Dutch Air Quality Innovation Programme concluded
Mats Gustafsson
PhD in Physical Geography (1999).
CVS:
Mats Gustafsson graduated from Göteborg University in 1999 with a PhD in Physical Geography entitled ‘Marine Aerosols in Southern Sweden’. Since 2000 he has been working as a researcher at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI). Mats’ main research area is air quality impacts of transport, specifically relating to particulate air pollution. During the last five years he has been involved in work using the road simulator at VTI to generate and study (non-exhaust) wear particles, including the investigation of mitigation strategies. Mats is also involved in the environmental impacts of winter salting and the investigation of landscape issues focussing on the geologically-based and geomorphologically-based values in the landscape and their interaction with the transport system.
In addition to acting as the chair of the IPL Scientific Board, Mats is also a member of the FERHL Air Quality Task Force and the ECTRI Transport, Urban Environment, and Health Working Group.
Michele Hackman
BSc Environmental Chemistry.
MSc Atmospheric Sciences.
CVS:
Michele Hackman is the Senior Air Quality Advisor at the UK Highways Agency. The Highways Agency operates, maintains and improves the trunk road network in England and is part of the UK Department for Transport. Michele has responsibility for the air quality guidance relating to these activities, which includes the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and the UK DfT Transport Appraisal Guidance (WebTAG). These include guidance on how to assess and appraise local air quality and greenhouse gases. She also manages the air quality research and development programme that includes work on mitigation, modelling, emissions and monitoring. Prior to joining the Highways Agency, she was a Principal Air Quality Consultant at Atkins, leading the transport sector work. She started her career working at the UK Government's Warren Spring Laboratory in the air pollution modelling department.
Robert Joumard
Baccalaureate (1968)
Engineer, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (1973)
PhD Chemical and Environmental Sciences (1989)
CVS:
Robert has over 30 years experience working for the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research. For the majority of this time he has held the position of Senior Scientist and Head of Research for the Air Pollution and Energy Laboratory (1990-2007).
Robert’s current research deals with the development of indicators for environmental impacts and sustainable development. His previous research areas included aircraft emissions, pollutant dispersion in street neighbourhoods, the health effects of pollutants, the methodology and measurement of actual emissions and fuel consumption of car fleets, emission inventories for the transport sectors, and the control of the air pollution from transport.
Robert has been involved in a number of European research projects (Inspection, Maintenance and PARTICULATES) and has lead work on projects such as ARTEMIS -“Assessment and reliability of transport emission models and inventory systems”, DRIVE-modem - "Modelling of Emissions and Fuel Consumption in Urban Areas" and MEET-"Methodologies for Estimating Air Pollutant Emissions from Transport". Robert is currently Chairman of the COST Action 356 "EST - Towards the definition of a measurable Environmentally Sustainable Transport".
Michael Larsen
BSc Computer science (1985).
BSc Geography (1988).
MSc Geography (1991).
PhD (1996).
CVS:
Michael Larsen has been a researcher at the Danish Road Institute/Road Directorate since 2007. From 1995 to 2006 he was employed at the county of Storstrøm, where he worked with hydrology, catchment runoff, river discharge, fine grained sediment transport and transport of dissolved matter, especially nitrate and phosphorus originating from agricultural activities. His main research topic at the Danish Road Institute/Road Directorate is water runoff from roads, and in particular the environmental impacts. Another major focus of his research is mitigation, assessment and adaptation to climate change. Furthermore, he is a member of the FEHRL Task Force on Air Quality. He is also an expert in the GIS application MAPINFO.
Steinar Larssen
BSc Physical Electronics, Norwegian Institute of Technology
MSc Air Resources Engineering, University of Washington
CVS:
Steiner Larssen is an Associate Research Director at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Steiner has over 35 years of experience on air pollution studies, focusing on a range of topics including:
- Urban air quality assessment, management and control.
- Road traffic pollution in general, including air quality measurement programmes and dispersion models. He has a broad knowledge of air pollution issues and impacts near streets/roads, and of vehicle exhaust emission factors.
- Measurement and assessment of particulate matter associated with road traffic in urban areas, including emission measurements, ambient measurements, and studies of PM generation, resuspension and dispersion.
- Involvement in a number of environmental impact studies of road schemes and road tunnels.
Ian McCrae
BSc Geography (1985).
PhD Applied Science, Dispersion of traffic related pollutants in complex topography (1991).
CVS:
Ian is the Senior Technical Manager in TRL’s Energy, Emissions and Air Pollution Team, is a TRL Senior Research Fellow and the Science Manager for TRL’s Centre for Sustainability.
Ian has worked in the air pollution, energy and emissions area for over 20 years. This has involved the development of air pollution monitoring networks, and the measurement and modeling of vehicle emissions and air quality. Ian's main area of interest is the relationship between vehicle operation, emissions and air quality, and he has been involved in the measurement of real-world driving characteristics and their impact on in-service exhaust emissions, fuel consumption and energy consumption.
He participated in the UK government project on the sustainable development of Heathrow airport (PSDH), is currently a member of UK Department of Environment’s Air Quality Expert Group, and has worked on various EU projects including STEPS, CODIA, OSCAR, MODEM, KITE, MEET and ARTEMIS, with the latter aimed at developing emission, energy and fuel consumption models for road, rail, air and shipping. He is currently involved in the revision of the UK road transport emission factors, the development of micro-simulation emission modeling tools for the assessment of traffic management regimes and the assessment of tunnel air quality. Ian is also the UK representative on COST Action 356, concentrating on sustainable transport.
Pål Rosland
Environmental geologist, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Pål is a chief engineer working at the Norwegian Public Road Administration.
He is responsible for developing sustainable winter maintenance programmes, waste treatment, and the maintenance of picnic areas. He is also involved in the development of low-emission zone schemes in Norway, and research related to health effects, environmental effects and technical and administrative solutions to reduce the effects of road traffic and associated maintenance activities on air, water and soil.
He is a member of the FEHRL Task Force on Air Quality, the Nordic Road Dust Group and LEEZEN, the Low-Emission and Environment Zones in Europe Network.
Peter Sturm
PhD in mechanical engineering - environmental engineering, road traffic related air pollution.
CVS:
Peter Sturm is an associate professor at Graz University of Technology, Austria. His current position is as the head of the section ‘Traffic and Environment’ at the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics.
The focus of his research work is urban air quality, covering emissions (mainly traffic), dispersion and measurements of airborne pollutants. A further major activity is in the field of tunnel ventilation and safety, with a focus on road tunnels. Peter Sturm is a member of the Austrian Clean Air Commission of the Austrian Academy of Science, in the Committee on Transport and Air Pollution of the Transport Research Board (USA), several working groups in the Austrian Research Association for Road, Rail and Traffic, as well as member of the Committee for the Design Guidelines for Tunnel Ventilation and Safety Issues, and represents Austria on the PIARC (World Road Association) Technical Committees for Safety, Ventilation and Operation of Road Tunnels.
The results of Peter’s research work have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, at international conferences, in books and in un-reviewed journals.