College of Health and Human Services

Jaymin Kwon

Professor

Public Health | 559.278.5169 | Office: McLane 184

jkwon@csufresno.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University & UMDNJ (Joint degree)
  • M.S., Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
  • M.S., Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • B.S., Food Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Courses Taught

  • PH 105: Risk Assessment and Analysis
  • PH 109: Epidemiology of Diseases
  • PH 161: Environment and Human Health
  • PH 162B: Environmental Health Applications
  • PH 167: Public Health Laboratory Techniques
  • PH 170: Air Pollution and Health
  • PH 175I: Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety Internship
  • PH 190: Independent Study
  • PH 206: Environmental and Occupational Health (MPH)

Professional Employment:

2025 – Chair, Department of Public Health, California State University at Fresno

2024 – Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University at Fresno

2014 – REHS (Registered Environmental Health Specialist), State of California Registration number: 8443

2017–2024 Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University at Fresno

2011–2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University at Fresno        

Environmental Health; Exposure Assessment; Air Pollution; Indoor Air Quality

Research Grants funded:
  • Principal Investigator: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality 2025: Research Portal; Fresno State Transportation Institute SB1 #2532, PI: Kwon PI, Co-PIs: Ahn and Chung, $21,400.
  • Principal Investigator: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality 2024: Time-series Analysis; Fresno State Transportation Institute SB1 #2444, PI: Kwon PI, Co-PIs: Ahn and Chung, $20,000.
  • Principal Investigator: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality 2023: Mobile Air Sensors in Transit Polit Study 2023–2024; Fresno State Transportation Institute SB1 #2352, PI: Kwon PI, Co-PIs: Ahn and Chung, $15,000.
  • Co-Principal Investigator: CSUTC SB1 Research Program 2023 - Forecasting Commercial Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in Urban California Areas. PI: Chung S, Co-PI: Kwon J, Ahn Y. $59,000.
  • Collaborator: Design and preliminary investigation of health impact survey promotion plan in traffic-congested areas. Ministry of Environment, Korea. 2023-2024. PI: Cheol-Min Lee. $135,000.
  • Principal Investigator: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality 2022: Data-driven Exposure Analysis by Transportation Modes, 2022–2023; Fresno State Transportation Institute SB1 #2220, PI: Kwon PI, Co-PIs: Ahn and Chung, $22,000.
  • Principal Investigator: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality 2021: A Characterization of Bike Trails and Highways in Fresno/Clovis Area, 2021–2022; Fresno State Transportation Institute SB1 #2128, PI: Kwon PI, Co-PIs: Ahn and Chung, $26,000.
  • Principal Investigator: Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality and Neighborhood Characterization, 2020–2021; Fresno State Transportation Institute SB1 #2010, PI: Kwon, Co-PIs: Ahn and Chung, $25,000.
  • Collaborator: Incentivizing Climate-Smart Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley. 2020-2023; California Strategic Growth Council. PI: Ellen Hanak. Water Policy Center, Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco, $732,859.
  • Co-Investigator: Low-Cost, Versatile Sampler for Personal PM Exposure by Microenvironment, 2017-2020; NIH/NIEHS, PIs: Volckens, Henry. Colorado State University at Fort Collins. R33ES024719, $1,640,740, Subaward UCB; $25,000.
  • Collaborator: Low-Cost, Versatile Sampler for Personal PM Exposure by Microenvironment, 2015-2017; NIH/NIEHS, PIs: Volckens, Henry. Colorado State University at Fort Collins. R21ES24719, $409,105, Subaward UCB; $52,463.
  • Coinvestigator: Transit Exposure during Pregnancy. A collaborative project between UC Berkeley, Fresno State, and Stanford University. 2013-2019; NIEHS & US EPA. US EPA RD83543501, NIEHS 1P01ES022849 PIs: Hammond UC Berkeley, Capitman, Fresno State. Subaward: $245,323.
  • Principal Investigator: Assessment of the Inhalation Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollutants in Public Transportation. 2009-2010; NIOSH Pilot Research Training Program, SWCOEH, by the NIOSH. Award: $10,000.
  • Project Director: Air Pollution and Exposure Research Information Infrastructure, 2010; the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC), PI: Olaguer, Co-PI: Stock, UTHSC-SPH. Award: $100,000.
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Peer-reviewed Research
  1. Park SY, Cho YS, Jang H, Kwon J, Yoon SW, Lee CM. Sources apportionment and dynamics of PM2.5 across regions during and after the coronavirus 2019 pandemic. 2025. Scientific Reports, 15, Article Number 23529. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99353-6
  2. Sekhon D, Alcala E, Kwon J, Bush JA, Garza MA. Association Between Particulate Matter 2.5 and Breast Cancer Mortality in California—A Place-Based Cross-Sectional Study. 2025. Pollutants, 5(2), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants5020011
  3. Park SY, Jang H, Kwon J, Park CM, Lee CM, Song DJ. Personal PM2.5 Exposure and Associated Factors Among Adults with Allergic Diseases in an Urban Environment: A Panel Study. 2025. Toxics, 13, 4, (317). http://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13040317
