Ning Wang, PhD
Dr. Ning Wang is a Research Fish Biologist with the Columbia Environmental Research Center.
He obtained his bachelor degree in Fisheries from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and obtained his doctorate degree in Natural Sciences from University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany. He conducted his post-doctoral research on fish feeding and bioenergetics at University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Since 1998, he has led and conducted many research projects at the CERC, including development of standard methods for conducting early life-stage toxicity tests with freshwater mussels, assessment of the sensitivity of threatened and endangered fish and aquatic invertebrates to contaminants, evaluation of toxicity of surface waters and sediments contaminated by coal mining and natural oil and gas extraction to aquatic organisms, and evaluation of the toxicity of major ion salts and metals to fish and aquatic invertebrates in water exposures.
Professional Experience
Research Fish Biologist, USGS, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri (July 1998 – present)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (October 1994 – June 1998)
Research Scientist, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany (March 1994 – October 1994)
Research Scientist, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany (March 1994 – October 1994)
Instructor, Department of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China (February 1982 – September 1988)
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. in Natural Sciences, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany 1994
B.S. in Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 1982
Science and Products
Chronic sensitivity of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to cadmium, copper, lead, or zinc in laboratory water-only exposures
Acute and chronic sensitivity of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to cadmium, copper, lead, or zinc in laboratory water-only exposures
Sediment quality assessment in tidal salt marshes in northern California, USA: An evaluation of multiple lines of evidence approach
Use of reconstituted waters to evaluate effects of elevated major ions associated with mountaintop coal mining on freshwater invertebrates
Toxicity of sediments potentially contaminated by coal mining and natural gas extraction to unionid mussels and commonly tested benthic invertebrates
Spatial and temporal trends of freshwater mussel assemblages in the Meramec River Basin, Missouri, USA
Toxicity of carbon nanotubes to freshwater aquatic invertebrates
Threats of habitat and water-quality degradation to mussel diversity in the Meramec River Basin, Missouri, USA
Baseline ecological risk assessment of the Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana: Part 2. An evaluation of the predictive ability of effects-based sediment-quality guidelines
Influence of dissolved organic carbon on toxicity of copper to a unionid mussel (Villosa iris) and a cladoceran (Ceriodaphnia dubia) in acute and chronic water exposures
Evaluation of influence of sediment on the sensitivity of a unionid mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) to ammonia in 28-day water exposures
Toxicity of silicon carbide nanowires to sediment-dwelling invertebrates in water or sediment exposures
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Chronic sensitivity of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to cadmium, copper, lead, or zinc in laboratory water-only exposures
Acute and chronic sensitivity of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to cadmium, copper, lead, or zinc in laboratory water-only exposures
Sediment quality assessment in tidal salt marshes in northern California, USA: An evaluation of multiple lines of evidence approach
Use of reconstituted waters to evaluate effects of elevated major ions associated with mountaintop coal mining on freshwater invertebrates
Toxicity of sediments potentially contaminated by coal mining and natural gas extraction to unionid mussels and commonly tested benthic invertebrates
Spatial and temporal trends of freshwater mussel assemblages in the Meramec River Basin, Missouri, USA
Toxicity of carbon nanotubes to freshwater aquatic invertebrates
Threats of habitat and water-quality degradation to mussel diversity in the Meramec River Basin, Missouri, USA
Baseline ecological risk assessment of the Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana: Part 2. An evaluation of the predictive ability of effects-based sediment-quality guidelines
Influence of dissolved organic carbon on toxicity of copper to a unionid mussel (Villosa iris) and a cladoceran (Ceriodaphnia dubia) in acute and chronic water exposures
Evaluation of influence of sediment on the sensitivity of a unionid mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) to ammonia in 28-day water exposures
Toxicity of silicon carbide nanowires to sediment-dwelling invertebrates in water or sediment exposures
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.