Biographical Information

Xiaozhen Mou, Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 44242

Email: xmou@kent.edu; Tel: (330) 672-3625; Fax: (330) 672-3713

Lab webpage: http://drosophila.biology.kent.edu/users/xmou/

 

Educational Background

Degrees

2000-2006                Ph.D., Marine Microbial Ecology, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

1997-2000                M.S., Seaweed Chemistry, Department of Seaweed Chemistry, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.      

1993-1997                B.S., Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Assistantships and Fellowships

2006-2008                Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (Advisor: Dr. Mary Ann Moran)

2000-2006                Graduate Fellow/Research Assistant. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

2004-2005                Graduate Fellow/Teaching Assistant. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

1996-1997                Research Assistant. Institute of Natural Pigments, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.

Academic and Professional Awards

2011         ASLO Early Career Travel Award, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

2010         Ferris Family Research Innovation Awards. Research Council Kent State University

2010         Faculty Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment. Research Council of Kent State University,

 Academic appointments

 

2008-present            Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent OH

 

Evidence of Scholarly Activity

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mou X, Vila-Costa M, Sun S, Zhao W, Sharma S and Moran MA. 2011. Metatranscriptomic signature of exogenous polyamine utilization by coastal bacterioplankton. Environmental Microbiology Reports 3:798-806.

Robbins S, Jacob J, Lu X, Moran MA and Mou X. 2011. Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) Labeling and Subsequent Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting for Culture-independent Identification of Dissolved Organic Carbon-degrading Bacterioplankton. Journal of Visualized Experiments DOI: 10.3791/2855.

Zhao W, Song Z, Jiang H, Li W, Mou X, Romanek CS, Wiegel J, Dong H and Zhang C-L. 2011 Ammonia-oxidizing archaea in Kamchatka hot springs. Geomicrobiology Journal 28: 149-159

Fernandez-Guerra A, Buchan A, Mou X, Casamayor E O and Gonzalez J M. 2010. T-RFPred: a nucleotide sequence size prediction tool for microbial community description based on Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism chromatograms. BMC Microbiology 10:262.

Mou X, Sun S, Rayapati and Moran MA. 2010. Genes for transport and metabolism of spermidine in Silicibacter pomeroyi DSS-3 and other marine bacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 58: 311–321.

 Poretsky R, Sun S, Mou X and Moran MA. 2009. Transporter genes expressed by coastal bacterioplankton in response to dissolved organic carbon. Environmental Microbiology 12:616-27

Edmonds JW, Weston NB, Joye SB, Mou X and Moran MA. 2009. Microbial community response to seawater amendment in low-salinity tidal sediments. Microbial Ecology 58:558-68

Mou X, Sun SL, Edwards R, Hodson RE and Moran MA. 2008. Generalist species dominate bacterial carbon processing in the coastal ocean. Nature 451:708-711.

Mou X, Hodson RE and Moran MA. 2007. Bacterioplankton assemblages transforming dissolved organic compounds in coastal seawater. Environmental Microbiology. 9: 2025-2037. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01318.x.

Mou X, Moran MA, Stepanauskas R, Gonzàles JM and Hodson RE. 2005. Culture-independent identification of bacterioplankton involved in DMSP transformations by flow cytometric cell sorting and subsequent molecular analyses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:1405-1416.

Funded Grant Proposals

PI         Identification of Microcystin-Degrading Bacteria, Lake Erie Protection Fund, $15,000 08/01/09-07/31/11

PI         Nitrogen Removal by Microbial-Mediated Processes under Hypoxic Conditions in Lake Erie, Ohio Water Resources Center, US Geological Survey, $22,832   03/01/10-02/28/11

Co-PI  Tracking down cheaters: molecular analysis of carbon consumption by organisms that do not contribute to extracellular enzyme pools, Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, $ 1,075,638   03/01/10-02/28/13

