Professor
401 Braunstein Hall
513-556-3435
susanna.tong@uc.edu
http://www.geography.uc.edu/tong.html

Education

Bachelor's Degree, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, , Hong Kong, (Geography, Biology).

PhD, Sheffield University, Sheffield University, United Kingdom, (Geography and Botany (Applied Ecology)).

Positions & Work Experience

2000-2001, Research Faculty, US Environmental Protection Agency , Cincinnati, Ohio.

2001-, Environmental Consultant to USEPA, SoBran Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Research Interests

global changes, hydrologic and water quality modeling, ecological risk assessment, heavy metal contaimination

Research Support

(PI) Susanna T.Y.Tong, An Exploratory Approach to Assessing the Influences of Environmental Factores on Fish Community Distribution and Health, USEPA. (EPA CR827679-01-0); Funded 1999 to 2001.

EPA Research Assistantship, EPA.

(Co-PI) Makram Suidan, Steve Buchberger, Susanna T.Y. Tong, Ni-Bin Chang, Robert Clark, Walter Grayman, Zhiwei Li, Multi-Scale Infrastructure Characterization Studies Water Resources Adaptation Program (WRAP) - Infrastructure, USEPA, Pegasus Technical Services. (EP-C-05-056); Funded 08/23/2007 to 09/30/2008.

(PI) Makram Suidan, Susanna T.Y. Tong, Multi-Scale Infrastructure Characterization Studies Water Resources Adaptation Program (WRAP) - Infrastructure, USEPA, Pegasus Technical Services. (WA3-52T4); Funded 09/30/2008 to 09/29/2009.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Susanna T.Y. Tong & Kin Che Lam (2000). Home Sweet Home? A Study of Household Dust Contamination in Hong Kong . The Science of the Total Environment, 256, 115-123.

Amy J. Liu, Susanna T.Y. Tong, James. A. Goodrich (2000). Land Use as a Mitigation Strategy for the Water Quality Impacts of Global Warming: A Scenario Analysis on Two Watersheds in the Ohio River Basin. Environmental Engineering and Policy, 2, 65-76.

Susanna T.Y. Tong (2001). An Integrated Exploratory Approach to Examining the Relationships of Environmental Stressors and Fish Responses. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery, 9, 1-19.

Susanna T.Y. Tong & Wenli Chen (2002). Modeling the Relationship Between Land Use and Surface Water Quality. Journal of Environmental Management, 66(3), 377-393.

Amy J. Liu, Susanna T.Y. Tong, James. A. Goodrich (2002). Investigating the Water Quality Impacts of Future Land-use and Climate Changes in the Little Miami River Watershed. Middle States Geographer, 35, 22-30.

Susanna T.Y. Tong & Amy J. Liu (2006). Modelling the Hydrologic Effects of Land-Use and Climate Changes. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 6(4-6), 344-368.

Susanna T.Y. Tong, Amy J. Liu & J.A. Goodrich (2007). Climate Change Impacts on Nutrient and Sediment Loads in a Midwestern Agricultural Watershed. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 9(1), 18-28.

Susanna T.Y. Tong & Sarawuth Naramngam (2007). Modeling the Impacts of Farming Practices on Water Qualities in the Little Miami River Basin. Environmental Management, 39, 853-866.

Susanna T.Y. Tong, Amy J. Liu, & James A. Goodrich (2008). Assessing the water quality impacts of future land-use changes in a rapidly urbanizing watershed. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems.

Book Chapters

Amy J. Liu, Susanna T.Y. Tong, James A. Goodrich (2000). Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling (GIS/EM4): Problems, Prospects and Research Needs. An Integrated Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Global Warming and Land-Use Changes on Surface Runoff Banff, Alberta, Canada: GIS/EM4.

Susanna T.Y. Tong (2002). Managing for Healthy Ecosystems, Part II, Issues and Methods, Managing for Biodiversity. In Rapport, W. Lasley, D. Rolston, O. Nielsen, C. Qualset, and A. Damania (Eds.), Relationships Among Environmental Stressors and Fish Community Composition and Health: Case Study of Chesapeake (pp. 413-428). Lewis Publishers.

