Margaret Althea Voss

Education

• Ph.D., Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• M.S., Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, . Major: Physiological Ecology
• B.S., Summa cum laude, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY

Fellowships

• Fellow, American Ornithological Society

Specialization

• Metabolism, energy balance, reproductive physiology, and stress physiology

Teaching

Notable Courses

NSD 456 and NSD 466 - Nutritional Biochemistry I and II
NSD 667 - Metabolism of Macronutrients
NSD 665 - Metabolism of Micronutrients,

Currently Teaching

• NSD 490 - Independent Study
• NSD 667 - Metabolism of Macronutrients
• NSD 456 - Nutritional Biochemistry

Certifications, Workshops or Seminars

• Moderator/Presenter - Adapting and Belonging: STEM Careers in a Shifting Landscape., WiSE
• Presenter - Game Day Starts with a Fork: Smart Fueling to Meet the Metabolic Demands of Athletic Performance, Leinster Rugby - School of Excellence at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States
• Presenter - Epigenetic regulation of the BDNF gene by molybdenum in 9 to 11-year-old children: A targeted gene DNA methylation study, Utica College, Utica, NY, United States
• Presenter - Kickstarting Bone Health: Sports and Your Skeleton, Leinster Rugby - School of Excellence at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States
• Panel Presentation - Postdoc/Graduate Mentoring Workshop Part 2: It’s all about relational leadership, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)

Active Research

Research Interests

• Dr. Voss’ research projects examine links between environmental influences (e.g., anthropogenic disturbance, parasite infestation, photoperiod, food availability, dietary components, and substrate availability) and genotypic expression – specifically phenotypic changes in metabolism, reproductive physiology, and the timing of embryonic development. Current projects include: 1. Using sustainable agriculture in the Galapagos to control invasive parasites endangering some species of Darwin’s finch 2. Using ecological concepts, such as functional diversity, to explore how nutrient adequacy translates from agricultural production to the diet 3. Examining how light intensity, wavelength, and photoperiod modify glucose and lipid regulation. This project uses a free-living avian system to model “shift work” under artificially extended photoperiods and to track stress induced changes in the circadian regulation of glucose and lipids.

Sponsored Research

• Brooks Gump (PD/PI) Jianshun Zhang (PD/PI) Bernard Appiah (Co-Investigator) Bing Dong (Co-Investigator) Dustin Hill (Co-Investigator) Margaret Voss (Co-Investigator) Sarah Woolf-King (Co-Investigator) , Building Filters to Reduce Environmental Exposures (BFREE) Trial: Examining Implementation and Health Outcomes in Children - National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS - Federal Agencies Grant. End Date: 2030-08-31
• Brooks Gump (PD/PI) Jianshun Zhang (Co-PD/PI) Bernard Appiah (Co-Investigator) Bing Dong (Co-Investigator) Dustin Hill (Co-Investigator) Margaret Voss (Co-Investigator) Sarah Woolf-King (Co-Investigator) , Building Filters to Reduce Environmental Exposures (BFREE) Trial: Examining Implementation and Health Outcomes in Children - National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS - Federal Agencies Grant. End Date: 2030-03-31
• Jessica Garay (PD/PI) Margaret Voss (Co-Investigator) , Evaluating CAT2 Primary, Secondary, And Potential Indicators For Use By Sports Dietitians To Identify Reds Risk Among Collegiate Female Athletes - American Sports and Performance - Not for Profit/Foundation. End Date: 2028-07-31

Published Scholarship

Publications

• Voss, M.A. et al., 2025. Molybdenum effects on gene regulation of neurogenesis in 9-year-old children: A targeted gene DNA methylation study.. Molecular Food and Nutrition.
• Jessica GaraySean VettamvelilMargaret Althea Voss (2025). Effect of Dietary Intake on Exercise Performance in Collegiate Rowers. International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings, 9(14) , 95.
• Garofano, R. & Voss, M.A., 2025. Perennial Vegetables for Nutrition Resilience: Case Study from a Farmworker Community. Frontiers in Nutrition.
• Garay, J.L., Voss, M.A. and Pilkay, S.R., 2025. Effects of Maternal Peanut Intake and Breastfeeding Duration on Offspring DNA Methylation. Food Science & Nutrition, [online] 13(10). https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.71129.
• Garofano, R. & Voss, M.A., 2025. At the Table But Not Recorded: Understanding Hoopvine as Nutrition Resilience in Immokalee. Acta Horticulturae. Available at: https://www.ishs.org/symposium/625.
• Jessica GaraySean VettamvelilMargaret Althea Voss (2025). Effect of Dietary Intake on Exercise Performance in Collegiate Rowers. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 125(10) , A73.
• Garay, J.L., Sebe, J.G., Strickland, J., Graves, L. and Voss, M.A., 2025. Use of Resting Metabolic Rate Ratio as a Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports Indicator in Female Athletes. Current Developments in Nutrition, [online] 9(5), p.106007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.106007.
• Fein, T., Garay, J. and Voss, M., 2025. Effects of Fluid Intake on Sleep Duration and Quality Among Healthy Adults. Nature and Science of Sleep, [online] Volume 17, pp.791–800. https://doi.org/10.2147/nss.s511807.
• Yu, X., Pu, H. and Voss, M., 2024. Overview of anti-inflammatory diets and their promising effects on non-communicable diseases. British Journal of Nutrition, [online] 132(7), pp.898–918. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114524001405.
• Pharr, L.D., Cooper, C.B., Evans, B., Moorman, C.E., Voss, M.A., Vukomanovic, J. and Marra, P.P., 2023. Using citizen science data to investigate annual survival rates of resident birds in relation to noise and light pollution. Urban Ecosystems, [online] 26(6), pp.1629–1637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01403-2.