  4. Park SY, Jang H, Kwon J, Choi Y, Kim KR, Ha HJ, Lim H, Park JS, Lee CM. 2025. Integrated source analysis of particulate and gaseous pollutants: Seoul as an urban case study. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100535
  5. Park SY, Kwon J, Gim JA, Park IH, Lee CM, Song DJ. 2025. Assessing Personal PM5 Exposure: A Method Leveraging Movement Routes and Activity Space Information, Indoor Air, 2412518, https://doi.org/10.1155/ina/2412518
  6. Park, SY, Jang, H, Kwon, J, Cho YS, Lee JI, Lee CM. 2024. Spatiotemporal distribution and source analysis of PM5and its chemical components in national industrial complexes of Korea: a case study of Ansan and Siheung. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 31, 65406–65426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35537-3
  7. Park SY, Jeon JI, Jung JY, Lee HW, Kwon J, Lee CM. 2024. PM5 and heavy metals in Urban and Agro-industrial Areas: Health Risk Assessment Considerations. Asian J. Atmos. Environ18, 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44273-024-00037-w
  8. Park SY, Lee HW, Kwon J, Yoon SW, Lee CM. 2024. Proposal of a Methodology for Prediction of Heavy Metals Concentration Based on PM5 Concentration and Meteorological Variables Using Machine Learning. Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment Vol, (I) p526 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44273-024-00029-w
  9. Park SY, Jang H, Lee JM, Kwon J, Lee CM. 2024. Individual exposure risk assessment of volatile organic compounds using a manual sampler in micro-environment. Journal of Odor and Indoor Environment, 23(2), 96-114. https://doi.org/10.15250/joie.2024.23.2.96
  10. Park SY, Jang H, Kwon J, Cho YS, Lee CM. 2023. Proposal for concentration calibration method for field evaluation of particulate matters monitors based on light scattering using decision tree techniques. Journal of Odor and Indoor Environment 22(4) 314-327. https://doi.org/10.15250/joie.2023.22.4.314
  11. Park SY, Yoon DK, Park SH, Jeon JI, Lee JM, Yang WH, Cho YS, Kwon J, Lee CM. 2023. Proposal of a Methodology for Prediction Indoor PM5 Concentration Using Sensor-based Residential Environments Monitoring Data and Time-divided Multiple Linear Regression Model. Toxics 11, (6) 526 https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11060526
  12. Quinn C, Miller-Lionberg DD, Klunder KJ, Kwon J, Noth EM, Mehaffy J, Leith D, Magzamen S, Hammond SK, Henry CS, Volckens J. Personal Exposure to PM5Black Carbon and Aerosol Oxidative Potential using an Automated Microenvironmental Aerosol Sampler (AMAS). 2018. Environ. Sci. Technol. 52, 19, pp 11267-11275. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02992  
  13. Kwon J, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Stock TH. Source proximity and meteorological effects on residential outdoor VOCs in urban areas: Results from the Houston and Los Angeles RIOPA studies. 2016. Science of the Total Environment 2016, Volume 573, pp 954-964.
  14. Kwon J, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Turpin B. Source Proximity and meteorological effects on residential ambient concentrations of PM5, organic carbon, elemental carbon, and p-PAHs in Houston and Los Angeles. Journal of Environmental Science International 2016, Volume 25, No.10, pp.1349-1368.
  15. Kwon J. Assessment of inhalation exposures to traffic-related air pollutants in public transportation and cancer risk. 2016. Journal of Cancer Prevention & Current Research. Volume 5, Issue 6: 00182
  16. Park M, Luo S, Kwon J, Stock TH, Delclos G, Kim H, Hong Y-C. 2013. Effect of air pollution on asthma hospitalization rates in different age groups in metropolitan cities of Korea. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp 543-551.
  17. Polidori A, Kwon J, Turpin BJ, Weisel C 2010. Source proximity and residential outdoor concentrations of PM2.5 OC, EC, and PAHs. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 20: 457-468.
  18. Kwon J, Weisel CP, Turpin BJ, Zhang J, Korn L, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Colome S. Source proximity and outdoor residential VOC concentrations: Results from the RIOPA study. Environmental Science and Technology, 40(13), 4074-4082.
  19. Liu W, Zhang J, Kwon J, Weisel CP, Turpin BJ, Zhang L, Korn L, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Colome S. Concentrations and source characteristics of airborne carbonyl compounds measured outside urban residences. Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 56:1196-1204.
  20. Polidori A, Turpin BJ, Meng Q, Lee JH, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Colome S, Stock TH, Winer AM, Zhang J, Kwon J, Alimokhtari S, Shendell D, Jones J, Farrar C, Maberti S. Fine organic particulate matter dominates indoor-generated PM2.5 in RIOPA homes. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 16: 321-331.
  21. Weisel CP, Zhang J, Turpin BJ, Morandi MT, Colome S, Stock TH, Spektor D, Korn L, Winer AM, Alimokhtari S, Kwon J, Mohan K, Harrington R, Giovanetti R, Cui W, Afshar M, Maberti S, Shendell D. The relationships of indoor, outdoor and personal air (RIOPA) study: Study design, methods and initial results. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15:123-137. 
