Cornelius W Sullivan

• POST DOCTORAL FELLOW, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, 01/1971 – 09/1974

Tenure Track Appointments

• PROFESSOR, University of Southern California, 09/1985 –
• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, University of Southern California, 09/1981 – 09/1985
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, University of Southern California, 09/1974 – 09/1980

PostDoctoral Appointments

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego , 01/1971 – 01/1974

Visiting and Temporary Appointments

• DIRECTOR U.S. ANTARCTIC PROGRAM & DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS, IPA, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 05/1993 – 09/1997
• VISITING SENIOR SCHOLAR, US ARMY COLD REGIONS RESEARCH & ENGINEERING LABORATORY, 09/1990 – 01/1991
• VISITING SCIENTIST, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, NASA, 01/1991 – 06/1991
• VISITING PROFESSOR, DEPT. MOLECULAR, CELLULAR & DEVEMENTAL BIOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, 09/1981 – 01/1982
• VISITING PROFESSOR, RALPH M. PARSONS LABORATORY. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 01/1981 – 05/1982

Other Employment

• VICE PROVOST OF RESEARCH, USC, University of Southern California, 07/1997 – 07/2005
• DIRECTOR OF HANCOCK FOUNDATION & INSTITUTE OF MARINE & COASTAL STUDIES, University of Southern California, 09/1991 – 06/1993
• DIRECTOR MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH SECTION OF DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, University of Southern California, 09/1982 – 09/1991

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Professor Sullivan’s scientific research focuses on the structure and function of ice covered ocean ecosystems in the context of global change. The ecology of sea ice microbial communities and carbon cycling in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Biological useful natural products, including enzymes and ice active substances, produced by organisms that grow in permanently cold ocean environments. Satellite remote sensing of the dynamic relations between surface geophysical and biological properties of polar oceans.
Earlier investigations involved biomineralization of silicic acid by diatoms studied at a cellular level to determine how these eukaryotic cells build an architecturally elegant, genetically determined bio-mineral as part of their cell wall.

Research Keywords

Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, microbial physiological ecology, global change research of polar regions, satellite remote sensing of polar oceans, sea ice microbial communities

Journal Article

• Taylor, G. T., Sullivan, C. W. (2008). Vitamin B12 and cobalt cycling among diatoms and bacteria in Antarctic sea ice microbial communities. Limnology & Oceanography. Vol. 208 (53/5), pp. 1862-1877.

• Fellow, California Council on Science and Technology, 2000 –
• Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996 –
• Editorial Board of Polar Biology, 1987 –
• Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, Antarctic Service Medal, National Science Foundation, 1981 –
• Vice Chairman California Council of Science and Technology, 2005 – 2008
• Member Executive Advisory Board, Institute for Creative Studies ,a U.S Army UARC, 2000 – 2005
• Member Board of Directors ,Alfred E. Mann Institute of Biomedical Engineering, 1999 – 2005
• Member Research Compliance & Administration Commitee of the Council on Government Relations, 2002 – 2004
• Member, Director=s policy Group,National Science Foundations 1993-1997, 1993 – 1997
• Scientific Commitee on Oceanic Research(SCOR) Working Group>86 , on the Ecology of Sea Ice, 1987 – 1993
• SCAR(Scientific Committee of Antartic Research) Group of Specialist on Southern Ocean Ecology, 1986 – 1993
• Marine Sciences Advisory Committee ,USC, 1987 – 1990
• Academic Coordinator for Living Marine Resources ,USC Sea Grant Program, 1986 – 1990
• Polar Research Board,NRC/NAS,Committee to Evaluate Polar Research Platforms, 1985 – 1989
• Steering Committee for Antartic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone(AMERIEZ), 1982 – 1989
• Steering Committee ,Polarstern Winter Weddell Research Experdition, 1984 – 1986
• BIOMASS Working Party on Pack-ICE Zone Studies(SCAR), 1983 – 1986
• Member of Polar Research Board,National Academy of Sciences, 1983 – 1986
• Ecological Research Project Review Board ,United States Dept. of the Navy,Pacific Missile Test, 1982 – 1985
• Editorial Board of Journal of Microbiological Methods(Elsevier), 1982 – 1985
• US public Health Service Predoctoral Trainee, 1967 – 1971

Office Hours

M, Tu, W & appt : 11-2pm, 10-11:30, 1-3pm, Also by appt

Administrative Appointments

• Vice Provost for Research, USC, 07/01/1997 – 07/01/2005

Committees

• Member, University Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure (UCAPT), 2008 – 2010
• Chair, MEB Faculty merit evaluation committee, 2007 – 2009
• Member, MEB Recruitment Committee, 2007 – 2009

Review Panels

• Provost Office, UCAP, 2010-2011

Committees

• Co-Chair, CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CCST), 04/2005 –
• Member, JOHN & ALICE TYLER ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 01/2000 –
• Member, FELLOW, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 01/1996 –
• Chair, INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, UARC EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD, 09/2000 – 06/2005
• Member, ALFRED E. MANN INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 01/1999 – 06/2005
• Member, COGR, COUNCIL ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WASHINGTON, 01/1998 – 05/2005
• Member, COUNCIL ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WASHINGTON,
  RESEARCH COMPLIANCE & ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, 01/2002 – 12/2004
• Member, NSF DIRECTOR’S POLICY GROUP, 06/1993 – 07/1997
• Chair, SCOR, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON OCEAN RESEARCH WORKING GROUP #86, ECOLOGY OF SEA ICE, 01/1987 – 05/1993
• Member, SCAR, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH, US REPRESENTATIVE, 01/1986 – 05/1993
• Chair, POLAR RESEARCH BOARD’S (NRC/NAS)COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE POLAR RESEARCH PLATFORMS, 09/1985 – 09/1989
• Member, POLAR RESEARCH BOARD, NAS/NRC, 06/1983 – 09/1986

Editorships and Editorial Boards

• EDITORIAL BOARD, POLAR BIOLOGY, 01/1987 – 01/1993
• EDITORIAL BOARD, JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS, 01/1982 – 12/1985

Other Service to the Profession

• NSF FY 1995 APPROPRIATIONS, HEARING BEFORE THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON VA, HUD & INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVS, 103RD CONGRESS, MARCH 22,1994, 2004-2005
• NSF FY 1995 APPROPRIATIONS, HEARING BEFORE THE VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, U.S. SENATE, 103RD CONGRESS, MARCH 17TH, 1994, 2003-2004
• IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION FOR THE ANTARCTIC PROTOCOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATY, HEARING BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS , MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 103RD CONGRESS, JULY 21, 1993, 2003-2004
• CONGRSSIONAL TESTIMONY:
  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FY2001 BUDGET AUTHORIZATION REQUEST, PART III, A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE THE NSF, AT A HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON BASIC RESEARCH, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 106TH CONGRESS, MARCH 15, 2000, 1999-2000
• NSF FY 1998 APPROPRIATIONS, HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON BASIC RESEARCH, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 104TH CONGRESS, APRIL 11, 1997, 1996-1997
• FUTURE OF ANTRACTIC RESEARCH, HEARNG BEFORE THE SCIENCE COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON BASIC RESEARCH, U.S.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 104TH CONGRESS, MARCH 22,1994, 1996-1997
• NSF ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1991, HEARING BEFORE THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 102ND CONGRESS, MAY 14, 1991, 1990-1991