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