Ming-Yi Tsai, PhD, MSE
About
I became interested in the characterization of urban air quality after working in Beijing in the mid-1990s. I make measurements to model the spatial and temporal distribution of pollutants. I am particularly interested in bringing new methods and technologies into exposure assessment for air pollution health studies. In particular, I would like to increase the use of optical remote sensing and mobile monitoring approaches in air quality monitoring. I am also interested in developing appropriate air pollution monitoring approaches for cook stove intervention studies and integrated assessment of climate change impacts in "southern" countries.
Education
- PhD, University of Washington
- MSE, University of Washington
Mentorship
Not available to mentor new students.
Research
Research Interests:
Characterization of urban air quality by measurements and modeling; development of novel environmental exposure assessment tools for population-based studies; mobile monitoring approaches for air quality monitoring; extension of GIS-based land use regression modeling to high spatio-and-temporally resolved data; appropriate ambient/indoor air pollution monitoring for low-middle income countries (LMICs); exible archiving of real-time environmental data.