<p><a href="mailto: jvoss2@hboi.fau.edu">jvoss2@hboi.fau.edu</a><br />tel: 772-465-2400 x538<br />fax: 305-588-0732</p><h3>Current Position</h3><p>2008-present<br />Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, FL</p><p>June, 2007-2008<br />Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL</p><ul> <li>Robertson Coral Reef Postdoctoral Scientist</li> <li>Development of diagnostic molecular techniques for quantifying coral health,<br /> investigations of the short and long term impacts of diseases on coral communities, identification of the factors that result in coral disease and coral reef decline</li> <li>Coral Health and Disease program</li></ul><h3>Education</h3><p>Florida International University, Miami, FL</p><ul> <li>Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, 2006</li> <li>Dissertation: Coral disease dynamics and environmental drivers in the Northern Florida Keys and Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas</li> <li>GPA: 3.82</li></ul><p>Elon University, Elon, NC</p><ul> <li>Honors Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, 2001</li> <li>Major: Biology, Minors: Chemistry and Philosophy</li> <li>Study Abroad: Tropical Field Biology in Belize, 2000</li> <li>Senior Thesis: Artificial reef design and ecological impacts: stories of success and failure</li> <li>GPA: 3.74</li></ul><p>Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC<br />•1999 Summer Session, Marine Ecology</p><h3>Additional Research Experience</h3><p>2007-present<br />NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Coral Health Assessment Cruise<br />• Co-PI, Extensive surveys and sampling to support the monitoring and resource management in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas</p><p>2001-present<br />An integrative analysis of environmental factors, coral population and community structure, and microbial community composition associated with coral diseases near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, and the Florida Keys<br />• Dissertation and ongoing research including 5 years of extensive independent and collaborative field and laboratory work</p><p>2004 Coral disease surveys at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas del Toro, Panama</p><p>2003 Benthic biota surveys from Key West to Dry Tortougas National Park</p><p>2001 An analysis of artificial reef design and ecological impact</p><p>2000 Coral disease abundance and species susceptibility near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas<br />• Two month internship at Caribbean Marine Research Center</p><p>2000 Diel variation in the near-shore fish community of San Pedro, Belize</p><p>1999 Duke University Marine Laboratory Research Assistant<br />• Independent lab work removing and processing otoliths and gonads from damselfish</p><p>1999 Physical analysis, phytoplankton density, and water quality studies in Pamlico Sound, NC</p><h3>Teaching Experience</h3><p>2008-present<br />Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University<br />2007-2008<br />Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution <br />• Courses taught: Marine and Molecular Microbiology, Marine Molecular Ecology</p><p>2006-2007<br />Eckerd College, Department of Marine Science: Visiting Assistant Professor<br />• Courses taught: Marine Invertebrate Biology, Biological Oceanography, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Species, Florida’s Barrier Islands</p><p>2006 Science Under Sail, Inc.: Assistant Instructor<br />• Three week marine science and sailing education program in the Sea of<br /> Abaco, Bahamas</p><p>2001- 2005 Florida International University: Teaching Assistant<br />• Courses taught: Marine Biology and Oceanography Lab, General Microbiology Lab, Introductory Microbiology Lab</p><p>2005, 2007 Caribbean Marine Research Center: Workshop Instructor<br />• Coral species and disease identification</p><p>1999 -2000 Elon University: Laboratory Teaching Assistant<br />• Assistant instructor: Zoology (3 sem)</p><h3>Publications</h3><p>Voss JD, Richardson LL. Coral disease dynamics and nutrient availability on reefs of the Northern Florida Keys and Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. In prep for Marine Ecology Progress Series..</p><p>Rogers C, Voss J, and 23 others. 2008. Coral Reefs of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In: Riegl B, Dodge R (eds) Coral Reefs of the United States of America. Springer, Berlin.</p><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Remily ER, Myers JL, Richardson LL. 2007. Black band disease microbial community variation on corals in three regions of the Wider Caribbean Microbial Ecology 54:730-739</p><p>Richardson LL, Sekar R, Myers JL, Gantar M, Voss JD, Kaczmarsky L, Remily ER, Boyer GL, Zimba PV. 2007. The presence of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin in black band disease of corals. FEMS Microbiology Letters 272: 182–187</p><p>Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2006. Nutrient enrichment enhances black band disease progression in corals. Coral Reefs 25: 569-576</p><p>Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2006. Coral diseases near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas: patterns and potential drivers. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69:33-40</p><p>Mills DK, Entry JA, Voss JD, Gillevet PM, Mathee K. 2006. An assessment of the hypervariable domains of the 16S rRNA genes for their value in determining microbial community diversity: the paradox of traditional ecological indices. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 57: 496-503</p><p>Sekar R, Mills DK, Remily ER, Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2006. Microbial communities in the surface mucopolysaccharide layer and the black band microbial mat of black band diseased <em>Siderastrea siderea</em>. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:5963-5973</p><p>Richardson LL, Voss JD. 2005. Changes in a coral population on reefs of the northern Florida Keys following a coral disease epizootic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 297:147-156 Richardson LL, Mills DK, Remily ER, Voss JD. 2005. Development and field application of a molecular probe for the primary pathogen of the coral disease white plague type II. Revista de Biologia Tropical 53:1-10</p><h3>Published Abstracts from Presented Papers</h3><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Edge SE, Richardson LL. 2008. Black Band Disease Dynamics and Variation in the Pathogenic Microbial Community. