Tim Larson is a professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, where he teaches courses on air pollution control and air quality modeling. He is also the co-director of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering: Energy Infrastructure. Larson has over 35 years of experience in air quality research, specifically in characterization of urban air pollution and its sources. His major focus in recent years has been on assessment of human exposure to outdoor air pollutants, and he has collaborated with other UW researchers on many projects related to the health consequences of exposure to air pollution. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Washington.
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington
M.S.Ch.E., University of Washington
B.S.Ch.E., Lehigh University
Affiliations
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD, MSChE
Professor
Research Interests
Cardiovascular disease and traffic.
Mentorship
Not available to mentor new students.
Research
Urban air pollution: its sources and their contributions to population exposure
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Joel D. Kaufman, Timothy V. Larson, Coralynn Sack, Sverre Vedal | View
In Memoriam: DEOHS Professors Jane Koenig and Daniel Luchtel
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Zhengui Xia, Joel D. Kaufman, Timothy V. Larson, Catherine Karr, Michael G. Yost | View
Clean air pioneer
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Timothy V. Larson | View
At every age, cleaner air means better health
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Lianne Sheppard, Elena Austin, Elizabeth Gribble (Walker), Catherine Karr, Edward Kasner, Martin A. Cohen, Timothy V. Larson, Esther Min, Edmund Y. W. Seto | View
Healthy air, healthy schools
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Elena Austin, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson | View
Our most-read stories of 2021
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Karen Levy, Elena Austin, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson, Kristie L. Ebi, Jeremy J Hess, Coralynn Sack, Howard Hu, Marissa Baker, Martin A. Cohen, John Meschke, Esther Min, Gerard A. Cangelosi, Nicole Errett, Tania M Busch Isaksen, Elizabeth Gribble (Walker) | View
New grants promote cleaner classroom air
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Elena Austin, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson, Catherine Karr | View
Tracking air pollution from space
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Joel D. Kaufman, Lianne Sheppard, Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson | View
Air pollution and dementia study
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Lianne Sheppard, Timothy V. Larson, Joel D. Kaufman | View
HEPA air cleaners could prevent deaths from wildfire smoke
| DEOHS HSM Blog | Featured: Edmund Y. W. Seto, Timothy V. Larson | View