  22. Reff A, Turpin BJ, Porcja R, Giovennetti R, Cui W, Weisel CP, Zhang J, Kwon J, Alimokhtari S, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Maberti S, Colome S, Winer AM, Shendell D, Jones J, Farrar C. Functional group characterization of indoor, outdoor, and personal PM2.5: Results from RIOPA. Indoor Air, 15:53-61.
  23. Meng Q, Turpin BJ, Korn L, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Colome S, Zhang J, Stock TH, Spektor D, Winer AM, Zhang L, Lee JH, Giovanetti R, Cui W, Kwon J, Alimokhtari S, Shendell D, Jones J, Farrar C, Maberti S. Influence of ambient (outdoor) sources on residential indoor and personal PM2.5 concentrations: Analyses of RIOPA data. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15:17-28. 
  24. Naumova Y, Offenberg J, Eisenreich S, Meng Q, Polidori A, Turpin BJ, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Colome S, Stock TH, Winer AM, Alimokhtari A, Kwon J, Maberti S, Shendell D, Jones J, Farrar C. Gas/particle distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coupled outdoor/indoor atmospheres. Atmospheric Environment, 37:703-719.
  25. Naumova Y, Eisenreich S, Turpin BJ, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Colome S, Totten L, Stock TH, Winer AM, Alimokhtari S, Kwon J, Shendell D, Jones J, Maberti S, Wall SJ. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the indoor and outdoor air of three cities in the US. Environmental Science and Technology, 36:2552-2559.
  26. Kwon J, Park K, Pek U, Bai D, Yu J. Saccharification using pullulanase from Klebsiella pneumoniae NFB-320. 1994. Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 22 (5): 499-506.
Project Reports (Peer-reviewed)
  1. Kwon J, Ahn Y, Chung S. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality (StarTraq 2024): Time-series Analyses. 2025. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications. 2#-##, CA-MTI-2444. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.####.####
  2. Chung S, Kwon J, Ahn Y. 2024. Forecasting Commercial Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in Urban California Areas. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications. 24-25, CA-MTI-2315. https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2315-VMT-Regression-Analysis-Forecasting
  3. Kwon J, Ahn Y, Chung S. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality (StarTraq 2022): Data-driven Exposure Analysis by Transportation Modes. 2024. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications. 24-14, CA-MTI-2220. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2024.2220
  4. Kwon J, Ahn Y, Chung S. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation-Related Air Quality (StarTraq 2021): A Characterization of Bike Trails and Highways in the Fresno/Clovis Area. 2022. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications. 22-48, CA-MTI-2128. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2022.2128
  5. Ayres A, Kwon J, Collins J. 2022. Land transitions and dust in the San Joaquin Valley: How proactive management can support air quality improvements. California Strategic growth council’s climate change research program report. Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Water Policy Center. https://www.ppic.org/publication/land-transitions-and-dust-in-the-san-joaquin-valley/
  6. Kwon J, Ahn Y, Chung S. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Roadside Transportation Related Air Quality (STARTRAQ) and Neighborhood Characterization. 2021. Mineta Transportation Institute Publications. 21-22, CA-MTI-2010. https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.2010
  7. Olaguer EP, Buzcu‐Guven B, Vernon Z, Stock TH, and Kwon J. 2011. Development of an integrated database of air pollution and exposure data for Houston, Texas. Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC) Research Report 21. Houston, TX
  8. Lioy PJ, Fan Z, Zhang J, Georgopoulos P, Wang S-W, Ohman-Strickland P, Wu X, Zhu X, Harrington J, Tang X, Meng Q, Jung KH, Kwon J, Hernandez M, Bonnano L, Held J, and Neal J. Personal and ambient exposures to air toxics in Camden, New Jersey. HEI (Health Effects Institute) Research Report 160. Boston, MA
  9. Morandi MT, Stock TH, Harrist R, Kwon J, Petronella S, Whitmore R, Phillips October 31 2009. Houston Exposure to Air Toxics Study (HEATS). Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC) Research Report. Houston, TX
  10. Turpin BJ, Weisel CP, Morandi MT, Colome S, Stock TH, Eisenreich S, Buckley B, Meng Q, Winer AM, Zhang J, Korn L, Spektor D, Lee JH, Polidori A, Naumova Y, Reff A, Porcja R, Offenberg J, Lake S, Stiles R, Zhang L, Giovanetti R, Kwon J, Alimokhtari S, Shendell D, Jones J, Farrar C, Maberti 2007. Relationships of indoor, outdoor, and personal air (RIOPA). Part II. Analyses of concentrations of particulate matter species. HEI (Health Effects Institute) Research Report 130. Boston, MA; NUATRC Research Report 10. Houston, TX
  11. Weisel CP, Zhang J, Turpin BJ, Morandi MT, Colome S, Stock TH, Spektor D, Korn L, Winer AM, Kwon J, Meng Q, Zhang L, Harrington R, Liu W, Reff A, Lee JH, Alimokhtari S, Mohan K, Shendell D, Jones J, Farrar C, Maberti S, Fan 2005. Relationships of indoor, outdoor, and personal air (RIOPA). Part I. Collection methods and descriptive analyses. HEI (Health Effects Institute) Research Report 130. Boston, MA; NUATRC Research Report 7. Houston, TX
  12. Roh M, Yoo S, Kwon J, Park K, Pek U, Yu J. Development of sugar-alcohol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae DY-1. Research Project Report, Ministry of Energy and Resources, Republic of Korea.

