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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Dr Lekan Popoola

Senior Research Associate

Focus of research

As a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Atmospheric Science, my research centres on a problem of huge significance -- air quality and its impact on human health. My main research focus has been to successfully develop and deploy sensors and sensor networks for a range of studies including air pollution assessment, exposure and health studies, and greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring. Our new approaches allow us to extract previously unrecorded data, which provide much-needed evidence and support for policies and interventions.

Other aspects of my research include investigating how observations from both sensor and reference networks can be utilised in improving the performance of air quality models, including data assimilation for refinement of emission inventories, pollution forecasts and footprint analysis in urban and, more recently, in agricultural and rural environments.

Projects

I have made significant contributions to several research projects on low-cost sensors (LCS) in the UK including Sensor Network for Air Quality at London Heathrow airport (SNAQ-Heathrow Project), the C40/CIFF funded Breathe London pilot project and network of LCS research-COP26 in Glasgow. International projects I have worked on include the NERC funded Air Pollution and Human Health (APHH) in China, the BELIEVE study in Bangladesh, the EU Citisense project, GCRF funded air pollution studies in Kenya and Royal Academy ALPHA project in Cameroon and Nigeria and a recently started collaboration on the Air Quality Management Community of Practice in Africa Project. My current research work is the NERC funded Landscape Regeneration Solutions to the Interlinked Extinction and Climate Crises that support Sustainable Development (UCAM-Regen), where I am contributing to the atmospheric observations using sensor network approach, data assimilation and developing a novel low-cost flux device.

Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

I joined the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge in 2012 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and I am currently a Senior Research Associate, working most closely with Professor Rod Jones and Dr Chiara Giorio.

Publications

Assessment of the temporal and seasonal variabilities in air pollution and implications for physical activity in Lagos and Yaoundé
OAM Popoola, R Alani, F Assah, T Lawanson, AK Tchouaffi, C Mapa-Tassou, N Blanche, D Odekunle, R Unuigboje, VA Onifade, T Ogunro, M Thondoo, RL Jones, T Oni
– Atmosphere
(2023)
14,
1693
(doi: 10.3390/atmos14111693)
Spatiotemporal distribution of pollutants and impact of local meteorology on source influence on pollutants’ level in a traffic air-shed in Lagos megacity, Nigeria
AP Olufemi, OG Fawole, OK Owoade, OAM Popoola, RL Jones, AB Toyeje, PO Abiodun, OR Omokungbe, OE Abiye, LA Sunmonu
– Environ Monit Assess
(2023)
195,
1126
(doi: 10.1007/s10661-023-11757-x)
Identifying Patterns and Sources of Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter in London Using Mobile Measurements of Lung-Deposited Surface Area
RU Shah, LE Padilla, DR Peters, M Dupuy-Todd, ER Fonseca, GQ Ma, OAM Popoola, RL Jones, J Mills, NA Martin, RA Alvarez
– Environ Sci Technol
(2022)
57,
96
(doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08096)
Improving NOx emission estimates in Beijing using network observations and a perturbed emissions ensemble
L Yuan, OAM Popoola, C Hood, D Carruthers, RL Jones, HZ Sun, H Liu, Q Zhang, AT Archibald
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(2022)
22,
8617
(doi: 10.5194/acp-22-8617-2022)
Improving NOxemission estimates in Beijing using network observations and a perturbed emissions ensemble
L Yuan, OAM Popoola, C Hood, D Carruthers, RL Jones, HZ Sun, H Liu, Q Zhang, AT Archibald
– Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(2022)
22,
8617
(doi: 10.5194/acp-22-8617-2022)
The Other Pandemic: Social Media Engagement Around Non-Communicable Disease Preventive Behaviours During Nigeria’s COVID-19 Lockdowns
ERI Mogo, T Lawanson, R Unuigboje, Y Chetty, V Onifade, D Odekunle, T Ogunro, N Blanche, R Alani, L Foley, C Mapa-Tassou, F Assah, O Popoola, C Peter, T Oni
– Cities & Health
(2022)
7,
563
(doi: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2073540)
Supplementary material to "Improving NOX emissions in Beijing using network observations and a novel perturbed emissions ensemble"
L Yuan, O Popoola, C Hood, D Carruthers, RL Jones, HZ Sun, H Liu, Q Zhang, AT Archibald
(2022)
(doi: 10.5194/acp-2022-161-supplement)
Improving NOX emissions in Beijing using network observations and a novel perturbed emissions ensemble
L Yuan, O Popoola, C Hood, D Carruthers, RL Jones, HZ Sun, H Liu, Q Zhang, AT Archibald
(2022)
(doi: 10.5194/acp-2022-161)
A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities
ERI Mogo, T Lawanson, L Foley, C Mapa-Tassou, F Assah, T Ogunro, V Onifade, D Odekunle, R Unuigboje, N Blanche, R Alani, L Chatzidiakou, O Popoola, R Jones, T Oni
– Int J Environ Res Public Health
(2022)
19,
2285
(doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042285)
New methods to derive street-scale spatial patterns of air pollution from mobile monitoring
LE Padilla, GQ Ma, D Peters, M Dupuy-Todd, E Forsyth, A Stidworthy, J Mills, S Bell, I Hayward, G Coppin, K Moore, E Fonseca, OAM Popoola, F Douglas, G Slater, K Tuxen-Bettman, D Carruthers, NA Martin, RL Jones, RA Alvarez
– Atmospheric Environment
(2022)
270,
118851
(doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118851)
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Telephone number

01223 746830

Email address

oamp2@cam.ac.uk

College

Queens' College

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