J.D.   Willamette University, College of Law         1998
  245 Winter St. SE  Salem, OR
  Third-year paper: Leveraging Tribal Status Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 34 pp., 1998.

Ph.D.  College of Oceanography           1984
  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  Thesis area: Sediment Geochemistry & Water Column Processes
  Ph.D. thesis: Particle fluxes in the eastern tropical
  Pacific Ocean -- sources and processes.

B.S.   Liberal Arts and Sciences           1971
  University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
  Major: Chemistry; Minor: Mathematics
 

Professional Experience

Legal Researcher, Oregon Hearing Officer Panel, Salem, OR        1998-2001
  Research in various areas of Administrative Law;   six-month assignment as an administrative law judge;  three-month assignment as an appellate decision drafter;  manager of law library.

Oceanographer, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS.  1990-1995.  Studies of chemical and physical diagenesis of marine sediments.

Resident Research Associate, National Research Council, 1988-1990 at Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS.  Studies of the microstructure and physical properties of carbonate and clay sediments.

Postgraduate Research Geochemist,   1984-1986.  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
  Modeling of literature primary productivity and carbon flux data into global ocean maps; ocean instrument development.

Research Assistant, College of Oceanography,  1977-1984.  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  Studies of biogeochemical cycling during sedimentation.
 

Teaching Experience

Tutor, 1996-1998, Willamette University, Salem, OR.

Invited class lecturer, Global Carbon course and Marine Geology course, 1995,
Univ. of Southern Mississippi Center for Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS.

Instructor, Young Scholars Program, Summer, 1992, National Science Foundation,
David Barkan, Principal Investigator, Northwest College, Powell, WY.

Instruction in laboratory procedures and scientific methods, 1991-1995,
Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS.

Instruction in laboratory procedures, 1980-1983, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR.

Corporate trainer, technology, 1972-1973, Western Electric Co. (now Lucent),
Lisle, Il.
 

Honors and Awards

Illinois State Scholarship.
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Sorority, University of Illinois.
Phi Theta Kappa, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Graduated with Honors in Liberal Arts and Sciences, B.S., University of Illinois.
National Research Council Research Associateship, Naval Research Laboratory.
Naval Research Laboratory - Outstanding Performance Award;
multiple Performance Awards; Best Division Publication Award.
Trustee Scholarship, Wi1lamette University College of law.
Associate Editor, Willamette Law Review.
Form Editor, Willamette University Journal of International Law and Policy.
Member, Moot Court Board, Willamette University College of Law.
Honors in Legal Research and Writing, Willamette University College of Law.
 

Offices and Committees

Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Mississippi, Center for Marine Science.
M.S. thesis committee member, University of Southern Mississippi, Center for Marine Science.
Secretary of Gulf Coast Section of the Marine Technology Society.
Branch Chemical Safety Officer, Naval Research Laboratory.
 

Professional Membership
American Geophysical Union.

Programming Languages & Computer Software Skills

FORTRAN, BASIC, Pascal; Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Access; Internet.
 
Analytical and Field Techniques

Standard wet chemical techniques and various instrumental methods of analysis;
oceanographic and geological field methods; participation in numerous field experiments.
 

Prior Funding

"Methane Hydrate in Continental Margin Sediments: Processes of Formation, Decomposition, and Transport,"
Naval Research Laboratory, 1995-97; $2,500,000.

"Sedimentary Geochemical Processes," Naval Research Laboratory, 1992-94, $200,000.

"Diagenetic Controls on Seismic Velocities," Naval Research Laboratory, 1991-93, $200,000.

"The Relationship of Organic Carbon Composition and Diagenesis to the Microstructure of Marine Clays,"
Naval Research Laboratory, 1988-90, funding for National Research Council Research Associateship.
 

Publications

Dymond, J., K. Fischer, M. Clauson, R. Cobler, W. Gardner, M.J. Richardson,
W. Berger, A. Soutar, and R. Dunbar, 1981.  A sediment trap intercomparison study in the Santa Barbara Basin. Earth Plant. Sci. Lett. 53, 409-418.

Fischer, K., J. Dymond, C. Moser, D. Murray, and A. Matherne, 1983.  Seasonal
variations in particulate flux in an offshore area adjacent to coastal upwelling. In: E. Suess and J. Thiede (eds.),
Coastal Upwelling: Its Sediment Record. v. 1 Plenum Press, New York, 209-224.

Weliky, K., E. Suess, C.A. Ungerer, P. Mueller, and K. Fischer, 1983. Problems with accurate carbon measurements in marine sediments and particulate
matter in seawater: A new approach. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28, 1252 -1259.
 
Emerson, S., K. Fischer, C. Reimers, and D. Heggie, 1985.  Organic carbon  dynamics and preservation in deep-sea sediments. Deep-Sea Res. 32, 1-21.

Fischer, K., J. Dymond, M. Lyle, A. Soutar, and S. Rau, 1986.  The benthic cycle  of copper:  Evidence from sediment trap experiments in the eastern  tropical North Pacific Ocean.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50, 1535-1543.

