Matthew Adams

Matthew Adams is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Earth, Environment & Society at McMaster University, specializing in urban air quality assessment and environmental exposure modeling. His research integrates geospatial analysis, mobile monitoring, and machine learning to study air pollution patterns and health impacts.

Research focuses on:

• Development of UAV-based air pollution monitoring methods
• Modeling intra-urban pollution gradients
• Assessing environmental health disparities
• Climate-health interactions in urban settings

Recent methodological innovations include:

• Validation of low-cost sensor networks
• Integration of satellite and ground-based data
• Machine learning approaches for exposure assessment
• Mobile monitoring protocol development

Applied research addresses environmental justice concerns through studies examining:

• Differential pollution exposure in vulnerable communities
• Health impacts of wildfires
• Racial disparities in environmental health risks
• Urban design-health interactions