Jiao Named Scholar of the Week

 

 

 

 

The Office of the Vice President for Research recognized Yan Jiao as Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week this past year.

Yan Jiao, an assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife sciences, was recognized for her research, which includes improving the management of aquatic natural resources in the United States and the world. “My research involves developing, testing, and applying new and innovative methodology to fisheries stock assessment, with emphasis on dealing with the uncertainty inherent in data and models. Specifically, I model uncertainty and evaluate its influences on stock assessment and decision-making in fisheries management,” Jiao explained.

Much of Jiao’s current work has been interdisciplinary, involving fisheries biology, ecology, mathematical and statistical modeling, and computer simulations. Her research improves the current models and quantitative methods in simulating the population dynamics of both marine and freshwater species such as hammerhead sharks, weakfish, yellow perch, and walleye.