Joseph R. Hoyt CV - 12/15/17
Joseph R. Hoyt | Curriculum vitae
Contact Information
Research Scientist
Department of Biological Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, VA24060
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Education
2017Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology:University of California, Santa
Cruz, Advisor: A. Marm Kilpatrick, Winifred F. Frick
Thesis: Pathogen and host dynamics of an emerging fungal disease, white-nose syndrome
2014 M.S.Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: University of California, Santa Cruz, Advisor: A. Marm Kilpatrick, Winifred F. Frick
Thesis: Investigating the role of bacteria in protecting their hosts from disease related mortality
2008 B.T.Wildlife Management: State University of New York, Cobleskill
Publications
16. Drees K. P., J. M. Lorch, S. J. Puechmaille, K.L. Parise, G. Wibbelt, J. R. Hoyt, K. Sun, A. Jargalsaikhang, M. Dalannast, J. Palmer, D. L. Lindner, A. M. Kilpatrick, T. Pearson, P. S. Keim, D. S. Blehert, J. T. Foster. 2017. Phylogenetics of a fungal invasion: Origins and widespread dispersal of white-nose syndrome. mBio. 8:e01941-17.
15. Frick, W.F., T.C. Cheng, K.E. Langwig, J.R. Hoyt, A. F. Janicki, K.L. Parise, J.T. Foster, A.M. Kilpatrick.2017. Continental invasion and establishment of white-nose syndrome in North America. Ecology.DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1706
14.Langwig, K.E.,J.R. Hoyt, K.L. Parise, Frick, W.F., J.T. Foster,A.M. Kilpatrick. 2017. Resistance in persisting bat populations after white-nose syndrome invasion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 372: 20160044
13. Cheng, T.L., H. Mayberry, L.P. McGuire,J.R. Hoyt, K.E. Langwig, H. Nguyen, K.L. Parise, J.T. Foster, C.K.R. Willis,A.M. Kilpatrick, W.F. Frick. 2017 Efficacy of a probiotic bacterium to treat bats affected by the disease white-nose syndrome.Journal of Applied Ecologydoi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12757
12.Langwig, K.E., W.F. Frick, K.L. Parise,J.R. Hoyt, T.H. Kunz, J.T. Foster,A.M. Kilpatrick.2016. Drivers of variation in species impacts for a multi-host fungal disease of bats.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 371: 20150456
11. Jiang T., X. Huang, H. Wu, H. Lin, J. R. Hoyt,R. Müller,J. Feng. 2016. Autumn flight activity of the greater horseshoebat at hibernacula. Animal Biology. DOI 10.1163/15707563-00002494
10.Hoyt, J.R.,K.E. Langwig*, K. Sun, G. Lu, K.L. Parise, T. Jiang, S. Yang, W.F. Frick, J.T. Foster, J. Feng, A.M. Kilpatrick. 2016. Host persistence or extinction from emerging infectious disease: insights from white-nose syndrome in endemic and invading regions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283: 20152861* Authors contributed equally to the manuscript
9.Hoyt J.R., Sun K., Parise K.L., Lu G., Langwig K.E., Jiang T., Frick W.F., Kilpatrick A.M., Foster J.T., Feng J.2016. Widespread Bat white-nose syndrome fungus in northeastern China. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22(1) 140-2
8. LangwigK.E., *Hoyt J.R.,Parise K.L., Kath J., Kirk D., Cheng T.L., Frick W.F., Foster J.T., Kilpatrick A.M.2016. Disease dynamics of white-nose syndrome invasion, Midwest USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. DOI:10.3201/eid2106.150123* Authors contributed equally to the manuscript
7. Li S., Sun K., Lu G., Lin A., Jiang T., Hoyt J.R., Jin L., Feng J. 2015.Mitochondrial genetic differentiation and morphological difference of Miniopterus fuliginosus and Miniopterus magnater in China and Vietnam. Ecology and Evolution. DOI:10.1002/ece3.1428
6.Hoyt, J.R., T.L. Cheng, K.E. Langwig, M.H. Hee,W.F. Frick, and A.M. Kilpatrick. 2015. Bacteria isolated from bats inhibit the growth ofPseudogymnoascus destructans,the causative agent of white-nose syndrome. PLoS One. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0121329
5.Langwig, K.E.,Voyles, J., Wilber, M.Q.,Frick, W.F., Murray, K., Bolker, B.M., Collins,J.P.,Hoyt, J.R., Willis, C.W., Cheng, T.L., Fisher, M., Lindner, D.,McCallum, H., Puschendorf, R., Rosenblum, E.B., Toothman, M., Briggs, C.J., Kilpatrick, A.M. 2015. Context dependent conservation responses to wildlife disease.Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1890/140241
4.Wilbert, TR, WoollettD.A., Whitelaw A., Dart J.,Hoyt J.R.,Galen S., Ralls K., Mead D.E., and Maldonado J.E. 2015. Non-invasive baseline genetic monitoring of the endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox on a photovoltaic solar farm. Endangered Species Research. 27:31DOI: 10.3354/esr00649
3.Frick, W.F., PuechmailleS.J.,Hoyt J.R., Nickel B.A., Langwig K.E., Foster J.T., Barlow K.E., Bartonička T., Feller D., Haarsma A.J., Herzog C., Horáček I., van der Kooij J., Mulkens B., Petrov B., Reynolds R., Rodrigues L., Stihler C.W., Turner G.G., Kilpatrick A.M. 2015. Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats.Global Ecology and Biogeography.DOI: 10.1111/geb.12290
