Qiuhan Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., University of California, Davis; Davis, CA
Contact Information:
Email: qiuhan.wang@sjsu.edu
Phone: N/A
Office: HB211
Fall 2026 Advising Hours:
Wednesdays 2:30pm-3:30pm and Fridays 10:30am-11:30am in person, room HB211.
About Professor Qiuhan Wang:
Dr. Qiuhan Wang earned her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry and M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of California, Davis. Before joining San Jose State University, she was a criminalist specializing in blood alcohol analysis at a California Department of Justice Crime Laboratory and testified in court as an expert witness. She has received a wide range of professional training in forensic science: fire death investigation, crime scene processing, and firearms and toolmarks examination. She presented her master’s research at the California Association of Criminalists annual meeting in 2015 and her doctoral research at the American Chemical Society conference in 2018. Her research focuses on detecting chemical adulterants in food and beverages to combat food fraud and drug-facilitated crimes, improving forensic alcohol interpretation through AI-driven impairment modeling, and applying computational methods to crime scene investigation.
Research Interests:
- Forensic Chemistry
- Forensic Toxicology
- Food Forensics
- AI Application in Forensic Science
- Crime Scene Investigation
Recent Publications:
Wang Q, Hengel M, Shibamoto T (2021). Investigation of Toxic α-Dicarbonyl Compounds Formed in the Headspace of Various Heated Cooking Oils. Food Sci Nutr Res. 4(2): 1-7.
Wang Q, Hengel M, Shibamoto T (2019). Formation of Toxic Glyoxal, Methylglyoxal, and Diacetyl Formed in the Headspace of Heated Edible Oils. Gl J Foo Sci Nutri: GJFSN:101.
Wang Q, Hengel M and Shibamoto T (2018). Changes in Amounts of Possible Carcinogen Acetaldehyde in Wines over Times at Various Temperatures of Storage. SM J Food Nutri Disord. 4(1): 1022.
Shi, X. Z., A. L. Sun, Q. H. Wang, M. Hengel and T. Shibamoto (2018). Rapid Multi-Residue Analysis of Herbicides with Endocrine-Disrupting Properties in Environmental Water Samples Using Ultrasound-Assisted Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Chromatographia 81(7): 1071-1083.
