Brandon E Boor

Brandon E Boor is the Dr. Margery E. Hoffman Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, affiliated with the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering and Environmental & Ecological Engineering. His research focuses on indoor air quality, particle resuspension dynamics, and human exposure assessment in built environments, with applications to occupational health, early-life exposures, and sustainable building systems.

He leads the Boor Lab, which employs advanced instrumentation like PTR-TOF-MS and environmental chambers to study aerosol physics and chemistry. Collaborations span institutions in Kenya, Finland, Jordan, and the University of Helsinki. Key projects include the Nandi Clean Kitchen Study and infant dust exposure research, supported by NSF, EPA, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grants.

• Research Themes:
  • Indoor air pollution from scented products, combustion, and HVAC systems
  • Early-life exposure to bioaerosols and nanoparticles
  • Low-cost air quality monitoring and occupancy sensing
  • Urban and global air pollution mitigation
• Recent Awards:
  • NSF CAREER Award (2019)
  • Roy E. and Myrna G. Wansik Research Leadership Award (2019)
  • Protect Purdue Innovations Faculty Grant (2020)
• Teaching:
  • CE 597/EEE 595: Indoor Air Quality
  • CE 311: Architectural Engineering

His lab team includes PhD students like Tianren Wu, Danielle Wagner, and Satya Patra, as well as undergraduate EPICS - Global Air Quality Trekkers participants. Media coverage of his work includes Scientific American, NPR, and Forbes.