Jay Gan

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, MSc in pesticides in 1985, and PhD 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.

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

Gan previously served as the department chair of Environmental Sciences.