Publications
Publications By Research Area
2026
Um, Chai Yoon, Chelsea V Preble, Haoran Zhao, William W Delp, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Jiayu Li, Stefano Schiavon, and Brett C Singer."Influence of overhead HVAC and aerosol control strategies on coarse mode particle dispersion and exposure in a full-scale room experiment."Building and Environment
293 (2026). DOI
Faulkner, Cary A, Cerrina Mouchref, Belal Abboushi, Meghan McNulty, Timothy I Salsbury, Brett C Singer, Michael D Sohn, and Gabe Arnold."Analysis of strategies to meet ASHRAE S241 infectious aerosol control targets by space type and region using EnergyPlus™ simulations."Building and Environment
287 (2026). DOI
Chan, Wanyu R, Ada Lee, and Hugo Destaillats."Restoring Homes After Wildfires, Interviews with Practitioners about Common Cleanup Approaches and Knowledge Gaps."
(2026).
2025
Zhao, Haoran, Eric Martin, Tanvir Khan, David Chasar, Jeffrey Sonne, Charles R Withers Jr, Marion L Russell, William W Delp, Wanyu R Chan, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Mechanical ventilation and indoor air quality in recently constructed homes in the humid climate of the Southeast U.S.."Indoor Environments
2.4 (2025). DOI
Lu, Yan, Xinyi Zhang, Soroush Esmaeili Neyestani, Ling Jin, Lu Zhang, Rima Habre, and Jiachen Zhang."Assessing Indoor versus Outdoor PM2.5 Concentrations during the 2025 Los Angeles Fires Using the PurpleAir Sensor Network."American Chemical Society
2 (2025) 3015−3024. DOI
Dallo, Federico, Thomas Parkinson, Carlos Duarte, Stefano Schiavon, Chai Yoon Um, Mark P Modera, Paul Raftery, Carlo Barbante, and Brett C Singer."Using smart thermostats to reduce indoor exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter (PM2.5)."Indoor Environments
2.2 (2025). DOI
Holm, Stephanie M, Brett C Singer, Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, Woody Delp, James E. S Nolan, Jacob Bueno de Mesquita, Bailey Ward, Yahna Williamson, O’Philia Le, Marion L Russell, Kim G Harley, and John Balmes."Measured air quality impacts after teaching parents about cooking ventilation with a video: a pilot study."Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
35.2 (2025) 223-232. DOI
Um, Chai Yoon, William W Delp, Rowan C Blacklock, and Brett C Singer."Demonstration of a novel tracer gas method to investigate indoor air mixing and movement."Indoor Environments
2.1 (2025). DOI
Singh, Aditya, Brent Stephens, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Brett Stinson, Elliott Gall, Jeff Wagner, Brett C Singer, Shelly Miller, Nayamin Martinez, Ruben Rodriguez, and Gina Solomon."Development and laboratory evaluation of a do-it-yourself (DIY) filtration solution for residential evaporative coolers to reduce indoor wildfire smoke exposure."Building and Environment
270 (2025) 112475. DOI
Solomon, Gina, Nayamin Martinez, Julie Von Behren, Isabella Kaser, David Chang, Aditya Singh, Stephanie Jarmul, Shelly Miller, Peggy Reynolds, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Brent Stephens, Brett C Singer, Jeff Wagner, and John Balmes."Evaporative coolers and wildfire smoke exposure: a climate justice issue in hot, dry regions."Frontiers in Public Health
13 (2025). DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Vi H Rapp, Sharon S Chen, Marion L Russell, and Hugo Destaillats."Secondhand Exposure to Simulated Cannabis Vaping Aerosols."Environmental Science & Technology
59.20 (2025) 10032-10043. DOI
2024
Li, Jiayu, Haoran Zhao, Marion L Russell, William W Delp, Alexandra L Johnson, Xiaochen Tang, Iain S Walker, and Brett C Singer."Air pollutant exposure concentrations from cooking a meal with a gas or induction cooktop and the effectiveness of two recirculating range hoods with filters."Indoor Environments
1.4 (2024). DOI
2023
