Kimo Morris, Ph.D. - Curriculum Vita

CURRICULUM VITAE: A. Kimo Morris (abridged)

web version updated 8/11/20

Contact Information

Office Tel: (714) 564-6620
Email: Kimo
Personal Website: http://rms.rsccd.edu/faculty/kimomorris/

Complete CV available upon request

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, UCLA, 2006
M.Sc., Entomology, OSU, 1997
B.A. with distinction, Zoology, UCSB, 1994

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Research and teaching: Marine invertebrate ecology; Biological oceanography of planktonic animals; Transport of larval invertebrates. Biological sampling at sea. Biology, ecology and evolution of parasitic organisms; Insect and acarine parasitism. Science education, conservation and sustainability.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Santa Ana College 2011 – present	Co-Chair, Associate Professor of Biology
Loyola Marymount University 2010 – 2011	Visitng Assistant Professor of Biology, Visiting Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences.
Mount San Antonio College 2000 – 2011	Adjunct Professor of Biology
Cypress College 2008 – 2011	Adjunct Professor of Biology
Fullerton College 2008 – 2011	Adjunct Professor of Oceanography
UCLA - 2000 – 2006 Oregon State U. - 1995-1997	Graduate TA, Lab Instructor - Marine & Invertebrate Biology Graduate TA, Lab Instructor - Entomology

BRIEF WORK SYNOPSIS

Ecomarine Consulting LLC - 2008 – present

Owner, Principal Scientist for marine environmental consulting projects throughout the West Coast.

Weston Solutions, Carlsbad - 2006 – 2007
MBC Applied Environmental Sciences - 1997 – 2006

AQUATIC TRAINING

2,900+ logged dives (8/11/20)
Int'l Assoc. Nitrox & Technical Divers (IANTD) - 1995
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Divemaster - 1994
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Diving Rescue - 1994
American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Diver - 1993
University of California Certified Research Diver #888 - 1993
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Advanced - 1993
National Association of Scuba Diving Schools (NASDS) OW1 - 1986

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (industry publications furnished upon request)

Morris, A.K., and J.R. Smith, 2020, "First Record and Putative Introduction of the Subtropical Brown Alga Padina durvillei Bory (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales) in Southern California", BioInvasions Records 9 (1): 50-59.
Morris, A.K., 2006, Zooplankton Aggregations in California Coastal Zones, Ph.D. thesis, UCLA, 309pp.
Morris, A.K., 2006, Macrozooplankton Assemblages in California Fronts, Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative, Paper 034. http://repositories.cdlib.org/ucmarine/ceqi/034
Morris, A.K., 1997, A Model of Trophic Evolutionary Pathways, M.Sc. thesis, Oregon State University, 147pp.
Lafferty, K.D. and A.K. Morris, 1996, "Altered Behavior of Parasitized Killifish Increases Susceptibility to Predation by Bird Final Hosts", Ecology 77(5): 1390-1397.

SELECTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS

November 2019 - 11th Annual Stem Week, Santa Ana College, "A Life Aquatic: Deep Diving into the Emerging Issues and Opportunities of an Applied Marine Biologist". (keynote speaker)
May 2019 - Pacific Conchological Club, "Southern California Eelgrass Habitat". (invited presentation).
October 2018 - San Diego Shell Club, "Southern California Eelgrass Habitat". (invited presentation).
July 2017 – 13th International Conference On Copepoda, "Distribution of zooplankton near the Monterey Bay upwelling front: Rethinking the concept of zooplankton as inactive drifters".
November 2013 – American Cetacean Society, LA Chapter, "Iceland Whale Tale - History and Economic Drivers Behind the Whale Hunting and Whale Watching Industries". (keynote speaker)
November 2010 – Youth Science Center Fundraiser Dinner, "The Blue Marbles Project: Inspiring Youth to Embrace Sustainability of the Earth". (invited, keynote speaker)
April 2009 – Mt. San Antonio College, “Environmental Action Group for a Livable Earth” Club – “Humans and the Marine Environment ”. (invited lecture)
August 2007 – State Water Resources Control Board, Region Nine – “Current Progress on the Development and Testing of the Regional Harbor Monitoring Program Statistical Design”. (invited)
June 2007 – City of Oceanside, “Regional Harbor Monitoring Program Pilot Project Year 2 Statistical Methodology Evaluation”. (invited)
March 2007 – California State University, Fullerton, "“Zooplankton Patch Dynamics in Coastal Fronts: Designed to Drift or Selected to Swim". (invited, Dept. seminar speaker)
June 2006 – Central Region Kelp Survey Consortium, “Status of the Kelp Beds - Results from the 2005 Quarterly Aerial Surveys".
June 2004 – American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, "Caught On Video! Jellyfish Aggregations Along The Monterey Upwelling Shadow, Monterey, California".