J. JEFFREY MORRIS
Curriculum Vitae
Michigan State University
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
567 Wilson Road #6179
East Lansing, MI 48824
865-964-1357
jmorris@msu.edu
EDUCATION
2006-2011 Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Microbiology)
2004-2006 B.S., Kennesaw State University (Biology), summa cum laude
1992-1997 University of Alabama, Huntsville (Biology/Philosophy)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-Present Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Alabama in Birmingham
2011-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Dr. Richard E. Lenski
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University
2006-2011 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Erik R. Zinser
Department of Microbiology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2005-2006 Independent Undergraduate Research
Advisor: Dr. Joseph M. Dirnberger
Department of Biology and Physics
Kennesaw State University
1993-1996 Independent Undergraduate Research
Advisor: Dr. Ronald B. Young
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alabama, Huntsville
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
MORRIS, JJ, SE Papoulis, and RE Lenski. 2014. Coexistence of evolving bacteria stabilized by a shared Black Queen function. Evolution 68: 2960-2971.
MORRIS, JJ, and LR Hmelo. 2014. Organizing principles for marine microbial consortia. PF Kemp [ed.]. Eco-DAS IX Symposium Proceedings. Waco, TX: Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography.
Brum, JR, JJ MORRIS, M Décima, and MR Stukel. 2014. Mortality in the ocean: causes and consequences. PF Kemp [ed.]. Eco-DAS IX Symposium Proceedings. Waco, TX: Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography.
MORRIS, JJ, and ER Zinser. 2013. Continuous hydrogen peroxide production by organic buffers in phytoplankton culture media. Journal of Phycology 49: 1223-1228
MORRIS, JJ, RE Lenski, and ER Zinser. 2012. The Black Queen Hypothesis: evolution of dependencies through adaptive gene loss. mBio 3: e0036-12.
-- Media coverage: Microbe magazine, New Scientist, io9.com, Huffington Post, and dozens of blogs
-- Featured on the front page at NSF.gov
-- Highlighted by mBio in a commentary piece (Sachs, JL, and AC Hollowell. 2012. The origins of cooperative bacterial communities. mBio 3: e00099-12.)
-- “Editor’s Pick” from mBio volume 3, issue 2.
-- Featured as a full-page article in the forthcoming 14th edition of Brock Biology of Microorganisms
MORRIS, JJ, ZI Johnson, MJ Szul, M Keller, and ER Zinser. 2011. Dependence of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus on hydrogen peroxide scavenging microbes for growth at the ocean’s surface. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16805.
MORRIS, JJ, R Kirkegaard, MJ Szul, ZI Johnson, and ER Zinser. 2008. Robust growth of Prochlorococcus colonies and dilute liquid cultures: facilitation by “helper” heterotrophic bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(14): 4530-4534.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Morris, JJ. 2014. Book Review: Stress Biology of Cyanobacteria. Journal of Phycology 50: 770.
EXTRAMURAL FUNDING
2013-2017 OCE-1315201 NSF Ocean Acidification, $1,433,467
“Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification: Impacts of evolution on the response of phytoplankton populations to rising CO2”
J. J. Morris, Lead PI
R. E. Lenski, M. Follows, S. Dyhrman, Co-PIs
2013-2015 NASA Astrobiology Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, ~$120,000
“Black Queen Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation and its Impact on the Archaean Biosphere”
Co-advisors R. E. Lenski and P. G. Falkowski
2014-2015 NSF BEACON Grant, $59,653
“Investigation of the Black Queen Hypothesis: Genomic, Physiological, and Theoretical Approaches”
J. J. Morris, Lead PI
R. E. Lenski, B. Kerr, and R. Newman, Co-PIs
2013-2014 NSF BEACON Grant, $66,773
“Investigation of the Black Queen Hypothesis: Mathematical and Experimental Approaches”
J. J. Morris, Lead PI
R. E. Lenski, B. Kerr, Co-PIs
2009 Grant-in-aid, Phycological Society of America, $1,000
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2014 ECO-DAS Reunion travel award
2010 ECO-DAS IX seminar participant, Honolulu, Hawai’i
2010 Harold C. Bold Award, Phycological Society of America
2010 Science Alliance Award, University of Tennessee
2010 Hoshaw Travel Award, Phycological Society of America
2009 Hoshaw Travel Award, Phycological Society of America
2008 David C. White Travel Award, University of Tennessee
2008 Prochlorococcusfest Travel Award
2007 Best Student Presentation, Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Dauphin Island, Alabama
2006 Phi Kappa Phi honor society
1992 Presidential Scholarship, University of Alabama, Huntsville
1991 National Merit Finalist
RESEARCH CRUISES (personal participation)
2009 R/V Cape Hatteras, Sargasso Sea
2008 R/V New Horizon, DCM08, Subtropical Eastern Pacific
2007 CCGS Limnos, MELEE XII, Lake Erie
2007 R/V Hugh R. Sharp, AB1, Chesapeake Bay
2007 R/V Kilo Moana, WP2, Hawai’i to Australia transect
2006 R/V Kilo Moana, KM0629, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Total: 88 days at sea
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 NESCent Experimental Evolution Workshop, Durham, NC
2014 mothur Workshop, Detroit MI
