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Jodi Nicole Young
School of Oceanography, University of Washington — Seattle, WAS, USA 98103
Phone: 206-543-0744— E-Mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, UK (2011)
Past and future adaptations of phytoplankton to carbon dioxide. Supervisor: Prof. R.E.M. Rickaby
First Class Honors in Molecular Biology, Joint CSIRO and Murdoch University, Australia (2004)
Title: Analysis of stress responsive ERF transcription factors in plants. Supervisors Dr Karam Singh
(CSIRO) and Prof. Richard Oliver (Murdoch). Equivalent to US Research Masters.
B.Sc Double Major in Marine Science and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Australia (2002)
Experience
Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography,
Mar 2016 - current
University of Washington, USA
Tenure track position as part of the Future of Ice Initiative. Focus on polar marine research and enzyme
kinetics. Design and carry out and analyze research on the biochemical, photochemical and physiological
adaptations of psychrophilic phytoplankton to polar environments. Commitment to research, teaching and
faculty responsibilities.
Associate Research Scholar, Department of Geosciences,
Jan 2015 – Nov 2016
Princeton University, USA
Focus on polar marine research and enzyme kinetics. Design and carry out and analyze research on the
biochemical, photochemical and physiological adaptations of psychrophilic phytoplankton to polar
environments. Supervisor undergraduate student projects. Responsible for maintaining phytoplankton
culture collection.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geosciences,
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
Princeton University, USA
Carbon acquisition by marine phytoplankton with a focus on climate change. Techniques include
metabolomics, membrane inlet mass spectrometry, stable isotope chemistry, protein expression and
kinetics and 2 months of Antarctic field-work. Research funded through NSF Grants OPP
1043593 ($434,769), EF 1040965 ($1,390,493) and OCE 0825192 ($1,095,993)
PhD candidate, Department of Earth Sciences,
Oct 2007 – Nov 2011
Oxford University, UK
Evolution of photosynthesis in phytoplankton to changing CO2 over geological and modern time scales in
the laboratory and field. Techniques include: genetic sequencing, Phylogenetic Analysis of Maximum
Likelihood (PAML), stable isotope chemistry, enzyme kinetic assays, radiolabelling, 2 months field work
as part of the Atlantic Meridional Transect. Established molecular biology laboratory with the Earth
Sciences Department. Project funded through ERC Grant SP2-GA-2008-200915 (€1,650,000).
Research Assistant, Centre for Molecular Medicine,
Nov 2004 – Sep 2007
University College London, UK.
Investigating the molecular cause for Crohn’s Disease. Experience includes: genotyping, confocal
microscopy, neutrophil chemotaxis and bacterial engulfment, measurement of reactive oxygen species.
Laboratory manager, role included maintenance of laboratory facilities and budgets. Trained
undergraduate and graduate students. Project funded by Wellcome Trust 074816/Z/04/Z (£322,007).
Research Technician, Plant Industry,
May 2002 – Jun 2004
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
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The study of transcription factors involved in plant defense against necrotrophic pathogens. Laboratory
experience includes: plant cell culture, genetic transformations, cloning and PCR, plant-pathogen
interactions.
Publications
Young, J.N., Heureux, A.M.C., Sharwood, R.E., Rickaby, R.E.M., Whitney, S.M. (submitted) The
variation in diatom Rubisco kinetics reveals diversity in the efficiency of their carbon concentrating
mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Botany
Young, J. N. & Morel, F. M. M. (2015) Biological oceanography: The CO2 switch in diatoms. Nature
Climate Change advance online publication, doi:10.1038/nclimate2691.
Young, J.N., Kranz, S., Goldman, J., Tortell, P.D., Morel, F.M.M. (2015) Under high CO2, Antarctic
phytoplankton down-regulate their carbon concentrating mechanisms with no change in growth rates.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 532: 13-28, doi: 10.3354/meps11336
Young, J.N., Goldman, J., Kranz, S., Tortell, P.D., Morel, F.M.M. (2015) Slow carboxylation of Rubisco
constrains the rate of carbon fixation during Antarctic phytoplankton blooms. New Phytologist 205 (1):
172-181. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13021
Goldman, J., Kranz, S., Young, J.N., Tortell, P.D., Bender, M., Morel, F.M.M. (2015) Gross and net
production during the spring bloom along the Western Antarctic Peninsula New Phytologist 205 (1): 182191. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13125.
Kranz, S., Young, J.N., Goldman, J., Tortell, P.D., Bender, M., Morel, F.M.M. (2015) Low temperature
reduces the energetic requirement for the CO2 concentrating mechanism in diatoms. New Phytologist 205
(1): 192-201. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12976
Hopkinson, B., Young, J.N., Tanskik, A.L., Binder, B. J. (2014) The minimal CO2 concentrating
mechanism of Prochlorococcus (MED4) is effective and efficient. Plant Physiology 166(4):2205-17
Tortell, P.D., Asher, E.C., Dacey, J.W.H. Kranz, S., Young, J.N., Goldman, J. Ducklow, H., Grzymski, J.