PI         Collaborative Research: Contribution of polyamines to the ecology and biogeochemistry of marine systems, NSF Biological Oceanography program, $436,537 10/01/2010-09/30/2013

PI         A study of bacteria to discover which are responsible for detoxifying cyanotoxins in contaminated bodies of water. Farris Family Innovation Fund, $24,000  09/01/10-08/31/13

PI         Identification of Microcystin Degrading Bacteria in the Grand Lake St. Marys and Lake Erie Western Basin, Ohio Water Resources Center, US Geological Survey, $20,800  03/01/12-02/28/13

Co-PI Nitrogen Be Managed in Lake Erie? The Potential Role of Nitrogen Fixation by Cyanobacteria. NOAA Ohio Sea Grant College Program, $114,896 (a 2-year project, estimated starting time Fall 2013).

Recent Abstracts and Presentations at Scientific Conferences

Liu Q, Lu X, Clevinger C, Mou X. and Hollibaugh JT. The contribution of polyamines to N and C cycling in the transects of the South Atlantic Bight, Georgia. ASLO 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Ormiston A and Mou X. Culture-based identification of microcystin-degrading bacteria in the Sandusky Bay and Maumee Bay of Lake Erie. American Geophysical Union 2013 Fall Meeting. Dec. 2012. San Francisco, CA.

Madhuri S and Mou X. Determination of substrate specificity of polyamine transporters in Roseobacter species. American Geophysical Union 2013 Fall Meeting. Dec. 2012. San Francisco, CA.

Brower S, Leff L and Mou X. Dissecting the link between community composition and function in the laboratory: denitrification in pure and mixed cultures. The 97th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug.  2012, Portland, OR.

Lu X, Clevinger C and Mou X. Diel correlation between bacterioplankton community structures and concentrations of DFAA and polyamines in the Gray’s Reef National marine Sanctuary. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 112th General Meeting, June, 2012, in San Francisco, California

Lu X, Bade D, Leff L and Mou X. Microbially mediated nitrogen removal processes in hypoxic water of Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference 2011. May 2012, Cornwall, Canada.

Heath R, Mou X, Leff L, Bade D, Clevinger C and Lu X. Causes and consequences of hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie. CERF, Nov. 2011, Daytona beach, FL.

Brower S, Leff LG and Mou X. The role of gene diversity in the function of denitrifying assemblages in freshwater wetlands. The 96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug.  2011, Austin, TX.

Robbins S and Mou X. Substrate specificity of polyamine transporters in model Roseobacter species. 2011 American Society for Microbiology Ohio Branch Summer Meeting. April, 2011, Athens, OH.

Lu X, Bade D, Leff L, Heath R and Mou X. Denitrification and anammox processes in Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference 2011. May 2011, Duluth, MN.

Mou X, Lu X and Heath R. Microcystin degradation-involved bacterial genes and taxa revealed by metagenomic sequencing. International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference 2011. May 2011, Duluth, MN.

Mou X, Sun S and Moran MA. Distribution and genetic diversity of polyamine ABC transporter Genes in marine Roseobacter and SAR11 model species. 2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Feb. 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Workshops

EU-US Theoretical and Practical Training Course on Marine Bioinformatics “Marine Omics” Jacobs University, Bremen Germany, June 17^th-Jun 30^th, 2012.

ASM/JGI Funcitonal Genomics Institute, Hiram, OH. July 17th-21st, 2011.

DOE Joint Genome Institute Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics (MGM) Workshop. Walnut Creek, CA. May 19th-23rd, 2008.

Kent State KASADA Faculty Advising Workshop Series, Kent OH. Fall 2008-Spring 2009

Scientific cruises

Oceanic cruise to South Atlantic Bight, R/V Savannah, April 18-22, Oct 3-7 2011

Professional Society Memberships

International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)

American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Ecological Society of America (ESA)

International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)

Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)

Academy of the Environment at the University of Georgia