Southern California Chinese-American Environmental Protection Association

About SCCAEPA

Southern California Chinese-American Environmental Protection Association (SCCAEPA) is a non-profit [501(c)(3)] organization. Since its establishment in 1991, SCCAEPA experienced growth and expansion over the past 30 years. There are currently more than 500 members who are scientists, engineers, professors, students, and environmental professionals working in sectors of government, municipalities, and consultants. More than 90% of SCCAEPA members have advanced degrees (Masters or Doctorates).

We enhance communication and information exchange and provide environmental education and awareness among the Chinese-Americans in environmental related fields by participating in community services and making alliances with other associations.

We Bridge the knowledge between members with technical expertise and the related fields to assist in resolving environmental issues. Award student scholarship and recognize distinguished individuals and organizations in their outstanding contributions to the environmental awareness.

We promote the communication and cooperation between the Chinese-American environmental professionals in governmental agencies and private organizations.

Our Bylaws

Board of Directors

Ying Song, Ph.D.

President
  • Senior associate engineer, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (Wood)
  • Specialize in groundwater remediation with various industrial, municipal, and federal organizations.
  • worked on water treatment and groundwater remediation projects in the US, China and Southeast Asia
  • A lifelong outdoor enthusiast
  • Ph.D, Civil Engineering, University of Missouri

Yiping Cao, Ph.D.

Vice-President
  • Environmental Supervisor, Orange County Sanitation District
  • Formerly Scientist at Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, CTO at Source Molecular, Senior Scientist at SCCWRP
  • Over 20 years of experience in water quality, microbial contamination, and molecular technology
  • Over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology, UCSB

Zhong (John) Xiong, Ph.D., P.E.

Vice-President
  • Emerging Contaminants Practice Leader at Haley & Aldrich, Inc
  • Former Senior Vice President for a major engineering firm
  • A leading environmental consultant and remediation expert for over 15 years
  • Numerous peer-reviewed publications, published abstracts, and two patents on environmental technologies
  • PhD in Civil Engineering from the Auburn University

Fan Xu, Ph.D.

Vice-President
  • Works at the South Coast Air Quality Management District, implementing incentive programs for clean technologies 
  • Experiences in air quality and health risk assessments for highway construction projects, toxics emitting facilities, and development projects
  • 10 years of experiences in environmental consulting firm working on occupational exposure assessments, indoor air quality investigation, and ambient air monitoring
  • Ph.D., Health Science, Purdue University

Tim Chen

Treasurer
  • More than eight years experiences in water resources planning and water/wastewater infrastructure design
  • Project Manager at Geoscience Support Services
  • M.S., Environmental Engineering, USC

Xiaosong (Jason) Chen, Ph.D.

Secretary
  • Director of Engineering and Design for thermal remediation in GEO
  • Nearly 20 years of experiences in design and management environmental remediation projects since 2002
  • Instructor at multiple LAEF workshops
  • Worked in the U.S. EPA, consultant companies and national environmental laboratories
  • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Florida

Xiao (Isaac) Dai

Board Member
  • Vice-President of Zeneng Environmental Technology Ltd,
  • Services in water and wastewater treatment, soil and groundwater remediation, solid waste management, site investigation, engineering management, environmental monitoring and laboratory testing
  • Over 10 years experiences in both business development and environmental consulting
  • Developed and launched the new online portal for Los Angeles Environmental Forum (LAEF)
  • Former co-chairman LAEF Subforum in Harbin

Jia Fan

Board Member
  • Associate Director focusing on decarbonization & clean energy at ENGIE 
  • Six years’ professional experience in environmental engineering, sustainability, groundwater remediation, construction management and project control 
  • Has expertise of applying advanced analytics, data science, and digital solutions to support data-informed decision at different project stages like business development, EPC execution, procurement, and operation 
  • B.S. in Environmental Science from Donghua University of China and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from University of Southern California 
  • A LEED Accredited Professional specialized in Building Design and Construction

Iris Huang, P.E.

Board Member
  • Principal Project Manager at Parsons Corp.
  • Life-time member of SCCAEPA
  • Over 20 years of experience in design and management of wastewater treatment plants, distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, storm water drainage systems, and pump stations.
  • Co-authored numerous professional papers on wastewater and gas emission treatment

Chen Le, Ph.D.

Board Member
  • Postdoctoral teaching & research faculty, University of San Diego
  • Specialize in atmospheric processes, particularly the formation of secondary organic
    aerosol from target precursors or biomass burning events in environmental
    chamber simulators
  • Instructor of undergraduate chemistry and atmospheric sciences
  • A meditation and music enthusiast
  • Ph.D., Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside

Jianguo (Eric) Li

Board Member
  • CEO, BDP EnviroTech, founded in 2013.
  • Specialization in developing and applying the most advanced and patented Biological Wastewater Treatment technology
  • 12 Patents in China and U.S.A.
  • Technology has been used in over 60 full-scale applications in 12 countries around the world

Kun Liu, Ph.D.

