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Aishah Shittu

  • Email: eeais@leeds.ac.uk
  • Thesis title: Impact of poor air quality in childhood health in Bradford using an array of sensors and models and incorporating the methods used in Nigeria
  • Supervisor: Dr Jim McQuaid , Prof Steve Arnold

Profile

I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Environment, where I am supervised by Drs. Jim McQuaid and Kirsty Pringle. My academic and professional background is in environmental biology, which I gained while working at the Department of Science Laboratory Technology at the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro in Nigeria.

My academic and professional background is in environmental biology where I worked at the Department of Science Laboratory Technology at Federal Polytechnic Ilaro in Nigeria.

Research interests

My Ph.D. research is funded by the Tertiary Education Trust (TETFund) and focuses on measuring air quality in Bradford schools using an array of sensors and replicating methods used in Nigeria. The study takes a citizen science approach, in which children can participate in the research while also raising awareness of local air quality problems and their associated health risks, and possibly attracting the attention of local or national authorities to assist in the development of policies to achieve cleaner air.

Qualifications

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

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science