Michael is an Assistant Scientist at the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), as part of the ACCRETE program. His research involves the use of advanced molecular techniques to better understand genetic connectivity of coral ecosystems and physiology/adaptation of corals. He is a technical diver with certifications from GUE, AAUS, TDI, PADI, and PSI/PCI. He also has ten years of video editing experience and has produced outreach videos for his projects.

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential for refugia | article Studivan MS, Voss JD (2018) Coral Reefs
	Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Population Gene... | article Studivan MS, Voss JD (2018) Front Mar Sci
	Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Larval Dynamics | article Garavelli L, Studivan MS, Voss JD, Kuba A, Figueiredo J, Chérubin LM (2018) Front Mar Sci
	Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico | article Studivan MS, Milstein G, Voss JD (2019) PLoS ONE 14:e0203732
	CUBA’S MESOPHOTIC CORAL REEFS AND ASSOCIATED FISH COMMUNITIES | article Reed JK, González-Díaz P, Busutil L, Farrington S, Daranas BM, Rojas DC, Voss J, Diaz C, David A, Hanisak DM, Mendez JG, Rodríguez AG, González- Sánchez PM, Fernández JV, Pérez DE, Studivan M, Drummond F, Jiang M, Pomponi SA (2018) REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS 38:60-129
	Depth Influences Symbiodiniaceae Associations Among Montastraea cavernosa Corals on the Belize Barrier Reef | article Eckert RJ, Reaume AM, Sturm AB, Studivan MS, Voss JD (2020) Front Microbiol
	Transcriptomic plasticity of mesophotic corals among natural populations and transplants of Montastraea cavernosa in the Gulf of Mexico and Belize | article Studivan MS, Voss JD (2020) Mol Ecol 29:2399-2415
	Populations of the coral species Montastraea cavernosa on the Belize Barrier Reef lack vertical connectivity | article Eckert RJ, Studivan MS, Voss JD (2019) Sci Rep 9:7200
	Genetic connectivity and phenotypic plasticity of shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico | thesis Studivan M (2018) Florida Atlantic University
	Does depth divide? Variable genetic connectivity patterns among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa coral populations across the Gulf of M... | article Sturm AB, Eckert RJ, Carreiro AM, Klein AM, Studivan MS, Dodge Farelli D, Simões N, González‐Díaz P, González Méndez J, Voss JD (2023) Ecol Evol 13:e10622

  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
  Snorkeling
  Aquarium-based
  In-situ instrumentation