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Dr. Vincent Lovko

Senior Scientist & Program Manager

Phytoplankton Ecology Program

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Contact:

vlovko@mote.org

941-388-4441, ext246

Biography:

Vince received his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science with minors in Chemistry and Sociology from Christopher Newport University in Virginia in 1997. From there, he worked as a laboratory chemist before acquiring a position as a tech in the electron microscopy lab at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester, Virginia. He entered into the graduate program at VIMS in 2001 working on Pfiesteria. Vince earned his doctoral degree from VIMS in 2008 and accepted a post-doctoral appointment at the University of Southern Mississippi Department of Marine Science working on optical detection and characterization of harmful algal blooms in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Following the completion of his post-doc appointment near the end of 2010, he accepted a position as staff scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory in the Phytoplankton Ecology program. Vince is now the Program Manager of the Phytoplankton Ecology Program at Mote.

Education:

B.S. in Environmental Science, Christopher Newport University 
Ph.D. in Marine Science, College of William and Mary, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Current Publications

El-Habashi, A., Ahmed, S., Ondrusek, M.E., Lovko, V. (2019). Analyses of satellite ocean color retrievals show advantage of neural network approaches and algorithms that avoid deep blue bands. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 13.0(2.0), 24509. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.13.024509
Harris, R.J., Arrington, D.A., Porter, D., Lovko, V. (2020). Documenting the duration and chlorophyll pigments of an allochthonous Karenia brevis bloom in the Loxahatchee River Estuary (LRE), Florida. Harmful Algae, 97.0, 101851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101851
Klaus Moeltner; Tracy Fanara; Hosein Foroutan; Regina Hanlon; Vince Lovko; Shane Ross ; David Schmale III (2023). Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxic Air: The Economic Value of Improved Forecasts. Marine Resource Economics, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1086/722598
Hoagland, P., Kirkpatrick, B., Jin, D., Kirkpatrick, G., Fleming, L.E., Ullmann, S.G., Beet, A., Hitchcock, G., Harrison, K.K., Li, Z.C., Garrison, B., Diaz, R.E., Lovko, V. (2020). Lessening the Hazards of Florida Red Tides: A Common Sense Approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.0, 538. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00538
Victoria M. Devillier, Emily R. Hall, Vince Lovko, Richard Pierce, Donald M. Anderson, Kristy A. Lewis (2024). Mesocosm study of PAC-modified clay effects on Karenia brevis cells and toxins, chemical dynamics and benthic invertebrate physiology. Harmful Algae, 134, 102609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2024.102609
Emily R. Hall, Cynthia A. Heil, Jessica D. Frankle, Sarah Klass, Victoria Devillier, Vincent Lovko, Jennifer H. Toyoda and Richard Pierce (2024). Mitigation of Karenia brevis Cells and Brevetoxins Using Curcumin, a Natural Supplement. Water, 16, 1458. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16101458
Patel, S.S., Lovko, V.J., Lockey, R.F. (2020). Red Tide: Overview and Clinical Manifestations. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 8.0(4.0), 1219-1223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2019.10.030
Philip M. Gravinese, Kaili M. Gregory, Jessica H. Bartzick, Emily R. Ramos, Samantha M. Stewart, Vincent J. Lovko (2023). The effects of moderate concentrations of Karenia brevis on stone crab reproduction. Marine Environmental Research, 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106191
Gravinese, P.M., Munley, M.K., Kahmann, G., Cole, C., Lovko, V., Blum, P., Pierce, R. (2020). The effects of prolonged exposure to hypoxia and Florida red tide (Karenia brevis) on the survival and activity of stone crabs. Harmful Algae, 98.0, 101897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101897