Christine Voss

 

Biography

Dr. Christine Voss is a Research Associate at UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences, in Morehead City, where she is committed to producing scientific knowledge that will inform and enhance environmental and natural resource management.

Dr. Voss recognizes that appreciation of ecological relationships can be used to protect natural and social capital by sustaining ecosystem services. For her, this includes understanding how coastal habitats benefit fish, wildlife, and people who live along the coast. Dr. Voss’ research includes examining how sea-level rise affects coastal habitats, using GIS in spatially explicit studies to determine how to optimize ecosystem services to communities, as well as to avoid or minimize conflicts between renewable energy development and both wildlife and existing human uses of the Outer Continental Shelf.

As an ecosystems ecologist, Dr. Voss uses trophic modeling to develop an understanding of how food-web interactions and habitat alteration generate important direct and indirect effects in estuarine and marine ecosystems.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Coastal Resources Management, East Carolina University
Master of Science in Environmental and Organismic Biology, East Carolina University
Bachelor of Science in Biology, East Carolina University