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Yan Xu
Ph.D - EEB

Department of Geosciences/Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
158 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Phone: (609) 258-1052
Fax: (609) 258-5242
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Advisor: François Morel

Morel Lab Page

Education
2002-present, Ph.D. candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Supervisor: Prof. François M.M. Morel

1999-2001, MPhil, Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Thesis: Bioaccumulation and elimination of trace metals in marine copepods.
Supervisor: Dr. Wen-Xiong Wang

1995-1999, B.Sc., Biology, Nanjing University, China
Thesis: Study of the soil animal communities in Shennongjia, China.
Supervisor: Prof. Jian-Xiu Chen

Professional Positions
1. 2000–2002, Research Assistant, Department of biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2. Spring 2000, Teaching Assistant, BIOL 202: Animal Physiology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Awards & Achievements
1. 1995, the outstanding student scholarship, Nanjing University
2. 1996 - 1998, Renming scholarship, Nanjing University
3. 2000, the outstanding student poster award, ASLO annual meeting, Denmark
4. 1999-2001, postgraduate studentship, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Publications
1. Xu, Y. and W.-X. Wang. 2002. Exposure and potential food chain transfer factor of Cd, Se and Zn in marine fish Lutjanus argentimaculatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 238: 173-186
2. Xu, Y. and W.-X. Wang. 2002. The assimilation of detritus-bound metals by marine copepod Acartia spinicauda. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 604-610
3. Wang, W.-X., Q.L. Yan, W.H. Fan, Y. Xu. 2002. Bioavailability of sedimentary metals from a contaminated bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 240: 27-38
4. Xu, Y. and W.-X. Wang. 2001. Individual responses of trace-element assimilation and physiological turnover by the marine copepod Calanus sinicus to changes in food quantity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 218: 227-238
5. Xu, Y., W.-X. Wang and D.P.H Hsieh. 2001. Influences of metal concentration in phytoplankton and seawater on metal assimilation and elimination in marine copepods. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20: 1067-1077
6. Wang, W.-X., R.C.H. Dei, Y. Xu. 2001. Responses of Zn assimilation by coastal plankton to macronutrients. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1524-1534
7. Wang, W.-X., R.C.H. Dei, Y. Xu. 2001. Cadmium uptake and trophic transfer in coastal plankton under contrasting nitrogen regimes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 211: 293-298
8. Xu, Y. and W.-X. Wang. 2003. Fates of Diatom Carbon and Trace Elements by the Grazing of a Marine Copepod. Marine Ecology Progress Series 254: 225-238
9. Xu, Y. and W.-X. Wang. 2004. Uptake of Ag by a marine diatom and its transfer to coastal copepod Acartia spinicauda. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23(3) 682-690.
10. Xu, Y, T.M. Wahlund, L. Feng, Y. Shaked, and F.M.M.Morel. 2006. A novel alkaline phosphatase in the coccolithophore emiliania huxleyi (prymnesiophyceae) and its regulation by phosphorus. Journal of Phycology, 42(4); 835-844
11. Xu, Y., D. Tang, Y.Shaked and F.M.M. Morel. 2007. Zinc, cadmium and cobalt inter-replacement and relative use efficiencies in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi.,Limnology and Oceanography 52(5) 2294-2305
12. Xu Y., Feng L., Jeffrey P.D., Shi Y. G. and Morel F. M. M. Structure, Mechanism and Metal Exchange in the Cadmium Carbonic Anhydrase of Marine Diatoms.  Nature (In press).

Presentations
1. Xu, Y., W.-X. Wang, D.P.H. Hsieh. 2000. Influences of metal concentration on metal assimilation and regeneration in marine copepods. ASLO Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2. Xu, Y. and W.-X. Wang. 2000. Assimilation of metals by marine copepod Calanus sinicus. SETAC 21st Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee