Curriculum Vitae for XMUM Official Website

BIOGRAPHY

As a group of oceanographers, Prof. Luo and his team employ a variety of analytical tools, including data synthesis, eco-physiological models, and ecosystem models to investigate the complexities of marine microbial ecology and biogeochemistry in the context of climate change. Our research interests are focused on understanding the intricate interplay between critical oceanic processes such as nitrogen fixation, heterotrophic bacteria-dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics, viral ecology, and the carbon and nitrogen cycles. By delving into these topics, we aim to gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex mechanisms that govern marine ecosystem dynamics and their potential responses to climate change.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Marine Microbial Ecosystems

• Marine Biogeochemistry

• Marine Nitrogen Fixation

• Marine Biogeochemical Models

• Marine Ecophysiological Models

• Marine Data Synthesis

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• PhD in Marine Ecology – Brown University, U.S.A., 2009

• MSc in Environmental Science – Peking University, China, 2003

• BSc in Marine Fishery Resources – Ocean University of China, 2000

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Deputy Dean – China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences, Xiamen University Malaysia (2023 - Present)

• Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies – College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, China (2023 - Present)

• Professor  – College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, China (2022 - Present)

• Vice Chair  – Department of Marine Biology and Technology, Xiamen University, China (2019 - 2024)

• Associate Professor – College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, China (2013 - 2022)

• Postdoctoral Investigator – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S.A. (2009-2013)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE / GRANTS

• Lead-PI, Nitrogen isotope-constrained study of the coupling between marine nitrogen fixation and export production, NSFC, 2024-2027

• Lead-PI, Controlling Mechanisms and Projections of Marine Nitrogen Fixation: From Physiology to Ecosystem Scales, NSFC, 2021-2024

• Co-PI, Virus-driven Carbon Cycle Mechanisms and Processes in the Deep Biosphere, NSFC, 2020-2023

• Co-PI, Biological Carbon Fixation and Export in Ocean Desert (Carbon-FE), NSFC, 2019-2023

• Lead-PI, Controlling Mechanisms of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Global Ocean and the Response of Its Rates to the Global Change, NSFC, 2015-2018

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

 Student coauthors from my lab are underlined. Corresponding authors are denoted by *

• Shao, Z.^#, Xu, Y.^#, Wang, H., Luo, W., Wang, L., Huang, Y., Agawin, N. S. R., Ahmed, A., Benavides, M., Bentzon-Tilia, M., Berman-Frank, I., Berthelot, H., Biegala, I. C., Bif, M. B., Bode, A., Bonnet, S., Bronk, D. A., Brown, M. V., Campbell, L., Capone, D. G., Carpenter, E. J., Cassar, N., Chang, B. X., Chappell, D., Chen, Y. L., Church, M. J., Cornejo-Castillo, F. M., Detoni, A. M. S., Doney, S. C., Dupouy, C., Estrada, M., Fernandez, C., Fernández-Castro, B., Fonseca-Batista, D., Foster, R. A., Furuya, K., Garcia, N., Goto, K., Gago, J., Gradoville, M. R., Hamersley, M. R., Henke, B. A., Hörstmann, C., Jayakumar, A., Jiang, Z., Kao, S. J., Karl, D. M., Kittu, L. R., Knapp, A. N., Kumar, S., LaRoche, J., Liu, H., Liu, J., Lory, C., Löscher, C. R., Marañón, E., Messer, L. F., Mills, M. M., Mohr, W., Moisander, P. H., Mahaffey, C., Moore, R., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Mulholland, M. R., Nakaoka, S., Needoba, J. A., Raes, E. J., Rahav, E., Ramírez-Cárdenas, T., Reeder, C. F., Riemann, L., Riou, V., Robidart, J. C., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Sato, T., Saxena, H., Selden, C., Seymour, J. R., Shi, D., Shiozaki, T., Singh, A., Sipler, R. E., Sun, J., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, K., Tan, Y., Tang, W., Tremblay, J. É., Turk-Kubo, K., Wen, Z., White, A. E., Wilson, S. T., Yoshida, T., Zehr, J. P., Zhang, R., Zhang, Y., and Luo, Y.-W.* (2023), Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N₂ fixation, Earth System Science Data 15, 3673-3709, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3673-2023

• Luo, W., and Luo, Y.-W.* (2023), Diurnally dynamic iron allocation promotes N₂ fixation in marine dominant diazotroph Trichodesmium, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21, 3503-3512, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.07.006

• Dai, M.^#*, Luo, Y.-W.^#*, Achterberg, E. P., Browning, T. J., Cai, Y., Cao, Z., Chai, F., Chen, B., Church, M. J., Ci, D., Du, C., Gao, K., Guo, X., Hu, Z., Kao, S.-J., Laws, E. A., Lee, Z., Lin, H., Liu, Q., Liu, X., Luo, W., Meng, F., Shang, S., Shi, D., Saito, H., Song, L., Wan, X. S., Wang, Y., Wang, W.-L., Wen, Z., Xiu, P., Zhang, J., Zhang, R., and Zhou, K. (2023), Upper ocean biogeochemistry of the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: From nutrient sources to carbon export, Reviews of Geophysics 61, e2022RG000800, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022RG000800

• Luo, W., Inomura, K., Zhang, H., and Luo, Y.-W.* (2022), N₂ fixation in Trichodesmium does not require spatial segregation from photosynthesis, mSystems 7, e00538-22, https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00538-22

• Shao, Z., and Luo, Y.-W.* (2022), Controlling factors on the global distribution of a representative marine non-cyanobacterial diazotroph phylotype (Gamma A), Biogeosciences 19, 2939-2952, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2939-2022

• Zhang, Q., and Luo, Y.-W.* (2022), A competitive advantage of middle-sized diatoms from increasing seawater CO2, Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 838629, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.838629

• Wang, H., and Luo, Y.-W.* (2022), Top-down control on major groups of global marine diazotrophs, Acta Oceanologica Sinica 41(8), 111-119, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1956-2

• Xie, L., Wei, W., Cai, L., Chen, X., Huang, Y., Jiao, N., Zhang, R.*, and Luo, Y.-W.* (2021), A global viral oceanography database (gVOD), Earth System Science Data 13, 1251-1271, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1251-2021

• Luo, Y.-W.*, Shi, D.*, Kranz, S. A., Hopkinson, B. M., Hong, H., Shen, R. and Zhang, F. (2019), Reduced nitrogenase efficiency dominates response of the globally important nitrogen fixer Trichodesmium to ocean acidification, Nature Communications 10, 1521, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09554-7

• Luo, Y.-W.*, Lima, I. D., Karl, D. M., Deutsch, C. A., and Doney, S. C. (2014), Data-based assessment of environmental controls on global marine nitrogen fixation, Biogeosciences 11, 691-708, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-691-2014

• Luo, Y.-W.*, Ducklow, H. W., Friedrichs, M. A. M., Church, M. J., Karl, D. M. and Doney, S. C. (2012), Interannual variability of primary production and dissolved organic nitrogen storage in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences117, G03019, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JG001830

HONORS/AWARDS

Prospective PhD/MSc Applications