Peer-reviewed publications
(**Undergraduate Student; *Graduate Student)
- *Karim, A.S., **Malone, M., **Bruno, A., Eggler, A.L., Posner, M., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Assessment of air quality in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania subway. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00711-9. PDF
- **Scolio, M., **Bohra, C., Kremer, P., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Spatial analysis of intra-urban air pollution disparities through an environmental justice lens: A case study of Philadelphia, PA. Atmosphere, 15, 755. PDF
- **Carino, H., **Walsh, S., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Long term trend of particulate matter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and its association with introduction of environmental policies. Discover Cities, 1, 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44327-024-00007-5. PDF
- **Scolio, M., Kremer, P., Zhang, Y., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Spatial-temporal modeling of the relationship between surface temperature and air temperature in metropolitan urban systems. Urban Climate, 55, 101921.
- **Malone, M., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Trace Metal Contamination in Community Garden Soils across the United States. Sustainability, 16(5), 1831. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051831. PDF
- *Terry, B., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Monitoring gaseous pollutants using passive sampling in Philadelphia region. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 74 (1), 52-69. PDF Association, https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2023.2279733
- **Bassetti, O.G., **McDonough, R.A., Shakya, K.M. (2023). Soil contamination in community gardens of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, 782. PDF
- **Sage, L., **Bassetti, O., Johnson, E., Shakya, K., Weston, N. (2023). Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and produce of Philadelphia community gardens. Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability, 35, 1, 2209283. PDF
- *Cummings, L.E., *Stewart, J.D., Kremer, P., Shakya, K.M. (2021). Predicting citywide distribution of air pollution using mobile monitoring and three-dimensional urban structure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 76, 103510. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103510.
- McDermott-Levy, R., **Scolio, M., Shakya, K.M., Moore, C. (2021). Factors that influence climate change related mortality in the United States: An integrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 8220. PDF.
- *Cummings, L.E., *Stewart, J.D., *Reist, R., Shakya, K.M., Kremer, P. (2021). Mobile monitoring of air pollution reveals spatial and temporal variation in an urban landscape. Frontiers in Build Environment, Sec. Urban Science, 7. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2021.648620. PDF.
- **Kellenbenz, K.R., Shakya, K.M. (2021). Spatial and temporal variations in indoor radon concentrations in Pennsylvania, USA from 1988 to 2018. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 233, 106594.
- *Stewart, J.D. , Kremer, P., Shakya, K.M., **Conway, M., **Saad, A. (2021). Outdoor atmospheric microbial diversity is associated with urban landscape structure and differs from indoor-transit systems as revealed by mobile monitoring and three-dimensional spatial analysis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 620461. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.620461. Open Access.
- Shakya, K.M., **Saad, A., **Aharonian, A. (2020). Commuter exposure to particulate matter at underground subway stations in Philadelphia. Building and Environment, 186, 107322.
- **Conway, M., Shakya, K.M. (mentor), Kremer, P. (2020). Mapping social vulnerability to air pollution in Philadelphia, PA. Veritas: Villanova Research Journal, 2: 122-130. Open Access. PDF
- *Stewart, J.D., Shakya, K.M., Bilinski, T., Wilson, J.W., Ravi, S., Choi, C.S. (2020). Variation of near surface atmosphere microbial communities at an urban and a suburban site in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 724, 138353.
- Shakya, K.M., Kremer, P., **Henderson, K., **McMahon, M., Peltier, R.E., *Bromberg, S., **Stewart, J. (2019). Mobile monitoring of air and noise pollution in Philadelphia neighborhoods during Summer 2017. Environmental Pollution, 255, 113195.
