JIANG JUNHUI

JIANG JUNHUI

JIANG JUNHUI

Adjunct Assistant Professor

I am currently the Director of the Aquaculture Department under the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and my role is to lead the development of key strategies, technologies, and innovations for the aquaculture sector. I was also recently appointed the Executive Director of AquaPolis, an initiative under the Singapore Food Story 2.0 R&D Programme, hosted by NUS with partners SFA and TLL.

My research expertise is in aquaculture genetics. I obtained my Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore while I was at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) working on understanding the genetics of sex change in the Asian seabass, as part of a long-term selective breeding programme.

Through my work at SFA’s Marine Aquaculture Centre (MAC), I developed expertise in captive breeding and intensive hatchery production of species such as Asian seabass, pompano and red snappers and had been involved in the development of know-hows such as spawning protocols and broodstock nutrition and health management. I have also developed a deep understanding of the industry challenges and trends, having spent 15 years with the public sector in roles linked to the aquaculture industry.

At SFA, I also oversee projects that aim to address some of the sustainability challenges faced by the aquaculture industry. These includes projects such as environmental impact assessments (EIAs), environment management and monitoring programmes (EMMPs), hydro-connectivity study for biosecurity management and predictive modelling of harmful algae blooms.

I also represent Singapore as the Alternate Council Director and National Coordinator of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC), an autonomous inter-governmental body comprising 10 ASEAN Member Countries and Japan, setup to promote and facilitate concerted actions among the Member Countries to ensure the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia.

List of publications

  1. Wong, F. Sun, L. Wang, Z.T. Yang, Y.F. Wen, H.Y. Pang, M. Lee, S.T. Yeo, B. Liang, K. Chen, J.H. Jiang, G.H. Yue, Changes in genetic diversity of Asian seabass in a 20-year breeding program, Aquaculture, Volume 575, 2023, 739738, ISSN 0044-8486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739738

  2. Lim HS, Jiang J, Tan YW (2020) The Singapore Aquaculture Industry – Contributing to Singapore’s Food Security. World Aquaculture Magazine 51(1): 18-22.

  3. Khor DX, Fernandez CJ, Chee DM, Teo XH, Han ZY, Jiang JH, Neo HS, Chang SF, Yap HH (2019) Food safety impacts of finfish and crustacean aquaculture on food security in Asia. Revue Scientifique et Technique (International Office of Epizootics) 38(2):629-639. DOI: 10.20506/rst.38.2.3009.

  4. Vij S, Kuhl H, Kuznetsova IS, Komissarov A, Yurchenko AA, Van Heusden P, Singh S, Thevasagayam NM, Prakki SRS, Kathiresan P, Saju JM, Jiang J  et al. (2016) Chromosomal-Level Assembly of the Asian Seabass Genome Using Long Sequence Reads and Multi-layered Scaffolding. PLOS Genetics 12(4): e1005954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005954

  5. Ngoh, SY*, Tan D*, Kathiresan P, Jiang J, Liew WC, Thevasagayam NM, Kwan HY, Saju JM, Prakki SRS, Goh CH, Wong HC, Chan TT, Mézes M, and Orbán L. (2015) Nutrigenomic and nutritional analysis reveals the effects of pelleted feeds on Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145456.

  6. Thevasagayam NM, Sridatta PSR, Jiang J, Tong A, Saju JM, Kathiresan P, Kwan HY, Ngoh SY, Liew WC, Kuznetsova IS, Shen X, Lok S, Vij S and Orbán L. (2015) Transcriptome survey of a marine foodfish: Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 3(2): 382-400.

  7. Jiang J (2014) Functional Genomic Analysis of Gonad Development in the Protandrous Asian Seabass. ScholarBank@NUS Respository. Dissertation-thesis.

  8. Jiang J*, Miyata M*, Chan C, Ngoh SY, Liew WC, Saju JM, Ng KS, Wong FS, Lee YS, Chang SF and Orbán L. (2014) Differential transcriptomic response in the spleen and head kidney following vaccination and infection of Asian seabass with Streptococcus iniae. PLoS ONE 9: e99128. * Co-first author

  9. Sreenivasan R*, Jiang J*, Wang X, Bártfai R, Kwan HY, Christoffels A and Orbán L. (2014) Gonad differentiation in zebrafish is regulated by the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Biology of Reproduction 90(2): 45-56. DOI 10.1095/biolreprod113.110874

  10. Kuznetsova, I. S., Thevasagayam, N. M., Sridatta, P. S., Komissarov, A. S., Saju, J. M., Ngoh, S. Y., Jiang, J., Shen, X., & Orbán, L. (2014). Primary analysis of repeat elements of the Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) transcriptome and genome. Frontiers in genetics, 5, 223. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00223

  11. Ravi, P., Jiang, J., Liew, W.C. et al. (2014) Small-scale transcriptomics reveals differences among gonadal stages in Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). Reprod Biol Endocrinol 12, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-12-5

 

* Co-first authors

jiang_jun_hui@sfa.gov.sg