiʻi
• Johnson, Melissa
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Evolution of reproductive isolation within Hawaiian Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae): The roles of allopatry and reinforcement
• Kovach, Tony
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Determinants of avian diversity across a fragmented landscape
• Manton, Jessica
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Adolf
  • Thesis title: Development of a real-time PCR assay for the toxic dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus
• McFarland, Thomas
  • Advisor: Dr. Susan Jarvi
  • Thesis title: Avian malaria resistance in birds
• Mokiao-Lee, Ambyr
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Tracing nitrogen inputs to thermal tide pools in Kapoho, Hawaiʻi, using a multi-stable isotope approach
• Morrison, Keenan
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Intraspecific divergence and a life-history trade-off along a successional gradient within Hawaiʻi's Metrosideros polymorpha
• Moss, Andrea
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Searching for Speciation genes in two Hawaiian Picture-Winged Drosophila, Drosophila heteroneura and Drosophilia silvestris
• Most, Rebecca
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Beets
  • Thesis title: Nutrient and herbivory effects on benthic marine algal biomass and community structure on the Kona coast of Hawaiʻi
• Phifer, Colin
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Pollination ecology of Broussaisia arguta (Hydrangeaceae) in a fragmented forest on the Island of Hawaiʻi
• Spies, Narrissa
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: The effects of growth anomalies on the expression of organic matrix gene galaxin and oncogene homologs, in the endemic Hawaiian coral Montipora capitata
• Uy, Karen Lizel
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Climate change and Hawaiian Drosophila: A comparison of temperature and desiccation tolerance in sympatric populations of Hawaiian Picture-winged Drosophila, D. silvestris, and D. sproati

2008 Cohort

2008 TCBES Cohort

• Bernard, Riley
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: Potential competitive dietary overlap between the invasive coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and the endemic Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) on the island of Hawaiʻi
• Burns, John
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Pathology and epizootiology of skeletal growth anomalies affecting Montipora capitata corals in Hawaiʻi
• DiManno, Nicole
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Is reproductive response to fertilization in plants driven more by the nature of soil nutrient limitation or by the specific nutrient added?
• Donmoyer, Kevin
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Internship option: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• Ehrhard, Seamus Patrick
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: Dietary behavior of the mangrove monitor lizard (Varanus indicus) on Cocos Island, Guam, and strategies for varanus indicus eradication
• Garriques, Daren
  • Advisor: Dr. Maria Haws
  • Thesis title: Seasonal patterns of gonadal development and condition index of Dendostrea sandvicensis
• Jones, Thomas
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: The relationship between strawberry guava and feral pigs in a Hawaiian wet forest
• Tom, Shauna Kehaunani
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Beets
  • Thesis title: An investigation of the cultural use and population characteristics of ‘opihi (Mollusca: _Cellana_spp.) at Kalaupapa National Historical Park
• Kropidlowski, Stefan Jozef
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Investigating the efficacy of commercial baits for the control of yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) and their impacts on Red-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda)
• Motomura, Sharon
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael H. Shintaku
  • Thesis title: Effect of soil amendments on the survival of Ralstonia solanacearum in Hawaiian soils
• Nekoba-Aragaki, Whitney
  • Advisor: Dr. Cam Muir
  • Thesis title: Detection of susceptibility to risk factors for type-2 diabetes mellitus in a multi-ethnic sample of children in Hawaiiʻi
• Tagawa, Anya
  • Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Price
  • Thesis title: Spatial and seasonal aspects of plant-based food resources for Hawaiian forest birds
• Rodomsky, Brett
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Juvik
  • Thesis title: Lava roughness, aridity, and early ecosystem development across a topo-climatic gradient: The 1855-56 Mauna Loa lava flow, Hawaii

