C URRICULUM V ITAE U PDATED: J UNE 2019

Xiao Liu (刘潇) Ph.D.

THE PROGRAM IN ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 201 Forrestal Rd, Rm 301, Princeton, NJ 08540; +1 (609)452-6673 [email protected] | http://scholar.princeton.edu/xiaoliu

EDUCATION 2017 Ph.D. Ocean Sciences, University of Southern California. Advisors: Naomi M. Levine (2013-2017), Burt Jones (2011-2012) 2011 M.S. Marine Biology, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. Advisor: Walker O. Smith, Jr. 2008 B.S. Biological Sciences w/ marine concentration, Ocean University of China

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2017-now Postdoctoral Research Associate, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University; Visiting Scientist, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

2013,14 Visiting Scholar (summer), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

2012-14 Teaching Assistant (BISC-120L, 220L), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California

2011, 14-17 Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California 2008-11 Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary

HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS 2020-23 (Pending) Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship in Marine Microbial Ecology ($261,000 requested) 2015-17 Graduate School Top-off Fellowship, University of Southern California ($20,000) 2014-17 NASA Earth and Space Sciences Graduate Fellowship (NESSF, $89,400) 2014 IOCCG Sponsored Participant for the Ocean Optics Summer Lecture Series at Villefranche-sur- Mer, France (full travel support) 2013 Award for Outstanding Teaching (Fa. BISC-120L, top 20%), University of Southern California 2013 OCB Sponsored Participant for the Satellite Remote Sensing Training Program at Cornell University (tuition and full travel support) 2013,14 Award for Outstanding Teaching (Sp. BISC 220L, top 20%), University of Southern California 2012 Wrigley Fellowship, Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies ($4,500)

2012 Student Travel Award, ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting ($500) 2011-12 College Merit Graduate Fellowship, University of Southern California ($27,500) 2008-09 Graduate Student Scholarship, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary ($18,500) 2005-07 Outstanding Academic Performance Fellowships, Ocean University of China (1,500 RMB) C URRICULUM V ITAE U PDATED: J UNE 2019

TEACHING AND LECTURES “Ecosystem impact of ocean eutrophication and deoxygenation.” Invited lecture for undergraduate course GEO-202 Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate taught by Prof. Laure Resplandy, Princeton University, April 2019 “Remote sensing of primary production in the ocean.” Invited (2) lectures for graduate course GEO-428 Biological Oceanography taught by Prof. Bess Ward, Princeton University, April 2018. “What do marine biologists do, and how is their research relevant to the climate science?” Invited webinar for the Climate Dynamics Working Group (https://climategroup.wordpress.com), February 2018. “Embracing the challenges of fine-scale in the ocean.” Invited lecture for Graduate Student Seminar Series taught by Prof. Hao Wei, Tianjin University, China, January 2017. Teaching assistant for BISC-120 General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution, University of Southern California, 2013 Fall (review class materials, design and supervise laboratory experiments, design and grade exams). Teaching assistant for BISC-220 General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Southern California, 2013,14 Spring (review class materials, design and supervise laboratory experiments, design and grade exams).

Mentee: Yi-Fei Sun (undergraduate, 2011-12)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 2019 Primary convener and chair, Session “Pushing the frontiers in marine ecological modelling: where are we now and how can we move forward?” at the 4th Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (awarded $5,000 travel support) 2012-15 Executive committee member, Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - Southern California Chapter (COAA-SCC) 2011 COSEE-West 2011 College of Exploration Online Campus, mentor and presenter 2011-13 Organizing committee co-chair, Ocean University of China Alumni Association - North America Chapter

Journal reviews: Remote Sensing of Environment; Marine Biology; Geophysical Research Letters; Deep Sea Research Part II; Frontiers in Marine Science; Progress in Oceanography; Journal of Geophysical Research; Oceans. Biogeosciences.

PEER-REVIEW PUBLLICATIONS Manuscripts

Liu, X.*, Dunne, J.P., Stock, C.A., Harrison, M., Adcroft A., and Resplandy, L. Simulating water residence time in the coastal oceans - a global perspective (under review). 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 (draft available on request). 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 (draft available on request). C URRICULUM V ITAE U PDATED: J UNE 2019

Liu, X.*, Stock, C.A., Dunne, J.P., Lee, M., Shevliakova, E., Malyshev, S. Milly, C. Global-scale increasing trends in coastal eutrophication and primary productivity driven by anthropogenic river nitrogen pollution (in prep).

Published

Teel, E. N., Liu, X., Seegers, B.N., Ragan, M.A., Haskell, W.Z., Jones, B.H., and Levine, N.M., 2018. Contextualizing time-series data: Quantification of short-term regional variability in the San Pedro Channel using high-resolution in situ glider data, Biogeosciences 15, 6151-6165. 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., 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”. 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. 2017. The impact of mesoscale and submesoscale physical processes on phytoplankton biomass, community composition, and carbon dynamics in the oligotrophic ocean. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California. 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 PROCEEDINGS AND SEMINAR TALKS Liu, X. and co-authors. Simulating nitrogen cycling and transport across the river-coast-ocean continuum – a global perspective, 2019 OCB Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, USA (invited). Liu, X. and co-authors. Global-scale and localized impact of river-borne nitrogen on ocean chlorophyll and oxygen, The 4th Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS), Xiamen, China, January 2019. C URRICULUM V ITAE U PDATED: J UNE 2019

Liu, X. and co-authors. Global-scale and localized impact of river-borne nitrogen on ocean chlorophyll and oxygen, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, December 2018. Liu, X. and co-authors. Tracing nitrogen across the river-coast-ocean continuum, NOAA GFDL Seminar Series, Princeton, NJ, USA, November 2018. Liu, X. and co-authors. Quantifying the impact of river nutrient loadings on coastal chlorophyll and oxygen at global Scale. OCB Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, USA, June 2017 (poster). Liu, X. and co-authors. Simulating water residence time in the coastal oceans - a global perspective. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, February 2018 (poster). Liu, X. and co-authors. Simulating water residence time in the coastal oceans - a global perspective. NOAA/GFDL Poster Expo, Princeton, NJ, USA, January 2018 (poster). Liu, X. and Levine, N.M. Modeling the impact of fine-scale physical processes on marine ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. OCB Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, USA, June 2017 (poster). 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, USA, February 2017. 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), Xiamen, China, January 2017. 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, Woods Hole, MA, USA, October 2016. 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, Princeton, NJ, USA, October 2016. 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 (poster). 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 (poster). Liu, X. and coauthors. 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 (poster). Liu, X. Physical-ecological interactions off Santa Catalina Island: an optical approach. Wrigley Summer Fellows Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 2012. Liu, X. and co-authors. Bio-optical discrimination of phytoplankton functional groups in Monterey Bay, CA using autonomous underwater vehicles. ASLO Ocean Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, February 2012 (poster).

FIELD EXPERIENCE 2011-13 Multiple (>20) field trips for deployment (and recovery) of gliders and bio-optical profilers 2011 SEAFARERS cruise, The Ross Sea, Antarctica, 29 days. Vessel: R.V. Nathaniel B. Palmer C URRICULUM V ITAE U PDATED: J UNE 2019

2009-10 Southeast Vietnamese Sea field trips, Vietnam, 4 days. Vessel: coast guard boats

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

MATLAB, R, Fortran, IDL, XML

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