vargo, emma, Le Ma, He Li, Qingteng Zhang, Junpyo Kwon, Katherine M Evans, Xiaochen Tang, Victoria L Tovmasyan, Jasmine Jan, Ana C Arias, Hugo Destaillats, Ivan Kuzmenko, Jan Ilavsky, Wei-Ren Chen, William Heller, Robert O Ritchie, Yi Liu, and Ting Xu."Functional composites by programming entropy-driven nanosheet growth."Nature
623 (2023). DOI
Matt, Georg E, Lydia Greiner, Rachael A Record, Heather Wipfli, Jamie Long, Nathan G Dodder, Eunha Hoh, Nicolas Lopez Galvez, Thomas E Novotny, Penelope JE Quintana, Hugo Destaillats, Xiaochen Tang, Antoine M Snijders, Jian-Hua Mao, Bo Hang, Suzaynn F Schick, Peyton Jacob III, Prue Talbot, E Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, Ashley L Merianos, Thomas F Northrup, Lara A Gundel, and Neal L Benowitz."Policy-relevant differences between secondhand and thirdhand smoke: strengthening protections from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke pollutants."Tobacco Control
(2023). DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Clement Gambier, Nicolas Lopez-Galvez, Samuel Padilla, Vi H Rapp, Marion L Russell, Liana M Klivansky, Raphael Mayorga, Charles Perrino, Lara A Gundel, Eunha Hoh, Nathan G Dodder, S. S Katharine Hammond, Haofei Zhang, George E Matt, Penelope J. E Quintana, and Hugo Destaillats."Remediation of Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke with Ozone: Probing Deep Reservoirs in Carpets."Environmental Science Technology
57 (2023). DOI
Weeraratna, Chaya, Xiaochen Tang, Oleg Kostko, Vi H Rapp, Lara A Gundel, Hugo Destaillats, and Musahid Ahmed."Fraction of Free-Base Nicotine in Simulated Vaping Aerosol Particles Determined by X-ray Spectroscopies."The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
14.5 (2023). DOI
2022
Calderon, Lucia, Randy L Maddalena, Marion L Russell, Sharon S Chen, James E.S Nolan, Asa Bradman, and Kim G Harley."Air concentrations of volatile organic compounds associated with conventional and “green” cleaning products in real-world and laboratory settings."Indoor Air
32 (2022). DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Rachael A.T Gould, Rebecca L.A Everman, Taisiya Skorina, Sharon S Chen, Maureen Kavanagh, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Pilot-scale NOx removal efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules under urban environmental conditions."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
247 (2022). DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Neal L Benowitz, Lara A Gundel, Bo Hang, Christopher Havel, Eunha Hoh, Peyton Jacob III, Jian-Hua Mao, Manuela Martins-Green, Georg E Matt, Penelope J. E Quintana, Marion L Russell, Altaf H Sarker, Suzaynn F Schick, Antoine M Snijders, and Hugo Destaillats."Thirdhand Exposures to Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines through Inhalation, Dust Ingestion, Dermal Uptake, and Epidermal Chemistry."Environmental Science & Technology
56 (2022). DOI
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Kenji Shiraishi, and Edward L Vine."Improving energy performance metrics to maximize the benefits of disruptive technologies."Energy Research & Social Science
89 (2022). DOI
Delp, William W, Brennan Less, Haoran Zhao, Spencer M Dutton, Wanyu R Chan, and Brett C Singer."Simulation-Based Analysis of Impacts of Reduced Envelope and Duct Air Leakage on Indoor Air Pollutant Concentrations in Occupied Manufactured Homes."
(2022).
Shah, Nihar, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Vol. 3, Decision XXXIII/5."
3 (2022).
Dillon, Michael B, Richard G Sextro, and William W Delp."Protecting building occupants against the inhalation of outdoor-origin aerosols."Atmospheric Environment
268 (2022). DOI
Tang, Hao, Yong Ding, Xue Liu, and Brett C Singer."Investigating the influence of environmental information on perceived indoor environmental quality: An exploratory study."Journal of Building Engineering
48 (2022). DOI
2021
Jacob, Tabeel A, Nihar Shah, and Won Young Park."Evaluation of hybrid evaporative-vapor compression air conditioners for different global climates."Energy Conversion and Management
249 (2021). DOI