Curriculum Vitae

LIN WU

Department of Biology

Mount Union College

1972 Clark Avenue

Alliance, Ohio 44601

phone: 330-823-3692

fax: 330-823-8531

e-mail: wuli@muc.edu

Present Position

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, USA

Education

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., Department of Zoology

Ph.D., 1991 Major Field: Aquatic Ecology

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., Department of Zoology

M.S., 1990 Major Field: Aquatic Ecology

Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China, Department of Fisheries

B.S., 1983 Major Field: Fisheries Biology

Teaching Experience

Associate professor, August, 2000 – present.

Department of Biology, Mount Union College.

Stone Laboratory Faculty, Summer, 2000.

The Ohio State University.

Assistant professor, August, 1994 – May, 2000

Department of Biology, Mount Union College.

Lecturer, September - December, 1991.

Department of General Biology, The Ohio State University.

Graduate teaching assistant, September 1985 - June 1991.

Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University.

Teaching assistant, September 1983 - July 1985.

Department of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.

Professional Experience

1997, June. NSF Stressed Stream Analysis Program (incorporating research into undergraduate

teaching), SUNY at Brockport, New York.

1992-June 1994. Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.

1993, August. Fish health and condition assessment workshop. Portland, Oregon.

1992, June. Larval fish workshop. SUNY at Syracuse, New York.

1990, March - June. Research Associate. Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University. (Involved in experimental manipulations of nutrients and fish density in hatchery ponds and their effects on zooplankton dynamics and fish growth)

1987, August. Research scientist on RV LIMNOS, National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. (Conducted ³²P in situ grazing experiments with Dr. David Lean on three basins of Lake Erie)

1986. Volunteer technician, Great Lakes Fisheries Laboratory, US Fisheries and Wildlife Service, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Involved in fish behavior experiments with Dr. Mary Henry and Daphnia toxicology experiments with Dr. Jacqueline Savino)

Research Grants

Lake Erie Protection Fund. 1996-1998. Contribution of benthic recruitment to the development of a blue-green algal bloom in Lake Erie. $20, 933.

Mount Union College STAR Grant. 1995. Restoration of degraded and eutrophic lakes in China: A fish biomanipulation approach. $2000.

Wang Kuan-chen Award, China Academy of Science. 1995. Effect of silver carp density on plankton community and water quality (with the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China). $2000, CC4500 (Chinese currency).

Ohio Biological Survey. 1995. Survey of aquatic communities in a freshwater marsh. $500.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. 1992-1994. Improvement of fisheries management techniques - Study on the impact of alewife introduction on Newfound Lake zooplankton and fish communities (with James F. Haney). $138,073.

Professional Recognition and Awards

Nominated for the 1998 Great Teacher Award by members of the senior class at Mount Union College.

American Man and Women of Science, 1994.

Graduate Student Travel Award, 1990. Zooplankton Section, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.

Graduate Student Alumni Research Award. 1990. Is zooplankton density responsible for the ontogenetic dietary change in young-of-year yellow perch? The Ohio State University.

Stone Laboratory Research Fellowship Award. 1987. The Ohio State University.

Membership in Scientific Societies

American Fisheries Society

Great Lakes Aquatic Ecosystems Research Consortium

North American Lake Management Society

The Ohio Academy of Science

International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

International Fund For China’s Environment

Professional Association for China’s Environment

Undergraduate Research Supervised

Natalie Call. 2000. Comparison of the zooplankton population in a small lake community pre-treatment and post-treatment of an aquatic herbicide.

Ryan Laurich. 2000. Diet overlap in native and non-native fish species in western Lake Erie.

Nathan A. Moyer. 2000. Limiting features for small headwater stream to support fish life. (presented as a poster at the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting, April 1)

Farrington, H. 1999. Predator-prey interactions in stratified aquatic ecosystems. (presented as a poster at the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting, April 24)

Matt Gosses. 1999. Zooplankton spatial distribution in the western basin of Lake Erie. (presented as a poster at the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting, April 24)

Hudson, J. 1998. Huff Run: Fish IBI and its link to water quality. (presented as a poster at the 38^th Ohio Fish & Wildlife Conference in Columbus, OH, February 20)

Nikiforow, R. 1998. The effect of human usage on Findley State Park Lake’s water quality. (presented as a poster at the 38^th Ohio Fish & Wildlife Conference in Columbus, OH, February 20)

Miller, M. W. 1998. Effects of nutrient concentration on algal bloom in Lake Mohawk. (presented as a poster at the Ohio Academy of Science Annual Meeting, April 4)

Au, S. 1998. A study of fish enzymes using gel electrophoresis.

Lower, M. 1997. Comparative toxicity of common pesticides on small and large Daphnia magna.

