Weiying Jiang

Major Professor

I am currently a 2nd year Ph.D. candidate. My research is focusing on persistence of residential-use pesticides on urban hard surfaces.
Many research and monitoring results have demonstrated the wide-spread contamination of creeks, water columns and sediments by pesticides of urban-use origin. However, current studies still lack sufficient information to support contamination remediation strategies.
The previous studies performed on simulated concrete disks revealed a fast disappearance of pesticides in the runoff followed by a prolonged pesticide contamination. Further research is continuing to explore the underlying mechanisms.

Weiying Jiang and Jay Gan. Persistence and Wash-off Potential of Residential Use Insecticides on Concrete. Oral Presentation on Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 29th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, USA. November 16-20, 2008