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Across the US, schools have begun measuring air quality en masse. Professor Mark Hernandez is helping to interpret the data
In this episode of the American Lung Association Podcast, Professor Mark Hernandez speaks about the harmful impact of pollutants such as mold, toxic chemicals and asbestos on respiratory health, particularly in a school setting.
Mark Hernandez, SJ Archuleta Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, is co-leading a $2.2 million CDC-funded project with researchers at CU Anschutz to investigate the impact of classroom air purifiers on reducing student absenteeism.
Professor Mark Hernandez received $1.5 million in new awards from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study electromagnetic field impacts on
Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and senior author of recent research published in PNAS-Nexus, found that airborne particles carrying a mammalian coronavirus closely related to the virus which causes COVID-19 remain infectious for twice as long in drier air.
Professor Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, also directs CU Boulder's Environmental Engineering Microbiology and Disinfection Lab, an experimental space used to study infectious airborne particles and realistically mimics indoor environments. In a recent study published in PNAS-Nexus, the team studied murine hepatitis virus (MHV), a coronavirus that cannot infect humans but is closely related to SARS-CoV-2.
Mark Hernandez's research to study air quality and COVID-19 in Denver Public Schools is being covered by numerous Front Range journalists. Denver Public Schools is spending $1.5 million to track air quality in classrooms with new monitors installed
ColoradoSPH, CU Boulder combine NASA-inspired technology and innovative masks to monitor viruses in classroom The classrooms of Barnum Elementary School in Denver echo with the chatter of students and the instruction of teachers. The white
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and the effect that ventilation has on reducing disease transmission in indoor spaces. A recent infrastructure survey reported that of the nearly 100,000 operating public