Amy J. Liu, Susanna T.Y. Tong, James A. Goodrich (2002). Proceedings of the 25th Annual Applied Geography Conference. Assessing the Water Quality Impacts of Global Climate Change in Southwestern Ohio, USA Binghamton, New York.

Amy J. Liu, Susanna T.Y. Tong, James A. Goodrich (2002). Proceedings of the AWRA 2002 Annual Water Resources Conference. Into the Looking Glass: A View of the Water Quality Impacts of Future Land-use Developments in the Little Miami River Watershed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lectures

Susanna T.Y. Tong (2004). Simulating the Hydrologic Effects of Global Climate and Land-use Changes. Departmental Colloquium, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University.

Paper Presentations

Susanna T.Y. Tong. Assessing the Hydrologic Effects of Land Use. Annual Meeting, East Lake Division, Association of American Geographers, Cincinnati, Ohio. 2001.

Honors & Awards

Science Consultant to the United Nations .

Student Advising

Wenli Chan, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2001.

Amy J. Liu, , Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 2002.

Allison Flege, , Dissertation ,Committee Member, Completed 2003.

Ivan Maximov, , Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 2003.

Yongping Hao, , Dissertation ,Committee Member, Completed 2003.

Andrew Miller, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2003.

Olimipa Arellano-Neri, , Dissertation ,Committee Member, Completed 2003.

Joseph Busemeyer, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2004.

Derong Gu. , Master, ,Chair, Completed 2004.

Julianne H. Bell, Master, ,Committee Member, Completed 2004.

Sarawuth Naramngam, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2004.

Mel Yuanhang Meng, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2005.

Zhongwei Liu, , Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 2006.

Navendu Chaudhary, , Dissertation ,Committee Member, Completed 2006.

Teresa Muething, Undergrad, ,Chair, Research, Completed 2000.

Joseph Busemeyer, Undergrad, ,Chair, Research, Completed 2000.

Sarawuth Naramngam, , Dissertation ,Chair, Completed 2008.

Peter Kimosop, , Dissertation ,Chair, In Progress .

Yu Sun, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2008.

Jie He, Master, ,Chair, In Progress .

Shaungshuang Ai, Master, ,Chair, In Progress .

Thushara Ranatunga, , Dissertation ,Chair, In Progress .

Katherine Charlton-Perkins, , Dissertation ,Chair, In Progress .

Yu Sun, , Dissertation ,Chair, In Progress .

Teri Jacobs, Master, ,Chair, In Progress .

Mei-Wen Wang, Master, ,Chair, Completed 2008.

Chantal Ivensco, Undergrad, ,Chair, Research, McNair Scholar, In Progress .

Service

Committee Chair, Asian Studies Program Director of Asian Studies Program, 1988 to 2002.

Committee Chair, Geography Department Graduate Admissions Committee, .

Committee Chair, Committee on Cincinnatus Association Prize in Geography, .

Committee Member, Search Committee for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Political Science and Director of Asian Studies, .

Committee Member, Space Committee, .

Committee Member, Graduate Committee, .

Committee Member, McMicken Scholars Honors Program Committee, .

Committee Member, Geography Department Headship Review Committee, .

Committee Member, Geography Department PhD Comprehensive Examination Committee, .

Committee Member, NSF Geography and Regional Science Program peer review panelist , 2004 to 2006.

Committee Member, USEPA peer review panelist for the USEPA STAR Award, .

Committee Chair, McNee Award Committee, .

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1988 Member International Association for Vegetation Science.

1985 Member Ecological Society of America.

1984 Member Association of American Geographers.

Courses Taught

15-GEOG-103 INTR ENVIR GEOG III .

15-GEOG-770 SEMINAR ENVIR GEOG.

15-GEOG-262 PEOPLE&ENVIRONMENT.

15-GEOG-303 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOG.

15-GEOG-237, Geography of China.

15-GEOG-573 THE URBAN HABITAT .

15-GEOG-103H INT ENVIR GEOG III.

15-GEOG-113 ENVIRN GEOG LAB III.