Assistant University

Resume (Yong Chen)

*. Contact Information

Address: *** ***** ****, ****** ** Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469

Tel: 207-***-****; Fax: 207-***-****; email: *****@*****.***

2. Education

Degree Year Major Institution

Bachelor of Agric. 1983 Fisheries Sciences Ocean Univ. Qingdao, China

Master of Science 1991 Zoology (Fish Ecology) University of Toronto, Canada

Doctor of Philosophy 1995 Zoology (Fish. Pop. Dynam.) University of Toronto, Canada

Minor in Statistics

3. Appointments

Sept. 2007 present Professor University of Maine

Sept. 2003 Aug. 2007 Associate Professor University of Maine

July 2000 Aug. 2003 Assistant Professor University of Maine

May 2001 present Adjunct Professor in Biology Memorial University

July 1997 June 2000 Assistant Professor Memorial University of

NSERC Associate Chair in Fish. Conserv. Newfoundland, Canada

May 1996 July 1997 Senior Population dynamicist NSW Fisheries, Australia

June 1995 May 1996 Fisheries Population Dynamicist NSW Fisheries, Australia

NSW=New South Wales, NSERC =Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of

Canada

4. Publications

4.1. Fix publications most closely related to the proposed project (names with * are my

students or postdoc)

Chen, Y., C. L. Sun, and *M. Kanaiwa. 2008. Impacts of prior mis-specification on

Bayesian fisheries stock assessment. Freshwater and Marine Research 59:145-156.

*Zhang, Y. and Y. Chen. 2007. Modeling and evaluating ecosystem in 1980s and 1990s for American

lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine. Ecological Modeling 203:475-489.

Chen, Y., L. Xu, X. Chen, and X. Dai. 2007. A simulation study of impacts of at-sea discarding and

bycatch on the estimation of biological reference points F0.1 and Fmax. Fisheries Research

85:14-22.

Chen, Y., S. Sherman, C. Wilson, J. Sowles, and *M. Kanaiwa. 2006. A comparison of two fishery-

independent survey programs in characterizing population structure of American lobster,

Humarus americanus, in the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin 104:247-255.

Chen, Y., *M. Kanaiwa, and C. Wilson. 2005. Developing a Bayesian stock assessment framework for

the American lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine. New Zealand Journal of Freshwater and

Marine Sciences (Special issue on Lobster Biology and Management) 39:645-660.

4.2. Other five publications related to this project (names with * are my students or postdoc)

*Kanaiwa, M., Y. Chen, and C. Wilson. 2008. Evaluating a seasonal, sex-specific size-structured

stock assessment model for the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Freshwater and

Marine Research (in press).

Chen, Y., *Y. Jiao, and L. Chen. 2003. A general approach to developing robust frequentist and

Bayesian stock assessment methods in fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 4:105-120.

Chen, Y., L. Chen, and K. Stergiou. 2003. Quantity of fisheries data and uncertainty in stock

assessment Aquatic Sciences 65:92-98.

Chen, Y. and M. Hunter. 2003. Assessing the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis)

stock in Maine, USA. Fisheries Research 60:527-537.

Chen, Y. and C. Wilson. 2002. Evaluation of uncertainty associated with biological reference point

F10% for the American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery in the Gulf of Maine.

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1394-1403.

5. Synergistic Activity

(1) Served Associate Editor of Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences since 2007;

(2) Member of the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Model

Development Committee;

(3) Published 67 original research articles on peer-reviewed journals since 1992;

(4) Named as a Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Researcher in 1999;

(5) Appointed as a Fisheries Conservation Consultant by Kuwait government to evaluate the

impacts of the Gulf War on its fisheries resources;

(6) Appointed as the Canadian NSERC-Industrial Associate Chair for Fisheries Conservation;

(7) Reviewed papers for 16 peer-reviewed journals including Canadian Journal of Fisheries and

Aquatic Sciences, Ecological Modeling, Fishery Bulletin, Fisheries Research, Freshwater and

Marine Research, Aquatic Living Resources, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Ecological

Application, Transactions of AFS, etc.;

(8) Reviewed grant proposals for NSF, NSERC, Alaska, NH, and Maryland Sea Grant programs,

and various other funding agencies;

(9) Presented at over 100 scientific, industrial, professional, and governmental

meetings/conferences/seminars since 1992 (invited or contributed);

(10) Completed or currently conducting over 40 funded research projects since 1997;

(11) Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in fisheries sciences (SMS 321), fisheries

population dynamics (SMS 562), spatial statistics (SMS 598, SMS 599), applied multivariate

statistics (SMS 598, SMS599), general statistics (STAT 2500 at the Memorial University of

Newfoundland), and quantitative methods in fisheries (MMS 6002 at Memorial University).

6. Collaborations and Other Affiliations

6.1. Collaborators (past 48 months incomplete list):

P. Breen (NIWA, New Zealand), P. He (UNH), M. Hunter (Maine DMR), L. Mercer (Maine DMR),

D. Jackson (Univ. Toronto), L. Jacobson (NEFSC,NMFS, Woods Hole), Y. Jiao (Virginia Tech.), S.

Sherman (Maine DMR), P. Snelgrove (Memorial Univ, Canada), C-L Sun (National Taiwan Univ.),

R. Wahle (Bigelow Lab), C. Wilson (Maine DMR), X. Chen and L. Xu (Shanghai Ocean University),

A.Thomas, H. Xue, and J. Wilson (UMaine), D. Holland and J. Grabowski (GMRI)

6.2. The PI s Graduate and Post Doctoral Advisors

MS Advisor: Dr. H. H. Harvey (Univ. of Toronto, Canada),

Ph.D Advisor: Dr. J. E. Paloheimo (Univ. of Toronto, Canada),

No postdoctoral advisors (I took a job in the NSW Fisheries Department, Australia)

6.3. Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor

Graduate students who have completed their degrees under my advice since 2000: Y. Zhao

(MS), H. Rajakarun (MS) and Y. Jiao (PhD) in Marine Biology at the Memorial Univ. of

Newfoundland; K. Scheirer (MS) in Marine Policy, R. Grabowski (MS), S. Kirshenbaum (MS), K.

Jones (MS), K. Reardon MS), Mike Errigo (PhD) and A. Jordaan (PhD) in Marine Biology, Y. Zhang

(MS) in Oceanography (UMaine)

Current graduate students: D.Couture (MS), K. Stepanek (MS), D. Brzezinski (MS), J-H. Chang

(PhD), D.Olson (MS), C.Bergeron (MS), C.Muffet (MS), S.Trusdell (MS), C.Wilson (PhD) and A.Al-

Humaidhi (MS) in Marine Biology, and Y. Zhang (PhD) in Inter-disciplinary Program.

Postdoc Research Associates and visiting students advised: Dr. Thomas Windholz (2001), Dr.

Minoru Kanaiwa (2002 - 2005), Dr. Ying Xue (2005 2006), Dr. Siquan Tian (2007-2008), Yijay

Chang (visiting PhD student from Taiwan University 2008- 2009), Yukai Li (visiting PhD student

2007-2008), and Yong Liu (Research Associate, 2008-2009)

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