Vanessa Maxwell

</p/> major emphasis: marine biology and aquaculture, graduated 2001.</p/>

</p/>M.S., Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture, Auburn University,</p/>

</p/> thesis title: “Probiotics in Red Snapper Larviculture,” graduated 2003.</p/>

</p/>Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Louisiana State University, Environmental Planning and Management minor. </p/>

</p/>Dissertation: “An Evaluation of an Inshore Aquaculture Park for Sustainable Coastal Community Development,” graduated 2007.</p/>

Experience

Wayne Alderman 843-762-8502

</p/>Marine Biologist</p/>

</p/>• Toxicology testing using two-generation

bioassay </p/>

</p/>• Artemia culture</p/>

</p/>• Mysid culture </p/>

</p/>• Sexing and measuring grass shrimp</p/>

</p/>• Maintaining safety protocols and

equipment</p/>

</p/>05/09 – 07/09 Monterey Bay Aquarium- Seafood Watch Program

Peter Bridson 831-647-6845</p/>

</p/>Research Partner Contract</p/>

</p/>• Short term contract – second job</p/>

</p/>• Review of worldwide shrimp culture

practices</p/>

</p/>• Emphasis on pollution and habitat

destruction</p/>

</p/>2/08 – 1/09 NOAA National Ocean Service Silver Spring, MD

Nathalie Valette-Silver (301) 713-3020

</p/>Knauss Sea Grant Fellow</p/>

</p/>• Developing a Coral Implementation Plan and Coral Capabilities Brochure for the National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)</p/>

</p/>• Developing marine animal health website for NCCOS</p/>

</p/>• Working with the Co-directors of the Cooperative Center for Marine Animal Health to raise awareness and further collaboration on marine health issues</p/>

</p/>• Grant proposal writing</p/>

</p/>• Organizing class trip for 48 Knauss Fellows to Louisiana for a week</p/>

</p/>• Organizing posters, seminars, sessions, workshops and prepared follow-up reports</p/>

</p/>• Participated in site visits and prepared follow-up reports</p/>

</p/>• Develop and organize children’s activity books both writing text and sketching artwork</p/>

</p/>• Assist with field sampling of white bass and hard clams in Chesapeake Bay</p/>

</p/>• Volunteered to help in dolphin health assessment study in Sapelo Island, GA</p/>

</p/>• Attending briefings and hearings on Capitol Hill </p/>

</p/>• Assisted NOAA Aquaculture Program and USDA with National Stake Holders Meeting on Alternative Feeds.</p/>

</p/>• Attended ArcGIS workshops at University of MD: June 16, 2008; and July 1, 2008</p/>

</p/>5/07 - 1/08 Louisiana Sea Grant Baton Rouge, LA

Dr. John Supan (225) 578-6527</p/>

</p/>Post-Doctoral Researcher</p/>

</p/>• Estradiol experiments to induce fertility in sterile triploid oysters</p/>

</p/>• Triploid and tetraploid oyster culture</p/>

</p/>• Algae culture</p/>

</p/>• Hatchery management</p/>

</p/>• Broodstock maintenance</p/>

</p/>• Flow cytometry to verify triploids and tetraploid oysters</p/>

</p/>• Laboratory management</p/>

</p/>• Supervise student worker</p/>

</p/>7/04 - 5/07 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

Dr. John Supan (225) 578-6527</p/>

</p/> Graduate Research Assistant</p/>

</p/>• Policy analysis of aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico State waters</p/>

</p/>• Served on the Regulatory Working Group of the Platforms for Mariculture Taskforce</p/>

</p/>• Developed management plan for use of Australian Adjustable Longline System for off-bottom oyster culture in Louisiana</p/>

</p/>• Attended public hearings</p/>

</p/>• Participated in permitting meetings with state and federal agencies</p/>

</p/>• Triploid oyster culture</p/>

</p/>• Algae culture</p/>

</p/>• Hatchery management</p/>

</p/>• Broodstock maintenance</p/>

</p/>• Flow cytometry to verify triploids oysters</p/>

</p/>• Develop fouling control methods</p/>

</p/>• Identification of fouling organisms</p/>

</p/>• Economic analysis</p/>

</p/>• Hurricane reconstruction, budget justifications</p/>

</p/>• Organizing seminars, sessions, and conventions </p/>

</p/>• Supervise student worker</p/>

</p/>• Awarded Best Oral Presentation at the Aquaculture America 2006.</p/>

</p/>• Severed on the US Aquaculture Society Student Activities as the student liaison for 2007 and 2008, and student seminar coordinator in 2006.</p/>

