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Feixue FuAssistant Professor (Research) of Biological SciencesContact Information E-mail: ffu@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3188 Office: AHF 137 |
Education |
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 Ph.D. , University of Queensland, Australia, 9/2003
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Postdoctoral researcher, University of Delaware, 2003-2007
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments |
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Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 2007-
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PostDoctoral Appointments |
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Postdoctoral researcher, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 2003-2007
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Marine nitrogen fixation; nutrient limitation of marine phytoplankton growth; global change effects on phytoplankton growth and community structure; biology of cyanobacteria, coccolithophorids and harmful algae; iron and phosphorus biogeochemistry. | |
Research Keywords |
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| N2 fixation, cyanobacteria, harmful alga bloom, global climate change, nutrient limitation | |
Funded Research |
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Contracts and Grants Awarded |
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EAGER: Gene expression patterns in high CO2-adapted Trichodesmium , D.A Hutchins, Fei-Xue Fu, $48,506, 2010-2011
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Will a warmer, more acidic ocean lead to increased Pseudo-nitzschia bloom toxicity , Dave Hutchins, Feixue Fu, $147,915, 2010-2011
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"Experimental studies to understand and evaluate acclimation of marine plankton assemblages to clima , Astrid Schnetzer, Feixue Fu, $710,000, 2009-2010
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Changing Phytoplankton Trace Metal Requirements In A High CO2 Ocean , Fei-Xue Fu, $428,461, 2008-2009
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SGER: Science-of-Opportunity onboard Ice Breaker Oden - Phytoplankton Global Change Experiments and (NSF-OPP), D. A. Hutchins, Feixue Fu, $78,476, 2007-2008
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FeCycle II-Natural Variability in Plankton Iron Quotas During an Unamended Lagrangian Experiment (NSF), D.A. Hutchins, Feixue Fu, $254,816, 2007-2008
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USC Funding |
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WiSE Program. Impacts of future rising CO2 and temperature on harmful algal blooms along the California coast: To determine the effects of future increases in carbon dioxide and temperature on the growth rates, toxin production and photosynthetic physiology of domoic acid-producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. , $12,500, 07/01/2008-06/30/2009
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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Dept of Chemical and Physical Oceanography, University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand, visiting scientist, collaboratory research projects
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Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental Science Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Qingdao, People’s Republic of China, visiting scientist, collaboratory research projects
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"CO2 concentration controls Trichodesmium nitrogen and carbon fixation rates, growth rates and elemental ratios", 2007 ASLO meeting, Talk/Oral Presentation, 2007-2008
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"Does CO2 play a role in controlling N2 fixation across systems", 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Talk/Oral Presentation, Orlando, Florida, 2007-2008
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"Does CO2 play a role in controlling oceanic N2 fixation?", Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry workshop, Poster, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2007-2008
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"Linking the future biogeochemical cycles of C, N, and Fe: Interactions between cyanobacterial N2 fixation and Fe limitation in a high CO2 ocean", NSF Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry workshop, Poster, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2007-2008
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"Rising CO2 and temperature effects on community dynamics of harmful and harmless estuarine algal groups", 2007 ASLO meeting, Talk/Oral Presentation, 2007-2008
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"Efeccts of rising CO2 and temperature on the growth and photosynthesis of the marine raphidophyte Heterosigma and the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum", ASLO, Poster, 2006-2007
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Publications |
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Book Chapter |
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Hutchins, D. A., Fu, F.
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Linking the oceanic biogeochemistry of iron and phosphorus with the marine nitrogen cycle. pp. 1627-1666. Amsterdam: Nitrogen in the Marine Environment/Elsevier.
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Journal Article |
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Fu, F., Mulholland, M. R., Garcia, N. S., Beck, A., Bernhardt, P. W., Warner, M. E., Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. A., Hutchins, D. A.
(2008).
Interactions between changing pCO2, N2 fixation, and Fe limitation in the marine unicellular cyanobacterium Crocosphaera. Limnology and Oceanography.
Vol. 53 (6), pp. 2472-2484.
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Feng, Y., Warner, M. E., Zhang, Y., Sun, J., Fu, F., Rose, J., Hutchins, D. A.
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Interactive effects of increased pCO2, temperature and irradiance on the marine coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae). European J. of Phycology.
Vol. 43 (1), pp. 87-98.
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Fu, F., Zhang, Y., Warner, M. E., Feng, Y., Sun, J., Hutchins, D. A.
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A comparison of future increased CO2 and temperature effects on sympatric Heterosigma akashiwo and Prorocentrum minimum. Harmful Algae.
Vol. 7 (1), pp. 76-90.
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Hutchins, D. A., Fu, F., Zhang, Y., Warner, M. E., Feng, Y., Portune, K., Bernhardt, P. W., Mulholland, M. R.
(2007).
CO2 control of Trichodesmium N2 fixation, photosynthesis, growth rates, and elemental ratios: Implications for past, present and future ocean biogeochemistry. Limnology and Oceanography.
Vol. 52 (4), pp. 1293-1304.
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Zhang, Y., Fu, F., Whereat, E., Coyne, K., Hutchins, D.
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Bottom-up controls on a mixed-species HAB assemblage: A comparison of sympatric Chattonella subsalsa and Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae) isolates from the Delaware Inland Bays, USA. Harmful Algae.
Vol. 5, pp. 310-320.
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Fu, F., Zhang, Y., Feng, Y., Hutchins, D.
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Phosphate and ATP uptake and growth kinetics in axenic cultures of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus CCMP 1334. European Journal of Phycology.
Vol. 41, pp. 15-28.
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Miao, A., Hutchins, D., Yin, K., Fu, F., Harrison, P., Wang, W.
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Macronutrient and iron limitation of phytoplankton growth in Hong Kong coastal waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Vol. 318, pp. 141-152.
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Sanudo-Wilhemy, S. A., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Fu, F., Capone, D. G., Carpenter, E. J., Hutchins, D. A.
(2004).
The Impact of Surface-Adsorbed Phosphorus on Phytoplankton Redfield Stoichiometry. Nature.
Vol. 432, pp. 897-900.
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