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers, Proceedings, and Abstracts
  1. Kwon J, Ahn Y, Chung S, Noth EM, Zografos K, Capitman J, Hammond SK. 2020. Impact of Transportation-Related Particulate Matters on the Roadside Air Quality in Fresno, California, Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference. pp 96-96. The Korean Environmental Sciences Society. https://koreascience.kr/article/CFKO202033853726324.pdf
  2. Kwon J, Stock TH, Morandi MT. 2011. Contribution of indoor and outdoor sources to indoor air VOC concentrations in Houston Exposure to Air Toxics Study (HEATS) homes. Proceedings, Indoor Air 2011. The 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Austin, Texas.  
  3. Morandi MT, Stock TH, Harrist R, Kwon J, Whitmore R, Phillips M. 2011. Comparison of microenvironmental VOC concentrations in the Houston Exposure to Air Toxics Study (HEATS) homes. Proceedings, Indoor Air 2011. The 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate.  Austin, Texas.   
  4. Kwon J, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Liu W, Weisel CP, Zhang J, Turpin BJ, Colome S, Korn L, Winer 2008. Contribution of indoor and outdoor sources to indoor air VOC concentrations in RIOPA study homes. Indoor Air 2008: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Copenhagen, Denmark.  
  5. Kwon J, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Weisel CP, Zhang J, Turpin BJ, Liu W, Colome S, Korn L, Winer 2008. Prediction of personal exposure estimates based on microenvironmental measurements of selected volatile organic compounds. Indoor Air 2008: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  6. Hun DE, Morandi MT, Stock TH, Kwon, J, Corsi, RL, Siegel, JA. Comparison of BTEX Concentrations from TCEQ Fixed Monitoring Sites and RIOPA-TX. Epidemiology 19(6):p S352-S353, November 2008. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000340423.15071.22
  7. Weisel CP, Turpin B, Zhang J, Morandi M, Stock T, Colome S, Spektor D, Winer A, Korn L, Kwon J, Alimokhtari S. 2002. Influence of mobile sources on ambient and personal air evaluation within the RIOPA study. Epidemiology, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. S98-S98.
  8. Cowan RM, Kwon J. 1999. Aerobic biodegradation of ethylene glycol ethers. Hazardous and Industrial Wastes - Proceedings of the Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference. pp. 273-282.