</p/>• Organized special session Women in Aquaculture at Aquaculture America 2007 and 2008.</p/>

</p/>7/03 – 6/04 Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Marathon, FL

Rick Beaver (305) 289-2330 </p/>

</p/>Port Sampler</p/>

</p/>• Fishermen interviews both commercial and recreational</p/>

</p/>• Otolith and tissue sample collection</p/>

</p/>• Data entry into online database and Excel databases</p/>

</p/>• Regulatory compliance monitoring</p/>

</p/>• Communication with fishing community</p/>

</p/>• Organize interview paper work and monthly reports</p/>

</p/>8/01- 5/03 Auburn University Auburn, AL

Dr. Ron Phelps (334) 844-9317</p/>

</p/> Graduate Research Assistant</p/>

</p/>• Red snapper culture</p/>

</p/>• Water quality monitoring</p/>

</p/>• Algae and rotifer culture</p/>

</p/>• Bacteria culture and isolation</p/>

</p/>• Developed technique for detecting inhibitive effects of isolates on Vibrio </p/>

</p/>• Microbial identification – using Riboprinter, API strips, and culture techniques</p/>

</p/>1/99 – 7/01 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL

Dr. Beth Irlandi (321) 674-7454</p/>

</p/>Laboratory Assistant (Student Worker)</p/>

</p/>• Process sea grass, algae, and benthic samples</p/>

</p/>• Identification of benthic organisms</p/>

</p/>• Data entry and analysis</p/>

</p/>• Organization of paperwork for internship program</p/>

</p/>• Named Student Employee of the Year 2000.</p/>

</p/>5/00 – 8/00 Maritech Vero Beach, FL

Dr. Bruce Calman (772) 581-5510</p/>

</p/>Summer Intern</p/>

</p/>• Broodstock feeding and monitoring of

both marine food fish and ornamentals</p/>

</p/>• Broodstock spawning</p/>

</p/>• Water quality monitoring</p/>

</p/>• Tank set up and maintenance</p/>

</p/>• Hurricane planning</p/>

Publications

</p/>Maxwell, V.J. and J.E. Supan (in review). Biofouling Control in Off-bottom Longline Culture of the Eastern Oyster, (Crassostrea virginica) in Louisiana. Journal of World Aquaculture Society.</p/>

</p/>Maxwell, V. J. and J. E. Supan, L. Schiavinato, S. Showalter, G. Treece. 2008. Aquaculture Parks in the Coastal Zone: A Review of Legal and Policy Issues in the Gulf of Mexico State Waters. Coastal Management Journal 36(3): 241-253</p/>

</p/>Valette-Silver, N.J., V.J. Maxwell, and J. Kucklick. 2008. Assessing Contaminant Impacts: Role of the NOAA Cooperative Center for Marine Animal Health. Poster. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 5th World Congress. Sydney, Australia. August 7, 2008.</p/>

</p/>Valette-Silver, N.J., L. Schwacke, P. Fair, C. Woodley, S. McLaughlin, P. Tester, D. Evans, J. Hameedi, G. Lauenstein, A. Lewitus, V.J. Maxwell, and J. Kucklick. 2008. NCCOS Research Focus: Impacts of Contaminants, Marine Biotoxins, and Other Stressors on Marine Animal Health. Poster. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 5th World Congress. Sydney, Australia. August 7, 2008.</p/>

</p/>Maxwell, V.J. and J.E. Supan. 2007. Enterprise Budget of Off-Bottom Oyster Culture Using the Australian Adjustable Longline System for Triploid Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, Culture in Louisiana (USA). Aquaculture 2007, February 28, 2007, San Antonio, TX.</p/>

</p/>Maxwell, V.J., and J. E. Supan. 2006. Fouling Control for Off-bottom Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica Culture Using the Adjustable Longline System. Aquaculture America 2006, February 14, 2006, Las Vegas, NV. Best Presentation Award.</p/>

</p/>Maxwell, V. J. (session organizer), J. E. Supan, L. Schiavinato, S. Showalter, G. Treece. 2005. Aquaculture Parks in the Coastal Zone: A Review of Legal and Policy Issues in the Gulf of Mexico State Waters. Coastal Zone ’05: Special Panel Session, July 20, New Orleans, LA.</p/>

</p/>Maxwell V.J., and R. P. Phelps. 2003. Probiotic Potential in Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, Larviculture. Aquaculture America 2003, February 21, Louisville, KY.</p/>