Research interests

• The interactive relationship between nutrition, genetics and health in aquaculture practices
• Implementing environmentally-friendly husbandry technologies
• Improving nutrient efficiency via shrimp genetic

CREDENTIALS

• B.S., Ecology and Environmental Biology, Ocean University of China
• M.S., Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University

Selected publications

• Gong, H., 2017. How does Penaeus vannamei cope with low salinity water? Aquaculture Magazine 43: 68-70.
• Gong, H., 2017. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP): an Emerging pathogen in shrimp aquaculture. Aquaculture Magazine 43: 66-67.
• Jang, I.K., H. Gong., 2016. Growing marine shrimp in the Sahara Desert. Aquaculture Magazine 42: 54-56.
• Gong, H., 2015. RNAi in shrimp immune defense system. Aquaculture Magazine 41: 46-49.
• Gong, H. 2015. Specific pathogen free Penaeus vannamei breeding program at the University of Guam. Aquaculture Magazine 41: 72-73.
• Gong, H. 2014. Prebiotics in shrimp aquaculture. Aquaculture Magazine 40: 62-64.
• Gong, H. 2014. Probiotics in shrimp aquaculture. Aquaculture Magazine 40: 60-61.
• Gong, H., J.W. Brown. 2012. Using yellowfin tuna roe in a shrimp maturation diet. World Aquaculture 43: 48-52.
• Gong, H., D.H. Jiang, F. Alig, A.L. Lawrence. 2012. Effects of dietary protein level and source on the growth and survival of two genetic lines of specific-pathogen-free Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 338-341: 118-123.
• Gong, H. 2010. Promoting health management of shrimp aquaculture on Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Asian Fisheries Science 23: 447-461.
• Ciobanu, D.C., J.W.M. Bastiaansen, J. Magrin, J.L. Rocha, D.H. Jiang, N. Yu, B. Geiger, N. Deeb, D. Rocha, H. Gong, B.P. Kinghorn, G.S. Plastow, H.A.M. van der Steen, A.J. Mileham. 2010. A major SNP resource for dissection of phenotypic and genetic variation in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Animal Genetics 41: 39-47.
• Gong, H., A.L. Lawrence, D.H. Jiang. 2003. Effect of dietary phospholipids on the choline requirement of Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 34: 289-299.
• Jiang, D.H., A.L. Lawarence, W.H. Neill, H. Gong. 2000. Effects of temperature and salinity on nitrogenous excretion by Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 253: 193-209. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00259-8
• Gong, H., A.L. Lawrence, D.H. Jiang, F.L. Castille, D.M. Gatlin III. 2000. Lipid nutrition of juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei: I. Dietary cholesterol and de-oiled soy lecithin requirements and their interaction. Aquaculture 190: 305-324.