1. Jiao, Y. 2010. Bayesian hierarchical models and their applications in fisheries and biology. Evolution, Ecology and Behavior seminar series. Department of Biology, Virginia Tech University.

2. Jiao, Y. 2009. Data-poor species stock assessment using multi-model inference approach and Bayesian hierarchical models. National Academies, Committee on the Review of Sea Turtle Population Assessment Methods. Washington, D.C.

3. Jiao, Y. 2008. Possible strategies for data-poor species stock assessment: multi-model inference approach and Bayesian hierarchical models. Miami Center, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida.

4. Jiao, Y. 2007. Improving stock assessment of Lake Erie walleye fisheries. Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine 

5. Jiao, Y. 2006. Some examples of Bayesian method in fisheries population dynamics and stock assessment. Statistics Department, Virginia Tech University

6. Jiao, Y. 2004. Facing uncertainty ever present in fisheries: how to do? DIALOG 6 at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.

7. Jiao, Y. 2004. Lake Erie walleye stock assessment and fisheries management.  Invited Presentation at the Lake Erie Committee, London, Ontario, Canada.

8. Jiao, Y. 2004. Modeling uncertainty in fish population dynamics. Invited Presentation at the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia

9. Jiao, Y. 2004. Modeling uncertainty in fish population dynamics. Invited Presentation at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

10. Jiao, Y. 2004. Modeling uncertainty in fish population dynamics. Invited presentation at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

11. Jiao, Y. 2003. Recruitment modeling in fisheries. Guest lecture in Fisheries Ecology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

12. Jiao, Y. 2002. Recruitment modeling in fisheries. Guest lecture in Fisheries Ecology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

13. Jiao, Y. 2003. Regime shift and its implications in fisheries. Guest lecture in Fisheries Ecology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

14. Jiao, Y. 2002. Regime shift and its implications in fisheries. Guest lecture in Fisheries Ecology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

Invited Presentations and others

PhD, MSc, BSc

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E-mail: yjiao@vt.edu

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Yan Jiao (Associate Professor)

Presentations in the conferences

*Graduate ** postdoc under my supervision

 

1. Jiao. Y. 2011. Detect temporal variations of population growth rate. Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting. Austin, TX.

2. Jiao, Y., Smith. E., O’Reilly, R. and Orth, D. 2011. Modeling nonstationary natural mortality in catch-at-age models. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Seattle, Washington.

3. Jiao, Y. and O’Reilly, R. 2011. Modeling long term population productivity variation using nonstationary surplus production models. ICES annual science conference. Gdansk, Poland

4. Jiao, Y., Orth, D., Smith. E., and O’Reilly, R. 2011. Bayesian learning and updating in selecting catch-at-age stock assessment models and its implications for population projections in the face of uncertainty. ICES annual science conference. Gdansk, Poland.

5. *Li, Y., Jiao, Y., and *He, Q. 2011. Decreasing uncertainty in catch rate analyses using Delta-AdaBoost: an alternative approach in catch and bycatch analyses with high percentage of zeros. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Seattle, Washington.

6. *Li, Y., Jiao, Y., and ^‡Browder, J. 2011. Effects of hook type and hook size on seabird bycatch in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fisheries, 1992-2009. International Symposium on Circle Hooks. Miami, FL, USA.

7. *Hua, D., Jones, J., Neves, R.J., and Jiao, Y. 2011. Propagation, release and monitoring of juvenile mussels of two  endangered species Epioblasm capsaeformis, E. brevidens and two common  species in the Clinch and Powell rivers, TN and VA. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Symposium, Louisville, KY

8. Reid. K., Meisenheimer, P.J.R., Jiao, Y., Nudds, T. 2011. The decision analysis and adaptive management (DAAM) projects: evolution of a fishing industry/academic partnership. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Toronto, CA.