2007 Cohort

2007 TCBES Cohort

• Atwood, Trisha
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Effects of hydrological forcing on the structure of a tropical estuarine food web
• Chaney, Nancy L.
  • Advisor: Dr. Marta deMaintenon
  • Thesis title: The population structures of three Hawaiian marine gastropod species
• Deringer, Cary V.
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Breeding phenology of Hawaiian petrels (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and Newell’s shearwaters (Puffinus auricularis newelli) on Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi,: Using ornithological radar, auditory, and visual surveys
• Eldon, Jon
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Population divergence in an endemic Hawaiian Drosophila: Phylogeographic patterns and local adaptation
• Fa'anunu, Kalisi
  • Advisor: Dr. Craig Severance
  • Thesis title: Fishing pressure and benthic associations: Herbivorous fishes on reef flats in Fiji
• Holitzki, Tara
  • Advisor: Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
  • Thesis title: Impacts of invasive Poeciliid fish on Hawaiian stream ecosystems
• Judge, Seth
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Interisland comparison of behavioral traits and morphology of the endangered Hawaiian petrel: Evidence for character differentiation
• Kaye, Springer
  • Advisor: Dr. Christian Giardina (US Forest Service, IPIF)
  • Thesis title: Effects of natural fragmentation on native forest structure, invasive rat distributions, and stable isotope signatures after 150 years
• Manuel, Mark
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Beets
  • Thesis title: Investigating survival, movement, and spillover of juvenile Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) from a Marine Protected Area in West Hawaiʻi
• Netze, Melissa
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Turner
  • Thesis title: Maternal strategies of Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) inhabiting the main Hawaiian Islands
• Tango, Lori
  • Advisor: Dr. Jim Beets
  • Thesis title: The effect of salinity and temperature on survival of the orange-black Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion xanthomelas
• Tobiason, Sierra Marie
  • Advisor: Dr. Kevin Hopkins
  • Thesis title: Fisheries & aquaculture of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in Hawaiʻi: Potential interactions & opportunities
• Todd, Christopher
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Effects of prey abundance on seasonal movements of the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus)
• Walsh, Andrew
  • Advisor: Dr. Kevin Hopkins
  • Thesis title: Effects of nutrient enrichment on the growth of epiphytic algae at Keahole Point
• Wills, Kate'Lyn Elaine
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Turner
  • Thesis title: The foraging ecology of the green sea turtle (Cheloni mydas) on the east coast of Hawaiʻi Island

2006 Cohort

2006 TCBES Cohort

• Adams, Lisa
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Free-living Symbiodinium: Genetic diversity and availability for acquisition by asymbiotic coral larvae
• Benitez Antar, David
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: The evolution of invasiveness: Testing the EICA hypothesis with three weeds of Hawaiian forests
• Brooks, Samuel
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: The effects of invasive riparian trees on hīhīwai (Neritina granosa): A freshwater Hawaiian gastropod
• DeBoer, Nick
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: The roles of elevation, distance, and phenotype on the neutral genetic structure of Metrosideros polymorpha on east Hawaiʻi Island
• Gaudioso, Jackie
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Quantification of plumage coloration of a Hawaiian honeycreeper (Hemignathus virens virens) along gradients of biogeography: Does variation exist between sub-populations on the island of Hawaiʻi?
• Graham, Shannon
  • Advisor: Dr. Jason Turner
  • Thesis title: Analysis of the foraging ecology of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on Hawaiʻi Island: An investigation utilizing satellite tracking and stable isotopes
• Kettl, Brian
  • Advisor: Dr. Karla J. McDermid Smith
  • Internship option: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center
• Lamson, Megan
  • Advisor: Dr. Craig Severance
  • Thesis title: One year at Honu‘apo Bay: A social and biological monitoring project in SE Hawaiʻi (Ka‘ū)
• Mead, Lucas
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Surface water metabolism in a tropical estuary, Hilo Bay, Hawaiʻi, USA, during storm and non-storm conditions
• Perry, Cheyenne
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Light management for landscape restoration: Suppression of a model weedy light-demanding pioneer shrub, Ulex europaeus on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi
• Powless, Douglas
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stacy
  • Thesis title: Evolution of ‘ohi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud.) across Hawaiʻi’s island-age gradient
• Sugishita, Junichi
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Steinberg
  • Thesis title: Habitat use by Hawaiʻi ‘Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) in low-elevation suburban habitat on the Island of Hawaiʻi: Neighborhood and local-scale perspectives
• Timmers, Molly
  • Advisor: Dr. Marta deMaintenon
  • Thesis title: Gene flow and connectivity of the crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci, in the central Pacific
• Vaduvescu, Simona
  • Advisor: Dr. JP Michaud
  • Thesis title: Development of a passive diffusive sampling device for time-integrated assessment of atrazine in Hawaiian streams
• Warrington, Miyako
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: Monitoring coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) populations using sound pressure levels

