UMass Boston

Joseph Madison

Department:
Biology
Title:
Researcher
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Areas of Expertise

Microbial Ecology, Evolution, Philosophy of Biology

Degrees

Postdoc Fellow, Mayo Clinic Microbiome Program
Visiting Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
PhD, University of South Dakota
BS Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Superior
BS Biology, University of Wisconsin, Superior

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Madison, J. D., Ouellette, S. P., Schmidt, E. L., & Kerby, J. L. (2019). Serratia marcescens shapes cutaneous bacterial communities and influences survival of an amphibian host. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1914), 20191833.
  • Madison, J. D., Austin, S., Davis, D. R., & Kerby, J. L. (2018). Bacterial microbiota response in Graptemys pseudogeographica to captivity and Roundup® exposure. Copeia, 106(4), 580-588.
  • Mosher, B. A., Huyvaert, K. P., Chestnut, T., Kerby, J. L., Madison, J. D., & Bailey, L. L. (2017). Design‐and model‐based recommendations for detecting and quantifying an amphibian pathogen in environmental samples. Ecology and evolution, 7(24), 10952-10962.
  • Madison, J. D., Berg, E. A., Abarca, J. G., Whitfield, S. M., Gorbatenko, O., Pinto, A., & Kerby, J. L. (2017). Characterization of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis inhibiting bacteria from amphibian populations in Costa Rica. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 290.

Additional Information

Research Interests

  • Host-microbiota interactions.

  • Microbial evolutionary ecology. 

  • Explanatory frameworks.

  • Epistemic contextualism.