Yang Zhao

• 2017 – Present, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University
• 2015 – 2016, Assistant Scientist, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
• 2011 – 2015, Postdoc Research Associate, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University

• Precision animal farming
• Animal housing system
• Environmental management in animal houses
• Indoor air quality and air emission
• Animal welfare and behavior
• Airborne transmission of pathogens

Only refereed journal articles are listed (updated in January 2019)

• Zhao, Y., H. Xin, L. Li. 2019. Modeling and Validating Indoor Environment and Supplemental Heat Requirement during Ventilation Shutdown (VSD) for Rapid Depopulation of Hens and Turkeys. Biosystems Engineering (Under review).
• Chai, L., H. Xin, Y. Wang, J. Oliveira, K. Wang, Y. Zhao. 2019. Mitigating particulate matter emissions of a commercial cage-free henhouse. Transactions of the ASABE (Under review).
• Zhao, Y., B. Richardson, E. Takle, L. Chai, D. Schmitt, H. Xin. 2019. Airborne transmission may have played a role in the spread of 2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in the United States. Scientific Reports (Under review).
• Li, G., Y. Zhao, R. Hailey, N. Zhang, Y. Liang, J.L. Purswell. 2019. An ultra-high frequency RFID system for studying individual feeding and drinking behaviors of group-housed broilers. Animal, Jan 11:1-10.
• Li, G., B. Li, Y. Zhao, Z. Shi, Y. Liu, W. Zheng. 2018. Layer Pullet Preference for Light Colors of Light-Emitting Diode (LED). Animal, October 2018:1-7.
• Liu, K., H. Xin, T. Shepherd, Y. Zhao. 2018. Perching preference and behavior of young laying hens provided with circular and hexagon perches. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 203: 34-41.
• Chai, L., Y. Zhao, H. Xin, T. Wang, M. Soupir. 2018. Mitigating airborne bacteria generations from cage-free layer litter by spraying acidic electrolysed water. Biosystems Engineering, 170(June 2018): 61-71.
• Li, G., B. Li, Z. Shi, Y. Zhao. 2018. Design and evaluation of a lighting preference test system for laying hens. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 147: 118-125.
• Zhao, Y., L. Chai, B. Richardson, H. Xin. 2018. Field evaluation of an electrostatic air filtration system for reducing incoming particulate matter of a hen house. Transactions of the ASABE, 61(1): 295-304.
• Chai, L., H. Xin, Y. Zhao, T. Wang, M. Soupir, K. Liu. 2018. Mitigating ammonia emissions from liquid-sprayed litter of cage-free hen house with a solid litter additive. Transactions of the ASABE, 61(1): 287-294.
• Harmon, J.D., S.J. Hoff, T.J. Baas, Y. Zhao, H. Xin, L.R. Follet. 2017. Evaluation of conditions during weaned pig transport. Appied Engineering in Agriculture, 33(6): 901-912. (2018 ASABE Superior Paper Award)
• Li. L., Y. Zhao, J. Oliveira, W. Verhoijsen, H. Xin. 2017. A UHF RFID system for studying individual feeding and nesting behaviors of group-housed laying hens. Transactions of the ASABE, 60(4): 1337-1347. (2018 ASABE Superior Paper Award)
• Chai, L., Y. Zhao, H. Xin, T. Wang, A. Atilgan, M. Soupir, K. Liu. 2017. Reduction of particulate matter and ammonia by spraying acidic electrolyzed water onto litter of aviary hen houses – a lab-scale study. Transactions of the ASABE 60(2): 497-506.
• Shepherd, T.A., H. Xin, J.P. Stinn, M.D. Hayes, Y. Zhao, H. Li. 2017. Ammonia and carbon dioxide emissions of three laying-hen housing systems as affected by manure accumulation time. Transactions of the ASABE, 60(1):229-236.
• Zhao, Y., H. Xin, J. Harmon, T.J. Baas. 2016. Mortality Rate of Weaned and Feeder Pigs as Affected by Ground Transportation Conditions. Transactions of the ASABE 59(4):943-948. (2017 ASABE Superior Paper Award)
• Zhao, Y., D. Zhao, H. Ma, K. Liu, A. Atilgan, H. Xin. 2016. Environmental assessment of three egg production systems – Part III: Airborne bacteria concentrations and emissions. Poultry Science 95(7):1473-1481.