Board Member
  • Business owner
  • Formerly restoration specialist in Chambers Group, Inc.
  • Specialization in plant nutrition and soil science, soil tests, ecological restoration, and botany
  • Advocator for zero waste life style
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Sciencie, University of California, Riverside

Michael E. Shiang, Ph.D., P.G., C.Hg

Board Member
  • CEO, Director of Environmental Services Principal Hydrogeologist ADvTECH Environmental, Inc.
  • Over 40 years of experiences in hydrogeological assessments and groundwater contaminant investigations, basin wide hydrogeological studies, remedial engineering and clean-up technology development, multi-phase contaminant fate and transport evaluations, stormwater and TMDL compliance, project management and environmental litigation support
  • B.S. in Geology/Hydrology from Boston University, and M.S. in Environmental Studies from California State University, Fullerton
  • PhD, Epimediology, Walden University

Jeanette Tang

Board Member
  • QA Senior Environmental Specialist, Orange County Sanitation District
  • 10+ years Lab Tech / Senior Lab Tech performing various chemical, physical, and microbiological analyses, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
  • B.S. in Biology from the University of California Riverside

Xihong (Scarlett) Zhai, Ph.D., P.E.

Board Member
  • Senior engineer/project manager at the California Department of Toxic Substance Control
  • Nearly 20 years of experiences in site assessment and remediation, Manages complex projects on brownfield reclamation and revitalization.
  • Instructor on environmental topic workshops
  • Authored several chapters in Fundamentals of Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation

Zhilan Zhang

Board Member
  • Project Manager/ Hazardous Substances Engineer at the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).
  • Experience in the oversight of Brownfield and School site assessment, investigation and remediation.
  • Background in construction and environmental consultant in site assessment, hazardous material management and remediation strategies.
  • M.S., Environmental/Civil Engineering, Oregon State Univ.

CY Jeng

Director-at-Large
  • Senior Toxicologist at California Department of Toxic Substances Control
  • Former Senior Manager at ENVIRON International Corporation 
  • Over 25 years of experience in health risk assessment, contaminant fate and transport 
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Weixing Tong, Ph.D., P.G., ChG, CEG

Los Angeles Environmental Forum Chair
  • Senior engineering geologist and unit chief at the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • Author of several chapters in the book of Fundamentals of Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation
  • Subject Matter Expert for California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists
  • Graduate student research advisor at California State University, Dominguez Hills and Los Angeles
  • Ph.D from the University of California, Santa Cruz

Invited Advisors

David Cheng, Ph.D.

President, Accord Engineering Inc. (retired)

David Chou, Ph.D.

Manager, Air Resources Board, Cal EPA

Eddy Huang, Ph.D.

Director, Tetratech Inc.

Jinghui Niu

Principle, N2W Engineering.

President, Environ Strategy Consultants Inc. (retired)

Chengwen Wang, Ph.D.

Director, Institute of the Water Supply and Drainage, Tsinghua University, China

Jet-Chau Wen, Ph.D.

Professor of Department of Safety, Health, and Environmental Engineering. Director of Research Center for Water & Soil Resource and Natural Disaster Prevention. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

Elaine Chang, Ph.D.

Deputy Executive Officer, Planning, Rule Development and Area Resources South Coast Air Quality Management District (retired)

Walter Den, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering Tunghai University

Jason Wen, Ph.D.

Director, Department of Water Resources, City of Lakewood, USA

Jimmy Chi-Ming Kao, Ph.D.

Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering National Sun Yat-Sen University President, Taiwan Association of Soil and Groundwater Environmental Protection

Youkuan Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor, South China University of Science and Technology, China

Zhong Ma, Ph.D.

Dean, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China (retired)

David Lin

President, P&W International Enterprises Inc.

Steve Fan

Plant Manager, Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant City of Los Angeles (retired)

Zhongbiao Wu, Ph.D.

Vice-Dean, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Zhejiang University, China

Yue Rong, Ph.D.

Program Manager, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, USA

Jingsong Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor, University of California Riverside, USA

Ning-Wu Chang, Ph.D.

Sr. Hazardous Substance Engineer, Department of Toxic Substance Control, Cal EPA (retired)

J. J. Lee, Ph.D.

Professor, University of Southern California, USA

Yu-Sung Yeh, Ph.D.

General Manager of Envimac Technology and Consultants Corp., Taiwan

About SCCAEPA

Southern California Chinese-American Environmental Protection Association (SCCAEPA) is a non-profit [501(c)(3)] organization. Since its establishment in 1991, SCCAEPA experienced growth and expansion over the past 30 years. There are currently more than 500 members who are scientists, engineers, professors, students, and environmental professionals working in sectors of government, municipalities, and consultants. More than 90% of SCCAEPA members have advanced degrees (Masters or Doctorates).