Abhishek Anand is a currently a PhD student working with Professor Albert Presto at Carnegie Mellon University. His research at CMU focuses development of low-cost techniques to measure PM composition using existing monitors and utilizing the data for source apportionment models to understand combustion sources in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, he is working on estimation of black carbon from PM deposits on Beta Attenuation Monitors tapes using computer vision (CV) algorithms. Prior to joining CMU, He received his MPhil in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and MSc in Environmental Engineering and Management from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Computer Engineer from the Universidad Autnoma de Baja California, founder of Certuit, a company that develops software and mobile applications. CEO at Redspira, the collaborative air quality monitoring network that arises from the serious problem of air pollution in Mexicali and many cities in Mexico, which lack sufficient measurement points and accessible information for citizens. Redspira: share information. transform Communities.
Alicia Gressent is a research engineer in Air Quality Mapping and data analysis. She makes statistical and geostatistical developments for data assimilation from surface observations and performs Atmospheric dispersion modeling at local scale. She is a technical support to the French Ministry in charge of the Ecology and local agencies responsible for air quality monitoring.
An D. Le is born in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam on August 24, 1995. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from Vietnamese German University, Vietnam and from Frankfurt am Main University of Applied Science, Germany in 2017, and Master of Science degree in Mechatronics and Sensor Systems Technology from Vietnamese German University, Vietnam and from Karlsruhe University of Applied Science, Germany in 2019. He did his internship with Gameloft, Vietnam in a programmer position in 2015 and with VinAI, Vietnam in a backdoor attack for object detection project in 2020. He is now a Ph.D. student in Signal and Image Processing at University of California San Diego, USA. His research interest lies in the field of image processing, computer vision, and object detection and their applications in agriculture and industrial production. Mr. Le is the DAAD (German Education Exchange Service) scholarship holder in 2017 and in 2018. In 2020, he received a fellowship from Vingroup Science and Technology Scholarship program for his pursue of the Ph.D. study in Signal and Image Processing at University of California, San Diego.
Andrew has been involved in air quality monitoring in London for 15 years working with a wide range of organisations translating air quality information into action. He has designed and developed several air quality apps over the years and has a passion for improving air quality communication. He is currently leading the Breathe London Community Programme which aims to put high quality air quality information in the hands of citizens and community groups across London and to support their aims of improving their neighbourhoods.
Aracely Navarro is a first-generation Chicana, daughter of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants. Aracely believes deeply that there is great healing and decolonization needed for the land and the people. For this reason, Aracely's work centers Environmental Justice and the healing of her community, the Mother Earth, all the generations that have come before and those that will come after. Due to this passion she works as the Director of Environmental Justice programs at Cultivando. Aracely holds a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health from Emory University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science from Colorado College. Aracely loves learning about herbal medicine, birth work and regenerative agricultural practices. Her heart is truly in this work to heal community and protect Mother Earth and all of her children.
Ashley is a fifth-year Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. candidate under the advisement of Dr. Andrew Grieshop at North Carolina State University. Ashley worked with Dr. Amara Holder as part of a six-month U.S. EPA internship. While at EPA, Ashley participated in wildland fire emission monitoring campaigns, low-cost sensor assessments, and the development of integrated data processing methods. She has previously worked in Rwanda, Ghana, and Malawi collecting ambient air quality data and field emission measurements from small-scale biomass burning sources, like traditional cookstoves, using low-cost sensors. Prior to becoming an environmental engineering student, Ashley received a B.S. in Physics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she contributed to research on black hole identification in the nearby universe.
Dr. Ashley Collier-Oxandale is an Air Quality Specialist for Science & Technology Advancement at the South Coast Air Quality Management District, working in the Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center (AQ-SPEC) Program. Her work includes the analysis of data from low-cost sensors and building tools and resources to support engagement and participation by the public in air quality research. Dr. Collier-Oxandale received her Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.
With an experience of more than a decade of promoting various Environmental Technologies, Ayyan Karmakar currently leads the new initiatives at OIZOM. He is an industry professional with core Environmental Engineering skills with a spirit of continuous learning. At Oizom, he has been instrumental in ensuring the accuracy and robustness of sensor-based air quality monitors. He is currently promoting the mass deployment of IoT driven air quality monitoring solutions with a focus on higher data accuracy.
Beatriz is Air Quality Director at WRI Mexico and coleads the global Air Quality at WRI. She is an expert in air pollution, with experience in both science and policy, from the study of biological processes to treat air pollutants, to the design and implementation of integrated policies to achieve clean air. She joined WRI to lead air quality work at WRI Mexico and collaborates with WRI teams on developing strategies and programs to accelerate the path to a cleaner air. Prior to WRI, she was the General Director of Air Quality Management, during 2017 and 2018, in Mexico City's Secretary of Environment. For more than a decade, she led the air pollution experimental research area at the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change. She worked as air quality project leader at Centro Mario Molina in Mexico City and Director of Air Quality at the Megalopolis Environmental Commission for central region of Mexico. She has co-authored several papers and has participated in several research projects, including the major field campaigns in Mexico City Metropolitan Area in 2003 and 2006. She was distinct by the National Researcher System as National Researcher Level 1 during 2007-2017 and research candidate from 1999-2006. She participated as Mexican Delegate at the IPCC bureau and CCAC, and as country expert in the Stockholm Convention Experts Group and the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Fulbright-Garcia Robles scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she got a MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering. Biochemical Engineer from the Autonomous Metropolitan University, an alumni of the Lead Mexico (Cohort 10), and holds a degree in Advance Studies in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Genev
Ben is an Assistant Professor in the Geography and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Colorado Denver. Before coming to Colorado in 2019, Ben was a postdoc at MIT and the University of Reading (UK); worked for a wind energy start-up; and completed his PhD at the University of British Columbia. His background is in meteorology and current research interests are focused on air quality, urban climates, and developing sensor networks for research and education.
Dr. Boris Lukanov is a Senior Scientist in the Clean Energy Program at PSE Healthy Energy. He has more than 10 years of multidisciplinary research experience in both experimental and theoretical science. His PhD work focused on the atomic-scale characterization of surfaces and thin films, with applications in photovoltaics and photoelectrochemistry. His postdoctoral and undergraduate research focused on theoretical simulations and computational modeling of complex fluid systems. He joined the Clean Energy Program at PSE in 2017 to develop analyses on energy transition pathways that maximize health, equity, and environmental co-benefits. Dr. Lukanov's research at PSE focuses on energy equity, air quality, clean energy technologies, energy efficiency, and integrated resource modeling and optimization. He is leading PSE's multi-year air monitoring effort in Richmond, California, funded by the California Air Resources Board. As part of the project, PSE operates a dense network of 50 air quality monitors used to study the spatial and temporal patterns of air pollution in Richmond, assess the distribution and impacts of local air pollution sources, and track emission changes from varying transportation patterns and industrial activities. At PSE, Dr. Lukanov authors peer-review papers and technical policy reports, develops interactive data visualization tools, provided testimonies, and serves on community-led and technical steering committees.
Brayden Nilson is a third-year MSc student of Dr. Peter Jackson at UNBC as well as an employee of Environment and Climate Change Canada in their Western Air Quality Science Unit. He has a BSc in Environmental Science minoring in Atmopspheric Science from UNBC (2018) and has been working with the PurpleAir PM2.5 small sensors since 2017. Brayden's MSc thesis focuses on utilizing and improving upon the observation data from small sensors. In addition, over the past 3 years he has been developing and maintaining a web platform for displaying these data across Canada ( [ ]).
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