Ioar Rivas

Dr. Ioar Rivas is a postdoc researcher at the University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) within the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences. She holds a PhD in Environmental Studies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB, Spain), completed under Prof. Xavier Querol and Prof. Jordi Sunyer at IDAEA-CSIC and CREAL Research Centres. Her research focuses on indoor/outdoor air quality, personal exposure to traffic pollutants, and associated health impacts, particularly in school environments. She currently contributes to the ASTRID Project analyzing air pollutant exposure data in London.

Education:

• PhD in Environmental Studies (UAB, Spain)

Research Interests: Her work integrates environmental science and public health, emphasizing the interplay between air pollution exposure and health outcomes in vulnerable populations like children. Key areas include:

• Quantifying pollutant exposure in microenvironments
• Health effects of traffic-related pollutants
• School environment air quality assessments

Collaborations: Engaged with multidisciplinary teams at IDAEA-CSIC and CREAL, focusing on translational environmental health research.