Johnson, M. 1996. A survey of macroinvertebrates in a freshwater wetland (LIMROD). (oral presentation at the Ohio Biological Survey annual meeting, Columbus, OH.)

Kaser, L. 1995. Behavioral responses to different wavelengths of light in fishers.

Presentations

Culver, D. A., L. Wu, Hui Lin, Lin Zhang, Lei Gu, Jiaxi Wang, Min Guan, and Jiang Chang. 2000. Evaluation of inorganic N and P fertilization techniques for carp ponds. The Third World Fisheries Congress. Beijing, P. R. China.

Wu, L. 1999. Light limitation as the key factor controlling recruitment to summer Microcystis bloom in western Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research 42^nd Conference, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Wu, L. 1999. Portfolio assessment of biology capstone experience at Mount Union College. ECC Teaching and Learning Workshop, Heidelberge, OH.

Wu, L. 1998. To discover and to teach. Faculty Research Forum. Mount Union College, OH.

Wu, L. 1998. Invited. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) aquaculture: combining tradition and technology. Hubei Province Fisheries Research Institute, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.

Wu, L. 1996. Restoration of eutrophic and degraded lakes in Southern China: A fish biomanipulation approach. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Limnologie, Pleon, Germany.

Wu, L. 1996. Invited. Diet ontogeny of age-0 yellow perch and zooplankton dynamics: a two-way interactions. Societas Internationalis Limnologiae Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) workshop, Dresden, Germany.

Wu, L. 1995. Stocking alewife: potential impact on zooplankton and planktivorous fish communities in an oligotrophic lake. The 104th annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science, Columbus, OH.

Wu, L. 1994. Invited. Trophic interactions in a large-lake ecosystem. Department of Biology, Bowling Green State University, OH.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1992. Ontogenetic diet shift in Lake Erie age-0 yellow perch: A size-related response to zooplankton density. Eight Biennial Conference on the Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes, Durham, New Hampshire.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1991. Complex interactions among fish, zooplankton, and phytoplankton: a foodweb approach to understanding zooplankton midsummer decline. Annual Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

D. A. Culver, R. Pontius, and L. Wu. 1990. Interactions between zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and pelagic communities. International Zebra Mussel Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1990. Use of size measurements to estimate zooplankton grazing rates. Annual Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1989. Age-0 yellow perch (Perca flavescens) dietary ontogeny in the western basin of Lake Erie: Effect of midsummer decline in zooplankton populations. 24th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Münich, Germany.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1988. Ontogeny of food habits in two Australian larval fish. Annual Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Publications

Culver, D. A., L. Wu, Hui Lin, Lin Zhang, Lei Gu, Jiaxi Wang, Min Guan, and Jiang Chang. 2000. Evaluation of inorganic N and P fertilization techniques for carp ponds. Submitted to Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Gopalan, G., D. A. Culver, L. Wu, and B. K. Trauben. 1998. The effect of recent ecosystem changes on the recruitment of young-of-year fish in Western Lake Erie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:1-8.

Wu, L., P. Xie, M. Dai, and J. Wang. 1997. Effects of silver carp density on zooplankton and water quality: Implications for eutrophic lakes in China. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12:437-444.

Culver, D. A. and L. Wu. 1997. Relative importance of predation and competition in the seasonal dynamics of zooplankton: results from larval fish rearing ponds. Archie fur Hydrobiologie Special Issues 49:27-35.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1994. Daphnia dynamics in western Lake Erie: regulation by algal limitation and young-of-year fish predation. Journal of Great Lakes Research 20:537-545.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1992. Ontogenetic diet shift in Lake Erie age-0 yellow perch (Perca flavescens): a size-related response to zooplankton density. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 1932-1937.

Wu, L., J. F. Haney, and A. L. Baker. 1992. Age, growth and condition index of fish in selected New Hampshire Waters. Reports to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. 2 Hazen Drive, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, USA.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1991. Zooplankton grazing and phytoplankton abundance: An assessment before and after invasion of Dreissena polymorpha. Journal of Great Lakes Research 17: 425-436.

Wu, L. and D. A. Culver. 1991. Age-0 yellow perch (Perca flavescens) dietary ontogeny in the western basin of Lake Erie: Effect of midsummer decline in zooplankton populations. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 24: 2366-2370.

Wu, L. 1983. Preliminary studies of radii on the scale of fishes for age determination. B.S. Thesis. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China.

Campus Services

Committee on Cross-Curricular Development

Community Friends Program for International Students

Diversity Initiatives Steering Committee

International Education Subcommittee

Professional Services

Reviewed manuscript for Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Reviewed publication for Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan.

Reviewed proposals for Ohio Environmental Education Fund.

Reviewed proposals for Ohio Sea Grant.