Iris Xu, University of Windsor

Research

air quality emission control exposure estimates intra-urban variability long-term trend modeling monitoring risk assesements

Latest funding

Characterizing source impacts and trend of air pollution
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$156,000
Changes in environment and well-being in the vicinity of major traffic pollution a comparison of relocatees and non-relocatees
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$65,900
Emerging methodologies for examining environmental influences on childrens' exposure to air pollution
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$66,821

All 4 grants and awards

Characterizing source impacts and trend of air pollution

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Xu, Iris Xiaohong

Keywords: air quality; exposure estimates; risk assesements; emission control; source apportionment; modeling; monitoring; intra-urban variability; long-term trend

$156,000

Changes in environment and well-being in the vicinity of major traffic pollution a comparison of relocatees and non-relocatees

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Luginaah, Isaac N.

Keywords: relocatees; non-relocatees; Windsor; Ontario; environmental risk

$65,900

Emerging methodologies for examining environmental influences on childrens' exposure to air pollution

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Gilliland, Jason A.

Keywords: children environments; air pollution monitoring; personal exposure monitoring; spatio-temporal activity monitoring; GPS; geomatics

$66,821

Community health study in the Sarnia area of concern

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Luginaah, Isaac N.

Keywords: community health; environmental stress; risk perception; environmental exposure; stigma

$113,420

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: air quality Dear Professor Xu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on air quality connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Characterizing source impacts and trend of air pollution" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]