Aishah Shittu

Profile

I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Environment. My academic and professional background is in Environmental Health Science, which I gained during my Master of Public Health program at the University of Ibadan and through six years of work experience at the Department of Science Laboratory Technology at the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro in Nigeria.

Research interests

My Ph.D. research focuses on the Assessment of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors and Their applications for In-Situ Monitoring. A citizen science approach was adopted for the sensor application, involving children and parents in the research process while also increasing awareness of local air quality concerns and related health risks.

Aishah Shittu, Kirsty Pringle, Stephen Arnold, Richard Pope, Ailish Graham, Carly Reddington, Richard Rigby and Jim McQuaid (2025). Performance evaluation of Atmotube PRO sensors for air quality measurements in an urban location. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 18, 817-828 https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-817-2025

Shittu, A.I., Pope, R.J., Pringle, K.J., Arnold, S.R., Graham, A.M., Sideeq, H.O., Ana, G.R.E.E. and McQuaid, J.B. (2025). Quantifying residential particulate pollution and human in Ibadan, Nigeria using low-cost sensors. Journal of Aerosol and Air Quality Research. Springer Nature 25, 44 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44408-025-00050-w

Moyo, F., Yang, T., Shittu, A., Pringle, K, McQuaid, J, Knamiller, C., Rattray, H., Thorpe, J, McEachan, R. (2025). Characterizing air pollution exposure levels among school children: A citizen science study in Bradford, United Kingdom. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health https://jech.bmj.com/content/79/Suppl_1/A6.2

Qualifications

• M.Sc. Environmental Biology (University of Lagos)
• MPH Environmental Health Sciences (University of Ibadan)

Research groups and institutes

• Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science