User:Jay Grimes

Darrell Jay Grimes, Ph.D. received his doctorate in microbiology from Colorado State University in 1971. His B.A. and M.A. in biology came from Drake University in 1966 and 1968. From 1971 to 1982, Grimes was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and from 1980 to 1987, he was a research associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.

In 1987, Dr. Grimes was appointed director of the Institute of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and of the Sea Grant College Program, University of New Hampshire, where he was also a professor of microbiology.

In 1990, Grimes joined federal service as a microbiologist and program manager at the Office of Health and Environmental Research, Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, MD. At DOE, Grimes worked in the Subsurface Science and Ocean Margins Programs; he was also the founding program manager of the Microbial Genome Program, and the founding co-manager of the Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research (NABIR) Program.

From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Grimes served as executive secretary of the Biotechnology Research Subcommittee of the Committee on Life Sciences and Health, Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology; in 1995, he was detailed as a senior partner to the Interagency Environmental Technologies Office, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Executive Office of the President. Dr. Grimes chaired the Marine Biotechnology and the Bioremediation Working Groups of the NSTC. In 1997, Dr. Grimes was appointed dean of the Institute of Marine Sciences, which became the College of Marine Sciences in 2001, and professor of coastal sciences at The University of Southern Mississippi; he also served as director of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory until June 2007.

In 2002, Grimes was appointed Provost of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. Grimes has published 48 peer-reviewed journal articles dealing with microbial ecology, marine microbiology, and bacterial systematics; presented over 110 papers, posters and invited lectures; co-edited a book and authored over 20 chapters in books and proceedings; authored several technical reports; and has frequently served as a consultant and expert witness in areas pertaining to water-borne disease.

Dr. Grimes has been a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) since 1967; in 1990, he was elected to fellowship in ASM's American Academy of Microbiology. He was elected to fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1996, and he is also a member of Sigma Xi, the U.S. Federation for Culture Collections (past President), and the Oceanography Society.

Dr. Grimes has served on the editorial boards of two international journals, has served on many review panels, and served three three-year terms as the chair of ASM's Communications Committee. He has also served on the National Research Council's Ocean Studies Board; he co-chaired NASULGC's Board on Oceans and Atmosphere; he served as president of the U.S. Federation of Culture of Culture Collections; and he was vice chair of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education. He is currently serving as a science advisor to the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative and he chairs the National Advisory Panel to NOAA’s Oceans and Human Health Initiative.