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PAST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS



Wade Bennett



2024



Hi I'm Wade! I'm a student at the Evergreen State college doing an independent study project with the LOHE lab! I will be working on bird vocalization analysis, mosquito surveys, as well as being an extra hand helping grad students with their projects.



Amity Tarter



2024



My name is Amity, I am student at Evergreen state college doing an independent study in Hawaiian bird conservation, with my main focus on the 'Ua'u Hawaiian seabird. Through this study I've been doing seabird burrow fieldwork alongside other LOHE lab members. I have also been learning to use the Raven software to analyze and identify bird calls, set up Bird song recorders to collect that song data, and help out with various projects up at Hakalau.



Christian Reynolds



2024



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Lili Mahuka-Cummings



2024



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Chasity Bae



2023



Chasity is a PIPES intern, who will be working on creating a comprehensive resource for Koloa maoli and habitat optimization recommendations for potential wetland habitats in ʻIole, Kohala.



Ava Luciano



2024



Ava will be working on helping to validate Hawaiian forest bird vocalizations in Raven & Perch



Katie Cartee



2024



Katie will be working on validations for Hawaiian forest bird vocalizations in Raven & Perch



Willow Petersen



2023-2024



Willow will be doing bird song analysis with the Raven software and will be assisting graduate students with there student projects


Meeya O'Dell



2023-2024



Meeya will be analyzing bird songs on the sound analysis software Raven and helping graduate students with field and laboratory work.



Braxton Igne



2023-2024



Braxton will be working on making selections for Hawaiian bird songs and calls on Raven and assisting on various graduate student projects



Saxony Charlot



2022-2024



Saxony is working on Spectrogram selections to help with our ongoing BirdNet project.



Lillian Lewis



2023



Lillian is a PIPES intern that will be helping in the LOHE Lab over the summer with documenting species diversity at ΄Iole Ahupua΄a using passive acoustic monitoring & bioacoustics technology.



Anuhea Strickland



2023



Anuhea is a PIPES intern in the LOHE Lab this summer who will be working with native plants at Hakalau



Mackenzie Fugett



2021-2023



Using Raven Pro 1.6 I’ll be working on making selections of native Hawaiian Birds



Jennipher Himmelmann



2021-2023



My name is Jennipher Himmelmann, and I’ll be working on selections for Hawaiian bird calls and songs in Raven



Caitlin (Kili) Kawaiaea



2022



As a PIPES intern, I spent my time in the LOHE lab investigating the relationship between sound pressure level and distance of bird vocalizations at Hakalau.



Olivia Boucher



2022



Oli is a PIPES intern in the LOHE Lab who is working with mosquitos.



Caleb Kow



2019-2022



I am working on identifying the songs and calls of the Hawai‘i Ākepa, ‘Akiapōlā‘au, and 'Alawi in audio recordings from native forests.



Emmalani Reynolds



2021-2022



Emmalani is working on various ongoing bioacoustics research in the lab as part of her UHH Directed Studies



Jadee Mayo



2022



Jadee will be working on a Directed Studies project in the LOHE Lab, helping with our ongoing BirdNet project.



Kealani Berg



2022



Kealani will be creating selections in Raven, focusing on Hawai'i akepa



Wyatt Steele



2021



I’ll be making selections of Hawai’i forest birds with Raven to help with bioacoustic projects



Katelin Bronco



2021



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Emmanuel Gonzalez



2021



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Chase Taniyama



2020-2021



Worked on selecting 'alala vocalizations in Raven Pro 1.5



Amelia McDonald



2021



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Billie Jean Garcia



2021



Billie Jean is working in the lab as part of her UHH Directed Studies, and is helping with ongoing bioacoustics projects



Christa Amuimuia



2018-2020



Aloha! I’m an undergrad Biology major, and I am currently working on identifying and quantifying calls from the native Hawaiian bird species, ʻAkiapōlāʻau.



Timon Skinner



2019-2021



I helped in assessing the impact of helicopter activity on bird vocalizations in various locations (Volcanoes National Park and kīpuka), as well as mapping Oma'o vocalizations to determine habitat use in the kīpuka.



Donald Carter



2021



Heather Lee



2018-2020



I am a biology major with the goal of becoming a wildlife biologist. Here at the LOHE lab, I am a surveying bird diversity using sound recordings. I am also creating a catalog of vocalizations for the endangered Palila.



Ashley Romero



2018-2020



I am currently using the sound analysis software RavenPro 1.5 to identify and isolate rare Hawaiian forest bird vocalizations from recordings on Maui.



Russ Masuda



2020



Worked on Puaiohi selections for song-learning algorithm



Keion Anderson



2020



Worked with Raven Pro 1.5 as part of a Directed Studies in the lab



Kyra Robinson



2019



I worked on `Alalā call types!



