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EDUCATION |
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1996 |
PhD, Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA |
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1994 |
MS, Biological Sciences, Florida International University, USA |
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1989 |
BSc, Biological Sciences & Environmental Studies, Brock University, Canada. |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 2007 | Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies | |
2006 |
Associate Professor, Biology Department, American University | |
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2003 |
Director of the Environmental Studies Program, American University | |
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2000 |
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, American University |
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1999 |
Research Associate, Center for the Environment, Cornell University |
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1999 |
Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland |
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1996 |
Post-Doctoral Associate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University |
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1998 |
Visiting Post-Doctoral Scientist, New England BioLabs, Beverly, MA |
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GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS |
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| 2006 | NOAA - National Undersea Research Center, The Link Between Coral Hosts, Surface Microbiota, and Disease. | |
| 2003 | NOAA - National Undersea Research Center, Origins and Impacts of the Sea Fans Aspergillosis Epizootic Explored with Molecular Techniques. | |
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2000 |
NOAA - National Undersea Research Center, Aspergillosis of sea fans in the Florida Keys: Disease Resistance and Spread. |
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1999 |
National Science Foundation, Disease resistance in sea fan corals and host range of the fungal pathogen |
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1998 |
New England BioLabs Foundation, Host-breadth of Aspergillosis. |
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1998 |
NOAA - National Undersea Research Center, Keys-Wide Monitoring of a Fungal Epizootic of Sea Fans. |
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1993 |
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-Term Fellowship, Patterns of Growth in Colonial Benthic Organisms: a Resource Capture Model. |
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1992 |
American Museum of Natural History, Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research, Feeding Biology of Gorgonian Corals. |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| 31 | Baker DM, SE MacAvoy, K Kim (in press) The relationship between water quality, del15N, and aspergillosis of caribbean sea fan corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series | |
| 30 | Ward JR, Kim K & Harvell CD (2007) Temperature affects coral disease resistance and pathogen growth. Marine Ecology Progress Series 329:115-121 | |
| 29 | Kim K, A Alker, K Shuster, C Quirolo, CD Harvell (2006) Longitudinal study of aspergillosis in sea fan corals. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69: 95-99. (PDF version) |
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| 28 | Gil-Agudelo DL, Myers C, GW Smith, K Kim (2006) Changes in the microbial communities associated
with Gorgonia ventalina during aspergillosis
infection. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69: 89-94 (PDF version) |
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| 27 | Gil-Agudelo DL, L Ali-Hassan, K Kim & GW Smith (2006) Characterization of coral surface microbiota using metabolic profiling. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium 1: 149-152 (PDF version) | |
| 26 | Kim K & GW Smith (2005) Gorgonia-Aspergillus Pathosystem: Review of a fungal disease affecting Caribbean sea fan corals. In Health and Disease of Aquatic Organisms: Bilateral Perspectives edited by RC Cipriano, IS Shchelkunov & M Faisal, Living Oceans Foundation, Michigan State University Press. Pp 285-292 (PDF Version) | |
| 25 | Kim K, AP Dobson, FMD Gulland & CD Harvell (2005) Diseases and the Conservation of Marine Diversity. In Marine Conservation, edited by E Norse & L Crowder, Island Press(PDF version) | |
| 24 | Kim E, H Lasker, MA Coffroth & K Kim (2004) Morphological and genetic variation across reef habitats in a broadcast-spawning octocoral. Hydrobiologia 530/531: 423-432 (PDF version) |
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| 23 | Kim K & CD Harvell (2004) The Rise and Fall of a Siz-Year Coral-Fungal Epizootic. The American Naturalist 164: S52 - S63 (PDF version) |
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| 22 | Alker A, K Kim, D Dube & CD Harvell (2004) Localized induction of a generalized response against multiple biotic agents in Caribbean sea fans. Coral Reefs 23: 397-405 (PDF version) |