• Ma, H., H. Xin, Y. Zhao, B. Li, T.A. Shepherd, I. Alvarez-Castro. 2016. Assessment of lighting needs by W-36 laying hens via preference test. Animal 10(4):671-680.
• Long, H., Y. Zhao, H. Xin, H. Hansen, Z. Ning, T. Wang. 2016. Effect of light-emitting diode (LED) vs. fluorescent (FL) lighting on laying hens in aviary hen houses: Part 2 – Egg quality, shelf life and lipid composition. Poultry Science 95(1):115-124.
• Long, H., Y. Zhao, T. Wang, Z. Ning, H. Xin. 2016. Effect of light-emitting diode (LED) vs. fluorescent (FL) lighting on laying hens in aviary hen houses: Part 1 – Operational characteristics of lights and production traits of hens. Poultry Science 95(1):1-11.
• Xin, C.M., Y. Zhao, L. Yao, W. Wang, T. Wang. 2015. Membraneless electrolyzed water, its stability and effect on lipid oxidation. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 92:371-381.
• Zhao, Y., T.A. Shepherd, J. Swanson, J.A. Mench, D.M. Karcher, H. Xin. 2015. Comparative evaluation of three egg production systems: Housing characteristics and management practices. Poultry Science 94(3):475-484. (Article of Editor’s Choice)
• Zhao, Y., T.A. Shepherd, H. Li, H. Xin. 2015. Environmental assessment of three egg production systems – Part I: Monitoring system and indoor air quality. Poultry Science 94 (3): 518-533. (2nd highest cited paper of the year in Poultry Science)
• Shepherd, T.A., Y. Zhao, H. Li, H. Xin. 2015. Environmental assessment of three egg production housing systems – Part II: Air emissions. Poultry Science 94(3):534-543.
• Karcher, D.M., D.R. Jones, Y. Zhao, T.A. Shepherd, H. Xin and Z. Abdo. 2015. Impact of commercial housing system and nutrition on egg quality parameters. Poultry Science 94(3):485-501.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, W. Wang, T. Fabri, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, M.C.M. de Jong. 2014. Airborne virus sampling: Efficiencies of samplers and their detection limits. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 21(3):497-504.
• Zhao, Y., H. Xin, D. Zhao, W. Zheng, W. Tian, H. Ma, K. Liu, H. Hu, T. Wang, M. Soupir. 2014. Free chlorine loss during spray of membrane-less acidic electrolyzed water and its antimicrobial effect on airborne bacteria from poultry house. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 21(2):249-255.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, M.C.M. de Jong, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp. 2014. Airborne microorganisms from livestock production systems and their relation to dust. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 44(10): 1071-1128.
• Adell, E., V. Moset, Y. Zhao, A. Jimenez, A. Cerisuelo, M. Cambra-Lopez. 2014. Comparative performance of three sampling techniques to detect airborne Salmonella species in poultry farms. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 21(1):15-24.
• Zheng W., Y. Zhao, H. Xin, R. S. Gates, B. Li, Y. Zhang, M. Soupir. 2014. Airborne particulate matter and bacteria reduction from spraying slightly acidic electrolyzed water in an experimental aviary laying-hen housing system. Transactions of the ASABE 57(1): 229-236.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, H. Xin. 2014. Inactivation of airborne Enterococcus faecalis and infectious bursal disease virus using a pilot-scale ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation scrubber. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 64(1): 38-46.
• Zheng, W., Y. Zhao, H. Xin, B. Li, R.S. Gates, Y. Zhang, M. Soupir. 2013. Concentrations and size distributions of airborne particulate matter and bacteria in an experimental aviary laying-hen housing system. Transactions of the ASABE 56(6): 1493-1501.
• Hayes, M.D., H. Xin, H. Li, T.A. Shepherd, Y. Zhao, J.P. Stinn. 2013. Ammonia, greenhouse gas, and particulate matter emissions of aviary layer houses in the Midwestern United States. Transactions of the ASABE 56(5):1921-1932.
