jvoss2@hboi.fau.edu
tel: 772-465-2400 x538
fax: 305-588-0732

Current Position

2008-present
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, FL

June, 2007-2008
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL

• Robertson Coral Reef Postdoctoral Scientist
• Development of diagnostic molecular techniques for quantifying coral health,
  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
• Coral Health and Disease program

Education

Florida International University, Miami, FL

• Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, 2006
• Dissertation: Coral disease dynamics and environmental drivers in the Northern Florida Keys and Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
• GPA: 3.82

Elon University, Elon, NC

• Honors Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, 2001
• Major: Biology, Minors: Chemistry and Philosophy
• Study Abroad: Tropical Field Biology in Belize, 2000
• Senior Thesis: Artificial reef design and ecological impacts: stories of success and failure
• GPA: 3.74

Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC
•1999 Summer Session, Marine Ecology

Additional Research Experience

2007-present
NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Coral Health Assessment Cruise
• Co-PI, Extensive surveys and sampling to support the monitoring and resource management in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas

2001-present
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
• Dissertation and ongoing research including 5 years of extensive independent and collaborative field and laboratory work

2004 Coral disease surveys at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas del Toro, Panama

2003 Benthic biota surveys from Key West to Dry Tortougas National Park

2001 An analysis of artificial reef design and ecological impact

2000 Coral disease abundance and species susceptibility near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
• Two month internship at Caribbean Marine Research Center

2000 Diel variation in the near-shore fish community of San Pedro, Belize

1999 Duke University Marine Laboratory Research Assistant
• Independent lab work removing and processing otoliths and gonads from damselfish

1999 Physical analysis, phytoplankton density, and water quality studies in Pamlico Sound, NC

Teaching Experience

2008-present
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
2007-2008
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
• Courses taught: Marine and Molecular Microbiology, Marine Molecular Ecology

2006-2007
Eckerd College, Department of Marine Science: Visiting Assistant Professor
• Courses taught: Marine Invertebrate Biology, Biological Oceanography, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Species, Florida’s Barrier Islands

2006 Science Under Sail, Inc.: Assistant Instructor
• Three week marine science and sailing education program in the Sea of
Abaco, Bahamas

2001- 2005 Florida International University: Teaching Assistant
• Courses taught: Marine Biology and Oceanography Lab, General Microbiology Lab, Introductory Microbiology Lab

2005, 2007 Caribbean Marine Research Center: Workshop Instructor
• Coral species and disease identification

1999 -2000 Elon University: Laboratory Teaching Assistant
• Assistant instructor: Zoology (3 sem)

Publications

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..

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.

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

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

Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2006. Nutrient enrichment enhances black band disease progression in corals. Coral Reefs 25: 569-576

Voss JD, Richardson LL. 2006. Coral diseases near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas: patterns and potential drivers. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69:33-40

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

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 Siderastrea siderea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:5963-5973

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

Published Abstracts from Presented Papers

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

Voss JD. 2008. Black band disease dynamics: assessing nutrient impacts and microbial community variation. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. Abtracts.

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

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

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

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Voss JD. 2001. Coral disease near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Student Undergradaute Research Forum, Elon University, Elon, NC.

Funding

2008 Florida Sea Grant to fund Advance Coral Health Workshop ($3800)
2007 Eckerd College Faculty Development Grant ($700)
2005 Florida International University Dissertation Year Fellowship ($18,000)
2005 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($7,735)
2004 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Budweiser Conservation Scholarship ($10,000)
2004 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($11,304)
2004 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship ($1,304)
2003 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($8,698)
2002 Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Fellowship ($53,390)
2002 NOAA/Perry Institute for Marine Science Program Development Grant ($9,040)
2001 Florida International University Teaching Assistant Fellowship ($48,000)
2000 Reddish-Morgan Biological Scholarship ($1,000)
1999 Duke University Marine Laboratory Bookhout Scholarship ($3,127)
1997 Elon University Honors and Science Fellowships ($32000)

Honors

2006 L.L. McGee Outstanding Scientific Diver Award
2006 Florida International Univ. Comparative Immunology Symposium Outstanding Student Presentation Award
2002 Florida International University Graduate Student Association Research Award
2001 Elon University Outstanding Student in the Biological Sciences
2000 Order of Omega, National Greek Leadership Honor Society
2000 Phi Kappa Phi, National Scholastic Honor Society
1999 Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
1999 Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society
1999 Alpha Chi, National Honor Society
1999 Gamma Sigma Alpha, National Greek Honor Society
1999 Beta Beta Beta, National Biological Honor Society

Professional Affiliations

Reviewer: Coral Reefs, Marine Ecology Progress Series, National Science Foundation
International Society for Reef Studies
Ecological Society of America
Association of Limnology and Oceanography
Bahamas Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Friends of the Environment, Abaco, Bahamas
Eckerd College Scuba Club
• 2006-2007 Faculty Advisor
Association of Marine Labs of the Caribbean
• 2002-2003 Graduate Student Coordinator
Duke University Marine Laboratory Ambassador
• Founding member of Ambassor Program
FIU Graduate Student Association
• 2002-2003 Academic Affairs Chairman
FIU Biology Graduate Student Association
• 2004-2005 Vice President

Certifications

2004 NAUI Divemaster and Assistant Instructor
• over 500 logged dives
2007 Adult CPR and First Aid
2007 DAN Oxygen Administration
2003 NAUI Nitrox Diver, Rescue Diver, Master Diver
2002 AAUS Scientific Diver
2001 Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Safety and Seamanship
• 11 years experience in operating small crafts (up to 34’)
• 6 years sailing experience including racing and advanced keelboat certification