Reimers, C.E., K. Fischer, R. Merewether, K.L. Smith, Jr., and R.A. Jahnke,  1986.  Oxygen microprofiles measured in-situ in deep ocean sediments.  Nature 320, 741-744.

Heggie, D., D. Kahn, and K. Fischer, 1986.  Trace metals in metalliferrous sediments, MANOP Site M: Interfacial pore water profiles. Earth Planet.
Sci. Lett. 80, 106-116.

Simoneit, B.R.T., J.O. Grimalt, K. Fischer, and J. Dymond, 1986.  Upward and downward flux of particulate organic material in abyssal waters of the
Pacific Ocean.  Naturwissenschaften 73, 322-325.

Berger, W.H., K. Fischer, C. Lai, and G. Wu, 1987.  Ocean Productivity and organic carbon flux.  Part 1.  SIO Reference 87-30, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California, 67 pp.

Fischer, K., A. Soutar, C.E. Reimers, R.A. Jahnke, and T.L. Brown, 1988.  Cover photo of EOS:  Trans. Am. Geophys. Un. 69, 195 & 207.

Berger, W.H., K. Fischer, C. Lai, and G. Wu, 1988.  Ocean carbon flux: Global maps of production and export production.  In: C.R. Agegian (ed.),
Biogeochemical Cycling and Fluxes Between the Deep Euphotic Zone and Other Oceanic Realms.  National Undersea Research Program Research Report 88-1,
NOAA, 131-176.

Walsh, I., K. Fischer, D. Murray, and J. Dymond, 1988.  Evidence for resuspension of rebound particles from near-bottom sediment traps.
Deep-Sea Res. 35, 59-70.

Bennett, R.H., K.M. Fischer, D.L. Lavoie, W.R. Bryant, and R. Rezak, 1989.  Porometry and fabric of marine clay and carbonate sediments: Determinants
of permeability.  Mar. Geol. 89, 127-152.

Fischer, K.M., H. Li, R.H. Bennett, and W. Dunlap, 1990.  Calculation of Permeability coefficients of soils and marine sediments.  Environmental Software, 5, 29-37.

Bennett, R.H., H. Li, D.N. Lambert, K.M. Fischer, D.J. Walter, C.E. Hickox, M. Hulbert, T. Yamamoto, and M. Badiey, 1990.  In situ porosity and permeability of selected carbonate sediment: Great Bahama Bank - Part I: Measurements.  Mar. Geotechnology 9, 1-28.

Bennett, R.H., K. Fischer, H. Li, R. Baerwald, M.H. Hulbert, T. Yamamoto, and M. Badiey, 1990.  In situ porosity and permeability of selected carbonate sediment: Great Bahama Bank - Part II: Microfabric.  Mar. Geotechnology 9, 29-47.

Grimalt, J.D., B.R.T. Simoneit, J.I. Gomez-Belinchon, K. Fischer, and J. Dymond, 1990.  Ascending and descending fluxes of lipid compounds in North Atlantic and North Pacific abyssal waters. Nature 345, 147-150.

Fischer, K.M. 1991.  The influence of organic carbon flux on the deposition of clays in the marine environment: Implications with respect to microstructure. In: R.H. Bennett, W.R. Bryant, and M.H. Hulbert (eds.), Microstructure of Fine-Grained Sediments.  Springer-Verlag, 147-159.

Briggs, K.B. and K.M. Fischer, 1991.  Geoacoustic Model of the Strait of Korea. Naval Research Laboratory Technical Note 218, 46 pp.

Fischer, K.M. and C.L. Farno, 1993.  Sediment Geochemical Processes: Field  participation at Eckernfoerde Site (Coastal Benthic Boundary Layer Special  Research Project).  Naval Research Laboratory Memorandum Report  NRL/MR/7432-93-7076, 20 pp.

Lavoie, D., T. Burns, and K. Fischer, 1994.  Geotechnical logging evidence for
 underconsolidation of Lau Basin sediments: Rapid sedimentation versus  fluid flow.  In: J. Hawkins, L. Parson, and J. Allen, et al., Proc. ODP,  Sci. Results, 135: College Station, Tex. (Ocean Drilling Program),  787-795.

Fischer, K.M. and D.L. Lavoie, 1994.  Geotechnical properties of Lau Basin  sediments from a microfabric perspective. In: J. Hawkins, L. Parson, and  J. Allen, et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 135: College Station, Texas  (Ocean Drilling Program), 797-804.

Fisher, A.T., K. Fischer, D. Lavoie, M. Langseth, and J. Xu, 1994.  Geotechnical  and hydrogeological properties of sediments from Middle Valley, northern  Juan de Fuca Ridge.  In: E.E. Davis, M.J. Mottle, A. T. Fisher, et al.,  Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 139: College Station, Texas (Ocean Drilling  Program).

Booth, J., M. Rowe, and K. Fischer, 1996.  Offshore Gas Hydrate Sample Database.  US Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-272, 38 pp.