Curriculum Vitae

# Phoebe J. Lam

## Contact Information

Department of Earth and Planetary Science

University of California, Berkeley

307 McCone Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720-4767

pjlam@socrates.berkeley.edu

t\. 510-643-4248 f. 510-643-9980

## Education

UC Berkeley Ph.D Candidate (expected completion December 2005)

Department of Earth and Planetary Science (2001-present)

Advisor: James K.B. Bishop

UC Berkeley Masters Program (not completed)

Energy and Resources Group (2000-2001)

Princeton University M.A. May 1999

Department of Geosciences (1997-2000)

Advisor: François M.M. Morel

MIT S.B. June 1997; GPA=4.9/5.0

> Environmental Engineering Science (1993-1997)

Advisors: Sallie W. Chisholm and James W. Moffett

## Research

## submitted publications

Lam, P.J., J.K.B. Bishop, C.C. Henning, M.A. Marcus, G.A. Waychunas,
I.Y. Fung. Wintertime phytoplankton bloomlet in the Subarctic Pacific
supported by continental margin iron. Revisions submitted to Global
Biogeochemical Cycles (September 14, 2005).

## publications in preparation

Lam, P.J., J.K.B. Bishop, C.C. Henning, I.Y. Fung. In prep. Ballasting
and remineralization in the twilight zone of the Southern Ocean.

Lam, P.J., J.K.B. Bishop. In prep. Major and minor element
concentrations of suspended particulate matter in the Southern Ocean.

## peer-reviewed publications

Lam, P.J., P.D. Tortell, and F.M.M. Morel. 2001. Differential effects of
iron additions on organic and inorganic carbon production by
phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 46(5): 1199-1202.

Rosenthal, Y., P. Lam, E.A. Boyle, and J. Thomson. 1995. Authigenic
cadmium enrichments in suboxic sediments: Precipitation and
postdepositional mobility. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 132:
99-111.

## other publications

Lam, P.J., J.K.B. Bishop, G.A. Waychunas, S.R. Sutton, and M.Newville.
Characterization of Fe in Marine Particulates via Micro-XAS:
Possibilities and Limitations. APS Activity Report 2001. Argonne
National Lab Laboratory, Argonne, IL; ANL-02/06, December 2002.
Available at: <http://www.aps.anl.gov/apsar2001/LAMP1.PDF>

Lam, P.J. and S.W. Chisholm. 2002. Iron fertilization of the Oceans:
Reconciling Commercial Claims with Published Models. White Paper
available at: <http://mit.edu/chisholm/www/Fefert.pdf>

## Teaching Experience

*Graduate Student Instructor,* UC Berkeley, EPS c82---Introduction to
Oceans, taught by Jim Bishop and Lynn Ingram. Head GSI---coordinated
activities of all (4) GSIs. Gave a guest lecture on Primary Production
(\~430 students); graded assignments and exams; led review sessions;
held office hours (Fall 2004)

*Graduate Student Instructor,* UC Berkeley, EPS 103/203---Introduction
to Marine Geochemistry, taught by Jim Bishop. Gave a guest lecture (10
students); graded assignments and exams; met extensively with students
for individual help and to discuss term papers (Fall 2002)

*Assistant in Instruction,* Princeton University, ENV 202---Fundamentals
of Environmental Studies, taught by Bess Ward. Led two weekly discussion
sections; graded assignments and papers (Spring 2000)

*Assistant in Instruction,* Princeton University, GEO 331---Introduction
to Geochemistry, taught by François Morel. Graded assignments and exams;
met with students individually for help (Fall 1998)

## Selected Presentations

*Poster*, AGU---Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec 13-17, 2004). Lam,
P.J., J.K.B. Bishop, C.C. Henning, M.A. Marcus, G.A. Waychunas, I.Y.
Fung. "Continental Delivery of Iron to Ocean Station Papa (OSP) in the
Subarctic Pacific".

*Oral Presentation,* ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, HI
(Feb 15-20, 2004). Lam, P.J., J.K.B. Bishop, G.A. Waychunas, M.A.
Marcus. "Iron hotspots in marine aggregates of the Subarctic Pacific".

*Poster*, JGOFS Open Science Conference, Washington, D.C. (May 5-8,
2003). Lam, P.J., T.J. Wood, and J.K.B. Bishop. "Large volume *in-situ*
filtration during SOFeX: the fate of particles in the upper 1000m".
Abstract at: http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/osc2003/posterabstracts/lampa.htm

*Invited Speaker*, Workshop on Nanogeoscience, Lawrence Berkeley
National Lab, Berkeley, CA (June 14-16, 2002). Lam, P.J. and J.K.B.
Bishop. "Colloids in the Upper Ocean".

