Dr.Albert Presto, Research Fellow

Albert Presto is an associate research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies (CAPS). He has a Ph.D. (CMU, 2005) and BC (Cornell, 2001) in Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on pollutant emissions from energy extraction and consumption and the subsequent atmospheric transformations that these emissions undergo. In addition to having environmental impacts, air pollutants, particularly ozone and particulate matter, adversely impact human health. Dr. Presto collaborates with medical professionals to develop detailed studies of pollutant exposure on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis and better understand the relationships between pollutant emissions and adverse health effects such as childhood asthma.