2.Langwig, K.E., Frick W.F., Reynolds R., Parise K.L., Drees K.P., Hoyt J.R., Cheng T.L., Kunz, T.H, Foster J.T., and Kilpatrick, A.M. 2015. Host and pathogen ecology drive the seasonal dynamics of a fungal disease, white-nose syndrome.Proceedings of the Royal Society B. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2014.2335.
1.Hoyt, J.R.,Langwig, K.E., Okoniewski, J., Frick, W.F., Stone, W.B., Kilpatrick, A.M. 2015. Long-term persistence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of white-nose syndrome in the absence of bats.Ecohealth. 10.1007/s10393-014-0981-4.
* Publicationsin preparation for submission or recently submitted – copy available upon request
Hoyt, J.R.,K.E. Langwig, K.L. Parise, J. P. White, H. Kaarakka, J. Redell, A. Kurta, W. H. Scullon,W.F. Frick, A.M. Kilpatrick.Illuminating transmission: hidden contacts link networks in populations of hibernating bats. In Prep for submissiontoEcology Letters*.
Selected Press
Public Broadcasting System (PBS), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
Michigan Public Radio, Newsweek, The Scientist, Quirks and Quarks, A Flight
for Their Lives. 2016. NationalWildlifemagazine
Fellowships
2015Robert and Patricia Switzer Fellowship, Distribution and spread of the fungus causing white-nose syndrome in bats. $15,000
-Rockwood Leadership training
-COMPASS Policy training
2014National Science Foundation, East Asian and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship, Is white-nose syndrome a threat to Chinese bats? The status of, P. destructans, in hibernacula across China. $13,000
Research Grants
The asterisk (*) indicates a grant I was not official PI due to graduate student status, but I was the lead writer and project coordinator
2017U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Determining survival strategies for multiple bat species affected by white-nose syndrome.$177,318 - Co-PI
2016Bat Conservation International/The Nature Conservancy:Reducing white-nose syndrome impacts through treatment of the environmental reservoir. $45,890 -*PI Jeffrey T. Foster
2015U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service:Disease dynamics of white-nose syndrome in an endemic region, $154,000 - *PI Winifred F Frick
2015U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service:Field trial of a probiotic to protect bats from white-nose syndrome, $46,000 - *PI A. Marm Kilpatrick
2015Bat Conservation International/The Nature Conservancy:Field trial of a probiotic to protect bats from white-nose syndrome, $49,725- *PI A. Marm Kilpatrick
2014Experiment.com Crowdfunding Platform:Search for the origins of white-nose syndrome. $3,650 - PI
2014National Speleological Society WNS Rapid Response Fund:The status of P. destructans in China. $800 - PI
2014U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rapid Response Fund:The status of P. destructans in China. $1,400 - PI
2013Bat Conservation International Student Scholarship:The role of beneficialbacteria in protecting bats from white-nose syndrome. $3,500 - PI
Journal Reviewer
Proceedings of the Royal Society B; PLoS One; mSphere; Journal of Wildlife Disease;BehavioralEcologyand Sociobiology;BMC Microbiology; Frontiers in Zoology; Ecology and Evolution; Scientific Reports
Policy and Academic Service
2016Planning committee member, Global Network of Networks for Bat Conservation, SEABCRU/BCI/BCT
2016Invited participant, Strategic Wildlife Health Initiative meeting, AFWA/BCI, Warrenton, VA
2016Congressional meeting, Rep.Huffman (D-CA) office, National response to wildlife disease & future congressional briefing - wildlife and marine disease
2016Congressional meeting, Rep.Schiff (D-CA) office, National response to wildlife disease & future congressional briefing - wildlife and marine disease
2016Congressional meeting, Rep.Newman (R-WA) DC office, National response to wildlife disease & future congressional briefing - wildlife disease
2016Congressional meeting, Rep.Heck (D-WA) DC office, National response to wildlife disease & future congressional briefing - wildlife and marine disease
2016Co-Organizer, Advancing science to conserve species threatened by disease, Organized session at ESA 2016
2015Congressional meeting, Senator P. Leahy (D-VT) DC office, Recent advance and issues concerning white-nose syndrome research
2013-16Designated liaison, White-Nose Syndrome Communications Working Group to Disease Management Working Group
2013-16Member, White-Nose Syndrome Epidemiology, Ecology and Etiology Working Group
2012-13Invited Participant, Fungal pathogens and disease-induced extinction: Are fungal diseases different?NCEAS Working group, Santa Barbara, CA
Professional Positions
2012Laboratory Technician, Smithsonian Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Washington D.C.