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| 21 | Harvell CD, R Aronson, N Baron, J Connell, A Dobson, S Ellner, L Gerber, K Kim, A Kuris, H McCallum, K Lafferty, B McKay, J Porter, M Pascual, G Smith, K Sutherland & J Ward (2004) The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 375-382 (PDF version) |
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| 20 | Kim K & CD Harvell (2002) Aspergillosis of sea fan corals: dynamics in the Florida Keys. Pp 813-824, In The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys, edited by Porter JW & K Porter, CRC Pres (PDF Version) | |
| 19 | Dube D, K Kim, AP Alker & CD Harvell (2002) Size structure and geographic variation in chemical resistance of sea fan corals Gorgonia ventalina to a fungal pathogen 231: 139-150 (PDF Version) | |
| 18 | Harvell CD, K Kim, C Quirolo, J Weir & Smith GW. 2001. El Niño associated bleaching in Briareum asbestinum (Gorgonacea) and subsequent mortality from disease in the Florida Keys. Hydrobiologia 460: 97-104 (PDF version) | |
| 17 | Alker AP, GW Smith & K Kim (2001) Characterization of Aspergillus sydowii (Thom et Church), a fungal pathogen of Caribbean sea fan corals. Hydrobiologia, 460: 105-111 (PDF version) | |
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Kim K,
PD Kim, AP Alker & CD Harvell (2000) Chemical resistance of gorgonian corals against fungal infections. Marine Biology 137: 393-401 (PDF
version) |
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Kim K,
CD Harvell, PD Kim, GW Smith, SM Merkel (2000) Fungal disease resistance of sea fan corals (Gorgonia spp.). Marine Biology
136: 259-267 (PDF Version) |
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Harvell CD,
K Kim, JM Burkholder, RR Colwell, PR Epstein, DJ Grime, EE Hofman,
EK Lipp, ADME Osterhaus, RM Overstreet, JW Porter, G Smith. GR Vasta (1999) Emerging marine diseases - climate links and anthropogenic
factors. Science 285: 1505-1510 (PDF
Version) |
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Kim K
& HR Lasker. 1998. Resource capture and constraints on modular growth.
Journal of Functional Ecology 12: 646-654. (PDF
Version) |
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Smith GW,
CD Harvell, K Kim (1998) Observations on the pathogenesis of
sea fans infected with Aspergillus sp. Revista de Biologia Tropical
5: 205-208. |
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11 |
Lasker HR,
K Kim, MA Coffroth (1998) Production, settlement, and survival
of plexaurid gorgonian recruits. Marine Ecology Progress Series 162:111-123. |
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10 |
Nagelkerken
I, K Buchan, GW Smith, K Bonair, P Bush, J Garzon-Ferreira, L Botero,
P Gayle, CD Harvell, C Heberer, K Kim, C Petrovic, L Pors, P
Yoshioka (1997) Widespread fungal pathogen in Caribbean sea fans: II. Patterns
of infection and tissue mortality. Marine Ecology Progress Series
160: 255-263. |
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Clifton KE,
K Kim & J Wulff (1997) Field guide to the reefs of Caribbean
Panama with emphasis on the fauna and flora of western San Blas. Proceedings
of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 1: 167-184. |
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Kim K
& HR Lasker (1997) Flow-mediated competition among suspension
feeding gorgonians. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
215: 49-64. |
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Swain TD,
K Kim & HR Lasker (1997) Use of fluorescence microscopy in an
assay of sperm density for the gorgonian coral, Plexaura kuna. Proceedings
of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 2: 1341-1344. |
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Lasker HR
& K Kim (1996) Larval development and settlement behavior
of the gorgonian coral Plexaura kuna. Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology 207: 161-175. |
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Lasker HR,
K Kim & MA Coffroth (1996) Reproductive and genetic variation
among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, sp.
nov. Bulletin of Marine Science 58: 277-288. |
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Lasker HR,
DA Brazeau, J Calderon, MA Coffroth, R Coma & K Kim (1996)
In situ rates of fertilization among broadcast spawning gorgonian corals.
Biological Bulletin 190: 45-55. |
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3 |
Kim K (1994) Antimicrobial activity in gorgonian corals (Coelenterata, Octocorallia).
Coral Reefs 13: 75-80. |
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Goldberg
WM, TL Hopkins, SM Holl, J Schaefer, KJ Kramer, TD Morgan & K
Kim (1994) Chemical composition of the sclerotized black coral skeleton
(Coelenterata: Antipatharia): A comparison of two species. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 107B: 633-643. |
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Kim K, WM Goldberg & GT Taylor (1992) Architectural and mechanical properties of the black coral skeleton (Coelenterata: Antipatharia): A comparison of two species. Biological Bulletin 182: 195-209. |
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| Last Updated: 08-Mar-2007 | |