Lal S. Mian, Ph.D., REHS
Professor
Ph.D. - University of California, Riverside
Phone:  (909) 537-7409
E-mail:  lmian@csusb.edu 
Personal Web Page: http://health.csusb.edu/lmian

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Dr. Lal Mian, a registered environmental health specialist, is coordinator of the environmental health science program. Prior to joining the Department as a full time faculty in 1999, Dr. Mian worked for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health—Environmental Health Services for over 13 years and the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside for over three years. He received M.Sc. Honors from the University of Peshawar (Pakistan), M.S. from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) and Ph.D. from the University of California at Riverside.

Besides his area of expertise, vector-borne disease control, Dr. Mian has been teaching various courses in the field of environmental health.

Professional Specialties:
bullet Vector ecology and disease control
bullet Pesticide toxicology
bullet Stored food protection entomology
bullet Food Sanitation
bullet Water hygiene
bullet Hazardous material management

Dr. Mian has authored/co-authored over 80 publications on a variety of research topics in agriculture, pesticide toxicology and public health—environmental health. Some selected publications are listed below: (for details, see website: http://health.csusb.edu/lmian/).

Mulla, M.S., L.S. Mian, and N.G. Gratz. 1987. Agricultural management practices--their impacts on production of vector and pest mosquitoes. J. Agric. Entomol. 4: 97-131.
Selected Publications: (see website for a complete list)
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1982a. Biological activity of IGR's against four stored products coleopterans. J. Econ. Entomology. 75. 80-85.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1982b. Residual activity of four IGR's in stored barley, corn, and wheat. J. Econ. Entomol. 75. 599-603.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1982c. Biological and environmental dynamics of insect growth regulators (IGR's) as used against Diptera of public health importance. Residue Reviews 84: 27-112.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1983a. Persistence of three IGR's in stored wheat. J. Econ. Entomol. 76: 622-625.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1983b. Effects of insect growth regulators on the germination of stored wheat. Protection Ecol. 5: 369-373.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1983c. Effect of proteolytic enzymes on differential activity of the microbial agent, Bacillus sphaericus, against two mosquito species. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 8: 122-127.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1983d. Factors influencing activity of the microbial agent, Bacillus sphaericus, against mosquito larvae. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 8: 128-134.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1986a. Studies on potential biological control agents of immature mosquitoes in sewage wastewater in southern California. J. Amer. Mosq. Contr. Assoc. 2: 329-335.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1986b. Impact of two unicellular algae on the development of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) in sewage effluent. Bull. Soc Vector Ecol. 11: 191-193.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1986c. Survival and ovipositional response of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) in sewage effluent. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 11: 194-196.
Mian, L.S., M.S. Mulla, and M.S. Dhillon.1990a. Studies on the bioecological aspects of adult mosquitoes in the Prado Basin of southern California. J. Amer. Mosq. Contr. Assoc. 6: 64-71.
Mian, L.S., M.S. Mulla, and N. Hussain.1990b. Insect growth regulators as control agents against stored product insects. Sarhad J. Agric. 287-298.
Mian, L.S., R.G. Prochaska, S.J. Long, and M.B. Madon. 1991. Occurrence of  Psorophora signipennis Coquillett in San Bernardino County, California. Proc. & Papers Calif. Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc 59: 68.
Mulla, M.S. and L.S. Mian. 1991. Synanthropic flies. pp. 195-206. In: J.R. Gorham(Ed.): Ecology and Management of Food Industry Pests. Assoc. Official Anal. Chem. McLean, VA. 600 pp
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Mulla. 1992. Effects of pyrethroid insecticides on nontarget invertebrates in aquatic ecosystems. J. Agric. Entomol. 9:   73-98.
Mian, L.S. 1993. Population dynamics of muscoid flies at three commercial poultry ranches and associated resident complaints in San Bernardino County during 1992. Proc. & Papers Calif. Mosq. Vector Contr.Assoc 61: 63-69.
Mian, L.S. 1994. Population dynamics of muscoid flies at three commercial poultry ranches and associated resident complaints in San Bernardino County during 1993. Proc. & Papers Calif. Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. 62: 88-94.
Mian, L.S. 1995. Guidelines for surveillance and control of Plague in California. pp. 57-75. In: W.K. Reisen, V.L. Kramer, and L.S. Mian: Interagency Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Selected Vector-borne Pathogens in California. Disease Control Subcommittee, Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. Sacramento, CA. 94 pp.
Mian, L.S. 1996. Mosquito abundance and arboviral activity in San Bernardino County: A decade (1986-95) in review. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 64: 63-68.
