Name: Kiarash Farzad
Tel: (774) 312-3736
Email: farzad.k@northeastern.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States

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

B.S., Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Research Interests & Specialties:

1. Air Pollution Modeling

2. Air Pollution Health Impact Assessment (BenMAP)

3. Data Analysis (Python, MATLAB, and SPSS) 

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:

1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fellowship award, Northeastern University (2021)

2. Received scholarship for the 2nd and 3rd semesters of MSc program, Amirkabir University of Technology (2019)