Jay T. Cullen Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry  WHOI, MS 25  Woods Hole, MA  02543  Phone: (508) 289-2453  Fax: (508) 457-2164 E-mail: jcullen@whoi.edu

Personal

Date of Birth:   07/15/73

Place of Birth:  Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Citizenship:  Canadian
 

Education

2001    Ph.D., Department of Oceanography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

1996    B.Sc. (First Class Honors), Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2003-           Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada

2001-2003   Postdoctoral Scholar,  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,
                    Woods Hole, MA, USA

1996-2001   Graduate Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Reviewer of manuscripts for Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Chemistry and Marine Ecology Progress Series

Chemical oceanography, marine geochemistry, phytoplankton-trace metal interactions, marine biogeochemistry of trace metals, bio-inorganic chemistry, paleoceanography and global change, stable isotope geochemistry and the development of novel techniques for trace elemental and isotopic analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

2000     Chemical Oceanography, Guest Lecturer and Teaching Assistant
1999     Chemical Oceanography, Guest Lecturer and Teaching Assistant
1998     Scientific Inquiry in Oceanography: Marine Foodwebs as Indicators of Global Change

2002      R/V Endeavor (02/28/02-03/20/02) Barbados-Rio de Janeiro/Equatorial Atlantic
            Chief Scientist E.A. Boyle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
2000      R/V Pt. Sur (07/06-07/17) California Current
             Chief Scientist Jay T. Cullen (Rutgers University)
2000      R/V Cape Henlopen (03/31-04/07) Mid Atlantic Bight/Sargasso Sea
             Chief Scientist R.M. Sherrell (Rutgers University)
1999      R/V New Horizon (07/09-07/26) California Current
             Chief Scientist R.M. Sherrell (Rutgers University)
1999      R/V Cape Henlopen (06/03-06/11) Mid Atlantic Bight/Gulf Stream
             Chief Scientist R.M. Sherrell (Rutgers University)
1999      R/V Walford (06/29-07/09) Mid Atlantic Bight
             Chief Scientist O.M. Schofield (Rutgers University)
1998      R/V Pt. Sur (05/02-05/19) California Current
             Chief Scientist M.L. Wells (University of Maine)
1997      R/V Pt. Sur (04/28-05/08) California Current
             Chief Scientist  A. van Geen (Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
1996-     R/V Caleta and R/V Arabella (multiple 1 day cruises) New Jersey Shelf
             Chief Scientists IMCS Faculty (Rutgers University)

Cullen, J.T. 2001.  The Biogeochemistry of Cadmium and Iron in the Ocean: Uptake by Marine
        Phytoplankton. Ph.D. Thesis. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.  151 pp.[abstract]

Cullen, J.T., Z. Chase, K.H. Coale, S.E. Fitzwater and R.M. Sherrell, (submitted).  Effect of iron limitation on the cadmium to
        phosphorous ratio of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean.  Limnology and Oceanography.

Glenn, S. M., T. Bergmann, R. Chant, M. Crowley, J.T. Cullen, D. Haidvogel, O. Schofield, (submitted).  A decadal history of
        recurrent coastal upwelling centers at the Long term Ecosystem Observatory and their relation to alongshore topographic
        variations.  Journal of Geophysical Research.

Cullen, J.T., Y. Rosenthal and P.G. Falkowski (2001).  The effect of anthropogenic CO₂ on the stable isotope composition of
        marine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 46(4): 996-998. 

Cullen, J.T., M.P. Field and R.M. Sherrell (2001).  The determination of trace elements in filtered suspended marine particulate
        material by sector field HR-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, 16: 1307-1312. 

Berman-Frank, I, J.T. Cullen, Y. Hareli, R.M. Sherrell, P.G. Falkowski, (2001).  Iron availability, cellular iron-quotas, and nitrogen
        fixation in Trichodesmium. Limnology and Oceanography, 46(6):1249-1260. 

Bergmann, T., O. Schofield, J.T. Cullen, S. Glenn, M.A. Moline, (2000). Concurrence of inherent optical properties and particulate
        organic carbon concentrations in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Applications of ocean color imagery in coastal waters,
        Ocean Optics XV 3: 60-67.

Cullen, J.T.,T.W. Lane, F.M.M. Morel and R.M. Sherrell (1999).  Modulation of cadmium uptake in
        phytoplankton by seawater pCO₂.  Nature, 402:165-167. 

Cullen, J.T., and R.M. Sherrell (1999).  Trace metals in small samples of size-fractionated phytoplankton:
        collection technique and filter blanks. Marine Chemistry, 67:233-247. 

Field, M.P., J.T. Cullen, and R.M. Sherrell (1999).  Direct determination of 10 trace metals in 50 µL
        samples of coastal seawater using desolvating micronebulization sector field ICP-MS. Journal of
        Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, 14:1425-1431. 

Book Chapters

Grzymski, J.J, M.A. Moline, J.T. Cullen (2002).  Modeling the atmosphere/ocean CO₂ cycle in relation to
        surface Fe concentrations. In: (Lindholm, J. and M. Ruth, eds.)  Modeling Dynamic Systems:
        Dynamic Modeling for Marine Conservation. Springer-Verlag.

