Education

• M.S. Joint European Master Program in Water and Coastal Management
  University of Algarve, Portugal
  University of Bergen, Norway
  Graduate with distinguished honor

• B.S. Physical Geography
  Nanjing University, China
  Graduate with honor

Research interests

My research interests are ecological modeling, carbon cycling and eutrophication. Presently I am working with Dr. Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs to apply biogeochemical model and satellite data to study the carbon cycling along the continental shelf.

Publications

1. Xiao, Y., J.G. Ferreira, S.B. Bricker, J.P. Nunes, M. Zhu and X., Zhang (2007). Trophic assessment in Chinese coastal systems - Review of methodologies and application to the Changjiang (Yangtze) Estuary and Jiaozhou Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 30(6), 901-918.
2. Dai, F., Z. Wang, Y. Li and Y. Xiao (2008). Effects of species richness on colony biomass and tests of sampling- and complementary effect. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology (in Chiense), 19 (4), 887-892.
3. Ferreira, J.G., H.C. Andersson, R.A. Corner, X. Desmit, Q. Fang, E.D. de Goede, S.B. Groom, H. Gu, B.G. Gustafsson, A.J.S. Hawkins, R. Hutson, H. Jiao, D. Lan, J. Lencart-Silva, R. Li, X. Liu, Q. Luo, J.K. Musango, A.M. Nobre, J.P. Nunes, P.L. Pascoe, J.G.C. Smits, A. Stigebrandt, T.C. Telfer, M. de Wit, X. Yan, X.L. Zhang, Z. Zhang, M.Y.Zhu, C.B. Zhu, S.B. Bricker, Y. Xiao, S. Xu, C.E. Nauen and M. Scalet (2008). SPEAR - Sustainable options for people, catchment and aquatic resources.
4. Wang, B., M. Zhu and Y. Xiao (2007). Case report of “Changjiang Estuary”. In: National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment Update, ed. by Bricker S., B. Longstaff, W. Dennison, A. Jones, J., Woerner, C. Wicks and K. Boicourt, 121-123.

Selected oral presentations

• 09/2011: An ecosystem model comparison on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf using data assimilation. MEECE Summer School, Ankara, Turkey.
• 12/2010: Model study of phytoplankton phenology on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
• 12/2010: Trophic assessment in Chinese coastal systems. South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Guangzhou, China.
• 12/2020: Trophic assessment in Chinese coastal systems. Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
• 05/2010: Model study of phytoplankton phenology on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. 2nd International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean, Norfolk, VA.
• 03/2008: Trophic assessment in Chinese coastal systems – two case studies. TAICHI (Trophic Assessment in China) Meeting, Hangzhou, China.
• 11/2007: Virtual oysters in Chesapeake Bay – a modeling study of productivity and top-down control of eutrophication. ERF Conference, Providence, RI.

Honors and awards

• 2011: MEECE Summer School the Best Student Talk/Poster Presentation Award
• 2011: MEECE Summer School the Best Group Presentation Award
• 2010-present: NASA NESSF Fellowship
• 2009: Craig L. Smith Memorial Scholarship
• 2007: ERF Travel Award for Young Scientists
• 2005-2007: Erasmus Mundus Fellowship
• 2002: Top award of Chinese National Scholarship

Journal review

• Biogeosciences
• Continental Shelf Research
• Science of the Total Environment

Professional memberships

• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)