2011Research Technician, Smithsonian Center for Conservation Biology, Washington D.C
2010Research Technician, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Institute, Washington D.C.
2008Laboratory Technician, New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Wildlife Pathology Unit
Undergraduate Students Mentored
2015Halan Guedi: Lab technician
2015Natalie Tran: Lab technician
2014-15Mallory Hee: Lab and field technician
2013Maya McCrea: HighSchoolScience Summer Internship
2013Philip Peng: UndergraduateHonors Thesis
2012-14Kate Gambel: Lab technician
Invited Presentations
5/2017Invited Speaker, White-nose syndrome workshop,
Nashville, Tennessee, US
8/2016Invited Speaker,Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, US
5/2016Invited Speaker, White-nose syndrome workshop,
Denver, Colorado, US
4/2016Invited Speaker, Mongolian Bat Research Center seminar,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
4/2016Invited Speaker, Northeast Normal University seminar,
Changchun, China
1/2016Invited Speaker, Tel Aviv University seminar,
Tel Aviv, Israel
12/2015Invited Speaker, Northeast Normal University seminar,
Changchun, China
4/2015Invited Speaker, Northeast Normal University seminar,
Changchun, China
9/2014Invited Speaker, White-nose syndrome workshop,
St. Louis, Missouri, US
7/2014Invited Speaker, Northeast Normal University seminar,
Changchun, China
11/2013Invited Speaker, Kentucky Bat Working Group, Webinar
9/2013Invited Speaker, White-nose syndrome workshop, Boise, Idaho
5/2013Invited Speaker, Northeast Regional White-nose syndrome Webinar
Contributed Presentations
8/2017Oral presentation,Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, US
6/2017Poster presentation, Ecology and Evolution of Infection & Diseases Conference, Santa Barbara, California, US
8/2016Oral presentation, 17th International Bat Research Conference.
Durban, South Africa
6/2016Poster presentation, Ecology and Evolution of Infection & Diseases Conference, Ithaca, New York, US
8/2016Oral Presentation, Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, US
5/2015Poster Presentation, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, Athens, Georgia, US
10/2014Oral Presentation, North American Society for Bat Research,
Albany, New York, US
9/2014Poster Presentation, White-nose syndrome workshop,
St. Louis, Missouri, US
8/2014Oral Presentation, Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Sacramento, California, US
8/2014Oral Presentation,Chinese Science Technology and Exchange Center/ Beijing, China
6/2014Poster Presentation, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, US
9/2013Oral Presentation,International Bat Research Conference,
San Jose, Costa Rica
Public Presentation & Outreach
2016Bat Habitat Exploration program, Columbia County Land Conservancy
2015Transmission patterns of white-nose syndrome, Author, Wisconsin Bat Program Newsletter, The Echolocator
2008-09SUNY Cobleskill Wildlife Festival, Wildlife Disease and Contaminants NYS DEC Wildlife Pathology Unit, May Annual Program
2008-09Ancram Conservation Advisory Council, Critical habitat of Ancram NY
2008Families Together Conference, Wildlifeof the Schoharie Valley, Albany NY
2007-12Kildonan School, Amphibians of the Hudson Valley, March Annual Program
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