Projects & Interns
By Juan Pablo on 6/23/2008 | Keyword(s): internship results; biographies; projects
Back row, left to right: Renee Jones, Maulik Vaishnav, Juan Pablo Galván (former intern), Iván Valencia, Stephanie Lizano, Iantha Gantt-Wright (friend of The Program), MeiAi Khoo, Kirsten Feifel, Karlis Rokpelnis. Front row, left to right: David Londono, Renée Mullen (Program Director), Deborah Seiler. Not shown: Peter Ainsworth, Shirley Dong, Claudia Guimares, Dailan Long, Claudia Monzon, Ariadne Reynolds, Haldre Rodgers.
2008 Conservation Science Interns
Peter Ainsworth
- Topic: Strategies for protecting the regionally threatened Masked Booby Sula dactylatr
- Location: Pedro Bank, Jamaica
Shirley Dong
- Topic: Temperate coniferous forest cover changes in response to climate change; implications for Yunnan snub-nosed monkey habitat
- Location: Yunnan, China
Kirsten Feifel
- Topic: Climate change effects on marine systems
- Location: Seattle, WA
Claudia Guimarães
- Topic: Keeping up with the science of the Atlantic Forest
- Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Renee Jones
- Topic: Micro-habitat needs of the Attwater's Prairie Chicken; a highly endangered, once common bird
- Location: Texas City, Texas
MeiAi Khoo
- Topic: Effects of conservation management practices on Tallgrass Prairie grassland
- Location: Cushing, Minnesota
Stephanie Lizano
- Topic: Effects of high-diversity grassland restoration on pollination in restored prairie and nearby unrestored lands
- Location: Wood River, Nebraska
David Londono
- Topic: Identification and monitoring of indicators for long-term adaptive management of the Ordway Prairie, a high priority conservation area in South Dakota
- Location: Ordway Prairie Preserve, South Dakota
Dailan Long
- Topic: Assessment of local community ideas and attitudes toward biodiversity and conservation in the Chuskas mountains of New Mexico
- Location: Chuska Mountains, New Mexico
Claudia Monzon
- Topic: Fire regime assessment in the pine-oak ecosystem
- Location: Guatemala
Ariadne Reynolds
- Topic: Getting a handle on current knowledge of the effects of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems
- Location: Honolulu, HI
Haldre Rogers
- Topic: Ecosystem services
- Location: Seattle, WA
Karlis Rokpelnis
- Topic: Developing a monitoring system to determine restoration strategy effectiveness across priority Midwestern grassland conservation areas
- Location: Central US Region
Deborah Seiler
- Topic: Public outreach and communication on critical invasive plants of the Midwest
- Location: Madison, WI
Maulik Vaishnav
- Topic: Modeling the effects of population growth on natural protected areas in western Michigan
- Location: Lansing, MI
Iván Valencia
- Topic: Ground-truthing modeled systems and coarse scale conservation assessment in sagebrush steppe and grasslands of Wyoming
- Location: Lander, WY
Left to right: Lorine Giangola, Ayana Johnson, Daniel Don Lee, Yumi Chattulani, Lauren Sheppard,
Juan Pablo Galván, Karlynn McIlwain, Abdel Abellard, Melissa Uhl. Not shown: Min Zheng.
2007 Conservation Science Interns
Abdel Abellard
- Topic: Post fire assessment of pine forests in the Dominican Republic
- Location: Dominican Republic
Yumi Chattulani
- Topic: Human diversity at TNC
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Juan Pablo Galván
- Topic: Baseline data collection and synthesis for conservation easements in the buffer zone of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve
- Location: Chiapas, Mexico
Lorine Giangola
- Topic: Costs and benefits of agricultural conservation practices
- Location: Boulder, CO and Upper Mississippi Basin
Ayana Johnson
- Topic: A triage approach to guide conservation action that adapts to climate change
- Location: San Diego, CA
Daniel D. Lee
- Topic: Stakeholder analysis for restoring ecosystem services in Fishcer Slough, Skagit River floodplain, WA
- Location: Seattle, WA
Karlynn McIlwain
- Topic: Investigating monitoring techniques, effectiveness measures, and creating a learning network for TNC sustainable forestry projects
- Location: San Francisco, CA
Lauren Sheppard
- Topic: Phosphorus dynamics in Pine Flatwoods restoration in Central Florida
- Location: Disney Wilderness Preserve, FL
Melissa Uhl
- Topic: Growing a global database of ecosystem service projects
- Location:
Min Zheng
- Topic: Using cultural understanding to improve conservation communication
- Location: Yunnan, China