Brian M. Hopkinson
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Geosciences
152 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Phone: (609) 258-2849
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Curriculum Vitae

Brian Hopkinson

Postdoctoral Researcher

Guyot Hall

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 085444

609-258-2489 ; bhopkins@princeton.edu

Education

Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego

PhD in Oceanography, 2007

September 2001- November 2007

Advisor: Katherine Barbeau

Thesis topic: Oceanographic and ecological consequences of iron localization in phytoplankton photosystems.

College of William and Mary B.S. in Chemistry, summa cum laude, 2001

Liberal Arts education with major in Chemistry. Research Advisor: Steven Knudson.

Honors Thesis: Computational and theoretical studies of one-electron diatomic molecules as both quantum and classical systems and relations between the two systems.

Current Research Areas

• Interactive influences of iron, light, and CO2 on phytoplankton community structure and productivity
• Effects of iron, light, and CO2 on photosynthetic physiology in phytoplankton
• Carbon concentrating mechanisms in phytoplankton

Publications

Hopkinson, B.M., K. Roe, and K.A. Barbeau (in revision for Applied and Environmental Microbiology). Heme uptake by Microscilla marina and evidence for heme uptake systems in the genomes of diverse marine bacteria.

Hopkinson, B.M., and K.A. Barbeau. 2008. Interactive influences of iron and light limitation on phytoplankton at subsurface chlorophyll maxima in the eastern North Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 1303-1318.

Hopkinson, B.M., G. Mitchell, R. Reynolds, H. Wang, C. Hewes, C. Measures, O. Holm-Hansen, and K.A. Barbeau. 2007. Iron limitation across chlorophyll gradients in the southern Drake Passage: phytoplankton responses to iron addition and indicators of iron stress. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 2540-2554.

Hopkinson, B.M., and K.A. Barbeau. 2007. Organic and redox speciation of iron in the eastern tropical North Pacific suboxic zone. Marine Chemistry 106: 2-17.

Hopkinson, B.M., E.D. Kwee, and S.K. Knudson. 2002. A connection between quantum critical points and classical separatracies of electronic states. J. Chem. Phys. 117: 5660-5669.

Presentations (selected)

• Genomic and experimental evidence for heme uptake in marine bacteria. 2007 ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting. Oral Presentation.
• Phytoplankton iron stress across chlorophyll and dissolved iron gradients in the southern Drake Passage. 2006 ASLO Ocean Sciences. Oral Presentation.
• Iron and Light limitation in the lower euphotic zone: potential impact on upwelling eddies. 2006 ASLO Ocean Sciences. Poster Presentation.
• Iron-light co-limitation at the subsurface chlorophyll maximum. 2005 International Ocean Research Conference (TOS-UNESCO/IOC). Oral Presentation.
• Bioavailability and chemistry of iron(III) porphyrin complexes. 2005 American Chemical Society Meeting. Oral Presentation.
• Iron speciation, cycling, and biolimitation in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. 2004 Environmental BioInorganic Chemistry Gordon Conference.Poster Presentation

Fellowships and Awards

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2002-2005) Scripps Graduate Student Scholarship (2001-2003) William and Mary Alumni Association Chemistry Prize (April 2001) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Fellowship (Summer 2000) Monroe Scholarship from William and Mary (Summer 1999)

Research Cruise Experience

CO2 impacts in iron and nitrogen limited waters, August-September 2007, Gulf of Alaska Subsurface Chlorophyll Maxima studies, July 2007, Southern California Bight Blue Water Zone Cruise II, July-August 2006, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean California Current LTER Process Cruise, May-June 2006, Southern California Bight California Current LTER Fall Cruise, November 2004, Southern California Bight Blue Water Zone Cruise, February-March 2004, Drake Passage, Southern Ocean Eastern Tropical North Pacfic (ETNP) Cruise, November-December 2003, off Mexico Eastern Tropical North Pacfic (ETNP) Cruise, January-February 2003, off Mexico CalCOFI Fall Cruise, November 2002, Southern California Bight CalCOFI Summer Cruise, July 2002, Southern California Bight

Teaching Experience

• Assisted with Marine Chemistry (Winter 2006)
• Assistant with the COSMOS program, a science enrichment program for high school students (Summer 2005)
• Assisted with The Biosphere. (Spring 2004)
• TRIO Marine Science Program for underprivileged students. (Spring, 2003, 2004)
• Teaching Assistant for Physical Chemistry Lab. (Fall 2000)
• Supervised three undergraduate students in the Barbeau lab, 2003-2005 Grants Scripps Institution of Oceanography Whole Earth Society: Suboxic Zone Prochlorococcus and their Effect on Iron and Nitrogen Cycling 2004-2005 ($1000).