Joshua Apte

Joshua Apte is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on air quality engineering, atmospheric aerosols, air pollution, climate change mitigation, and environmental justice. Apte’s work involves field measurements, mathematical models, and data analysis to address policy-relevant challenges related to energy, infrastructure, climate change, and human health. His research group investigates the relationships between emissions, concentrations, exposure, and health effects to inform strategies for improving environmental sustainability and reducing inequities in exposure to environmental contaminants. Apte is also involved in projects such as mapping urban air quality using Google Street View cars and studying particle air pollution in South Asia.

Joshua Apte is an Associate Professor at UC Berkeley, specializing in air pollution exposure assessment, environmental engineering, and aerosol science. His research focuses on quantifying the health impacts of ambient PM2.5, developing high-resolution air pollution mapping techniques, and addressing environmental inequities in exposure. Apte's work integrates big data, mobile monitoring, and land use regression to estimate pollution levels and their effects on public health. He has contributed to global mortality assessments and examined disparities in air pollution exposure across racial and ethnic groups. His studies also explore the role of urbanization, transportation, and land use in shaping air quality and health outcomes.