The Aerosol Science Team's research aims to understand the sources and impacts of atmospheric particles, and what action can be taken to reduce these effects.
Research
The Aerosol Science Team’s research focuses on understanding the sources and impacts of atmospheric particles and identifying actions to mitigate these effects.
Research Areas:
- Airborne Particulate Matter (Aerosols): A complex mixture of chemicals from various sources such as vehicle exhaust, industry, power generation, domestic fuel burning, and construction activities.
- Advanced Measurement Techniques: Utilising highly time-resolved measurements to analyse aerosol physical and chemical characteristics, providing insights into source contributions and their impacts on human health and the environment.
- Data Analysis: Combining measurements with advanced analytical tools to offer new perspectives on pollution sources, refine air pollution models, and assess population exposure.
Key Objectives:
- Source Identification: Determining real-world pollution emissions and their contributions to atmospheric concentrations.
- Exposure Assessment: Understanding human exposure to different pollutants in various environments.
- Impact Analysis: Evaluating the effects of pollution on human health and the environment.
Education
- Imperial MSc Transport – David Green is a guest lecturer on the Transport Module
- Short course contributors David Green and Daniel Marsh - Impact on Urban Heath Introduction to Air Quality
- Construction Compliance Officer training programme – Daniel Marsh is delivering a modular programme for local authority officers, funded by Impact on Urban Health, that will lead to improved compliance and regulatory outcomes whilst working with the construction industry
- Supply Chain Sustainability School (Action Sustainability) - Daniel Marsh delivers regular Air Quality workshops and seminars for industry organisations and contractor groups, including High Speed 2 and National Highways
Find out more about our projects
- Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution projects
- Transportation projects
- Construction projects
- Bioaerosol projects
- Natural Environment Research Council - Integrated Research Observation System for Clean Air (OSCA)
- Environment Agency - UK Particle Numbers and Concentrations Network
- Environment Agency - PM2.5 Chemical Composition Dashboard
- Horizon 2020 - The Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS (RI-URBANS)
- Health Effects Institute - Assessing the Impact of Non-exhaust Emissions from Traffic on the Asthmatic Airway (IONA)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Linking Particulate Matter Oxidative Potential to Atmospheric Conditions and Particle Composition
- Science and Technology Facilities Council - STFC Air Quality Network (SAQN)
- WellHome - West London Health Home and Environment study
- Transport for London - Dust Sampling Research Study to understand the health impacts on London Underground Workers
- Medical Research Council - Exposure to particulate matter on the London Underground in healthy subjects and patients with chronic respiratory disease
- Rail Safety and Standards Board - Air Quality in Enclosed Stations
- Rail Safety and Standards Board - Air Quality on Trains
- Rail Safety and Standards Board - Onboard train particulate matter (PM) speciation study
- DESNZ Red Diesel Replacement Competition (Phase 2): Clean Air Gas Engines Hybrid gas engine 2 (HGE2)
- High Speed Two - Worker exposure in construction
- Sizewell C -Syntech Alternative Fuel Trials
- Metagenomics and Metadesign of the Subways and Urban Biomes (MetaSUB)
- Medical Research Council - Molecular basis for transmission of Streptococcus pyogenes
- Transport for London – SARS-CoV-2 sampling and analysis
Team Members
Aerosol Science Staff
Dr David Green
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Dr David Green
Senior Research Fellow
Henry Blake
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Henry Blake
Research Postgraduate
Dr Gang Chen
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Dr Gang Chen
Research Associate
Dr Carl Desouza
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Dr Carl Desouza
Research Associate
Dr Michael Hedges
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Dr Michael Hedges
Research Associate
Dr Steven Campbell
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Dr Steven Campbell
Marie Curie Fellowship
Rhea Fang
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Rhea Fang
Research Postgraduate
Phoebe French
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Phoebe French
Research Postgraduate
Daniel Marsh
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Daniel Marsh
Programme Manager
Max Priestman
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Max Priestman
Research Associate
Anja Tremper
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Anja Tremper
Research Fellow
Aerosol Science Students
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