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Spatial Health Research Group

Contact Information

Dr. Michael Emch
UNC-Chapel Hill
CB3220
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

All pictures courtesy of Research Team members

 

Jianyong Wu

Ph.D.
Department of
Environmental Sciences
and Engineering


CV

Jianyong at Taihu Lake in China		 Jianyong Lake

Research

My research focuses on environmental contaminants in water, particularly on pathogenic microorganisms. I am interested in the use of Geographic Information Systems to understand the association between microbial contaminants and waterborne diseases.

Education

 Ph.D Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011

 M.S. Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA., 2007

 M.S.  Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. 2002

 B.S. Biotechnology, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. 1999

Funding

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship , 2007-2011

Publications

Wu J, Rodriguez RA, Stewart JR, Sobsey MD. (2011) A simple and novel method for recovering viruses in small volumes of source water.  Journal of Applied Microbiology 140:1332-1340. link to article

van Geen A, Ahmed KM, Akita Y, Alam MJ, Culligan PJ, Feighery J, Ferguson AS, Emch M, Escamilla V, Knappett P, Layton AC, Mailloux BJ, McKay LD, Mey JL, Serre ML, Streatfield PK, Wu J, and Yunus M. (2011). Fecal contamination of shallow tubewells in Bangladesh inversely related to arsenic. Environmental Science and Technology 45(4): 1199-1205. link to article

 Wu J, Long SC, Des D, Dorner SM. (2011). Are microbial indicators and pathogens correlated? A statistical analysis of 40 years of research. Journal of Water and Health (In press).

 Wu J, Rees P, Dorner S. (2011). Variability of E. coli density and sources in an urban watershed. Journal of Water and Health 9(1):94-106.

 Wu J, Rees P, Storrer S, Alderisio K, Dorner S. (2009) Fate and transport modeling of potential pathogens: the contribution from sediments. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 45(1):35-44. link to article

Wang JH, Wu JY. (2009). Occurrence and potential risks of harmful algal blooms in the East China Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 407(13):4012-4021. link to article

Brown J, Outlaw T, Clasen T, Wu J, and Sobsey M. (2009). Safe Water for All: Harnessing the Private Sector to Reach the Underserved. Washington, D.C.: International Finance Corporation/World Bank. link to article

Wu JY, Wang JH. (2008). Impacts of pollution from different sources on ecological quality of a multiple-use coast. Water, Soil and Air Pollution. 193(1-4)25-35. link to article

Huang H, Wu JY, Wu JH. (2007). Heavy metal monitoring using bivalved shellfish from Zhejiang coastal waters, East China Sea. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 129(1-3): 320-325. link to article

Wu JY, Xu QJ, Gao G and Shen JH. (2006). Evaluating genotoxicity associated with microcystin- LR and its risks on source water safety in Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake. Environmental Toxicology. 21(3):250-255. link to article

Wu JY (2005). Assessing surface water quality of the Yangtze Estuary with genotoxicity data. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 50 (12):1661-1667. link to article

Wu JY, Zheng L and Wang JH (2005). Contamination of shellfish from Shanghai seafood markets with paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning toxins determined by mouse bioassay and HPLC. Food Additives and Contaminants. 22(7): 647–651. link to article

Shen L, Wu JY, Lin GF, Shen JH, Westendorf J. and Hühnerfuss H (2003). The mutagenic potentials of tap water samples in Shanghai. Chemosphere. 52(9):1641-1646. link to article