Pusede Lab

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an atmospheric chemistry Lab at the University of virginia

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Practicing Repair: Advancing community-based solutions on coal dust pollution in Hampton Roads, Virginia, through a practitioner-in-residence program

Photographs of areas of the Newport News Southeast Community (left) and Lambert’s Point in Norfolk (right) with the coal export terminals in the foreground.

Neighborhood-Level Nitrogen Dioxide Inequalities Contribute to Surface Ozone Variability in Houston, Texas

Analytical model demonstrating relationships between PO₃, NO_x, and VOC-OH reactivity (a). Generalized additive models of daily MSA-level absolute TROPOMI NO₂ inequalities (molecules cm^–2) versus highest daily MDA8 O₃ (ppb) during O₃-season (March–November 2018–2022) under cool (blue), moderate (purple), and high (orange) daily maximum temperatures for Black and African Americans (b), Hispanics and Latinos (c), and Asians (d). Envelopes are 95% confidence intervals.

Generalized additive models of daily MSA-level absolute TROPOMI NO₂ inequalities (molecules cm^–2) versus highest daily MDA8 O₃ (ppb) during O₃-season (March–November 2018–2022) under cool (blue), moderate (purple), and high (orange) daily maximum temperatures for Hispanics and Latinos. Envelopes are 95% confidence intervals.

recent coverage of our work

We can see factory farm pollution all the way from space. But communities of color face the worst ammonia pollution on the ground

Led by Akirah Epps and Isabella Dressel, we use satellite data to observe inequalities and evaluate policies around industrialized swine operations in North Carolina

February 9, 2025

President Biden honors nearly 400 federally funded early-career scientists

Sally Pusede received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the Biden Administration and NSF

Repair Lab