John Durant

John Durant is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning at Tufts University, with a joint appointment in Public Health and Community Medicine. He holds a Ph.D. (1993) and M.S. (1991) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. from Cornell University (1984). His research focuses on urban air quality, particularly mobile monitoring of particulate matter and ultrafine particles, aviation-related pollution exposure, and the health impacts of traffic-related air pollution, including effects on systolic blood pressure. He has published extensively on machine learning applications for source characterization of ambient pollutants in venues such as *Environmental Science & Technology* and *Environmental Health Perspectives*. His international collaborations span institutions in Ghana, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.