9. Jiao, Y., O’Reilly, R., Smith, E., and Orth, D. 2010.  Develop a Bayesian hierarchical spatially structured model to integrate different survey indices into a statistical catch-at-age model for the Atlantic weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). ICES annual science conference. Nantes, France.

10. Jiao, Y., Smith, E., O’Reilly, R., and Orth, D. 2010.  Test hypotheses of nonstationary population dynamics through Bayesian model selection among statistical catch-at-age models:  an example using Atlantic weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) fishery. ICES annual science conference. Nantes, France (poster).

11. Jiao, Y., Reid, K., and Nudds, T. 2010. Incorporating Bayesian model selection into Bayesian decision making in fisheries management.  International Association of Great Lakes Research annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (invited)

12. Reid, K. Jiao, Y., Tsiplova, K., and Nudds, T. 2010. Bioeconomic evaluation of harvest control rules for Lake Erie walleye fishery.  International Association of Great Lakes Research annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

13. *Yu, H., and Jiao, Y. 2010. Performance comparison of generalized linear model, generalized additive model and spatial interpolation for standardization of catch rate through a simulation study. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

14. *He, Q., and Jiao, Y. 2010. Investigating the performance of process-observation error estimator and robust estimators in surplus production model: a simulation study. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

15. *Li, Y., and Jiao, Y. 2010. Gillnet bycatch and discard assessments of walleye, yellow perch and white perch from Lake Erie commercial fisheries. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

16. **Winter, A., Jiao, Y., and Browder, J.A. 2010. Modeling low rates of seabird bycatch in the U.S. Atlantic longline fishery. 1st World Seabird Conference. Victoria, BC, Canada. (poster)

17. *Yu, H., Jiao, Y., Su, Z., and Reid^‡, K. 2010. Performance comparison of traditional sampling designs and adaptive sampling designs for fishery-independent surveys. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

18. Tsiplova, K., Jiao Y., Reid, K., and Nudd, T. 2010. Bioeconomic Evaluation of Harvest Control Rules for Lake Erie Walleye Fishery. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

19. *Li, Y., Jiao, Y., and Reid, K. 2009. Gillnet saturation in Lake Erie: effects of soak time and fish accumulation on catch-per-unit-effort of walleye and yellow perch. AFS Virginia Chapter annual meeting. Blacksburg, VA.

20. Jiao, Y. 2009. Bayesian time-varying population growth models in assessing fish complexes: a simulation study. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tennessee, USA

21. *Yu, H., and Jiao, Y. 2009. Comparison of three sampling designs for yellow perch fishery-independent survey in Lake Erie. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tennessee, USA

22. *He, Q., and Jiao, Y. 2009. The application of AdaBoost for analyzing catch and effort data. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tennessee, USA

23. *Hua, D., Jiao, Y., Neves, R.J. and King, N. 2009. Propragation and grow-out of large-sized juveniles for release and assessment of restoration in their natal rivers. International Congress for Conservation Biology. Beijing China

24. *Yu, H., and Jiao, Y. 2009. Catch rate standardization of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Erie: a comparison between Generalized Linear Model and Generalized Additive Model. AFS Virginia Chapter annual meeting

25. *Leaf R. and Jiao, Y. 2009. Exploring an individual-based simulation model to investigate changes in yield and egg production characteristic of a fished population under size-selective fishing. AFS Virginia Chapter annual meeting

26. *Leaf, R., Jiao, Y., Prager, M., Berkson, J. 2009. Exploring an individual-based simulation model to investigate the changes in life-history characteristics of a fished population under size-selective fishing. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tennessee, USA

27. Jiao, Y. and Reid, K. 2008. Model selection uncertainty: a comparison among age-structured models in assessing walleye (Sander vitreus) fishery in Lake Erie. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada

28. Jiao, Y. 2008. Model selection uncertainty with measurement error models: a simulation study. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Ottawa, Canada

29. Jiao, Y., Cortes, E., and Andrews, K. 2008. Multi-model inference and hierarchical Bayesian models in data-poor and poor-data species assessment. National Stock Assessment Workshop. Port Townsend, Washington.

