Kim began working with Dr. Roger Payne and the Ocean Alliance in 1992. Her work is wide-ranging from administrative to research and education projects. Kim has been featured in several documentary films including the popular IMAX release "Whales" where she made a debut swim with a group of curious southern right whales. Kim currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts with her husband Tom.

Born and raised near Toronto, Ontario (Canada), Kim has pursued her life-long passion to work with whales since she was a child. In 1989 she co-founded the Whale and Dolphin Society of Canada, and in 1992 she was asked to join the Ocean Alliance in Lincoln, Massachusetts. In 1999 Kim was promoted to Senior Director. Starting as Coordinator of Expeditions aboard the Institute's research vessel Odyssey, Kim assisted Dr. Roger Payne in on all aspects of research and administration for the Institute's programs. In 1995, as Director of Ocean Research Programs, Kim planned for the Voyage of the Odyssey, the Institute's three-year study to gather the first ever baseline data on concentrations of toxic contaminants in the worlds' oceans. For the past two years Kim has been implementing education programs and coordinated the design of an award winning curriculum based on the Institute's research. Kim is also principal manager and scientific associate of the Institute's Right Whale Program, along with Senior Scientist Victoria Rowntree. The program, now in its 30th year, is the longest continuous study of its kind. In addition, she oversees stranding programs in both North and South America, and directs naturalists aboard commercial whale watching vessels. Kim lectures and trains naturalists regarding whale behavior and environmental threats, and frequently makes guest appearances on radio and television programs, and popular magazines. Since 1996 she has participated in WhaleNet's "Ask a Scientist" Program via the Internet (whale.wheelock.edu).

Kim has studied dolphins, humpback, right and sperm whales. Her work has taken her to remote areas of Southern Argentina, the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador, Mexico's Sea of Cortez, Alaska, and areas of the South Pacific Ocean.

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