Katherine Margaret Muzik, Ph.D.
kmuzik@gmail.com; 808 346-6167

Education:
1980  Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, RSMAS, Univ. of Miami, FL, USA (Hawaiian Octocorals)
1973  M.A.  Zoology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA (Fijian Octocorals) 
1970  B.A.  Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
1965-67      Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA

Employment:
 2012-now  Director, Kulu Wai, Kauai, HI, USA (Environmental Education and Research)
 2007-2011 Scientific Consultant, Japan Underwater Films, Tokyo/Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa
 2005-2006 Owner/Operator of “Ola Lola” Garden Bar, Isabela, PR
 1997-2006 Director, isla-bela Institute, Isabela, PR
 1990-1996 Director, Muzik, Ink, Boston, MA USA
 1988-1990 Osaka Aquarium Exhibit Writer, Lyons/Zaremba and C7, Boston, MA, USA
 1983-1986 Presidential Scholar, Suntory Ltd.,Japan
 1981-1983 Visiting Scholar, Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research, Japan
 1982           Marine Biology Instructor, Univ of MD (Far East Div, Okinawa)
 1980           Project Director, Earthwatch, Reef Surveys, Bermuda
                    Postdoctoral Instructor, Harvard University, MA, USA
 1976-1978  Predoctoral Fellow, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
 1975-1976  Bar Manager, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, U of Miami, USA
 1974-1976  Field Assistant, Upjohn Research Fellowship, U of Miami, USA
 1974           Research Assistant, NSF, Antarctica
 1967-1968  English Teacher, BRIAM, Madrid, Spain
 
Academic Affiliations:
  2014 –now   Research Associate in Marine Biology, National Tropical Botanical Garden, HI, USA
  2012- now   Associate in Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA
  1993-1999   Research Associate, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA
  1983-1986   Marine Scholar, Tokai University, Japan
  1986-1988   Environmental Biologist, Okinawa University, Japan                 
  1979-1992   Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MA, USA
  1979-1988   Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA

 Publications:
   Over 100 articles on corals and coral reefs for academic journals in the US and Japan, essays on marine conservation for

   popular magazines and newspapers in the US, Japan, Puerto Rico and Europe, and 5 children’s books about the sea, in  

   English, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese. (New species of Octocorallia named from Fiji, the Caribbean [Barbados], Hawaiʻi,

   New Zealand, Okinawa and Japan)
 
Presentations:
    Scientific Seminars and Public Lectures at International Symposia, Universities, Museums, Aquariums, Schools, Clubs,  

    Libraries, etc., in Japan, USA, Europe, the Caribbean and Pacific
 
Field Experience:
    Antarctica, Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Chuuk (Truk), Costa Rica, Cozumel,  

    Dominican Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Isla Guadalupe, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, New Caledonia, Nova Scotia,

    Okinawa, Panama, the Philippines, St Croix, Tahiti, Thailand, The Bonins, USA (California, Florida Keys, Hawaii,

    Massachusetts, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Washington State), Western Samoa