- Shakya, K.M., Peltier, R.E., Zhang, Y., Pandey, B.D. (2019). Roadside exposure and inflammation biomarkers among a cohort of traffic police in Kathmandu, Nepal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(3), 377. Open Access. PDF
- Shakya, K.M., Rupakheti, M., Shahi, A., Maskey, R., Pradhan, B., Panday, A., Puppala, S.P., Lawrence, Peltier, R.E. (2017). Near-road sampling of PM2.5 and BC, and fine-particle chemical components in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 6503-6516. Open Access. PDF
- Shakya, K.M., Peltier, R.E., Shrestha, H., Byanju, R.M. (2017). Measurements of TSP, PM10, PM2.5, BC, and PM chemical composition from an urban residential location in Nepal. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 8(6), 1123-1131.
- Shakya, K.M., Noyes, A., Kallin, R., Peltier, R.E. (2016).Evaluating the efficacy of cloth facemasks in reducing particulate matter exposure. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 27, 352-357.
- Shakya, K.M., Rupakheti, M., Aryal, K., Peltier, R.E. (2016). Respiratory effects of high levels of particulate exposure in a cohort of traffic police in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(6), e218-e225.
- Kiros, F., Shakya, K.M., Rupakheti, M., R.M., Regmi, Maharjan, R., Byanju, R.P., Naja, M., Mahata, K., Kathayat, B., Peltier, R.E. (2016). Variability of Anthropogenic Gases: Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Ozone and Ammonia in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16(12), 3088-3101. PDF.
- Rutter, A.P., Griffin, R.J., Cevik, B.K., Shakya, K.M., Gong, L., Kim, S., Flynn, J.H., Lefer, B.L. (2015). Sources of air pollution in a region of oil and gas exploration downwind of a large city. Atmospheric Environment, 120, 89-99.
- Shakya, K.M. and Peltier, R.E. (2015). Non-sulfate sulfur in fine aerosols across the United States: Insight for organosulfate prevalence. Atmospheric Environment, 100: 159-166.
- Shakya, K.M. and Peltier, R.E. (2013). Investigating missing sources of sulfur at Fairbanks, Alaska. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(16), 9332-9338.
- Shakya, K.M., Liu, S., Takahama, S., Russell, L.M., Keutsch, F.N., Galloway, M.N., Shilling, J.E., Hiranuma, N., Song, C., Kim, H., Paulson, S.E., Pfaffenberger, L., Barmet, P., Slowik, J., Prevot, A.S.H., Dommen, J., Baltensperger, U. (2013). Similarities in STXM-NEXAFS spectra of atmospheric particles and secondary organic aerosol generated from glyoxal, alpha-pinene, isoprene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, and d-limonene. Aerosol Science Technology, 47(5), 543-555. PDF.
- Ahlm, L., Shakya, K.M., Russell, L.M., Schroder, J.C., Wong, J.P.S., Sjostedt, S.J., Hayden, K.L., Liggio, J., Wentzell, J.J.B., Wiebe, H.A., Mihele, C., Leaitch, W.R., Macdonald, A.M. (2013). Temperature-dependent accumulation mode particles and cloud nuclei concentrations from biogenic sources during WACS 2010. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(6), 3393-3407. Open Access. PDF.
- Rutter, A.P., Shakya, K.M., Lehr, R., Schauer, J.J., Griffin, R.J. (2012). Oxidation of gaseous elemental mercury in the presence of secondary organic aerosols. Atmospheric Environment, 59, 86-92.
- Shakya, K.M., Place, P.F., Griffin, R.J., Talbot, R.W. (2012). Carbonaceous content wand water-soluble organic functionality of atmospheric aerosols at a semi-rural New England location. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117, D03301, doi: 10.1029/2011JD016113. PDF.
- Shakya, K.M., Louchouarn, P., Griffin, R.J. (2011). Lignin-derived phenols in Houston aerosols: Implications for natural background sources. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(19), 8268-8275.
- Shakya, KM. and Griffin, R.J. (2010). Secondary organic aerosol from photooxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology, 44(21), 8134-8139.
