Xiao LIU (liu284@usc.edu)

Ph.D. Student of Ocean Sciences (2011- present), University of Southern California  Curriculum Vitae

Faculty advisor: Dr. Burton H. Jones (Burt.Jones@kaust.edu.sa)

Education

M.S. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, VA (2011)

B.S. Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China (2008) 

Research Interests

Ocean bio-optics; ocean color remote sensing; biogeochemical cycling; phytoplankton ecology and physiology.   Read More...

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

•  Smith, W.O., Liu, X., Tang, K.W., Doan, N.H., Nguyen, N.L., DeLizo, L.M., Wang, X.D., 2012. Giantism and its role in the harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa. Deep-Sea Research II doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.12.005. [PDF]

•  Liu, X., Smith Jr., W.O., 2012. Physiochemical controls on phytoplankton distribution in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Marine Systems, 94. 135-144. [PDF]

•  Smith, W.O., Asper, V.L., Tozzi, S., Liu, X., Stammerjohn, S.E., 2011. Surface layer variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica as assessed by continuous fluorescence measurements. Progress in Oceanography, 88. 28-45. [PDF]

Skills

•  Glider operations (Webb Slocum and SeaGlider); Ocean optical instrumentation; Ocean color image analysis; Ecosystem modeling; Phytoplankton culturing; Microscopy.

•  Microsoft Office, R, Matlab, Fortran.