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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jul 17

🪵 Wood burning at home worsens air quality

A new study found that even 'eco' stoves can raise harmful ultrafine particles indoors. Open fireplaces and wood briquettes were worst for air pollution.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #AirPollution 🧪

Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Sep 8

*Job Opportunity - Network Project Officer - @surreylib.bsky.social *

We have an excellent job opportunity to work with our Global Centre for Clean Air Research & our collaborators.

Please share: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @gp4streets.bsky.social @guildfordcathedral.bsky.social

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Network Project Officer

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Project Officer to lead the delivery of our newly awarded GREENIN Micro Network Plus project. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in expand...

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎉 Great news! Our paper on #UrbanGreening for #UrbanOverheating is still the most-downloaded article for #TheInnovationJournal, attracted #133citations. So proud of our #RECLAIMNetworkPlus team!

Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...

#UrbanHeat #ClimateChange #GCARE #CleanAir4All @gp4streets.bsky.social

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you, #NewStartMag, for sharing my interview piece on #urbangreening: newstartmag.co.uk/articles/how...

We will soon be launching #GREENINMicroNetworkPlus on #IndoorGreening. We invite you to join us in this collaborative effort to make our cities #greener, #healthier, #climate-resilient.

How best to green the streets

Green spaces have a positive impact on our health and well-being. As Professor Prashant Kumar of the Institute for Sustainability explains, maximising those benefits is a science… As a nerdy child, I ...

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Aug 24

New paper alert: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hot off the Press

"Where there is smoke, there is fire: long-and mid-range biomass burning role on São Paulo's state air quality"

Read our collaborative work: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

#AirQuality #Wildfire #Brazil #ClimateChange #GCARE #CleanAir4All #GreenCitiesProject

Redirecting

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jul 30

Burning solid fuels, whether for necessity or leisure, increases exposure to harmful pollutants, regardless of stove or fuel type. With rising energy costs, many rely on fires to stay warm, but even 'eco' stoves can worsen IAQ.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

airqualitynews.com/health/new-s...

Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes

doi.org

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you Sam @rowlands999.bsky.social for sharing our work!

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jul 17

🪵 Wood burning at home worsens air quality

A new study found that even 'eco' stoves can raise harmful ultrafine particles indoors. Open fireplaces and wood briquettes were worst for air pollution.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #AirPollution 🧪

Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes

www.nature.com

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jul 17

Read our latest research:
Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes

Available here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Particulate matter exposure from different heating stoves and fuels in UK homes

doi.org

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jul 3

Pleasure to lead excellent workshop at SaoPaulo with my collaborators at USP and across Brazil!

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our lab's first review article written with @yadhusankar.bsky.social and @vijayalakshmi.bsky.social is out now in The Plant Journal! 🎉🌱

We discuss temporal regulation of (plant) development. When and how do plants control organ and cell identity progression?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A space for time. Exploring temporal regulation of plant development across spatial scales

Developmental timing in plants is tightly regulated at the whole-organism scale, from germination to flowering. Less is known about when and how local transitions are temporally regulated. Not every ...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Apr 25

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!
🌱Plant engineering: advances, bottlenecks, and promise
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Focused Reviews & Technical Advances
🌿Plant transformation tech
🧬Gene editing & synthetic biology
🔧Emerging engineering strategies
breakthroughs & challenges
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Special Issue: Plant Engineering — Advances, Bottlenecks, and Promise: The Plant Journal

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Nathalie Pearson @natpearson.bsky.social · Jun 6

…on top of everything you’ve created just down the road! 👏🏽👏🏽🤩🫡

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jun 9

thank you @natpearson.bsky.social - greatly appreciate your kind words and appreciation to keep doing my best! Lets now push the indoor air quality and schools agenda together!

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jun 9

thank you @claireeheaney.bsky.social! Lets keep pushing science together!

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jun 6

Pleased to reach 30,000 citations: a milestone achieved without a single blockbuster paper adding thousands of citations, but through consistent, collective effort.

Huge thanks to all my incredible team members & collaborators. Let’s keep pushing science! scholar.google.co.uk/citations?us...

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GP4Streets @gp4streets.bsky.social · May 13

Yesterday, @profpkumar.bsky.social had the honour of attending All-Party Parliamentary Health Group at the Houses of Parliament, London. Thank you to the organisers for the kind invitation, we look forward to continued collaboration.
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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · May 13

It was inspiring to be surrounded by clean air legends working toward safe, sustainable, equitable learning environments.

@samhe.bsky.social 🙏🏻
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GP4Streets @gp4streets.bsky.social · May 21

Read this interesting paper just published on:
🌿 Improving classroom air quality and ventilation with IoT-driven acoustic and visual CO2 feedback system🌍

📖 You can access the final version here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · Jun 5

*Hot-Off the Press*

Low-cost sensors (#LCS) show promise for urban NO₂ monitoring but require validation against reference methods. Improved #LCS can aid #policymakers in pollution tracking.

#AirQuality #NO2 #EnvironmentalScience #GCARE @gp4streets.bsky.social

Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · May 31

Looked it up, I think these are a painted lady and a sliver-spotted skipper

Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · May 31

Hello, butterflies! 🌱

A small orange and brown butterfly on a stokes aster

A small brown and white butterfly on a stokes aster

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🎃 Spooky Chip bitney 🎃 @fragboner.bsky.social · May 31

Purple prairie flexing 💪 🌱
I swear every day it just flexes harder with more color hahaaa

Texas lilacs purple blooms again looking fulll and stretching to maximum purple

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · May 31

One of my recent articles published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities just reached a new impact milestone.

Here is the link if you would like to read our research: www.frontiersin.org/article/1595...

Frontiers | Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities: grand challenges and opportunities

Please see the attached manuscript.

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Professor Prashant Kumar @profpkumar.bsky.social · May 22

What a great opportunity to speak at a pub for ‘Pint of Science’ - I have been doing this for some time & enjoy this more than delivering keynotes in big conferences!

#Science4People @pintofscience.uk #GuildfordLivingLab @gp4streets.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

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