Mian, L.S., and C.N. Nwadike. 1997. Vector monitoring of green waste at a sanitary landfill in San Bernardino County. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 65: 80-87.
Mian, L.S. and J.C. Hitchcock. 1998. Plague surveillance in San Bernardino County: A decade (1988-97) in review. Proc. & Papers MVCAC. 66: 89-94.
Mian, L.S. and C.N. Nwadike. 1998. Vector monitoring of synthetic geotextile cover at a sanitary landfill in San Bernardino County. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 66: 95-99.
Mian, L.S. and M. Yakhou. 1999. The Africanized honey bee program in San Bernardino County. Proc. & Papers MVCAC. 67: 07-11.
Mian, L.S., C.N. Nwadike, and C. Fulhorst. 2001. Surveillance of rodent-borne pathogens in San Bernardino County during 1999. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 68: 88-91.
Mian, L.S., C.N. Nwadike, and M.B. Madon. 2002. Phototactic behavior of insects of public health importance at Parker Dam, San Bernardino County. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 69: 92-98. 64.
Mian, L.S., H. Maag, and J.V. Tacal. 2002. Isolation of Salmonella from muscoid flies at commercial animal establishments in San Bernardino County. J. Vector Ecol. 27: 82-85.
Mian, L.S. and M.S. Dhillon.  2002.  Chapter 13:  Insects of minor public health significance.  pp. 122-134. In: Arthropods of Public Health Significance. R.P.  Meyer and M.B. Madon, (Eds.).  Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, Sacramento, CA.  188 pp.
Mian, L.S. 2003.  Vertical distribution of mosquitoes in the Prado Basin.  Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 70: 95-97.
Mian, L.S. and C. Reed.  2003.  Mosquito abundance and arbovirus surveillance in Northwestern Riverside County in 2001.  Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 70:  121-24.
  Mian, L.S. , J.C. Hitchcock, M.B. Madon, and C.M. Myers. 2004. Field efficacy of deltamethrin for rodent flea control in San Bernardino County, California, USA. J. Vector Ecol. 29: 12-17.
  Mian, L.S. and G. A. Williams. 2005. Distribution of adult mosquitoes trapped at various heights in the Prado Wetlands, Riverside County, CA in 2003-04. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif. 73: 140-143.
  Hitchcock, J.C., M.B. Madon, L.S. Mian, and W. Wills. 2006. History of Plague in California. Proc. & Papers Mosq. Vector Contr. Assoc. Calif, 74: 131-136.
  Mian, L.S. 2006. Effects of dairy wastewater on mosquito development in southern California. J. Vector Ecol. 31 (in press).
Grants, Fellowships, Awards:
2000 Community-university partnership fellowship: Development of the Inland Empire Environmental Quality Paradigm.
2000 Summer research fellowship: Phototactic behavior of Diptera of public health importance at Parker Dam, San Bernardino County.
2000 Mini-Grant: Faunal survey of wastewater discharges into the Santa Ana River- Prado Basin Wetland.
2001 Community-university partnership fellowship: Development of a service- learning course in environmental health.
2001 Mini-Grant: Temporal distribution of wastewater fauna of the Santa Ana River- Prado Basin Wetland.
2001-Faculty PSP Travel Award to attend the American Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting, Feb. 18-21, 2002, Denver, CO.
2000-02 Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District in-kind field support 2000-02: Studies on mosquito bionomics.
2002 Mini-Grant:  Physiological age grouping of encephalitis mosquitoes in southern California.
2002-AEHAP (Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs) Travel Grant to attend National Environmental Health Association Annual Meeting, June 29-Jul. 2, 02, Minneapolis, MN
  2002-Faculty RSP Travel Grant to attend the American Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting, March 2-6, 03, Minneapolis, M.
  2003-04 Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District (Riverside County) and Orange County Water District Research Grant ($35,362): Impact of water quality on mosquito biology in the Santa Ana Watershed.
  2003 Faculty book launch: Recognition for co-authoring a book chapter in: Arthropods of Public Health Significance in California, 2002.  Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, Sacramento.
  2004 USDA-HSI (Hispanic Serving Institutions) Grant Award of $296,354: Recruitment and retention of bi-lingual pre-professionals in Environmental Health Science Program.
  2005 Faculty RSP Travel Grant to attend 4th International Congress of Vector Ecology, Reno, NV, Oct. 2-7, 2005.
  2005 Donation ($1,000) from Southern California Edison Co., for promotional activities of the Environmental Health Student Club.
  2005 Faculty Book Launch: Recognition at CSUSB Faculty Book Launch 2005 as Editor of the Proceedings & Papers of MVCAC, volume 72.
  2006 Recognition by President, Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC), MVCAC Newsletter, winter 2006 for services as Editor, Proceedings and Papers of MVCAC, volume 73.
  2006 Certificate of Appreciation by the Association President at the Annual Conference of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, January 31, 2006, Reno, NV.
Affiliations, Associations, Consultations:
bullet Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)
bullet American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA)
bullet Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP)
bullet Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC)
bullet National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
bullet Society for Vector Ecology (SOVE)

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