Professor of Practice
Biomedical and Chemical EngineeringCivil and Environmental Engineering
363 Link Hall
rchen02@syr.edu
315.443.4468
Degree(s):
- MPH, Ph.D.
Lab/Center Affiliation(s):
- Building Energy and Environmental Systems Laboratory
Research Interests:
- Risk Assessment
- Environmental Regulation
- Injurious Effect of Environmental Chemicals
- Aerosol Delivery of Chemo-preventive Agents
- Alternative Energy
- Environmental Education
- Metabolism of Hepatotoxic Aliphatic Halogenated Hydrocarbons
Current Research:
I am in consultation and exploration with Biomedical, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering faculty members to form collaboration efforts.
Honors:
- NIH Grant in Aerosol Delivery of Chemopreventive Agents in the Treatment of Lung Cancer (2011)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention Bio-monitoring Grant (2002)
- USEPA Pesticide Exposure Outreach Grant (2002)
- NIH Staff Fellowship (1984-87)
Courses Taught:
- Environmental Risk assessment methodology
- Environmental toxicology
- Alternative energy
- Human health impact of exposures to environmental toxins
- Education in global response to energy and environmental challenges
Selected Publications:
Jingjie. Zhang, Huijing Fu,, Jing Pan, Yian Wang, Ruth Chen, Da-Ren Chen, and Ming You (2013). Aerosolized Iressa Decreases Lung Tumorigenesis with Minimal Adverse Systemic Effect, to be submitted to Lung Cancer Research.
Jingjie Zhang, Huijing Fu, Jing Pan, Ruth Chen, Yian Wang, Da-Ren Chen, and Ming You (2013). Chemoprevention of Lung Carcinogenesis by the Combination of Aerosolized Budesonide and Oral Polyphenon E in A/J Mice, to be submitted to Molecular Carcinogenesis.
Madelyn Ball, Ruth Chen, and Yinjie J Tang (2012). The “Some Sense” of Biofuels. J. Petroleum.Environmental Biotechnology, 3:4.
Qi Zhang, Jing Pan, Jingjie Zhang, Pengyuan Liu, Yian Wang, Ruth Chen, Da-Ren Chen, Ronald Lubet, and Ming You (2011). Aerosolized Targretin Decreases Lung Tumorigenesis Without Increasing Triglyceride and Cholesterol Level in Serum, Lung Cancer Prevention, 4(2):270-276.
Huijing Fu, Jingjie Zhang, Jing Pan, Qi Zhang, Yan Lu, Weidong Wen, Ronald A. Lubet, Eva Szabo, Ruth Chen, Yian Wang, Da-Ren Chen, and Ming You (2011), Chemoprevention of Lung Carcinogenesis by the Combination of Aerosolized Budesonide and Oral Pioglitazone in A/J Mice, Molecular Carcinogenesis, 50(12):913-921.
H. Fu, J. He, F. Mei, Q. Zhang, Y. Hara, S. Ryota, R. A. Lubet, R. Chen, Da-Ren Chen, and M. You (2009). Anti-lung Cancer Effect of Epigallocatechin-3-gallate is Dependent on Its Presence in a Complex Mixture (Polyphenon E), Cancer Prevention Research, 2(6):531-537. (Cover page article)