• Zhao, Y., H. Xin, T.A. Shepherd, M.D. Hayes, J.P. Stinn, H. Li. 2013. Thermal environment, ammonia concentrations and emissions of aviary houses with white laying hens. Transactions of the ASABE 56 (3):1145-1156.
• Zhao, Y., H. Xin, T.A. Shepherd, M.D. Hayes, J.P. Stinn. 2013. Modeling ventilation rate, balance temperature and supplemental heat need in alternative versus conventional laying-hen housing systems. Biosystems Engineering 115 (3): 311-323.
• Hayes, M.D., H. Xin, H. Li, T.A. Shepherd, Y. Zhao, J.P. Stinn. 2013. Heat and moisture production of Hy-line brown hens in aviary houses in the Midwestern United States. Transactions of the ASABE 56 (2): 753-761.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, M. Cambra-López, T. Fabri. 2013. Viral shedding and emission of airborne infectious bursal disease virus from a broiler room. British Poultry Science, 54, 87-95.
• Zhao, Y., H. Xin, B. Dong. 2013. Use of infrared thermography to assess laying-hen feather coverage. Poultry Science 90: 295-302.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, R. Dijkman, T. Fabri, M.C.M. de Jong, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp. 2012. Effects of temperature, relative humidity, absolute humidity and evaporation potential on survival of airborne Gumboro vaccine virus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:1048-1054
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, P. Doornenbal, T.T.T. Huynh, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, M.C.M. de Jong, W.J.M. Landman. 2011. Investigation of the efficiencies of bioaerosol samplers for collecting aerosolized bacteria using a fluorescent tracer. I: Effects of non-sampling processes on bacterial culturability. Aerosol Science and Technology 45: 423-431.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, P. Doornenbal, T.T.T. Huynh, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, W.J.M. Landman, M.C.M. de Jong. 2011. Investigation of the efficiencies of bioaerosol samplers for collecting aerosolized bacteria using a fluorescent tracer. II: Sampling efficiency, and half-life time. Aerosol Science and Technology 45: 432-442.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, M.C.M. de Jong, N.W.M. Ogink, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, 2011. Effectiveness of multi-stage scrubbers on reducing emissions of airborne bacteria and dust from pig houses. Transactions of the ASABE 54: 285-293.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp, T.J. Hagenaars, W.E.A. Katsma, M.C.M. de Jong. 2011. Detection of airborne Campylobacter with three bioaerosol samplers for alarming bacteria transmission in broilers. Biological Engineering 3: 177-186.
• Adell, E., V. Moset, Y. Zhao, A. Cerisuelo, M. Cambra-López. 2011. Concentration and distribution of airborne aerobic mesophilic bacteria in broiler farms. Información Técnica Económica Agraria 2: 77-93.
• Aarnink, A.J.A., J. van Harn, T.G. van Hattum, Y. Zhao, N.W.M. Ogink. 2011. Dust reduction in broiler houses by spraying rapeseed oil. Transactions of the ASABE 54: 1479-1489.
• Aarnink, A.J.A., W.J.M. Landman, R.W. Melse, Y. Zhao, J.P.M. Ploegaert, T.T.T. Huynh. 2011. Scrubber capabilities to remove airborne microorganisms and other aerial pollutants from exhaust air of animal houses. Transactions of the ASABE 54: 1921-1930.
• Cambra-López, M., A.J.A. Aarnink, Y. Zhao, S. Calvet, A.G. Torres. 2010. Airborne particulate matter from livestock production systems: A review of an air pollution problem. Environmental Pollution 158: 1-17.
• Zhao, Y., A.J.A. Aarnink, P. Hofschreuder, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp. 2009. Evaluation of an impaction and a cyclone pre-separator for sampling high PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in livestock houses. Journal of Aerosol Science 40: 868-878.

• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
• Association of Chinese Agricultural, Biological, and Food Engineers (AOCABFE)
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)