Chunrong Jia

Chunrong Jia is a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health at the University of Memphis’s School of Public Health. He specializes in air pollution exposure assessment, indoor air quality, and environmental health disparities. His research employs advanced analytical techniques like GC/MS and HPLC, and he leads an environmental monitoring laboratory. Dr. Jia serves on the Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board and was a Harvard-JPB Environmental Health Fellow (2014–2018).

Education:

• PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 2007
• ME, Environmental Engineering, Nankai University, 2001
• BS, Environmental Sciences, Nankai University, 1998

Research Interests:

• Air pollution exposure and risk assessment
• Indoor air quality (IAQ) and community air monitoring
• Environmental epidemiology and health disparities
• Development of sampling and analytical methods for air pollutants

Publications & Contributions:

Dr. Jia has authored nearly 80 peer-reviewed articles and over 50 conference presentations, focusing on PAHs, VOCs, and particulate matter. His work bridges environmental chemistry, public health, and policy, with recent studies addressing odor episodes, firework impacts, and breast cancer environmental risk factors.

Awards & Affiliations:

• Harvard-JPB Environmental Health Fellow, 2014–2018
• Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Member

Labs & Resources:

His laboratory houses sophisticated instruments for air pollutant measurement, including GC/MS and HPLC, enabling precise analysis of organic compounds in ambient and indoor air.