IGAC ECR Development Grant.

Andrés Yarce Botero

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain)

Developing an interactive cloud-based chemical transport modelling system using AWS for regions with limited computing infrastructure. Demonstrated through an industrial pollution case study in the Tula River basin and Gulf of Mexico.

Anna Alfeus

University of Namibia (Namibia)

Leading the first long-term multi-city PM₂.₅ source apportionment study in Namibia using chemical speciation and Positive Matrix Factorization. The project will identify major pollution sources to support air quality policy and public health action.

Ariel Fabricio Scagliotti

National Atomic Energy Commission (Argentina)

Evaluating low-cost particulate matter sensors through laboratory and field testing to improve aerosol monitoring in resource-limited regions. The project will develop calibration protocols and best-practice guidelines for reliable deployment.

Coraline Mattei

Aix-Marseille University (France)

Investigating how microplastics in the sea surface microlayer affect photochemical reactivity at the ocean–atmosphere interface. The work focuses on reactive oxygen species formation and impacts on organic contaminant degradation.

Imoh Dominic Ekpa

Federal University of Technology Ikot Abasi (Nigeria)

Using mobile low-cost sensors to map PM₂.₅ and NO₂ hotspots in the Niger Delta at street level. The project aims to identify pollution sources such as gas flaring and artisanal refining while improving exposure estimates and local monitoring capacity.

Ezekiel Adewoye

Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria)

Assessing how dietary probiotics and phytase influence nitrogen use in broiler chickens and reduce ammonia emissions from manure. The study links animal nutrition with atmospheric pollution mitigation and sustainable farming practices.

Jun Meng

Washington State University (USA)

Developing a modelling framework to estimate wildfire-derived PAHs and related toxic exposure under a changing climate. The work combines chemical transport modelling, emissions inventories, and observations to improve wildfire smoke health assessments.

Kumar Sarang

Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, Bangalore (India)

Undertaking a research visit to SIRTA, Paris, to strengthen expertise in advanced aerosol measurements, data analysis, and source apportionment. The visit supports knowledge exchange, research capacity building, and future collaboration.

Lawrencia Osae-Nyarko

Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit, CSIR Water Research Institute (Ghana)

Evaluating a school-based environmental education programme to improve students’ knowledge, behaviour, and communication on air pollution prevention. The study also monitors school air quality before and after the intervention.

Lucas Ezequiel Romero

Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, National University of Córdoba (Argentina)

Completing the chemical characterisation of PM₂.₅ in Córdoba by analysing inorganic elemental composition in wildfire-influenced samples. The results will improve source apportionment and understanding of wildfire impacts on urban air quality.

Emmanuel Toluwalope Odediran

Osun State University (Nigeria)

Measuring particulate and gaseous emissions from informal economic activities such as food vending, sawmills, and small-scale processing in Osogbo. The project combines field observations, exposure assessment, and dispersion modelling to quantify health risks.

Prince Junior Asilevi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)

Strengthening wet deposition chemistry measurements in West Africa through improved field-based rainwater quality control. The project will enhance rainwater chemistry datasets, build practical skills, and improve pollution source interpretation.

Samuel Ajayi

Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (Nigeria)

Investigating exposure to traffic-related air pollution in Lagos using portable monitoring, data analysis, and GIS-based hotspot mapping. The project will improve understanding of pollutant variability and exposure patterns in a rapidly urbanising city.

Xinxin Feng

School of Marine Sciences, Hainan University (China)

Studying nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during NOₓ conversion to nitrate from mobile sources using reactor experiments and tunnel observations. The project aims to improve isotope-based source apportionment of atmospheric nitrate.