Presentations

• Galindo Sebe, J. et al., 2025. REDs risk in physically active females and inflammation: Is there a correlation?. In Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Langen, T. et al., 2025. Science and policy in setting a Primary Nesting Season for grassland birds. In Ecological Society of America 2025. Ecological Society of America.
• Voss, M.A., 2025. Teach It to Learn It: Reciprocal Learning in the Biology Classroom: A Pedagogical Strategy for Engaging Non-STEM Majors in Introductory Biology. In CUNY Graduate Center. SUPA NYC Seminar Directions and Technology. SUPA - Syracuse University.
• Voss, M.A., 2025. From Pandemic Pivot to Educational Innovation: What We Learned about Collaborative Learning in a Shifting Environment. In Syracuse University. Syracuse University STEM Education Forum on Discipline Based Education Research. Syracuse University Office of Research.
• Voss, M.A. et al., 2024. The science of haying regulations and the impact on grassland bird populations: Balancing conservation and agriculture,. In YMCA of the Rockies. American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting 2024. American Ornithological Society.
• Voss, M.A., 2024. Epigenetic regulation of the BDNF gene by molybdenum in 9 to 11-year-old children: A targeted gene DNA methylation study. In Utica College. 2024 Asa Gray Seminar Series. Asa Gray Biological Society.
• Voss, M.A., 2024. Game Day Starts with a Fork: Smart Fueling to Meet the Metabolic Demands of Athletic Performance. In Syracuse University. Leinster Rugby School of Excellence -SU Summery Camp. Leinster Rugby.
• Langen, T. et al., 2024. Science and Policy in Setting a Regulatory Primary Nesting Season for Grassland Birds.. In Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Ecological Society of America.
• Burgess, M., Cooper, C. & Voss, M., 2021. Metabolic Health and Physical Development in Barn Swallow Chicks Under Natural Photoperiod and Artificial Light at Night. In Virtual. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. The Wildlife Society.
• Voss, M.A., 2021. V Taller Internacional Philornis, Searching for solutions for the control of the avian mosque vampire (Philornis downsi) and the conservation of the terrestrial birds of the Galapagos Islands.

Consulting

• Sustain Surgical, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Product development consultant, physiological solutions.
• Kelly’s Choice, Wellness Corporate Solutions, Balancing Life’s Issues, Syracuse, NY, United States

Active Service

University

• Co-Leader/Mentor, Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Future Professionals Program, Syracuse University (active since: 2025)

Professional Service

• Faculty Member, Nu Rho Psi, Neuroscience honor society (active since: 2019)
• Adjunct Scientist, Charles Darwin Foundation (active since: 2013)
• New York State Scientific Collecting Permit, #143. (active since: 2012)
• Federal Migratory Bird Scientific Collecting Permit, MB209979-0. (active since: 2002)
• Federal Bird Banding Permit United States Fish and Wildlife Service, #23917. (active since: 1991)

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

• Fellow of the American Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Society (received: 2022)
• The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), Syracuse University HEOP
• TRIOs Student Support Services (SSS) Christopher J. Weiss Spirit of Service Award, TRIOs Student Support Services
• Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, Syracuse University (received: 2021)
• Faculty of the Year for Excellence in Teaching, Syracuse University, Falk College

Memberships

• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• New York State Academy of Sciences
• American Ornithological Society (AOS) . Elective Member 2012
• Association for Field Ornithologists
• Wilson Ornithological Society (WOS) . Life Member
• American Association of University Women

Licensures and Certifications

• Public Health Perspectives on Sustainable Diets, Johns Hopkins University. Public Health Perspectives on Sustainable Diets, The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future graduate-level food systems curriculum at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.. (since: 2023)
• Implementation Research with a focus on Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization - Tropical Disease Research. (since: 2018)
• Food as Medicine: Integrating nutrition into clinical practice, medical education & community health, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. (since: 2014)

Recent Media Mentions:

• ‘On My Own Time’ exhibit gives local amateur artists a platform to share their work (22 October 2023)
• Anon, 2023. “Reports Of Lead And Cadmium In Dark Chocolate Concerning Consumers” https://www.oswegonian.com/2023/03/24/reports-of-lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-concerning-consumers/, Published 3/24/23.
• Anon, 2021.
• Anon, 2018. Got Indigestion? A2 Milk Could Ease Your Woes, Associated Press.
• Anon, 2017.
• Anon, 2017. Ask the Experts, Professors weigh in on Nobel Prize-winning circadian rhythm research.
• Anon, 2017. Health & Society, Q&A: Margaret Voss on Coffee-Longevity.