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IndoorChem at Healthy Buildings America 2021 (2022)

The ISIAQ meeting Healthy Buildings America 2021 is taking place this week, Jan 18 – 20 on a virtual format due to the omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a list of talks that we recommend, that are authored by grantees of the Chemistry of Indoor Environments Program. The full conference program and […]

A conversation with Dr. Paula Olsiewski:

Your latest research program at the Sloan Foundation is in the Chemistry of Indoor Environments (CIE). What inspired you to create this program? As a chemist, from my very first days at Sloan, I wanted to have a research program in chemistry. I looked at lots of potential opportunities, and needed to find something where 5-10 […]

Spraying Chemicals for Disinfection

By Doug Collins, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bucknell University (@EarthMechanic) We have known for nearly a century that ‘germs’ (viruses, bacteria, and other microbes) are the causes of infectious disease. Most of the diseases that we worry about on a regular basis can be slowed or stopped by washing our hands, cleaning surfaces, and staying […]

Postdoctoral Scholar position in Environmental Engineering/Environmental Health

This post was written by prof. Karen Dannemiller at Ohio State University. We are excited to announce that we have an opportunity for a postdoctoral scholar in the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ, ieq.engineering.osu.edu) research group at Ohio State University. The postdoctoral scholar will conduct research on allergens in homes of asthmatic children in collaboration with clinicians at […]

Chemistry of Indoor Environments at AAAR 2020

This blog post was written by Sameer Patel, Post-Doc in Vance Group at University of Colorado Boulder (@Sameer_IAQ). The 38th American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) on October 5th-9th is being held virtually for the first time in its history. Like the previous years, researchers form IndoorChem community will be presenting results from the Chemistry […]

Indoor particulate matter: source characterization, concentrations, and exposures

By Sameer Patel (Vance Group, University of Colorado Boulder) (Twitter: @Sameer_IAQ) Particulate matter (PM), also being referred to as particles and aerosols, are present in the air we breathe in different microenvironments, including indoors and outdoors. The sum of all PM we inhale in different microenvironments constitutes our total PM inhalation exposure. To identify […]

Indoor Particulate Matter And How to Limit Your Exposure

By Julia Bakker-Arkema and Marina Vance. This video was entered in the 2019 AAAR conference video competition and won 1st prize! Congratulations to Julia and Nina. We see and experience particulate matter, or aerosol particles, all around us. Aerosol particles make up the smog we see on our morning commutes, the trails of smoke that rise […]

Viruses in the air

Text and voice by Linsey Marr, Professor, Virginia Tech. On twitter: @linseymarr Animations and editing by Marina Vance, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder. On twitter: @marinavance When we breathe, talk, laugh, cough, or sneeze, we release droplets into the air. Some of these are microscopic and can remain floating in the air for an […]

How does microbial growth in carpet dust impact microbial volatile organic compounds?

By Sarah Haines, PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University, @SarahRHaines We are excited to announce the recent publication of our paper, titled “Modeling microbial growth in carpet dust exposed to diurnal variations in relative humidity using the “Time-of-Wetness” framework” in the journal Indoor Air. This work is a culmination of research investigating how changes in […]

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