Jin Young Shin Faculty Spotlight

Jin Young Shin, Ph.D. – Associate Professor/Chemistry and Environmental Science (CES)

Dr. Jin Y. Shin received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science at the Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick in 2000. After obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) in New Jersey and the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Before joining CUNY in 2016, he served as Chief Chemist at the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) in New Jersey since 2004. Dr. Shin has authored and co-authored 30 peer-reviewed journals and conference proceeding papers Dr. Shin was appointed an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science at Medgar Evers College in January 2016. Dr. Shin’s specialty and research area is developing an analytical method for the trace levels of toxic chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and trace metals in the water/air/sediment/biota samples. He is also interested in analyzing cannabinoids in plants, marijuana products, and biological tissues to investigate their environmental impact: water use, pesticide use, energy use, air/water pollution, and community public health. Recently he was awarded two research grants, one (2023-25) for studying Air Pollution-Health-Climate Interactions in Southeast Queens, NY, and the other (2023-24) for studying The Effect of Metal Exposure in Newborns.