Jeremy Levey



2019



I helped study bird words by selecting and categorizing `Ōma`o vocalizations in Raven.



Paul Duya



2019



I worked to create a selection of `Alalā calls to be used for developing an algorithm.



Leah Wyzykowski



2018 - 2019



I helped analyze the permanent recorders to sort when it rains so that a program can be developed that automatically shows when a recording has rain.



Rachel Grunnill



2018 - 2019



I did an internship in avian ecology here at the LOHE lab working on `Ōma`o vocalizations.

Rachel was a biology student at the University of Manchester, England while with the LOHE lab.



Alice Clements



2018 - 2019



I interned at the LOHE bioacoustics lab for a year and worked on a range of projects including `Alalā vocalizations and behavior.

Alice was a zoology student at the University of Manchester, England while with the LOHE lab.



Kary Perez



2018 - 2019



Hi! I identified bird vocalization and determined the frequencies that certain species of birds communicate at in both Costa Rica and Hawai`i's forest.



Elke Windschitl



2018



I was junior at UH Hilo on a National Student Exchange from Iowa State University where I majored in animal ecology and biology. I worked in the LOHE lab looking for helicopter noise in various recordings.



Cole Dill-DeSa



2017 - 2018



I was a student at HCC when I was volunteering at the LOHE bioacoustics lab for a semester, helping with various projects around the lab.



Eirlys Tysall



2017 - 2018



Eirlys worked in the the LOHE Bioacoustics lab at UH Hilo for a year, helping with various Hawaiian forest bird vocalization studies, including `Ōma`o vocalizations.

Eirlys was a student at the University of Manchester while with the LOHE lab.



Elizabeth Lough



2017 - 2019



Elizabeth Lough was an undergraduate student who assisted Keith Burnett on transects and song selections for Kohala forest birds. Elizabeth also helped with song selections for Kaua`i forest birds and various lab tasks!



Linda Xiong



2017



Linda's working on selecting and creating data tables for the Hawaiian Crow, or `Alalā vocalizations in Raven Pro song analysis software.



Kylie Rich



2017



I’m working on analyzing nocturnal vocalization data of the native Hawaiian crow, the `Alalā. With the `Alalā being a diurnal bird, these data are a pretty exciting insight into this bird’s unique behaviors!



Aryana Henthrone



2016 - 2017



Aryana was a Visual Analytics intern through the EPSCoR Internship program. She conducted sound analysis on `Alalā (Hawaiian Crow) call recordings to obtain usable information for archiving purposes.



Grace Tredinnick



2016 - 2018



I worked to identify and isolate native bird calls and species in Costa Rica.



Jessica Loeffler



2016



When I first started in the bioacoustics lab I helped search for `Alalā calls. Afterwards, I helped with the `Ōma`o project by finding and identifying `Ōma`o calls and songs in multiple recordings.



Shawna Wolff



2016



I isolated and made tables of recorded sounds from the `Alalā (Hawaiian crow).



Summah Te Kahika-Heemi



2016



I completed an independent study with guidance from Ann and Esther, sorting through the Hawaiian `Alalā bird song data recordings that they have collected out in the field. It was an awesome opportunity to gain lab experience using the Raven Interactive sound analysis software and to explore the discipline of bioacoustics.



Beatriz Fraga



2016



Beatriz worked in the lab for the summer of 2016, analyzing differences in the soundscapes of Hawai`i and Costa Rica.

Brazilian was undergraduate student with the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP).



Shannon Wilson



2016



I assisted Angela in documenting all songs and calls of male and female `i`iwi and investigating their behavior and social interactions.



Heather Hart



2016



In the lab I measured bird sound.



Javier Onate Casado



2016



I worked with Raven selecting various vocalizations and on playback tests with Hawai`i ​`elepaio.



Magnus Williams



2016



I used Raven software to find and collate `Ōma`o songs and calls for Nicole Fernandez's graduate work.



Kelly Finn



2016



I assisted with selecting songs from field recordings.



Natalie Hagemann



2015 - 2016



I assisted with projects by identifying and sorting field recordings.



Molly Harris



2015 - 2016



I identified `Ōma`o and Hawai`i `amakihi calls in Raven and assisted with LiDAR mapping in the field.



Julia Kovacs



2015



I assisted with various projects, such as selecting `Alalā vocalizations.



Nicole Preston



2015



I worked on classifying Palila vocalizations recorded at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) in Volcano, Hawai`i.



CONTACT:
Patrick J. Hart
Professor, Dept. of Biology
E-mail: 
pjhart@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 932-7182

Fax: (808) 932-7295

Office: Sciences and Technology Building (STB), Room 115