Zeyuan Qiu

Prof. Zeyuan Qiu is a Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), affiliated with the College of Science and Liberal Arts. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1996), an M.S. in Land Management from Renmin University of China (1989), and a B.S. in Land Use Planning from Central China Agricultural University (1986). His research focuses on environmental policy, water quality management, GIS applications, and agricultural sustainability, with a particular emphasis on nonpoint source pollution control, hydrologically sensitive areas, and climate change adaptation strategies.

Prof. Qiu has received notable awards including the 2020 Associate Editor Excellence Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society and the 2016 Distinguished Research Award from NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts. His work integrates interdisciplinary approaches, combining hydrological modeling, machine learning, and socio-economic analysis to address complex environmental challenges. Key areas of expertise include precision agriculture, urban-suburban watershed management, and policy evaluation for sustainable resource use.

His research also explores the intersection of technology adoption in rural economies (e.g., smartphone impacts on pesticide use in China) and health-related environmental issues (e.g., lymphedema detection using machine learning). Prof. Qiu collaborates actively with governmental agencies like the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and leverages tools such as SWAT modeling, fuzzy Borda count, and Bayesian inference for decision-making in environmental management.