2020 News

See below for news from 2020!

Dec 2020: Dr. Ivey publishes a correspondence in Nature on the links between air pollution, COVID-19, and land use as a predictor of disparities.

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Dec 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited speaker for the CARTEEH webinar on COVID-19 Impacts on Transportation, Air Quality, and Health.

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Nov 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited speaker for the AEESP COVID-19 Convergence Conference session on designing a future without pollution and waste.

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Oct 2020: AQMEL publishes a manuscript on community exposure monitoring in Journal of Aerosol Science!

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Oct 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited speaker for the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium session on Air Quality, Safety, and Well-Being Consequences of Transportation Impacts.

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Oct 2020: AQMEL welcomes undergraduate student Alex Nguyen to the group!

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Oct 2020: AQMEL has two presentations at the 38th Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research.

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Oct 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited seminar speaker for the UC Berkeley Environmental Engineering graduate seminar.

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Oct 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited speaker at CE-CERT's Clean Air Day Webinar.

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Oct 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited seminar guest for FACSS hosted by MIT.

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Oct 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited guest on Policy Chats, a podcast by UCR School of Public Policy with Hosts Maddie Bunting and Paola Loera.

Aug 2020: Dr. Ivey is an invited panelist for the American Lung Association Screening of "Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air." Watch the panel discussion here.

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Aug 2020: AQMEL is awarded a collaborative award from the Center for Ideas and Society to investigate COVID-19, air pollution, and vulnerability in the Inland Empire.

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Aug 2020: AQMEL is awarded a collaborative grant from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation to investigate the impact of eco-transportation on local air quality.

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June 2020: AQMEL is awarded a collaborative grant from the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies to analyze the changes in traffic patterns and localized air quality in the Inland Empire during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Apr 2020: Dr. Ivey is the guest speaker for the UC Riverside Department of Bioengineering graduate seminar series.

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Apr 2020: Ph.D. student Khanh Do is awarded the Esther F. Hays Graduate Award. Congratulations Khanh!

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Mar 2020: Dr. Ivey joins the CNAS Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program.

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Feb 2020: Undergraduate researcher Jasmin Velasquez is awarded a Winter/Spring 2020 Mini-Grant from the Undergraduate Education office for her project, "Exploring the effects of the expanding of the hemp industry on air quality in the Central Valley, CA."

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Jan 2020: Dr. Ivey hosts Horiba U.S. President at CE-CERT for a collaboration kick-off meeting.

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