• Lead a data analysis to strategically optimize the product testing network in the Asia-Pacific region, delivering robust results to maximize the market coverage of the testing network by 35% in general.• Collaborate on predicting the agricultural product performance in different testing markets in the United States through performing data pre-processing, feature selection, and ML algorithm evaluation; the current model achieves 30% prediction accuracy one-year before harvest.• Create an innovative technique to delineate (in GIS) the relative maturity regions for agricultural products in entire Canada, facilitating multiple key decision-makings for product testing, selection, and marketing in Canada.• Design an automatic ranking system to categorize the disease resistance of soybean products in North America, achieving more than 86% accuracy without human supervision.• Coordinate and cooperate with multiple teams by providing estimates on the relative product performance to support the development of strategic product testing framework at enterprise-level.

• Led a team of 6 analyzing 15-year economic and environmental data and published the first research report on the economic costs and benefits of mitigating agricultural water pollution in Iowa, received extensive media coverage in the state.• Designed and led a funded project ($30,000) to model consumers’ choice and behavior changes due to environmental quality change (e.g., Harmful Algal Blooms) in the state of Iowa.• Collaborated on a USDA-NRCS funded project ($150,000) to estimate the impacts of extreme weather (PRISM climate data) on farmers’ enrollment of national land conservation programs (NRCS internal database).• Invited speaker for several state-wide regulatory meetings and delivered key research results on environmental issues and the state’s economy with policymakers and stakeholders, as well as non-technical audiences.

• Developed and executed 5+ economic studies related to mercury pollution in freshwater, public land designation, energy transportation, and solar energy;• Co-PI of a funded project ($22,500) investigating the economic value of controlling Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) in New York State;• Maintained and researched a comprehensive database consisting of 10-year residential property transaction information in New York State;• Principle researcher of several environmental engineering projects related to water treatment technologies for hydraulic fracturing flow-back water, backwash water, and municipal wastewater.

• Maintained compliance with federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulation;• Assisted inspections of the Title V Air Permit, the Aquifer Protection Permit, and the Storm Water Permit as part of Arizona Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES);• Supported environmental protection project management and compliance monitoring, sampling and reporting.

• Principle consultant of several Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects of newly built agricultural and industrial units, including hog farm, drinking water treatment plant and paper mill.• Arranged meetings with clients, developed budget plans and coordinated with regulatory agencies.• Collaborate on an environmental and human health risk assessment project for chromium (Cr6+) contaminated superfund in southern China; Performed sample collection and analyses using spectrophotometry, ICP-MS and other analytical instruments.