2005 Cohort

2005 TCBES Cohort

• Chapin, Brandon
  • Advisor: Dr. Kevin Hopkins
  • Thesis title: Integrating literature, industry participant knowledge, and fishery data to formulate management recommendations for a targeted marine aquarium species, Centropyge potteri (Pomacanthidae), in the Hawaiian Islands
• Crane, Laura
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Internship option:
• Gaut, Katie
  • Advisor: Dr. Jene Michaud
  • Thesis title: Application of the nonpoint source pollution and erosion comparison tool (N-SPECT) model for resource management in the Waiulaula watershed, island of Hawaiʻi
• Hsu, Bobby Huang-suo
  • Advisor: Dr. Patrick J. Hart
  • Thesis title: Transfer and effects of maternal anti-Plasmodium antibodies in Hawaiʻi ‘amakihi (Hemignathus virens) and common canary (Serinus canaria)
• Jessop, Holly
  • Advisors: Dr. Marta deMaintenon & Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Sibling sea urchin species of the genus Echinothrix in Hawaiʻi: Unification of morphological characters and genetic clades
• Kearns, Colby
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Parsons
  • Thesis title: Recreational use and impact assessment for Richardson’s Ocean Park, Hilo, Hawaii
• McGuire, Raymond
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: Does the invasive tree, Falcataria moluccana, facilitate high population density of the invasive Puerto Rican frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui?
• McNaughton, Blake
  • Advisor: Dr. Craig Severence
  • Thesis title: A biological and social examination of opelu (Decapterus spp.) fisheries in West Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Island
• Norman, Michelle
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: An invasive producer (Albizia) and predator (Coqui frogs) alter decomposition processes in a Hawaiʻi tropical forest
• Pagarigan, Lauren
  • Advisor: Dr. Misaki Takabayashi
  • Thesis title: Molecular assessment of sub-lethal stress in the Hawaiian coral, Pocillopora meandrina, exposed to elevated inorganic nutrient concentrations and an acute temperature increase
• Patch-Highfill, Leayne
  • Advisor: Dr. Susan Jarvi
  • Thesis title: Estimating genetic diversity of Palila (Loxioides bailleui) and familial relationships of helper males
• Shimabakuro, Amy
  • Advisor: Dr. Bruce Mathews
  • Thesis title: Tropical tree plantation rotation effects on fertility, earthworm abundance, and biomass of a Hydrudand soil in Hawaiʻi
• Souder, Steven Kazunori
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Host specificity and biology of Syphraea uberabensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for the potential biological control of Tibouchina herbacea (Melastomataceae) in Hawaiʻi
• Souza, Evann
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Field control of the invasive little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in tropical fruit orchards
• Tait, James
  • Advisor: Dr. Jene Michaud
  • Thesis title: Variation of sediment trace elements and stream nitrate isotope ratios with land use in the Waiulaula and Hilo Bay watersheds, Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi

2004 Cohort

• Doratt, Rogelio
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: The effects of skin and body hydration on the susceptibility of the frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, to citric acid as a control agent
• Farias, Margaret
  • Advisor: Dr. Susan Jarvi
  • Thesis title: Variation in the trap gene of Plasmodium relictum: Prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in infected ʻamakihi (Hemignathus virens) on the east side of Hawaiʻi Island
• Roland Frayne
  • Advisor: Dr. Don Price
  • Thesis title: Examining the comparative foraging proficiency of captive-bred and wild Palila (Loxioides bailleui), an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper
• Glendon-Baclig, Cybil
  • Advisor: Dr. Debra Weeks
  • Thesis title: Distribution and inorganic speciation of arsenic in Waiākea Mill Pond and Wailoa River Estuary, Hawaiʻi island
• Marr, Shenandoah
  • Advisor: Dr. William J. Mautz
  • Thesis title: The role of parasites in the invasional success of the Puerto Rican tree frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawaiʻi
• McDaniel, Sierra
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Effects of light availability on the germination, growth, and survival of alien grasses and native trees and shrubs
• Purell, Melora
  • Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ostertag
  • Thesis title: Predicting the potential distribution of an invasive plant using stratified sampling and habitat modeling
• Osada, Kara
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Parsons
  • Thesis title: Relationship of zooplankton emergence, manta ray abundance, and SCUBA diver usage in Kona, Hawaiʻi
• Rojas-Umana, Abelardo
  • Advisor: Dr. Kevin Hopkins
  • Thesis title: Genetic characterization of sturgeons (Genus Acipenser): A molecular survey in the mtDNA control region gene and its potential applications to fish breeding for conservation aquaculture
• Russ, Atlantis
  • Advisor: Dr. Cam Muir
  • Thesis title: Population genetics of an anchialine shrimp, Metabetaeus lohena, in the Hawaiian Islands
• Tubal, Randee
  • Advisor: Dr. Tracy N. Wiegner
  • Thesis title: Comparison of dissolved organic carbon bioavailability from native and invasive vegetation along the Wailuku River, Hawaiʻi
• Veillet, Anne
  • Advisor: Dr. Donald Price
  • Thesis title: Investigation of inbreeding and inbreeding depression in Nēnē (Branta sandvicensis) using microsatellite DNA fingerprinting and pedigree information
• White, Darla
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Parsons
  • Thesis title: Ciguatoxin in Hawaiian archipelago fishes: Toxicity identified by N2a bioassay

Later TCBES Cohorts