Dr. Nuno Canha

Nuno Canha is a junior researcher at the Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN) of Instituto Superior Técnico from Universidade de Lisboa (IST/UL), Portugal. He holds a MSc in Chemistry from the IST/UL, Portugal (2008) and a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (2014). His PhD focused on indoor air quality (IAQ) of primary schools from urban and rural environments, targeting on new sampling methods for particulate matter (PM), its chemical characterisation and identification of the contribution of different pollution sources to the PM levels, by source apportionment techniques. His post-doc research focused on PM toxicity potential and the assessment of air pollutants exposure in different micro-environments, such as the sleeping environment. Today his research focus is on indoor and outdoor air pollution sources of PM, their characterisation and assessment of their contribution for the integrated human exposure to air pollutants, along with the understanding of their health impact (by identifying their toxicity potential). N.C. has participated in 16 national and international research projects related to air quality. He published 56 scientific articles in peer review journals and his works were presented on the most rated international conferences on atmospheric pollution and IAQ. He participated in 20 international training courses, 4 scientific and 3 organizing committees of international conferences.