Invited Lectures

2001    The biogeochemistry of cadmium and iron in ocean surface waters.  November 26, University of Victoria, School of Earth
            and Ocean Sciences, Victoria BC.

2001    Regulation of phytoplankton Cd content by dissolved CO₂ and Zn: Implications for the glacial
            Southern Ocean.  February 15, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton NJ.

2000    Enhanced Cd uptake by phytoplankton under low dissolved CO₂: Implications for
            paleoceanography.  October 26, McGill University, Department of Biology, Montreal PQ.

2000    The cycling of bioactive trace elements in ocean surface waters: Phytoplankton uptake in relation
            to the chemical environment.  August 8, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole
            MA.

2000    Trace Metals and Ballast Water Exchange Verification. August 3-4, Smithsonian Environmental
            Research Center, Edgewater MD.

2000    The iron content of Trichodesmium spp.  June 13, Princeton University, Princeton NJ.

1999    Determination of trace metals in small size fractionated samples of marine particulates.  Sept.13,
            ELEMENT Users Forum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ.

1999    Dependence of Cd uptake by phytoplankton on surface water pCO₂.  June 14, Princeton
            University, Princeton NJ.

2002    Cullen, J.T., K.H. Coale, S.E. Fitzwater, R.M. Sherrell and Z. Chase.  Effect of iron limitation on the
            Cd/P composition of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean.  Gordon
            Research Conference (Chemical Oceanography), Aug.11-16, Oxford, UK.

2000    Cullen, J.T., E. Quilty and R.M. Sherrell.  What controls Cd/P in oceanic surface waters?  AGU
            Fall Meeting, Dec.14-19, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2000    Cullen, J.T., R.M. Sherrell.  Control of phytoplankton Cd by dissolved CO₂ in ocean surface
            waters. EOS. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 80(Suppl.), OS107.

2000    Grzymski, J.J.,  J.T. Cullen, E.L. Peters, S.M. Glenn, R.M. Sherrell, O.M. Schofield.
            Relationship between light attenuation and suspended particulate material during nearshore coastal
            upwelling. EOS. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 80(Suppl.), OS245.

2000    Berman-Frank, I., J.T. Cullen, R.M. Sherrell, Z.S. Kolber, P.G. Falkowski.
            Trichodesmium-The “UR-cyanobacterium”? EOS. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 80(Suppl.),
            OS270.

2000    Sherrell, R.M., J.T. Cullen, M.P. Field, H.J. Gross.  Low Cd in phytoplankton of Mid-Atlantic
            Bight shelf waters.  EOS. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 80(Suppl.), OS4.

1999    Sherrell, R.M., M.P. Field, Y. Rosenthal, J.T. Cullen.  Applications of high-resolution inductively
            coupled plasma mass spectrometry to difficult problems in trace metal marine geochemistry.
            Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Conference, Oct. 24-29, Vancouver BC,
            Canada.

1999    Cullen, J.T., T.W. Lane, F.M.M. Morel and R.M. Sherrell.  Modulation of phytoplankton Cd
            uptake by seawater pCO₂.  Gordon Research Conference (Chemical Oceanography), Aug. 11-15,
            Meriden, NH.

1999    Cullen, J.T., J.J. Grzymski, R.M. Sherrell, O. Schofield and S. Glenn.  Estimating suspended
            particulate mass and particulate organic carbon from in situ optical data in a coastal upwelling
            system on the New Jersey shelf. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 1-5 1999, Santa Fe NM.

1999    Field, M. P., Robert M. Sherrell and J.T. Cullen and F. Lindsay.  Determination of trace metals
            in suspended marine particulates using HR-ICPMS.  European Winter Conference on Plasma
            Mass Spectrometry, Jan. 10-15 1999, Pau, France.

1999    Field, M. P., Robert M. Sherrell and J.T. Cullen.  Determination of dissolved trace metals in
            coastal seawater using HR-ICPMS.  European Winter Conference on Plasma Mass Spectrometry,
            Jan. 10-15 1999, Pau, France.

1998    Cullen, J.T., R.M. Sherrell.  Enhanced Cd uptake by phytoplankton  under low dissolved CO₂:
            Implications for paleoceanography.  EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45) pg. F427.

1998    Field, M. P., R.M. Sherrell, Y. Rosenthal, J.T. Cullen and F. Lindsay.  Novel applications of high
            resolution sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to problems in chemical
            oceanography.  EOS Trans. AGU, 79(45) pg. F459.

1997    Cullen, J.T., R.M. Sherrell and A. van Geen.  High phytoplankton Cd/P in productive waters off
            central California.  Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 9-13, 1998, San Diego, CA.

1996    Cullen, J.T. and J.J. Grzymski.  Incorporating  biogenic uptake into a coastal margin zinc budget.
            Gordon Research Conference (Chemical Oceanography), August 4-9.,  Meriden, NH.