Adam Kustka

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McQuaid J.B., A.B. Kustka, M. Oborník, A. Horák, J.P. McCrow, B.J. Karas, H. Zheng, T. Kindeberg, A.J. Andersson, K.A. Barbeau, A.E. Allen (2018). Carbonate-sensitive phytotransferrin controls high-affinity iron uptake in diatoms. Nature. 555(7697):534-537. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25982

Kustka, A.B., B.M. Jones PD, M.P. Field, M. Hatta, A.J. Milligan. The influence of iron and siderophores on marine phytoplankton growth rates and community composition in the Ross Sea. (2015) Marine Chemistry 173: 195-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2014.12.002

Kustka, A. B., A.J. Milligan, H. Zhang, C.M. Gates UG, A.M. New GS, K.D. Bidle, and J.R. Reinfelder. Low CO2 results in a rearrangement of carbon metabolism to support C4 photosynthetic carbon assimilation in Thalassiosira pseudonana.  (2014) New Phytologist 204:507-520. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12926

Kustka, A.B., A. Allen, and F.M.M. Morel. Sequence analysis and regulation of iron acquisition genes in two marine diatoms. (2007) Journal of Phycology 43: 715-729. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00359.x

Professional Preparation 

Sabbatical Fellow, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey; July-December 2017 (Peter Lobel, David Sleat)

Research Associate, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; December 2006-July 2008 (Co-advisors: Kay Bidle and John Reinfelder). 

Post-doctoral Associate, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; September 2002-November 2006 (Advisor: François M. M. Morel)

Ph.D. in Coastal Oceanography, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York; August 2002 (Co-advisors: Sergio Sañudo-Wilhelmy & Edward J. Carpenter).

B.S. in Natural Resources Management (Fisheries Science), Cook College, Rutgers University; May 1993.