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Joshua Apte is an associate professor of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Health Sciences at University of California, Berkeley. His group uses a combination of air quality models and field measurements to understand sources, processes and impacts that affect air quality from the neighborhood to global scale. Apte earned his MS and PhD in Energy and Resources (2008, 2013) from UC Berkeley.
More than 50 years after the Clean Air Act, Americans breathe far cleaner air, yet people of color and overburdened communities still breathe more pollution than everyone else. Why does unequal air persist while overall air quality improves? Drawing on recent results from hyperlocal field measurements and model simulations, Apte will present evidence on key drivers of air pollution disparities. With a view towards identifying solutions, we’ll explore how targeted, place-based interventions could prove decisive in providing cleaner, more equitable air for all.