*Poster,* ASLO meeting, Santa Fe, NM (Feb 1999). Lam, P.J., P.D.
Tortell, and F.M.M. Morel. "Cobalt and inorganic carbon use in the
coccolithophore *Emiliania huxleyi"*.

## Cruises (\~119 days at sea)

R/V R.H. Brown, June-July 2003 (22 days), North Atlantic (A16N-leg 1),
Chief Scientist-John Bullister: Particulate inorganic carbon sensor
testing and calibration.

R/V Gordon Sproul, August 2003 (2 days), California Current, Chief
Scientist-Jim Bishop: Carbon sensor development.

R/V Roger Revelle, Jan-Feb 2002 (40 days), Southern Ocean, Chief
Scientist-Ken Johnson: Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment
(SOFeX)---large volume filtration.

R/V New Horizon, Aug 2001 (14 days), California Current, Chief
Scientist-Jim Bishop: Transect of coastal to oligotrophic waters---large
volume filtration.

CCGS J.P. Tully, Aug-Sep 1999 (20 days), Subarctic Pacific (Lines P &
Z), Chief Scientist-Frank Whitney: Coccolithophore response to trace
metal additions.

R/V Edwin Link, June 1999 (7 days), Gulf of Maine, Chief
Scientists-Patty Matrai and Barney Balch: Coccolithophore response to
pCO~2~ and trace metals.

R/V Oceanus, June 1996 (14 days), Sargasso Sea, Chief Scientist-Penny
Chisholm: Picoplankton and copper stress.

## Other Professional Experience

*Reviewer,* Global Biogeochemical Cycles

*Participant,*US GEOTRACES Planning Workshop, Lamont Doherty Earth
Observatory, Palisades, NY (May 22-25, 2004).

*Radio Interview,* "Science in Action" with Gareth Mitchell, on iron
fertilization in the ocean. Broadcast April 23, 2004 on BBC World
Service.

*Student Participant,* Synchrotron Techniques for Environmental
Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Joint ALS-SSRL Workshop, SLAC, Menlo
Park, CA (Oct. 8, 2003)

*Mentor,* to undergraduate research assistants during synchrotron
beamtime, UC Berkeley (Sept 2004, Dec 2003, April 2002)

*Mentor,* Lawrence Berkeley National Lab High School Summer Research
Program (Summer 2002, 2003)

*Student Participant,* GS/MSA Short Course: Applications of Synchrotron
Radiation in Low-Temperature Geochemistry and Environmental Science,
Monterey, CA (Dec 4-5, 2002)

*Student Participant,* NATO Advanced Study Institute on Ocean Carbon
Cycle and Climate, Ankara, Turkey (Aug 5-16, 2002)

*Co-organizer,* Earth and Planetary Science Department Fall 2002
Speakers Program, UC Berkeley (Fall 2002)

*Intern,* Oceans Program, Environmental Defense, Oakland, CA (Sept
2000-May 2001)

*Student Participant*, MBL Summer Course: "Physiology: Cellular and
Molecular Biology", Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (June
14-July 25, 1998)

## Awards and Scholarships

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Postdoctoral Award, December 2005

Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU, Ocean Sciences Section, San
Francisco, CA, Dec 2004

Student Travel Award, ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, HI,
Feb 2004

Student Travel Award, JGOFS Open Science Conference, Washington, D.C.,
May 2003

Student Travel Award, NATO ASI, Ankara, Turkey, Aug 2002

Graduate Opportunity Program Award, UC Berkeley, 2000-2001

NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship A, 1998-2000

Scholarship Award, the Society of General Physiologists, Marine
Biological Laboratory, 1998

1^st^ Year Merit Fellowship in Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
Princeton University, 1997-98

Richard Lee Russel Award, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
MIT, 1997

NSF REU, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, Summer 1995

NSERC Summer Undergraduate Research Award, McGill University, Summer
1994

## Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Elected to Sigma Xi, MIT, June 1997

Elected to Tau Beta Pi, MIT, May 1996

Elected to Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society), MIT, Apr 1996

## Other

Born September 24, 1976 in Montreal, Canada

US Permanent Resident Alien since January 1999 (Canadian citizen)

Fluent in English and French (spoken and written) and Mandarin Chinese
(spoken)