- Shakya, K.M., Ziemba, L.D., Griffin, R.J (2010). Characteristics and sources of carbonaceous, ionic, and isotopic species of wintertime atmospheric aerosols in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 10, 219-230. Open Access. PDF.
- Makris, K.C., Shakya, K.M., Datta, R., Sarkar, D., Pachanoor, D. (2007). High Uptake of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by vetiver grass – Potential for phytoremediation? Environmental Pollution, 146(1), 1-4.
- Makris, K.C., Shakya, K.M., Datta, R., Sarkar, D., Pachanoor, D. (2007). Chemically catalyzed uptake of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Vetiveria zizanioides. Environmental Pollution, 148(1), 101-106.
- Makris, K.C., Datta, R., Sarkar, D., Shakya, K.M., Pachanoor, D., Das, P. (2007). Chaotropic effects on 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum). Plant and Soil, 295(1-2), 229-237.
News
2024
- Air pollution at Philadelphia’s 15th Street subway station ‘considerably higher’ than EPA standard. September 1, 2024. https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-15th-street-subway-station-pollution-study-villanova/
- New York City subway riders are breathing in hazardous air, study finds. August 7, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/07/new-york-city-subway-hazardous-air
- Particulates Matter. https://www1.villanova.edu/vu/magazine/spring-2024/nova-worthy/particulates-matter.html. Spring 2024.
- EPA sets stricter air emission rules for 3 Philly-area polluters and dozens of others nationwide. April 2024. https://whyy.org/articles/epa-air-pollution-rules-emissions-cancer/
- New EPA soot standard could bring healthier air to parts of the Philly region. January 2024. https://whyy.org/articles/new-epa-soot-standard-air-quality-pollution/
2023
- Growing veggies in the city this year? You may want to check your soil. Environmental Health News. 8/14/2023. https://www.ehn.org/non-toxic-gardening-2662701497.html
- Villanova University Geoscientists Host Philadelphia High School Students Through National Science Foundation Urban Environmental Contamination Grant. Villanova University Media Room. August 2023. https://www1.villanova.edu/university/media/features/villanova-geoscientists-host-local-students-though-grant.html
- Villanova University Students Participate in BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. March 2023. https://www1.villanova.edu/university/media/press-releases/2023/villanova-students-big-east-poster-symposium.html
2022
- Villanova Scientists Receive NIH Grant to Examine Effects of Subway Air Quality on Public Health. January 2022. https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/features/scientists-receive-nih-grant-examining-subway-air-quality-effects-and-public-health.html
- Día Mundial de la Educación Ambiental. January 2022. https://www.impactomedia.com/region/noticias-de-impacto/dia-mundial-de-la-educacion-ambiental/
2021
- Villanova Launches Environmental Geoscience Program for Philadelphia Students with Help of $399,155 NSF Grant. https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/newsevents/2021/1008.html
- Villanova Receives Interdisciplinary National Science Foundation Grant to Implement Augmented Reality Sandboxes. https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/features/klassner-augmented-reality-sandbox.html
- Niños trabajando a favor del ambiente. April 2021. https://www.impactomedia.com/bienestar-comun/impacto-verde/ninos-trabajando-a-favor-del-ambiente/
2020
- The Best Masks for Air Pollution and Wildfire Smoke. 9/24/2020 https://www.openfit.com/the-best-masks-for-air-pollution-and-wildfire-smoke
- Social distancing will impact air quality in Philly, experts say. 3/27/2020. https://6abc.com/6053390/
- मास्कले सुरक्षा दिदैन – Sajha Katha EP03 (In Nepali). 2/13/2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZl5y6ZbJQ&t=5s
2019
- Philly Has an Air Pollution Problem. These Researchers Think Its Neighborhoods May Hold a Solution. https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/features/AirPollutionResearch.html
2017
- Valley pollution impact as bad as smoking: Experts. March 2017. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/valley-pollution-impact-as-bad-as-smoking-experts-1/