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C URRICULUM V ITAE Xiao Liu, Ph.D. THE PROGRAM IN ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY, NOAA

CONTACT INFORMATION Office address: 201 Forrestal Rd, Rm 301, Princeton, NJ 08540 Phone: +1 (609)452-5322; E-mail: [email protected]; Web-page: http://scholar.princeton.edu/xiaoliu/home

EDUCATION Ph.D. Ocean Sciences, University of Southern California, 2017 (Advisor: Naomi M. Levine) M.S. Marine Biology, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 2011 (Advisor: Walker O. Smith) B.S. Biological Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 2008

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2017-present Postdoctoral Research Associate, AOS, Princeton University 2014-17 Graduate Research Assistant/Fellow, Dept. of Biological Sciences, USC 2012-14 Teaching Assistant (BISC120L, 220L), Dept. of Biological Sciences, USC 2008-11 Graduate Research Assistant, VIMS, College of William and Mary

HONORS AND AWARDS 2014-17 NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship (NESSF) 2014 Sp Award for Outstanding Teaching (BISC220L), USC 2013 Fa Award for Outstanding Teaching (BISC120L), USC 2013 Sp Award for Outstanding Teaching (BISC220L), USC 2012 Su Wrigley Summer Fellowship, Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies 2011-12 College Merit Graduate Fellowship, USC 2008-09 Graduate Scholarship, VIMS, College of William and Mary 2005-07 Outstanding Academic Performance Fellowships, Ocean University of China

FIELD EXPERIENCE 2011 SEAFARERS, The Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 days. Vessel: R.V. Nathaniel B. Palmer 2009/10 Southeast Vietnamese Sea, Vietnam, 3 days. Vessel: coastal guard boats

JOURNAL REVIEWER Remote Sensing of Environment; Marine Biology; Geophysical Research Letters

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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2012-15 Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - Southern California Chapter (COAA-SCC), 2012-2015 Executive Committee 2011 COSEE-West 2011 College of Exploration Online Campus, Mentor/Presenter 2011-13 Ocean University of China Alumni Association - North America Chapter, 2011-2013 Committee Co-Chair

MEMBERSHIPS American Geophysical Union (since 2010) American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (since 2010)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLLICATIONS Manuscripts in prep.

Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. Modeling the impact of fine-scale disturbances on phytoplankton community composition and carbon dynamics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

Liu, X.*, Jones, B.H., Kiefer, D.A., Hoteit, I., Zhan, P., Zarokanellos, N., Kartadikaria, A.R., Teng, Y., and Levine, N.M. Spatiotemporal variability and environmental controls of phytoplankton distributions in the Red Sea.

Teel, E.N., X. Liu, B.N. Seegers, M.A. Ragan, B.H. Jones, N.M. Levine. Contextualizing time- series data: Using high-resolution in-situ gliders to quantify short-term regional oceanographic variability in the San Pedro Channel.

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Liu, X. and N.M. Levine, 2016. Enhancement of phytoplankton chlorophyll by submesoscale frontal heterogeneity in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters 43, 1651–1659. Liu, X.*, W.O. Smith Jr., K.W. Tang, N.H. Doan, N.L. Nguyen, 2015. Theoretical size controls of the giant Phaeocystis globosa colonies. Ocean Science Journal 50, 283-289. Smith Jr., W.O., X. Liu, K.W. Tang, N.H. Doan, N.L. Nguyen, L.M. DeLizo, X.D. Wang, 2014. Giantism and its role in the harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa. Deep Sea Research II 101, 95-106. Liu, X.*, W.O. Smith Jr., 2012. Physiochemical controls on phytoplankton distribution in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Marine Systems 94, 135-144. Smith Jr., W.O., V.L. Asper, S. Tozzi, X. Liu, S.E. Stammerjohn, 2011. Surface layer variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica as assessed by continuous fluorescence measurements. Progress in Oceanography 88, 28-45. (*: as corresponding author)

OTHER PUBLLICATIONS Liu, X., W.O. Smith Jr., N.H. Doan, N.L. Nguyen, K.W. Tang, 2013. Summer hydrography, nutrient stoichiometry, and phytoplankton distributions off southeast Viet Nam. Proceedings of International Conference on “Bien Dong 2012”.

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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., Y.J. Hao, Z.L. Wang, 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(1) (in Chinese). Dai, F.F., X. Liu, P. Sun, 2007. The effect of phytoplankton diversity on biomass and specific growth rate. Advances in Marine Science. 2007(3) (in Chinese).

CONFERENCE AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. Perspectives from a new modeling approach – Impact of fine-scale physics on phytoplankton community composition in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 2017 (oral) Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. Impact of fine-scale physical processes on marine ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The 3rd Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS III), Xiamen, China, January 2017 (oral) Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. The impact of fine-scale physical processes on large-scale ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. WHOI AOP-E Seminar Series, October 2016 (oral, invited) Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. The impact of fine-scale physical processes on large-scale ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. NOAA/GFDL Seminar Series, October 2016 (oral, invited) Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. Submesoscale frontal dynamics enhances phytoplankton chlorophyll in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, February 2016 Levine, N.M and Liu, X. Modeling the impact of fine temporal and spatial scale processes on large-scale ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycling. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, February 2016 Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. Submesoscale frontal heterogeneity enhances phytoplankton chlorophyll in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. OCB Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, USA, July 2015 Liu, X., Jones, B.H., Kiefer, D.A., Zarokanellos, N., Teng, Y. Assessing the effect of eddy dynamics on phytoplankton productivity in the north central Red Sea: a modeling approach. Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA, February 2014 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, October 2012 Liu, X. Physical-ecological interactions off Santa Catalina Island: an optical approach. Wrigley Summer Fellows Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 2012 (oral) 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. Ocean Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, February 2012

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