Xiao LIU's CV

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CONTACT INFORMATION                                              

Office address: 3616 Trousdale Parkway AHF B30, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Phone: 213-740-5809; E-mail: liu284@usc.edu;

web-page: http://dornsife.usc.edu/xiaoliu/

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Ocean Sciences, University of Southern California, USA, 2015 (expected)

M.S. Marine Biology, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, USA, 2011

B.S. Biological Sciences, Ocean University of China, China, 2008

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2012-present Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. Southern California

2011-2012 Teaching Assistant (BISC220: General Biology), Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. Southern California

2008-2011 Graduate Research Assistant, SMS/VIMS, College of William and Mary

2006-2008 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Marine Ecology and Environment Laboratory, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanographic Administration, China

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT MENTORED

Yi-Fei Sun, Univ. of Southern California

HONORS AND AWARDS

2013 Spring, Award for Outstanding Teaching, Dept. Biological Sciences, Univ. Southern California

2012 Wrigley Summer Fellowship, Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

2011-12 College Merit Graduate Fellowship, Univ. Southern California

2008-09 Graduate Scholarship, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary

2004-07 Fellowships for Outstanding Academic Performance, Ocean University of China

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLLICATIONS

Liu, X., Smith Jr., W.O., Tang, K.W. et al. Theoretical Controls of the Maximum Size of Giant Phaeocystis globosa Colonies (in prep.).

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.

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

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.

OTHER PUBLLICATIONS

Liu, X., Smith, W.O., Doan, N.H., Nguyen, N.L., Tang, K.W.  Summer hydrography, nutrient stoichiometry, and phytoplankton distributions off southeast Viet Nam (submitted to Proceedings of International Conference on “Bien Dong 2012”).

Liu, X., 2011. Physiological, ecological and bio-optical characteristics of Phaeocystis globosa in coastal waters of south central Vietnam. M.S. thesis, College of William and Mary.

Liu, X., Hao, Y.J., Wang Z.L., 2008. The effects of nutrients limitation and initial inoculating cell densities on the interspecific competition between Prorocentrum and Alexandrium tamatense. Advances in Marine Science. 2008 No.1 (Chinese Core Journal)

Dai, F.F., Liu X., Sun P., 2007. The effect of phytoplankton diversity on biomass and specific growth rate. Advances in Marine Science. 2007 No.3 (Chinese Core Journal)

PRESENTATIONS

Smith, W.O., Liu, X., Doan, N.H., Tang, K.W., Nguyen, N.L. Giantism in the harmful algal species Phaeocystis globosa. 15th International Conference on Harmful Algae, 2012. Changwon Gyeongnam, Korea.

Liu, X. Physical-ecological interactions off Santa Catalina Island: an optical approach. Wrigley Summer Fellows 2012 Symposium. 2012. Univ. Southern California.

Liu, X., Penta, S., Chavez, F., Panduan, J., Ryan, J., Pereira, A., Smith, R., Caron, D., Jones, B. Bio-optical Discrimination of Phytoplankton Functional Groups in Monterey Bay, CA Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 2012 Ocean Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

Smith, W.O., Tozzi S., Liu, X., Asper, V.L. Continuous chlorophyll fluorescence measurements in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: scales of variability. 2010 Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, OR.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

Remote Sensing of Environment

FIELD EXPERIENCE

2011 SEAFARERS, The Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 days. Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer

2009/10 Southeast Vietnamese Sea, Vietnam, 6 days. In collaboration with National Institute of Oceangraphy, Nha Trang, Vietnam

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Geophysical Union

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography