Marianne Hatzopoulou

Marianne Hatzopoulou

Marianne Hatzopoulou

Professor

Department Chair
Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transportation Decarbonization and Air Quality

Director, Positive Zero Transport Futures

Head of the Transportation and Air Quality research group TRAQ

Email: marianne.hatzopoulou@utoronto.ca
Office: GB107
Tel: 416-978-0864

Expertise:  

Areas of Specialization: 

Environmental Analysis: Traffic-related Air Pollution / Urban Air Quality

Biography

Biography

Marianne Hatzopoulou is Professor in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transport Decarbonization and Air Quality. She leads the Transportation and Air Quality (TRAQ) research group studying the interactions between transportation, air quality, climate change, and public health; she published 150 publications on these topics. Prof. Hatzopoulou is also the Director of Positive Zero Transport Futures, a living lab ecosystem for testing transport decarbonization innovations with positive societal outcomes. Prof. Hatzopoulou is on the Canadian team of researchers who were the 2021 recipients of the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. In 2022, she received the University of Toronto Engineering Alumni Network 2T5 Mid-Career Achievement Award. She is an associate editor of the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment and the current chair of the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on “Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation” (2023-2026).

Background
Research Interests
Education
Affiliations
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Research in Images

UrbanScanner platform for measuring air quality and capturing images of the urban environment developed by TRAQ group in collaboration with industrial partner

PEMS (Portable Emissions Monitoring System) testing of exhaust for a gasoline direct injection SUV while driving in Toronto

Distribution of ambient NO2 across the Montreal Island

Distribution of Black Carbon levels across Toronto

Distribution of ultrafine particles in Toronto

Black Carbon across cycling routes in Toronto

Ultrafine particles along cycling routes in Toronto

Testing Aeroqual S500 sensors againts fixed station (RSQA) in Montreal

Traffic-related emission inventory in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Annual number of years of life lost per 100,000 persons due to air pollution from passenger vehicles (332 premature deaths per year) and commercial vehicles (407 premature deaths per year)

Monetized social benefits

Please find descriptions of research studies on the Positive Zero website:

Publications

Group

Arman Ganji, Research Associate
Arman Ganji, Research Associate
Shayamila Mahagammulla Gamage, Post-doc
Shayamila Mahagammulla Gamage, Post-doc
Shoma Yamanouchi, Post-doc
Shoma Yamanouchi, Post-doc
Miranda Doris, PhD Candidate
Miranda Doris, PhD Candidate
Emily Farrar, PhD Candidate
Emily Farrar, PhD Candidate
Weaam Jaafar, PhD Candidate
Weaam Jaafar, PhD Candidate
Jiaoyang Li, PhD Candidate
Jiaoyang Li, PhD Candidate
Milad Saeedi (PhD Candidate)
Milad Saeedi (PhD Candidate)
Marc Saleh, PhD Candidate
Marc Saleh, PhD Candidate
Yunhong(Doris) Tian, PhD Candidate
Yunhong(Doris) Tian, PhD Candidate
Sara Torbatian, PhD Candidate
Sara Torbatian, PhD Candidate
Junshi Xu, Research Associate
Junshi Xu, Research Associate
Jad Zalzal, PhD Candidate
Jad Zalzal, PhD Candidate

Thesis Abstracts for TRAQ Graduates (MASc and PhD)