2013 Scientific Teaching/Active Learning seminar participant, MSU
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2005-present Phycological Society of America
2007-2009 Student Representative, Education Committee
2009-2011 Student Representative, Elections Committee
2011-2014 Elections Committee
2007-present American Society for Microbiology
2007-present Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
2013-present Society for the Study of Evolution
JOURNAL REVIEWS (2008-present)
FEMS Microbiology Ecology (1), Microbiology (1), PLoS ONE (8), ISME Journal (2), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1), Evolution (1), Oecologia (1), Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2), Antonie von Leeuwenhoeck (1), Ecology Letters (1), Environmental Microbiology (1)
PROPOSAL REVIEWS (2014-present)
National Science Foundation ad hoc reviews: 3SEMINAR AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
INVITED TALKS
2014 USC Department of Oceanography Seminar, Los Angeles, CA
2013 MBI Workshop 2: Rapid Evolution and Sustainability, Columbus, OH
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2014 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR
2013 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages, Madison, WI
2013 Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT
2012 Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
2011 Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
2011 ASM General Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2010 Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting, East Lansing, MI
2008 Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2007 Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Dauphin Island, AL
POSTERS
2014 EMBO Experimental Evolution, Heidelberg, Germany
2014 Gordon Conference (Ocean Global Change Biology), Waterville Valley, NH
2012 BEACON Congress, East Lansing, MI
2012 ASM General Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2011 BEACON Congress, East Lansing, MI
2011 Gordon Conference (Microbial Population Biology), Andover, NH
2009 Phycological Society of American Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
2008 ASM General Meeting, Boston, MA
2008 Prochlorococcusfest, Cambridge, MA
2007 Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Providence, RI
LISTED AS CO-AUTHOR
2012 Inter-species cross-protection from oxidative stress in a nutrient limited environment: the open ocean. Erik R. Zinser, JJ MORRIS, and R. E. Lenski. AbSciCon 2012, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
MENTORED STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
2014 SE Papoulis, ASM General Meeting, Boston, MA (Poster)
2014 RJ Fillinger, UURAF Poster Competition, East Lansing, MI (Poster)
2013 SE Papoulis, BEACON Congress, East Lansing, MI (Poster)
2013 SE Papoulis, UURAF Poster Competition, East Lansing, MI (Poster)
TEACHING/MENTORING EXPERIENCE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
Postdoctoral (Michigan State University)
Summer 2014 Mentored Oberlin College undergraduate student Jessica Jimenez
Spring 2014 Mentored undergraduate student SE Papoulis receives ASM student travel award and REU scholarship for summer research at University of Tennessee
Fall 2013 Supervised undergraduate student Ellyse Cipolla on a project seeking the genetic bases of citrate utilization in an evolved E. coli lineage.
July 2013 Volunteer judge at Ingham County State Fair science competition
2012-present Science blogging (antisocialdarwinist.com), including guest blog on Huffington Post
2012-present Supervised undergraduate students (Grace Scarsella, Spiridon Papoulis, Robert Fillinger, Colleen Clarke) performing evolution experiments related to the Black Queen Hypothesis. Papoulis is co-author on a forthcoming paper.
Summer 2012 Supervised a high school student (Julie Liu) for a summer project involving competition experiments
Fall 2011 Mentored two undergraduate students (Ruchira Ramani, Matt Williams) in experiments to discover neutral markers for competition experiments
Fall 2011 Guest Lecturer, MMG 803 (Topics in Integrative Microbiology): Cooperation and cheating in microbial populations
Graduate (University of Tennessee)
Spring 2009, 2010 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Microbiology Laboratory
Spring 2010: participated in complete re-design of course syllabus
Fall 2006, 2007, Teaching Assistant, Introductory Microbiology Laboratory
Spring 2008
Spring 2008 Guest Lecturer, Microbial Physiology: Photosynthesis
Summer 2007 Teaching Assistant, Microbiology Laboratory for non-majors
2008-2009 Managed joint research project between University of Tennessee and a rural high school Scientific Research Course (Lincoln County High School, Tennessee)
2008-present Designed a student learning exercise in microbial ecology based on my graduate work. The design has been field-tested for five semesters at the University of Tennessee, and the results are being prepared for submission to the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education.
2007-2010 Mentored undergraduates in laboratory (Josh Rucker, Elizabeth Coultas) in projects related to novel picophytoplankton isolates from Chesapeake Bay
2008 Assisted middle school student (Marissa Connelly) on science fair project in stream ecology that won regional prize
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