UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Kirsten Koehler, associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, will give the talk, “Low-cost sensors for environmental health applications,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 1, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. The talk will also be available via Zoom.
“The internet of things has exploded the use of sensors in our day to day lives,” Koehler said. “This presentation will discuss the use of sensor data across the environmental health paradigm from emission of pollutants to exposure to health effects. Ambient, occupational and personal monitoring approaches will be discussed, along with interventions to reduce exposures, with a focus on air pollution exposures.”
The main thrust of Kirsten Koehler’s research seeks to improve exposure assessment methods to inform occupational and public health policy. Her research goals focus on improving spatiotemporal exposure assessment for air pollutants and climate related exposures. Much of her research focuses on the ways air pollution impacts those with existing diseases like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She is also interested in how lower-cost sensor technologies can be used to improve our understanding of the variability in exposures within cities.
The talk is part of the EarthTalks spring 2024 series, “Urban Systems Science,” which is exploring complex urban systems including interactions between tightly connected human and natural systems both within city boundaries and between cities and the surrounding rural environment. For more information about the spring 2024 series, visit the EarthTalks website.