Batterman Lab - Exposure and Environmental Impact Assessment

Jo-Yu Chin, M.S., B.S.

Doctoral Student

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Contact

E-mail: jychin@umich.edu

Office: (734) 936-3657

Office: M6062 SPH II
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Summary

I am a second year doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health. My specialties are in the fields of ambient air quality and environmental analysis. Before coming to the University of Michigan, I completed a B.S. degree in Public Health in 2002, a M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering in 2004, and worked for 1 year and a half at the Center for Disease Control as a research assistant, all in Taiwan. My personal interests include yoga, swimming, badminton, basketball, hiking and attempting to understand myself and the philosophy of life.

Projects
>> Health and Environmental Impacts of Alternative (Biofuel) Fuels This project has the objective of understanding the emissions and impacts of trace organic compounds associated with alternative fuels. It includes an experimental program designed to fill existing data gaps regarding toxic emissions, exposures and risks of biofuels, combined with a modeling/analysis program to explore large scale impacts, risks and policies... More >>
>> Emission and Permeation Characteristics of Biofuels: Potential for Worker Exposure This pilot project is aimed at enhancing the vapor profiles of biofuels through volatilization, to understand the permeability of biofuel through different elastomers and to evaluate the respiratory exposure of employees in the biorefinery plants.... More >>