Weiqiang Zhang

Dr. Weiqiang Zhang

Department of Pediatrics and Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Biography

Dr. Weiqiang Zhang is a Research Chemist at the Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystem Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (since 2021). From 2007 to 2011, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and then he worked as an Instructor there. In 2014, he was promoted to Assistant Professor. He is also a member of the American Society for Cell Biology. His research includes (1) determining new spray formulations to mitigate spray drift and prevent bees and other pollinators from pesticide risks in southern cropping systems; (2) developing laboratory bioassays and field studies to identify thresholds of primary factors (e.g., chemical dosage, active ingredient, droplet size) that influence behaviors and migrations of bees and other pollinators; (3) studying the reaction of residual insecticides and volatile compounds on bees and pollinators and their interaction with other chemical agents and weather conditions; and (4) developing and utilizing modern analytical techniques (e.g., liquid chromatography and/or gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS, GC-MS)) to analyze residual pesticide concentrations.

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