Jay Gan

Jay Gan
Born	1963 (age 60–61)
Academic background
Alma mater	Zhejiang University
Academic work
Discipline	agricultural and environmental science
Institutions	University of California, Riverside
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	甘剑英
Traditional Chinese	甘劍英
Hanyu Pinyin	Gān Jiànyīng

Jay Jianying Gan (born 1963) is an American agricultural and environmental scientist. Gan is current chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences at University of California, Riverside.

Biography

Gan received his B.Sc. in agronomy in 1982, M.Sc. in pesticides in 1985, and Ph.D. in pesticides in 1988, all from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.

From 1990 to 1991, Gan was a research fellow of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of United Nations at IAEA Laboratories. Gan was a research fellow of FAO/IAEA of the United Nations at USDA-ARS Veterinary and Entomology Toxicology Research Laboratory in Texas.

Gan joined the faculty of environmental sciences at University of California, Riverside and serves as professor of soil science, professor of environmental chemistry, and water quality specialist.

In 2006, Gan became a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy.

Gan previously served as the department chair of Environmental Sciences.