Title: Director, New Jersey Center for Water Science & Technology; Professor of Biology
Institution: Montclair State University
Address: 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, New Jersey 07043
Email: wum@montclair.edu
Phone: (973) 655-7117
Visit Meiyin’s Research Website
Research Interests: water quality, harmful algal bloom, drinking and recreational water safety, seafood consumption safety, pollution reduction, microbial source tracking, habitat connectivity, environmental education and outreach.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Meiyin Wu, Director of New Jersey Center for Water Science and Technology and Professor of Biology at Montclair State University, is an aquatic ecosystem ecologist whose research focuses on water quality, aquatic ecology, harmful algal blooms, drinking and recreational water safety, seafood consumption safety, pollution transport and control, microbial source tracking, and ecosystem restoration. In addition to teaching and conducting research, Dr. Wu directs a water analysis laboratory (NJDEP Laboratory Certification # 07105), organizes a citizen science program for water quality and harmful algal bloom monitoring, and coordinates an environmental education and outreach program. The author of more than 60 articles, books, reports, and educational DVDs, she also holds three U.S. patents on innovative technologies for water treatment.