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Abtracts p. 65</p><p>Voss JD. 2008. Black band disease dynamics: assessing nutrient impacts and microbial community variation. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. Abtracts.</p><p>Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2007. Coral disease dynamics and nutrient availability on reefs of the Northern Florida Keys and Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. 33rd Science Conference of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Abstracts</p><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Myers JL, Remily ER, Richardson LL. 2007. Black band disease microbial communties vary on corals in three regions of the Wider Caribbean. 36th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Abstracts p. 225</p><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Sekar R, Remily ER, Richardson LL. 2006. Assessing variation in microbial community profiles associated with black band disease of corals by LH-PCR. Florida International University Biomedical and Comparative Immunology Symposium, Miami, FL. Abstracts</p><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Richardson LL. 2006. Variation in microbial community profiles associated with black band disease of corals. 8th Annual Florida International University Biology Symposium, Miami, FL. Abstracts p. 9.</p><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Richardson LL. 2005. Black band disease: dynamics, drivers, and variation in the associated pathogenic microbial community. Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean 32nd Scientific Meeting, Curaçao. Abstracts (no page numbers)</p><p>Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2005. Nutrient enrichment impacts severity and rate of progression in black band disease of corals. Association of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. Abstracts p. 32.</p><p>Voss JD, Remily ER, Richardson LL. 2005. The effect of nutrient enrichment on black band disease of corals. 7th Annual Florida International University Biology Symposium, Miami, FL. Abstracts p. 19.</p><p>Voss JD, Mills DK, Richardson LL. 2004. An integrative analysis of environmental factors, coral population and community structure, and microbial community composition associated with coral diseases near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan. Abstracts p. 167.</p><p>Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2004. The role of coral diseases in coral population and community structure. 6th Annual Florida International University Biology Symposium, Miami, FL. Abstracts p. 22.</p><p>Mills DK, JD Voss, and LL Richardson. 2004. Amplicon length heterogeneity - a tool to investigate coral microbial communities. 29th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop, Atlantic Beach, NC. Abstracts p. 22.</p><p>Voss JD and LL Richardson. 2003. Environmental factors and coral community composition associated with coral diseases in the Northern Florida Keys and Bahamas’ Exuma Chain. 88th Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of America, Savannah, GA. Abstracts p. 346.</p><p>Voss JD. 2001. Coral disease near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Student Undergradaute Research Forum, Elon University, Elon, NC.</p><h3>Funding</h3><p>2008 Florida Sea Grant to fund Advance Coral Health Workshop ($3800)<br />2007 Eckerd College Faculty Development Grant ($700)<br />2005 Florida International University Dissertation Year Fellowship ($18,000)<br />2005 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($7,735)<br />2004 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Budweiser Conservation Scholarship ($10,000)<br />2004 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($11,304)<br />2004 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship ($1,304)<br />2003 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($8,698)<br />2002 Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Fellowship ($53,390)<br />2002 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($9,040)<br />2001 Florida International University Teaching Assistant Fellowship ($48,000)<br />2000 Reddish-Morgan Biological Scholarship ($1,000)<br />1999 Duke University Marine Laboratory Bookhout Scholarship ($3,127)<br />1997 Elon University Honors and Science Fellowships ($32000)</p><h3>Honors</h3><p>2006 L.L. McGee Outstanding Scientific Diver Award<br />2006 Florida International Univ. Comparative Immunology Symposium Outstanding Student Presentation Award<br />2002 Florida International University Graduate Student Association Research Award<br />2001 Elon University Outstanding Student in the Biological Sciences<br />2000 Order of Omega, National Greek Leadership Honor Society<br />2000 Phi Kappa Phi, National Scholastic Honor Society<br />1999 Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities<br />1999 Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society<br />1999 Alpha Chi, National Honor Society<br />1999 Gamma Sigma Alpha, National Greek Honor Society<br />1999 Beta Beta Beta, National Biological Honor Society</p><h3>Professional Affiliations</h3><p>Reviewer: Coral Reefs, Marine Ecology Progress Series, National Science Foundation<br />International Society for Reef Studies<br />Ecological Society of America<br />Association of Limnology and Oceanography<br />Bahamas Reef Environmental Education Foundation<br />Friends of the Environment, Abaco, Bahamas<br />Eckerd College Scuba Club<br />• 2006-2007 Faculty Advisor<br />Association of Marine Labs of the Caribbean<br />• 2002-2003 Graduate Student Coordinator<br />Duke University Marine Laboratory Ambassador<br />• Founding member of Ambassor Program<br />FIU Graduate Student Association<br />• 2002-2003 Academic Affairs Chairman<br />FIU Biology Graduate Student Association<br />• 2004-2005 Vice President</p><h3>Certifications</h3><p>2004 NAUI Divemaster and Assistant Instructor<br />• over 500 logged dives<br />2007 Adult CPR and First Aid<br />2007 DAN Oxygen Administration<br />2003 NAUI Nitrox Diver, Rescue Diver, Master Diver<br />2002 AAUS Scientific Diver<br />2001 Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Safety and Seamanship<br />• 11 years experience in operating small crafts (up to 34’)<br />• 6 years sailing experience including racing and advanced keelboat certification</p>
Harbor Branch
Joshua D. Voss, Ph.D.