30. *Leaf, R., Jiao, Y., Prager, M., Berkson, J., and Hallerman, E. 2008. Exploring an individual-based simulation model to investigate the changes in life-history characteristics of a fished population under size-selective fishing.  National Stock Assessment Workshop. Port Townsend, Washington.

31. *Yu, H., Jiao, Y., and Reid, K. 2008. Comparing Two Methods for Estimating Relative Abundance Index of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) by Standardization and Interpolation from Fishery-independent Survey Data in Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research

32. Jiao, Y., Neves, R. and Jones, J. 2007. Estimation of population growth rate of endangered freshwater mussels using Bayesian model averaging. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California

33. Jiao, Y. 2007. Estimating uncertainty in the fisheries harvest control rules using frequentist and Bayesian approaches.  American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California

34. *Hayes, C.G. and Jiao, Y. 2007. An evaluation of three production models applied to hammerhead shark stocks in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California

35. *Hayes, C.G. and Jiao, Y.  2007.  Stock Assessment and Management of Scalloped Hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. St. Louis, Missouri      

36. Jiao, Y. 2007. Modeling population dynamics of Hammerhead Shark complex using a hierarchical Bayesian production model. ICES/PICES early career scientists conference. Maryland

37. *Leaf, R., Roger-Bennet, L. and Jiao, Y.  2007.  A size-based egg-per-recruit model and parameter sensitivity analysis of red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, in northern California. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

38. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. 2007. Lake Erie walleye recruitment modeling using Bayesian model averaging. International Association for Great Lakes Research. Pennsylvania, PA

39. Jiao, Y., Reid, K., Nudds, T. 2007. Variation in the catchability of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in the fisheries of Lake Erie using a Bayesian error-in-variable approach. International Association for Great Lakes Research. Pennsylvania, PA

40. Jiao, Y. 2007. Bayesian model averaging in recruitment modeling. American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologist. Seattle, WA

41. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. 2007. Walleye Recruitment modeling using Bayesian Model Averaging. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. Montreal, Canada

1. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. and Nudds, T. 2005. Developing a framework of searching for robust management references for fisheries management. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK.

2. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. and Nudds, T. 2005. Spatial and temporal variation in catchability of yellow perch in Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

3. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. and Nudds, T. 2005. Do walleye affect yellow perch population dynamics in Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

4. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. and Nudds, T. 2005. Searching for certainty. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. Windsor, Ontario, Canada

5. Jiao, Y., Reid, K. and Nudds, T. 2005. A graphical method for improving communication of complex analytical techniques and results among fisheries scientists, stakeholders and management agencies. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. Windsor, Ontario, Canada

6. Jiao, Y. 2004. Facing uncertainty ever present in fisheries: how to do?  DIALOG VI. Dauphin Island, AL.

7. Nudds, T., Jiao, Y., and Reid, K. 2004. Research and development of Decision Analysis (DA) and Adaptive Management (AM) to Lake Erie Percid Fisheries. International Association for Great Lakes Research. University of Waterloo, Ontario. Canada

8. Jiao, Y., Chen, Y. and Wroblewski, J. 2004. An application of generalized linear model in production model and sequential population analysis. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

9. Jiao, Y., Chen, Y. and Wroblewski, J. 2003. Evaluating the northern cod (Gadus morhua) fishery status using a composite risk assessment method. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.

10. Jiao, Y., Chen, Y. and Wroblewski, J. 2002. Impacts of stock mixing on the estimation of fish growth. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, MD

11. Jiao, Y., Chen, Y. and Wroblewski, J. 2002. Uncertainty associated with biological reference point for the Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Fisheries in Division 2J3KL.  Oceans Management Research Network. Ottawa, Canada.

Invited presentations or guest lectures

Conference presentations after working at the Virginia Tech

Conference presentations as a graduate student and postdoc

PhD, MSc, BSc