Education

• B.A., Hiram College, Biology/General Science, 1963, Hiram, Ohio
• M.S., Michigan State University, Microbiology & Pub. Health, 1965, East Lansing, Michigan
• Ph.D, Michigan State University, Microbiology & Pub. Health, 1967, East Lansing, Michigan

Special Coursework

• Parasitology, Protozoology, Algalogy, University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston MI, 1970
• Pathogenic Fungi-Medical Mycology, U.S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, MD, 1970
• Fish and avian virology, fish and avian cell culture, Eastern Fish Disease Lab, Leetown, WV, 1973

Postdoctoral Training

Environmental pathology, Genetic Toxicology, Dept. of Pathology School of Medicine, University of Washington, 1976-1978

Professional Experience

1981-Present, Professor, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1978-1981, Research Assistant Professor; Department of Pathology, UW

1967-1976, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Dept. of Interior:

• Fish & Wildlife Health Lab., Madison WI
• Eastern Fish Disease Lab., Leetown, WV
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Consultant Experience

• Washington Department of Fish & Game re. Natural Resources Damage Assessment
• Exxon Valdez Trustee Council; Review of field studies in Prince William Sound
• State of Alaska; Exxon Valdez oil spill damage to fish stocks
• NOAA; Coal tar effects on shortnose sturgen embryos in Connecticut River
• Kodak Co.: Bioassays on "SNOMAX" effects on marine organisms
• Lummi Indian Tribe: In Situ herring embryo toxicity studies
• U.S. Department of Agriculture: Alkaloid toxicity to fish embryos
• Alcoa Aluminum Co.: Smelter effluent trout-bioassays
• Klallam Indian Tribe: Herring embryo toxicity studies at aquaculture site
• Squaxin Indian Tribe: Parasites of cultured mussels

Expert Witness Experience

• U.S. Department of Justice, Federal District Court, Anchorage, AK: Exxon Valdez oil spill NRDA
• State of Alaska, State Court, Anchorage, AK; Damage to subsistance fish following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
• Idaho Attorney General, Federal District Court, Boise, ID: Re: Little Salmon River fish kill (agricultural chemical spill)
• NOAA General Council; Seattle, WA Elliot Bay (Puget Sound) water quality damage assessment.

Some current projects include: An investigation into herring diseases in Prince William Sound Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. PCB effects upon trout.

Some information about the herring diseases project is available at the Ichthyophonus hoferi Web Site or email me at kocan@u.washington.edu.