Newswise — EXPERT ADVISORY: American University Environmental Science Professor Available for Comment on Latest Event of Coral Reef Bleaching
WHAT: Environmental Science Associate Professor & Guam Coral Reef Expert Kiho Kim

WHEN: Ongoing

WHERE: Via phone, email, Skype, or at American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Media Contact: Rebecca Basu, AU Communications, [email protected], 202-885-5978

BACKGROUND: Kiho Kim, chair of AU’s Department of Environmental Science, can discuss the general ecology and ecological impacts of coral reef bleaching. Kim’s research focuses on understanding the role of diseases in coral population ecology and the synergistic effects of environmental factors, such as nutrient pollution and ocean warming, in the decline of coral reefs. He has served as a member of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Science and as an adviser to the Coral Disease Working Group of the World Bank. He is an executive member of the International Society for Reef Studies and is on the editorial board of the scientific journal Coral Reefs. His research also focuses on coral reefs in Guam, the origins of the latest bleaching event.