Stanley, R., Morel, F.M.M. (2014) Metabolic balance of coastal Antarctic waters revealed by autonomous
high frequency pCO2 and DO2 /Ar measurements Geophysical Research Letters DOI:
10.1002/2014GL061266
Young, J.N., Bruggeman, J. Rickaby, R.E.M., Erez, J., Conte, M. (2013) Evidence of changes in isotopic
fractionation by phytoplankton between 1960 and 2010. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27
DOI:10.1002/gbc.20045
Losh, J., Young, J.N. Morel, F.M (2013) Rubisco is a small fraction of total protein in marine
phytoplankton, New Phytologist 198: 52-58
Young, J.N., Rickaby, R.E.M, Kapralov, M., Filatov, D. (2012) Adaptive signals in algal Rubisco reveal
a history of ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide. Phil Trans Roy Soc B 267 (1588):483-492
Rickaby, R.E.M., Henderiks, J., Young, J.N. (2010) Perturbing phytoplankton: a tale of isotopic
fractionation in two coccolithophore species. Clim. Past Discuss. 6:257-294
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Onate-Sanchez, L., Anderson, J.P., Young, J.N., Singh, K.B. (2007) AtERF14, a member of the ERF
family of transcription factors, plays a non-redundant role in plant defense. J. Plant Physiology 143:400409
Marks, D.J.B., Harbourd, M.W.N., MacAllister, R., Rahman, R.Z., Young, J. N., Al-Lazikani, B., Lees,
W., Novelli, M., Bloom, S. Segal A. (2006) Defective acute inflammation in Crohn’s disease: a clinical
investigation. The Lancet, 367:668-78
Work in progress
Young, J.N., Higgins, M., Morel, F.M.M. Physiological response of a marine diatom to zinc and CO2
limitation determined through metabolomics and stable isotope tracers (in prep,)
Cheung, T., Morel, F.M.M., Young, J.N. A Mechanistic Study of CO2 Fixation in Marine Diatoms:
Effects of diel cycling, temperature and light intensity on Thalassiosira weissflogii (in prep)
Awards/Scholarships/Funding
• (Submitted) Regulation of primary production in the Western Antarctic Peninsula: cold
adaptation of biochemical processes and redox balance. PIs François MM Morel, Jodi N
Young, NSF Polar Programs, Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems ($686,606)
• Co-authored Grant: Critical Processes and Parameters Governing the Spring Bloom in
Antarctica. Cooperative Institute for Climate Science, PI: François Morel ($85,083)
• Visiting Research Scholar, Australian National University ($5,000)
• Antarctica Service Medal, United States Antarctic Program
• Funding for Marine Microbes Conference, Gordon Research Council ($1,400)
• Microbial Oceanography Summer School. C-MORE, Agouron Institute ($4,789)
• First Year Graduate Prize. Dept. Earth Sci. Oxford University (£150)
• Hester Cordelia Parsons Fund Dept. Earth Sci. Oxford University (£1,200)
• Australian Bicentennial Scholarship, Australian Bicentennial Trust ($3,500 AU)
• Clarendon Scholarship, Overseas Research Scholarship, Oxford University and
College Graduate Award, University College Oxford (these 3 awards amount to £26, 000 p.a.
. for three years during my D.Phil)
• Vacation Scholarship, CSIRO Marine Laboratories
• Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence, Murdoch University
• Wildflower Society of W.A. Award Wildflower Society of W.A.
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Conferences/Talks
• Conference Talk at Molecular Life of Diatoms, University of Washington, July 7-10, 2015
• Invited seminar at School of Oceanography, University of Washington, April 12th, 2015
• Invited seminar at LDEO Biology, Columbia University, April 6th, 2015
• Invited seminar at EPS, UC Berkeley, March 19th, 2015
• Invited seminar at College of Marine Sciences, University of South Florida, Feb 16th 2015
• Invited seminar at Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, October 3rd, 2014
• Invited seminar at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Science, Australia, March 20th, 2014
• Conference Poster at CO2 Assimilation in Plants, Gordon Research Council, 2014
• Invited seminar at the Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina, August 18th, 2014
• Invited seminar at the Department of Environmental Science, Rutgers University, August 4th, 2014
• Conference Talk at Aquatic Sciences Meeting, ASLO, Feb 21 – 28, Honolulu, 2014
• Conference Talk at Aquatic Sciences Meeting, ASLO, Feb 13 - 18, Puerto Rico, 2011
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Conference Poster at Marine Microbes, Gordon Research Council, 2010
Conference Talk at Challenger Society Conference for Marine Science, Southampton, Sep 6-9, 2010
Conference Poster at Plant Biology, American Society of Plant Biologists, Honolulu, 2008
Teaching
• Supervision of Senior Thesis Project, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton
University (Tiffany Cheung)
• Training in Course Design and Syllabus Preparation, McGraw Teaching Center,
Princeton University
• Supervision of Junior Thesis Project, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton
University (Tiffany Cheung, awarded best Junior Thesis)
• Supervision of sophomore summer interns, Princeton Environmental Institute,
Princeton University (Derek Ou and Tiffany Cheung)
• Laboratory Demonstrator in Biological Oceanography, Department of Earth
Sciences, University of Oxford
• Designed and taught 4th year undergraduate Oceanography field trip to Bermuda.
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
• Freshman Tutor for Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University College,
University of Oxford
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2012, 2014
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Professional Affiliations
• Member of the Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• Reviewer for Deep Sea Research Letters, Phycologia, Estaurine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences,
Biogeosciences, Nature Climate Change, New Phytologist. Plant Physiology
• Grant Reviewer for Seagrant
Interests
• Captain of the Women’s Division 2 Volleyball Team, University of Oxford (2009, 2010)
• Scuba diving (PADI Advanced), swimming and other various water sports
• Travelling and hiking. I recently trekked through the Patagonian Andes
• Marine Biologist Tour Guide for Bayview Tours. Included swimming with manta rays, whale watching
and snorkeling tours on Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay, Western Australia (during undergraduate holidays,
1999 – 2002)
Other training
• Radiation Safety Officer, University College London (2005)
• Fire Safety Course, Western Australia Fire Brigade (2003)
• Liquid Nitrogen Safety Handling Course, BOC Gases (2002)
• Senior First Aid, Red Cross (2002)