Name: Kiarash Farzad
Email: farzad.k@northeastern.edu

Education:

Ph.D. candidate, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States

M.Sc., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Azad University (Central Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran

Research Interests & Specialties:

• 3D Air Quality Modeling (i.e., CMAQ, CAMx, and WRF-Chem)

• Health Impact Assessment (i.e., BenMAP)

• Data Analysis  

• Programming Languages: R, Python, MATLAB, Bash, and Csh  

• High Performance Computing (HPC)  

Publications: (Google Scholar)

Khorsandi, B., Farzad, K., Tahriri, H., Maknoon, R. (2021). Association between short‑term exposure to air pollution and COVID‑19 hospital admission/mortality during warm seasons. Environ. Monit. Assess. 193, 426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09210-y

Farzad, K., Khorsandi, B., Khorsandi, M., Bouamra, O., Maknoon, R. (2021). Estimating short-term mortality benefits associated with a reduction in tropospheric ozone. Atmos. Environ. 252, 118342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118342

Farzad, K., Khorsandi, B., Khorsandi, M., Bouamra, O., Maknoon, R. (2020). A study of cardiorespiratory-related mortality as a result of exposure to black carbon. Science of The Total Environment, 725, 138422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138422

Honors and Awards:

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fellowship award, Ph.D., Northeastern University (2021)

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering scholarship, M.Sc., Amirkabir University of Technology (2019)