Education
Ph.D. candidate, Stony Brook University, Program for Ecology and Evolution (Expected Dec. 2008)
B.S. in Biological Science, Florida State University, 2001 (Magna cum Laude)
Field Courses
Evolution and Development of the Metazoans, Friday Harbor Labs, Summer 2003
Life History of Marine Invertebrates, Bamfield Marine Station, Summer 2003
Applied Phylogenetics, Bodega Bay Marine Lab/UC Davis, Summer 2003
Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Friday Harbor Labs, Summer 2002

Grants, fellowships and awards
2007 NSF Doctorial Dissertation Improvement Grant, $12,000
2007 Ecology and Evolution Annual Retreat Ad Hoc Award
2006 Crustacean Society Research Fellowship, $1000
2006 American Microscopical Society Student Research Fellowship, $700
2005 Wainwright Fellowship for Functional Morphology, Friday Harbor Labs, $5,500
2004 SICB Grant in Aid of Research, $500
2002-2004 Presidential Fellowship, Stony Brook University

Teaching experience (Evaluations available upon request)
Summer 2008 (scheduled) Instructor, Marine Ecology
Spring 2008 Teaching assistant, Marine Ecology with Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton
Fall 2007 Instructor, Ecology Lab
Spring 2005 Teaching assistant, Marine Ecology with Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton
Fall 2004 Teaching assistant, Introductory Biology Laboratory
Fall 2003 Teaching assistant, Ecology with Dr. Jessica Gurevitch
Spring 2003 Teaching assistant, Marine Ecology with Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton
Fall 2002 Teaching assistant, Invertebrate Zoology (lecture/lab) with Dr. George Hechtel
Spring 2002 Teaching assistant, Aquatic Arthropods and Vertebrates (lecture/lab) with Dr. George Hechtel
Fall 2001 Teaching assistant, Introductory Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems Laboratory

Publications
Research articles
Kelaher BP, JS Levinton and JM Hoch. Foraging by the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), modulates spatial variation in benthic community structure. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 292 pp. 139-157. 12 August 2003.
Hoch, JM. Variation in penis morphology and mating ability in the barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides. Accepted to Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. (In Press)

Articles in preparation
Hoch, JM. Adaptive morphology of the barnacle penis across environmental gradients. Currently in preparation for Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Allen, BJ, JM Hoch, P Bourdeau, S Gray and G Bernatchez. A novel invasive predator threatens salt marsh ecosystem function. In preparation for Ecology Letters.
Yuen, B and JM Hoch. Note: An unusual barnacle mutant with two penises. In preparation for a crustacean or invertebrate specific journal.

Published correspondence
R Geeta, A Levy, JM Hoch and MM Mark. Taxonomists and the CBD. Science 305: 5687, pp. 1104, 20 August 2004 (in Letters).
JM Hoch. Myths about Evolution (Letters to the Editor). Skeptical Inquirer 29.5; 1 September 2005.

Abstracts, Presentations, Posters
Hoch, JM. Development and functional variation of barnacle penis morphology. SICB meeting, 4-7 January 2007(presentation).
Hoch, JM. Variation in barnacle penis characteristics and implications for sex allocation. Evolution Meeting, 23-27 June 2006 (presentation)
Hoch, JM. A preliminary study of variation in penis characteristics and other reproductive features in barnacles. Benthic Ecology Meeting, 6-10 April 2005 (presentation).
Hoch, JM. Patterns of Variation in Barnacle Penises. SICB Meeting, 4-8 January 2005 (poster).
Geeta, R, A Levy, JM Hoch and MM Mark. Where do Taxonomists work, and does it matter? AIBS Meeting, 21-22 March 2003 (poster) and Evolution Meeting, 26-30 June 2004 (poster).
Hoch, JM. Rotifer Micro-anatomy: Ultra-violet Staining and Confocal Microscopy. SICB meeting, 5-9 January 2004 (poster).
Hoch, JM, Kelaher, BP and Levinton JS. Foraging by the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), modulates spatial variation in benthic community structure. Benthic Ecology Meeting, 28-30 March 2003 (presentation).

Public lectures and education
Hoch JM. The secret lives of barnacles and their not-so-secret sex lives. Long Island Marine Association and New York Marine Educators Association. 27 April 2007.
Hoch, JM. The secret life of barnacles. The Friends of Flax Pond Winter Lecture Series, 21 January 2007.

Current Research Projects
Investments, constraints and success in barnacle reproduction (PhD dissertation research). For detailed information, visit: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/~jmatth/science.htm
Reproductive success and the limits of mating. Mentoring Brian Yuen on his undergraduate honors thesis.
Phylogeny of Fiddler Crabs (genus Uca). Collaboration with Jeffrey S. Levinton, John Christie and Stephen Sabatino

Academic Mentoring
January 2008-present: Erin O'Donnell, undergraduate.
June 2007-present: Wen-I Wang, undergraduate.
June 2007-present: Brian Yuen, undergraduate.
June 2006-September 2006: Kimberly Ross, undergraduate.
June 2005-December 2005: Brooke Rodgers, post-baccalaureate.
June 2003-May 2005: Maggie Fung, undergraduate

Research positions
08/01-Present: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook, NY. Description: Various projects in the Levinton lab, involving manipulative experiments in benthic ecology and marine invertebrate evolution
5/01-8/01: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tampa, FL. Level I Environmental scientist, Benthic Ecology Lab
5/99-8/99: Clearwater Marine Science Center and Aquarium, Clearwater Beach, FL. Undergraduate Internship in the sea turtle department.

Professional affiliations
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
The American Microscopical Society
The Crustacean Society
Phi Beta Kappa

Service to department, university and community
The Friends of Flax Pond, Board of Directors: Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2007; Advisor: Dec. 2007-present. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community organization dedicated to the preservation of fragile marine ecosystems on Long Island's north shore. The objectives include public education, environmental planning and taking a lead role in local research projects. We are a partner in the Flax Pond Summer Research Institute, a collaborative project with SUNY - Stony Brook and the NY Department of Environmental Conservation. We collaborate with the NYDEC to participate and organize annual horseshoe crab nesting surveys and diamondback terrapin nesting surveys. (www.flaxpond.org).
Freewheel Bicycle Club, Member: 2003-present, President: Sept. 2005-present. This is a service club dedicated to the advocacy of bicycle-related issues in the community, assisting people with bicycle repair, leading mechanic classes, and recycling and re-distributing bicycles. We have given away more than 200 bicycles to people unable to afford other means of transportation through our "Bike Grant" program. We participate in the bicycle path advisory committee on the Stony Brook Campus, providing input on path construction and safety. We were awarded campus life awards from Stony Brook University for Best New Organization for 2005-2006 (after our move to campus from a local community center), the Collaborative Programming Award, Campus Life Enhancement Award and Outstanding Community Service award for 2006-2007.
Graduate student representative to Ecology and Evolution faculty meetings. Jan. 2007- present.
Lawrence Slobodkin Seminar for Ecology; George Williams Seminar for Evolution (Special seminar series). Committee member and organizer in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Evolution 2006 meeting. Member of organization and setup committees, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.