Joe Griffitt

Doctor Robert "Joe" Griffitt is a research scientist currently employed by the University of Southern Mississippi, working primarily at the university's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Areas of Study

Griffitt currently holds several degrees, ranging from a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Biology and a Postdoctoral degree in Nanotoxicology, and his laboratorical studies primarily encompass the effect of anthropogenic (human-generated) contaminants on aquatic life, even more specifically nano- and molecular-sized particles.

Publications

"Joe" has produced and aided in the production of a myriad of constructive studies and publications, the most notable of these being his 2009 "Comparison of molecular and histological changes in zebrafish gills exposed to metallic nanoparticles", a study conducted to determine The Effects of nanocopper and nanosilver on zebrafish. Another popular study, and the first shared authorship, that Griffitt has contributed is his and Doctor Natalia Garcia-Reyero's 2008 "Construction of a robust microarray from a non-model species (Largemouth Bass) using pyrosequencing technology".